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Fasti ecclesi scotican
FASTI ECCLESI^: SCOTICAN^
SYNODS OF FIFE, AND OF ANGUS
AND MEARNS
EDITORIAL COMMITTEE
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FASTI ECCLESI.E
SCOTICANiE
THE SUCCESSION OF MINISTERS IN
THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND FROM
THE REFORMATION
I BY
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SYNODS OF FIFE, AND OF ANGUS
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Lang, the Presb. of St Andrews, the Rev. William Wilson, Airlie, the
Presb. of Meigle, the Rev. Robert Hall, Rescobie, the Presb. of Forfar,
the Rev. W. S. Buchan, Liff, and the Rev. T. D. Meredith, Inchture, the
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CONTENTS
Abbreviations
Synod of Fife —
I. Presbytery of Dunfermline
II. Presbytery of Kinross
III. Presbytery of Kirkcaldy .
IV. Presbytery of Cupar
V. Presbytery of St Andrews
Synod of Angus and Mearns —
I. Presbytery of Meigle
II. Presbytery of Forfar
III. Presbytery of Dundee
IV. Presbytery of Brecbin
V. Presbytery of Arbroatb
VI. Presbytery of Fordoun
Bibliography of Church and Parish Histories, etc.
Index of Parishes and Chapels .
Index of Ministers .....
PAGK
viii
1
56
76
123
177
246
276
307
374
420
452
485
511
515
ABBREVIATIONS
adm.
admitted
marr.
. married
app.
. appointed
ruin. .
minister
bapt.
. baptized
ord. .
. ordained
coll.
. collated
pres. .
. presented
cont.
. contract
presb.
. presbytery
(marriage)
pro. .
. proclaimed
dem.
. demitted
res. .
resigned
dep.
. deposed
s.p. .
. without issue
ind.
. inducted
trans.
. translated
inst.
. instituted
univ.
. university
licen.
. licensed
unmarr.
. unmarried
SYNOD OF FIFE
The Eegister of the Synod of Fife begins at 2nd April 1639. There is a gap
in the Record from 9th April 1657 to 22nd July 1690.
PRESBYTERY OF DUNFERMLINE
[In April 1581, when the General Assembly was much occupied with the organising
of local ecclesiastical administration, one of the places chosen for the site of a Presbytery
was Dunfermline. The Eegister of this Presbytery, as now extant, begins at 21st April
1647. There was a volume of earlier date, covering the period from 20th July 1582
to July 1662. On 3rd Dec. 1662 it passed into the hands of Andrew Honyman,
Archdeacon of St Andrews, but of it nothing further is known. There are gaps in
the Eecord from 12th May to 2nd June 1647, from 18th Sept. 1672 to 24th July 1689,
and from 15th July 1691 to 14th Oct. 1696. From 7th April 1692 till about the end of
the seventeenth century the Presbyteries of Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy were united. In
1856, on the erection of the Presbytery of Kinross, the parishes of Cleish, Kinross, and
Orwell were transferred thereto.]
ABERDOUR.
[The fine old church of Aberdour, now
ruined, was dedicated to St Fillan. It
belonged to the Abbey of Inchcolm. The
church is about seventy feet long. St
Fillan's Well is near it. In the town was
an hospital of St Martha, founded 22nd July
1474 by James, Earl of Morton, which was
afterwards a convent of the Sisters of the
Third Order of St Francis. Beside it was
St Martha's Well. A fair of St Columba was
held at Aberdour. The Augustinian Abbey
of St Columba at Inchcolm was founded by
King Alexander I. in 1123. The monastic
buildings are still very extensive, and their
oblong, light-grey mass, surmounted by a
tall, square, central tower, forms a com-
manding object as seen from the shores of
the Firth of Forth, or from the heights of
Edinburgh. The stone-roofed octagonal
chapter-house is one of the most beautiful
and perfect in Scotland, and the abbot's
house, the cloisters, and refectory are com-
paratively entire.]
VOL. V.
1567
JOHN PATEESON, was reader from
1567 to 1580 ; pres. to the vicarage
of this parish by James VI. 23rd
March 1573. — ]_Reg. Min. ; Wodrow and
Maitland iliscell., iii.]
PETEE BLACKWOOD, adm. before
27th Jan. 1566-7 ; pres. to the vicar-
1566 age by James VI. 19th Sept. 1571,
which he dem. before 23rd March 1573.
About the same time Saline, Auchtertool,
Dalgety, and Inverkeithing were under
his care ; he was a member of Assembly
April 1581 ; nominated by the Assembly in
succeeding Oct. one of those for establishing
a Presb. in the west of Fife ; continued in
1586, in which year, according to the editor
of the Minutes of the Synod of Fife, he was
trans, to Aberdeen ; died between 3rd and
20th May 1587. He marr. (1) Katherine,
daugh. of Eobert Stewart, burgess of Dun-
fermline, and grand-daugh. of William
Stewart of Eosyth. and had issue — Henry :
(2) Marjory Cumming, and had issue —
William, a student for the ministry in
ABERDOUR
[PRESB. OF
1587 ; Archibald, born 1576.— [Anstruther
Sess. Beg. ; Booke of the Kirk ; Hist. Inver-
keithing and Bosyth, 186 ; Beg. of Deeds,
xxi. 413 6, viii. 434, xxxi. 355 6; Beg. Sec.
Sig., lv., 67 ; Fife Inhib., 25th Aug., 29th
Nov. 1588; Moray Writs, Box i., Nos.
55, 42.]
ANDBEW KIEK, M.A. (St Andrews) ;
lf._7 pres. to the vicarage of the parish
in 1587, having been reader at
Muckhart, 1567-86, also reader at Aber-
dour and Dalgety ; pres. to the parish
of Fossoway in 1588, but on examination
the Presb. adjudged him "not meit thane
to be admitted, in respect of the invaliditie
of his doctrine " ; app. to Glendevon 1591-2.
— [Aberdour and Inchcolme, 216-17.]
JOHN FAIEFOUL, entered as ex-
horter at Candlemas 1571, and in
that capacity acted along with
Walter Balcanqual ; was schoolmaster at
Dunfermline 1st July 1584 ; adm. before
4th Feb. 1587-8; pres. to the vicarage of
Dalgety and Beath by James VI. before
4th Feb. 1594 ; trans, to Dunfermline in
1598.
PATEICK CAEMICHAEL, M.A., trans,
from Soutra; adm. in 1602 ; he peti-
tioned the General Assembly in Nov.
that year to divide the stipend of Dalgety
and Aberdour and cause half of it to be
given to him, but he was adjudged only
the vicarage ; trans, to Oxnam 25th March
1610.
WILLIAM PATON of Lochhead, brother
of John P. of Middle Ballilisk ; edu-
cated at Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A.
(1585) ; min. of Makerstoun in 1588 ; trans,
to Orwell before 22nd March 1592; trans,
to Dalgety in 1598. In 1611 he had charge
of Beath, Aberdour, and Dalgety ; was
named by the King in 1610 a member of
Assembly, and received 50 merks for his
services ; acquired Eaith which he sold to
Lord Wemyss ; removed from Dalgety before
1614, at which time that parish and Beath
were also in the charge ; his death in
1634 was caused by a fall. He marr. Jean
Balcanqual, and had issue— James ; John,
skinner burgess of Edinburgh ; William ;
1602
1611
Margaret (marr. Henry Johnston) and Jean,
both of these were acting as teachers in
Aberdour in 1661. — [Beg. Assig.; Eow's
Hist. ; Beg. of Deeds, ccvii., 218, 16th Oct.
1626, 15th Jan. 1652 ; Family of Wemyss,
i., 226 ; Fife Sas., vi., 635, 129 ; Moray
Writs, Box xix., No. 9 ; Aberdour Sess.
Beg., 1661.]
WALTEE STEWART, trans, from
163_ Eousay and Egilshay ; pres. by
Charles I. 18th March 1635; trans,
to South Eonaldshay and Burray in 1636.
1637
EOBEET BEUCE of Kincavil [now
Kingscavil], Linlithgow, born about
1607, third son of Sir John B. of
Kincavil ; pres. by Charles I., the charge
consisting of Aberdour, Dalgety, and
Beath, 31st March 1637. At that time he
sided with Episcopacy. In 1638 he joined
the Covenanting Party, but in 1662 he
again conformed to Episcopacy. He was
a member of the Commission of Assembly
in 1645 ; was under suspension for some
reason in 1646, and became Elimosinar or
Almoner to the King 12th March that
year ; died between 12th and 22nd Feb.
1667 after a lengthened illness. He was
proprietor of Pitkeny, Mitchelston, and part
of Strathore, and owned various tenements
in Dysart. During part of his ministry
he had as assistants William Cochrane,
afterwards min. of Cross and Burness,
Orkney, and William Smyth, afterwards
of Queensferry (?). He marr. Janet (died
at Burntisland, Oct. 1668), daugh. of
Captain Andrew Watson, Burntisland,
sister of John W. of Dunnikier, and widow
of Andrew Ayton of Kinglassie. — [St
Andrews Tests. ; Beg. Sec. Sig., i., 28 ; Acts
of Pari., vi., 607 ; Beg. of Deeds, Dalr., xv.,
9, 10 ; Gen. Beg. Sas., ii. 97, xli. 448 ; Boss's
Aberdour and Inchcolme, 224-35.]
1668
THOMAS LITSTEE [or LISTEK],
M.A. (St Andrews, 28th July 1656) ;
became schoolmaster of Leuchars
14th Dec. 1662 ; recommended for licence
28th Dec. 1664; ord. to Auchtertool 29th
Sept. 1665; trans, and adm. 16th Sept.; pres.
by Charles II. 21st Oct. 1668, and 7th
July 1671 ; died in June 1689, aged about
DUNFERMLINE]
ABERDOUR
55. He marr. 14th July 1668, in the church
of Carnock, Margaret Lindsay, who died
" as she lived in love with God and Man "
11th July 1688, aged 38, and had issue —
James, born 1669 ; Katherine, born 1671 ;
William, born 1673; Anna, born 1675;
Margaret, born 1676; Hugh, born 1678,
was a sailor in the ship Rising Sun of the
second Darien Expedition, perished in the
wreck of that vessel off the harbour bar
at Charleston, South Carolina, when all
aboard were lost ; Thomas, born 1680 ;
Margaret, born 1682; Helen, born 1683;
Thomas, born 1685 ; James, born 1687,
captain in Col. Hepburn's regiment in
Holland. — [Dunkeld Tests. ; Inhib. and
Homings, 28th Dec. 1668; Tombst.]
1689
ROBERT JOHNSTON, min. in 1689,
outed that same year. — [Selections
Syn. of Fife, 234.]
DAVID CUMMING, only son of
.„_- Michael O, min. of Drainie ; licen.
by Presb. of Dunfermline 21st Oct.
1696; called in Jan., and ord. 24th Feb.
1697; died between 4th Aug. and 30th
Sept. 1701. He marr. Margaret Balcan-
qual, and had issue — Anna, born in May
and died on 22nd Aug. 1702.— [Reg. of
Deeds, Mack., 22nd Dec. 1710; Banff
Sas., v., 6.]
1702
ALEXANDER SCOTT, M.A. (Edin-
burgh, 3rd July 1693); licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh 3rd Sept. 1701 ;
called by the Presb. jure devoluto 26th
Aug., and ord. 24th Sept. 1702; died Feb.
1721, aged about 48. He marr. (1) March
1703, Catherine Gordon in Cramond :
(2) Oct. 1705, Janet, daugh. of Fergus
Kennedy, merchant in Killantringan, and
had issue — David, born 1707 ; Sophia, born
1709 (marr. 14th June 1747, David Pater-
son, saddler, Edinburgh). — [Canongate Reg.;
Moray Writs, Box xvii., 1060.]
1723
JOHN LISTON, born 5th June 1687,
fifth son of Patrick L., farmer, New-
liston, and Janet, daugh. of William
Wilkie, in Cliftonhall (of the Rathobyres
family) ; educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Linlithgow 25th July
1716 ; pres. to Kirkmahoe by Charles, Duke
of Queensberry and Dover, 11th Jan. 1720,
but that not being carried out, he was
presented to this charge by Robert, Earl
of Morton, 21st June 1721 [notwith-
standing considerable opposition by a
section of the congregation] ; ord. by a
Committee of Synod 7th May 1723; died
17th Sept. 1764, and was buried beneath
the aisle of the old church at Aberdour.
He marr. 26th Dec. 1723, Mary (died 2nd
July 1773, aged 71), younger daugh. of
Francis Scott of Davington by a daugh.
of Robert Douglas of Auchintully, and
had issue — Ann, born 9th Jan. 1725 ;
Margaret, born 24th March 1727 ; John,
born 2nd, and died 12th April 1729;
Robert, min. of this parish ; Agatha, born
15th Oct. 1731; James, born 9th Oct.
1733, killed by a fall from the ruins of
Aberdour Castle in 1752 ; Janet, bapt.
24th Aug. 1735. He left a Diary, which
is still preserved. It contains interesting
references to the general affairs of the
Church and Country. — [MS. Geneal. ;
Innerleithen Sess. Reg. ; M'Call's Some
Old Families, 91-98, 220, and Appendix,
xvi.]
1754
ROBERT LISTON, born 22nd March
1730, son of preceding; began to
attend school 11th Feb. 1735, and
matriculated as a student in the Univ. of
Edinburgh 13th Oct. 1743 ; licen. by Presb.
of Dunfermline 5th Sept. 1753 ;' called 13th
Dec. that year (after a representation to
the patron, James, Earl of Morton, by
the heritors and elders) ; ord. (assistant
and successor) 2nd April 1754 ; elected
Moderator of the General Assembly 17th
May 1787 (he was the last who filled the
chair without being a D.D.); died 11th
Feb. 1796. He marr. 11th Nov. 1766,
Janet (died Lat Auldcathie, Hopetoun
Park, 31st Dec. 1814), daugh. of Henry
Hardy, min. of Culross, and had issue —
Anne, born 7th Feb. 1768 (marr. 28th May
1792, Hugh Meiklejohn, D.D., min. of
Abercorn); John, born .27th April 1769,
apprenticed to a W.S., 1788, died 3rd March
1805 ; Mary, born 31st May 1770, died
unmarr. 9th Oct. 1854 ; Henry, min. of
ABERDOUR
[PRESB. OF
Ecclesmachan, born 30th June 1771 ; Janet,
born 16th Nov. 1772, died unmarr. Dec.
1795 ; Eobert, born 5th Jan. 1774, died
12th March 1808; Margaret, born 22nd
May 1776, died 28th Aug. 1825; Thomas,
Sheriff-clerk of Linlithgowshire, born 1st
April 1778, died 2nd Jan. 1862; William,
min. of Redgorton, born 19th June 1781 ;
Agnes, born 11th Nov. 1782 (marr. 25th
July 1803, William M'Call of Maidenhall,
Cumberland, merchant, Liverpool), died
21st Feb. 1860. Publication— Account of
the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, iv.). —
[M'Call's Some Old Families, 100.]
v WILLIAM BRYCE, born 4th April
17g6 1770, son of Alexander B., min. of
Kirknewton ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
30th July 1794 ; pres. by George, Earl of
Morton, 3rd June, and ord. 28th Sept.
1796 ; D.D. (St Andrews, June 1820) ;
app. one of His Majesty's Chaplains-in-
Ordinary 25th Feb. 1820, and through
the interest of the Duke of Wellington
nominated one of the Deans of the Chapel
Royal in 1824, which was renewed 9th
Nov. 1830; died 22nd Sept. 1841. He
marr. 4th Aug. 1812, Jane (died at Edin-
burgh, 12th July 1867), fourth daugh. of
James Grahame, Mugdock Castle, and had
issue — Margaret Grahame, born 15th Dec.
1813 (marr. John Gardiner Beveridge, min.
of Inveresk) ; Janetta, born 9th June 1815
(marr. James Largie Blake, min. of Lang-
ton) ; Isabella, born 7th June 1817 ; Emily,
born 29th April 1819 (marr. William
Chalmers, min. of Dailly) ; Catherine
Elizabeth, born 1st Feb. 1821 ; Jane, born
1st May 1823; Barbara Anne, born 14th
Feb. 1825 (marr. (1) 5th June 1849, Colonel
C. G. G. Munro : (2) William Ross, LL.D.,
min. of Free Church, Aberdour, author of
Aberdour and Inchcolme), died 11th Feb.
1910; Alexander, C.E., born 26th March
1828, died in Queensland 28th Jan. 1884;
Jemima (twin), born 26th March 1828,
died 16th Dec. 1836 ; William, lieut. Madras
Fusiliers, born 14th Feb. 1830, died Calcutta
14th Oct. 1856 ; George Leslie, lieut.-col.
14th Regiment, born 4th Dec. 1832, died
July 1867.
WILLIAM CHALMERS, M.A. ; pres.
18„_ by George Sholto, Earl of Morton
(on application of the parishioners),
and ord. (assistant and successor) 5th Aug.
1836 ; trans, to Dailly 15th July 1841.
HUGH RALPH, M.A., LL.D.; adm.
1842 24tl1 Feb- 1842; trans- to Dalgety
7th March 1844.
1844
HENRY STEEL, born 22nd Feb. 1821,
son of Charles S., Edinburgh, and
Isabella Brown ; educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh ; ord. 19th July 1844 ; died
17th April 1845.
JOHN DUNCAN CAMPBELL, born
1845 1815, son of John C, min. of North
Knapdale, Argyll ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; ord. 1 1th Sept. 1845 ; died
unmarr. 6th Sept. 1856.
GEORGE RODDICK, born 1827, son of
1857 ^eorSe R-> farmer, and Mary Thom-
son ; educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
app. to Thornton in 1855 ; trans, and adm.
26th March 1857 ; died 26th July 1894.
He marr. 21st April 1857, Elizabeth (died
3rd Nov. 1884), youngest daugh. of Captain
David John Thomas, H.E.I.C.S.
WILLIAM HENRY GRAY, born 28th
1895 May 1866, second son of Andrew
Gray, D.D., min. of Dalkeith ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A. (1885),
B.D. (1888) ; licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith in
1888 ; assistant at Galashiels 1888-95 ; ord.
24th Jan. 1895; died unmarr. 30th June
1914. Publication — National Prosperity
[Diamond Jubilee Sermon] (Burntisland,
1897).
ROBERT JOHNSTONE, born at
4 Leuchars 26th April 1872, son of
Robert J., min. of Leuchars ; edu-
cated at St Andrews Univ.; M.A. (1891),
B.D. (1894); licen. by Presb. of St Andrews
in 1894; assistant at Lady Glenorchy's
Church, Edinburgh, 1895-6; ord. to St
James's Parish, Kirkcaldy, 15th April
1896; trans, to Murrayfield, Edinburgh,
16th Dec. 1901; trans, and adm. 18th
Nov. 1914; Army Chaplain in France
attached to 18th CCS. and 8th Seaforth
DUNFERMLINE]
BEATH
Highlanders, Dec. 1916 to Dec. 1917, May
1918 to May 1919. Marr. 2nd Aug. 1900,
Edith Christina (born 17th Sept. 1875),
daugh. of John Thomson Stocks and
Fanny Martha Heal, Osborne House, Kirk-
caldy, and has issue — Alistair Thorburn,
Science student (Forestry), Edinburgh
Univ., born 13th Aug. 1901 ; Edith
Frances, born 19th April 1903; Eobert
Lawrence, born 6th Sept. 1905 ; Mabel
Thorburn, born 27th June 1909.
BEATH.
[The church of Beath belonged to the
Abbey of Inchcolm. It is mentioned as a
parish in 1574. It was, however, the last in
being settled. It is stated in the Session-
book that "when all the congregations
of Fyfe were planted, this poore kirke
was neglected and overlooked after the
Eeformation eighty years. The poore
parishioners being lyke wandering sheep
without a sheepherd, and whair they
should have conveened to hear a pastoure
preiche, the principal cause of the people's
meetings was to heare a pyper play upone
the Lord's daye, which was the daye
of their profaine mirth, not being in the
workes of their calling. Sathane had a
most faire name amongst them, stirring
many of them up to dancing, playing at
football, and excessive drinking, falling out
and wounding one another, which was the
exercise of the youngest sort, and the older
sort played at gems, and the workes of
their calling without any distinction of the
weeke daye from the daye of the Lord."
The church was rebuilt in 1640, chiefly
through the exertions of Alexander Colvill
of Blair. John Row, min. of Carnock,
attended the Committee in Edinburgh
17th July 1642, for the disjunction of
the kirks of Aberdour, Dalgety, and
Beath, and so this parish was re-erected
in 1643.]
ALEXANDER STEVEN, formerly one
of the monks of Dunfermline Abbey,
reader from 1574 to 1579. — [Acts
and Decreets, lxvi., 396.]
1574
HENRY SMITH, MA. (St Andrews,
1644 1620) ; went to Ireland, where he
held a charge; returned to Scotland
and was settled at Second Charge, Culross,
before 20th March 1641 ; adm. here 15th
May 1644 ; pres. by Charles I. 15th
Feb. 1645 ; died before 17th Feb. 1673. He
marr. Marjorie Sands, and had issue —
Marjorie, bapt. 20th March 1641 ; John,
born 1643 ; Alexander, born 1645 ; James.
One of his sons was a bursar at the New
College, St Andrews, in 1664. — [Dunferm-
line and Aberdour Sess. Reg. ; Reg, Sec.
Sig. ; Lamont's Diary, 100.]
ALEXANDER SHAW, MA. (St
167 Andrews, 27th July 1651); had
testimonial from Presb. of St
Andrews for licence 6th Jan. 1664 ; ord.
after 29th March, and adm. to Orwell 17th
May 1665; pres. by Charles II. 17th Feb.
1673; trans, and adm. in April, and still
min. in 1686.
GEORGE GRAY, min. of Dalgety;
1689 probably officiated here 1689-90.
ALEXANDER STEDMAN, son of
1691 ft°Dert; S., chaplain of the Trinity
Hospital, Edinburgh ; elected bursar
of Philosophy by the Town Council 10th
June 1674 ; educated at the Univ. there ;
MA. (1677) ; licen. by a Committee of
Synod at Mid-Calder 4th Nov. 1687 ; ord.
9th June 1691 ; called to Wick 7th March
1697, but did not accept the appointment ;
dem. 7th July 1725. He marr. (1) 3rd Aug.
1693, Beatrice, daugh. of Andrew Donald-
son, min. of Dalgety, and had issue —
Robert, min. of this parish ; Andrew, born
1697 ; Alexander, min. of Tillicoultry, born
1701 : (2) 16th Aug. 1704, Anna Balfour,
in parish of Kennoway, and had issue —
John, born 1705 ; David, born 1707; James,
born 1709. — [Lothian Syn. Reg. ; Fraser's
Life of Ralph Urskine.]
ROBERT STEDMAN, born 1695, eldest
1726 son °^ Preceding ; educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh ; MA. (24th May 1715) ;
licen. by Presb. of Dunfermline 15th Nov.
1721 ; called 2nd July 1725 ; ord. 17th Feb.
1726 ; was one of fifteen mins. who dis-
BEATH— KELTY
[PRESB. OF
sented from the resolution to depose the
eight Seceders 15th May 1740; died 28th
Sept. 1755. He marr. 27th Sept. 1733,
Sarah (died 10th June 1752), daugh. of
Mark Stark, surveyor, Bo'ness, and had
issue— Janet, born 1736 ; Alexander, born
1737. — [Reg. Gen. Ass., 1740; Torryburn
Reg.~]
1756
JAMES EEID, born 1715; pres. by
James, Earl of Moray, in Feb., and
ord. 10th Nov. 1756; died 14th
March 1798. He marr. 28th Oct. 1757,
Ann Dott, and had issue— Stuart, farmer,
Kirton, Beath, born 2nd April 1760 ; Janet,
born 11th July 1761 (marr. (1) 6th July
1781, John Hoyes, min. of Dalgety : (2)
Peter Hay); James, born 6th May 1764.
Publication— Account of the Parish (Sin-
clair's Stat. Ace, in.).— [Test. Reg. (St
And.); Tombst.]
JAMES HUTTON.born 1769, probably
a native of Aberdour ; licen. by
Presb. of Dunfermline 3rd Sept.
1793; pres. by Francis, Earl of Moray,
26th Aug. 1798 ; ord. 2nd May 1799 ; died
1st Nov. 1811. He marr. 17th Oct. 1809,
Johanna Reid (died at Dumfries 25th Dec.
1868, aged 83), and had issue — Elizabeth,
born 21st Nov. 1810, died 13th Nov. 1825.
— [Tombst.]
GEORGE TOUGH, pres. by Francis,
Earl of Moray, 17th March, trans,
from High Meeting, Berwick-on-
Tweed, and adm. 17th July 1812; trans.
to Ayton 13th Oct. 1814.
JAMES FERGUSSON, born Blair-
1815 Atholl, 23rd Feb. 1782, son of Donald
F. ; licen. by Presb. of St Andrews
29th March 1809; ord. by Presb. of Dal-
keith as assistant at Inveresk 7th Dec. 1813 ;
pres. by Francis, Earl of Moray, 15th March,
and adm. 4th May 1815; D.D. (Glasgow,
14th Feb. 1848); died 19th March 1866.
He marr. 3rd Feb. 1814, Catherine (died
11th April 1866), daugh. of Charles Mackie,
goldsmith, London, and Mary Selkirk.
Publication — Account of the Parish {New
Stat. Ace, ix.).
DAVID NASMYTH HOGG, M.A.; ord.
16th Aug. 1866; trans, to Auchter-
1866
muchty 22nd July 1870.
ARCHIBALD CONNELL M'PHAIL,
trans, and adm. from Quarter 20th
Oct. 1870; trans, to Hobkirk 15th
June 1876.
1876
JOHN SINCLAIR, ord. 13th Dec. 1876 ;
died 1st March 1915. He marr. 30th
April 1879, Elizabeth Douglas (died
23rd Aug. 1909), daugh. of William Wilson,
and widow of Captain Honore Arluc, Mar-
seilles.
1915
ROBERT JAMES STEELE DICKEY,
born Manse of Holm, Orkney, son
of William James Steele D., D.D.,
min. of Harray, Orkney ; educated at St
Andrews Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of Perth
10th May 1911 ; assistant at Kemback,
Crail, and North Berwick ; ord. 7th July
1915 ; served in the Army, Sept. 1915 to
Jan. 1919, as captain R.HA. and R.F.A., and
later R.G.A. ; acted as Instructor, Northern
Army Training Centre ; later B.C. Dover
Garrison. Marr. 20th Nov. 1915, Helen
Russell Ritchie, Argyle Street, St Andrews,
and has issue — Elizabeth Russell, born at
St Andrews, 21st Nov. 1916 ; Eric William
Gordon, born at Beath, 18th Nov. 1919.
KELTY (Q.S.).
[A mission station was opened here in
1894. The parish was disjoined from Beath
1925.]
GEORGE HUNTER, M.A; born 1857,
son of George H. ; app. missionary
at Straloch, Parish of Moulin ; app.
missionary here in 1896; ord. to Kelty
Chapel 22nd March 1897 ; res. 3rd June,
and was adm. to Oldham Street Church,
Liverpool, 19th June 1903; res. that in
1905 ; became assistant at Larkhall and
Stracathro, and died 13th Feb. 1909.
1897
WILLIAM HENDERSON ADAM, ord.
22nd Oct. 1903 ; trans, to Calder-
bank 1st April 1919; died 28th
Feb. 1923.
1903
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KELTY— CARNOCK
WILLIAM THOMSON, born Keirfield,
Lecropt, 26th Jan. 1876, son of John
T. and Christian Moir; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of
Dunblane 1st May 1900 ; assistant North
Parish, Dunfermline, June 1900-2 ; St
Michael's, Crieff, Sept. 1902 to Feb. 1903 ;
North Esk, March 1903 to Oct. 1904;
Larbert, Nov. 1904 ; ord. to Springfield
20th July 1905; trans, and adm. 7th Aug.
1919.
CARNOCK.
[The old church of Carnock, whose ruins
still stand in the churchyard, belonged to
the Ministry of the Red Friars at Scotland-
well. It is said that there was in this parish
an early dedication to St Cearnach.]
vttlCHARD BROWN, acted as reader
1567 from 1567 to 1576.
^ PETER BLACKWOOD, min. of Saline,
._,_. etc., had also charge of this parish,
being adm. in 1571.
DAVID FERGUSSON, min. of Dun-
1574
fermline, had also the care of
Carnock.
JOHN BAXTER, formerly a monk of
15„_ Dunfermline Abbey, reader from
1578 to 1580. — [Acts and Decreets,
lxvi., 396.]
JAMES STEWART, min. here in con-
1584 Junction with Saline about 1584, but
removed there in 1589 or the fol-
lowing year, retaining, however, the charge
of Carnock till 1592.
JOHN ROW, born Perth, his baptism is
1592 recorcl-ed as having taken place 6th
Jan. 1568-9, third son of John R.,
the Reformer, min. of Perth ; educated by
his father, he was so precocious that he
knew Hebrew at the age of seven, and read
daily after dinner or supper portions of the
Old Testament in the original. On the
death of his father in 1580, his brother
William and he received friar's pensions
from the King's Hospital at Perth. At
fifteen he became schoolmaster of Kenno-
way and tutor to his cousins, sons of Beaton
of Balfour, whom he accompanied to Edin-
burgh Univ. in 1586, where he graduated
M.A. 1st Aug. 1590. Shortly afterwards he
was elected schoolmaster of Aberdour, and
was tutor to William, Earl of Morton.
He continued his studies in divinity, and
towards the end of 1592 he was ord. to this
charge. He was one of the forty-five mins.
who signed a Protest to Parliament, 1st
July 1606, against Episcopacy, and in the
same year, at Linlithgow, he met with the
mins. who were to be put on their trial for
holding the Assembly at Aberdeen in dis-
obedience to the King's command. In 1616
he declined a presentation to Aberdour, and
later, a call to Culross. In 1619, and again
on 29th Dec. 1621, he was summoned before
the Court of High Commission for non-
conformity and opposition to Prelacy. He
was prevented by illness from obeying the
former summons, but was represented by a
son and a nephew. Sir George Bruce of
Carnock also intervened on his behalf and
sent a letter by one of his servants, Richard
Christie, to the Archbishop. The Arch-
bishop deposed two mins. but dealt more
leniently with Row, who was simply " con-
fined to his own congregation." Richard
Christie claimed as much credit for the
light sentence as Row's other friends :
"After sundry arguments, Christie came
on with one weightie argument," saying,
" thir coals in your mines are very evil, and
my master (Bruce) hath very many good
coals : send up a vessel every year to
Culross, and I shall see her laden with
good coals." After Row had been restricted
to his small parish he organised the Com-
munion services which gave Carnock a
celebrity among the parishes of Scotland.
This it retained for upwards of two hun-
dred years. At a Communion in 1635 it
is said there were no fewer than seventeen
tables. Row was a member of the Glasgow
Assembly of 1638, when he was app. one of
a committee of mins. "come to years" to
enquire— from personal knowledge of the
handwriting of clerks and their own recol-
lection of events — into the authenticity of
certain Assembly Records which had been
missing for some time, the result being that
their genuineness was established. By the
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same Assembly he was named one of a com-
mittee for considering such constitutions
and laws " as might prevent corruptions in
the future, like those which had troubled
the Kirk in the past." He died 26th June
1646, after a few days' illness, and was
buried at the east end of Carnock Church,
where a monumental stone was erected to
his memory. This monument is surmounted
by a Scottish thistle, immediately over which
are the Hebrew words for "The Last House,'''
and the following Latin inscription : " Hie
Jacet M. Jo. Row, Pastor hujus ecclesise
fidelissimus : vixit acerrimus veritatis et
foederis Scoticani assertor : hierarchias
pseudo-episcopalis et Eomanorum rituum
cordicitus osor : in frequenti symmistarum
apostasia cubi instar constantissimus." In
" Memorials of the Family of Row" [in MS.]
there is to be found this other epitaph :
'•" Though bald with age, and prest with weight,
In crooked times this man went straight :
His pen kept hid things on record
For which the Prelats him abhorr'd :
And his Carnock, his little quarter
For Canterbury he would not barter."
He marr. 4th Jan. 1595 Grizel (died 30th
Jan. 1659), described as "a verie comelie
and beautifull young woman," daugh. of
David Fergusson, min. of Dunfermline,
and had issue — David, a min. in Ireland,
"who was obliged to return to Scotland
after a residence of twenty-five years, fifteen
of which he had spent in the ministry, with
a wife and five children without means of
support, because of persecution and oppres-
sion from Papists who burned, slew, and
did all the hurt they could to those that
fled not"; John, Principal of King's
College, Aberdeen (g.v.) ; Robert, min.
of Abercorn ; William, min. of Ceres ;
Katherine (marr. (1) cont. 1st Sept. 1627,
Robert Alison, merchant burgess, Dun-
fermline : f2) John Messone, burgess of
Culross) ; Elizabeth (marr. cont. 4th April
1623, William Gibbon, indweller in Ban-
haird) ; Margaret (marr. David Robertson,
of Murton-Elginch, and was great-great-
grandmother of Principal Robertson, the
historian). Publication— The Ilistorie of
the Kirk of Scotland from the year 1558 to
August 1637, with a Continuation to July
1639 by his son John How, Principal of
King's College, Aberdeen. [Row's Ilistorie,
based on papers left by his father-in-law,
David Fergusson, found its way into
circulation by means of several manuscript
copies, one of which — in Edinburgh Univ.
Library — was first printed by the Wodrow
Society (Edinburgh, 1842), an edition being
printed also that same year for the Maitland
Club, 2 vols.]. — [Memorials of the Family
of Row [edited by James Maidment] (Edin-
burgh, 1828) ; Baillie's Letters, i., 129 ;
Gordon's Scots Affairs, i. 147, ii. 127 ; Notes
prefaced to the Ilistorie ; Calderwood's
Hist., vii., 519, 543; Livingstone's
Characteristics ; Chalmers's Dunfermline,
ii. ; Ross's Aberdour and Inchcolme, 220,
229; Cunningham's Culross, 92-4; Diet.
Nat. Biog.; Beg. of Deeds, ccccxvii. 53,
ccclxxiii. Ill; Perth Sas., v., 137.]
VGEORGE BELFRAGE, M.A. (St An-
lfi._ drews 1627); was on the Exercise
at Kirkcaldy loth Jan. 1635; min.
at Culross in 1642; trans, and adm. 2nd
June 1647 ; suspended 27th Oct. 1663,
and dep. 5th April 1664 for conforming to
Episcopacy, but still designated min. of
Carnock June 1664 ; was resident at Culross
Aug. 1677, and in Dunfermline 29th Jan.
1678, when he appears among those who
had not signed the Bond for the Public
Peace. He marr. (1) 14th May 1641,
Marion Setoun, who died in or after 1662,
and had issue — John : (2) at Dron, 14th
Aug. 1677, Elizabeth, daugh. of Andrew
Lundie, Kinglassie. — [Kinglassie, Dron,
Culross, Sess. Pegs. ; Wodrow's Hist., i., 328 ;
Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xi. ; Gen. Sas., xl.,
276; Fife Sas., xvii. 362, i. 438; Peg. of
Deeds, Dalr., xi., 492 ; Peg. Privy Council,
29th Jan. 1678.]
JOHN SHAW, M.A. ; trans, from Kells,
16^ pres. by Alexander, Earl of Kin-
cardine, coll. in Jan., and adm. 1st
Feb. 1665 ; trans, to Kinnaird, Perthshire,
13th March 1678.
THOMAS MARSHALL, a native of
le7g Montrose ; educated at the Univ.
and King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(17th July 1668); adm. 27th Aug. 1679;
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deprived by Privy Council, 4th Sept. 16S9,
for not reading the Proclamation of the
Estates, and not praying for William and
Mary, but for King James, and " hoping to
see him in his throne before Lammas."
He marr. Jean Craford, and had issue —
Christian.
WILLIAM INNES, called in March,
1693 and ord. 18th Oct. 1693; trans, to
Thurso May 1696.
JAMES HOG, born about 1658, son of
16gg Thomas H., min. of Larbert ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh (M.A.
1677) and in Holland (probably Utrecht) ;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh ; ord. to
Dalserf 20th Jan. 1691. He declined to
take the Oath of Allegiance in 1693. In
1695 he was elected a member of Assembly
but refused the necessary oaths, upon
which the Lord High Commissioner (John,
Lord Carmichael) objected to his taking
his seat. Entreated by his friends either
to take the oaths or retire, he agreed to
the latter course, on condition that the
Assembly should " attest Ms diligence "
[certify as to his attendance]. Through
ill-health, he dem. 30th March 1697, but was
adm. to this charge 23rd Aug. 1699. In
1711 he was a candidate for the Chair of
Divinity at Marischal College, Aberdeen.
He died in Edinburgh, 14th May 1734.
He is best remembered for his connection
with the " Marrow " Controversy. He re-
published in 1718 Edward Fisher's
Marrow of Modern Divinity, to which
his attention had been drawn by Thomas
Boston, who had found the book in the
house of one of his Simprin flock. Hog
was one of the twelve protesters against
an Act of Assembly which condemned the
work, 20th May 1720, and enjoined ministers
to warn their people not to read it. He
marr., and had issue — Alison (marr. William
Hunter, min. of Lilliesleaf) ; Janet (marr.
Daniel Hunter, min. of this parish). Pub-
lications— Remarks concerning the Spirit's
Operation, and the difference betwixt the
Laiv and the Gospel (Edinburgh, 1701) —
issued also as Notes about the Spirit's
Operations for discovering from the Word
their Nature and Evidence (Edinburgh,
1709) ; A Casuistical Essay upon the Lord's
Prayer, to which is subjoined A Letter to
a Friend (Edinburgh, 1705); A Letter to
a Friend, containing diverse Remarks
concerning the Sacrament of the Lord's
Supper (Edinburgh, 1706) ; Some Select
Notes towards detecting a correct mixture
of the Covenant of Works and of Grace
(Edinburgh, 1706-18); The Covenants of
Redemption and Grace displayed (Edin-
burgh, 1707); Otia Christiana, or
Christian Recreations (Edinburgh, 1708 ;
Aberdeen, 1776) [in the First Edition
the author's signature appears in error at
the end of the Preface as " John Hog "] ;
Some Remarks about Submission to the
Sovereign disposure of the God of the
Spirits of all Flesh (Edinburgh, 1709);
Notes about Saving Illumination (n.d.,
also reprinted at Aberdeen, 1778); A
Letter to a Gentleman, in which the Un-
lawfulness of imposing Forms of Prayer,
and other Acts of Worship, is plainly De-
monstrated (Edinburgh, 1710) [answered
by Robert Calder in An Answer to Mr
James Hog (Edinburgh, 1710)]; A Letter
to a Person exercised to Godliness about our
Natural Enmity (Edinburgh, 1714); An
Abstract of Sundry Discourses on Job
XXXV I., 8, 9, 10 (Edinburgh, 1714;
Aberdeen, 1778) ; Abstract of two private
Discourses on Mark LX., 23 (Edinburgh,
1715) ; Remarks concerning the Rooting,
Groioth, and Ripeness of a Work of Grace
in the Soul (Edinburgh, 1715) ; An Essay
to vindicate some Scripture Truths [against
Professor Simson] (Edinburgh, 1716) ; A
Letter to a Gentleman detecting the gangrene
of some Errors vented at this Time (Edin-
burgh, 1716); Abstract of Discourses on
Psalm XLL., 4 (Edinburgh, 1716); Letter
to a private Christian on Gospel Holiness
(Edinburgh, n.d.) ; Three Missives written
to a Minister of the Gospel, in answer to
one from him [an anti-Separatist tract]
(Edinburgh, 1717, the first of those missives
was reprinted at Edinburgh in 1893) ; The
Right of Church Members to choose their
own Overseers (Edinburgh, 1717); The
Marrow of Modern Divinity [by Edward
Fisher], edited with Preface (Edinburgh,
1718) ; A Vindication of the Doctrine of
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Grace from the Charge of Antinomianism
(Edinburgh, 1718); Some Proposals for
Peace and Harmony (Edinburgh, 1718);
Some Missives addressed to a Gentleman
ivhich contain the Author's aim at detecting
and refuting the Decision . . . of our Time
[twelve letters] (Edinburgh, 1718) ; A Letter
concerning the True State of the Question
between the Non-Jurant and Jurant
Ministers of the Church of Scotland
(Edinburgh, 1718); An Explication of
Passages excepted against in the Marrow
of Modern Divinity (Edinburgh, 1719) ;
A Conference between Epaphroditus and
Epap>hras (Edinburgh, 1719); Remarks
upon the Review of A Conference, etc.
(Edinburgh, 1719) ; Letter to a Gentleman,
containing a detection of Errors in a Print
entitled '■'■The Snake in the Grass" (Edin-
burgh, 1720) [in Answer to " The Snake in
the Grass," or Remarks upon The Marrow
of Modern Divinity (Edinburgh, 1719)];
The Scope and Substance of the Marrow
of Modern Divinity (Edinburgh, 1721);
Reasons of Masters James Hog and James
Bathgate . . . for their not Observing the
Day of Thanksgiving (n.p., 1724) ; Ansiver
to Campbell's Discourse proving that the
Apostles were no Enthusiasts (Edinburgh) ;
On Covenanting (Edinburgh, 1727); Preface
to Halyburton's Natural Religion insuf-
ficient to Man's Happiness (Edinburgh,
1714), and to Memoirs or Spiritual Exer-
cises of Mistress Ross (Edinburgh, 1735).
The Controversie concerning the Marrow
. . . Considered in Several Familiar
Dialogues, I., II. (Edinburgh, 1721-2);
Queries agreed unto by the Commission of
the General Assembly (1721) and put to
those Ministers . . . together ivith the
Answers given (n.p., 1722) ; Memoirs of
the Public Life of Mr James Hog and
of the Ecclesiastical Proceedings of his
Time previous to his Settlement at Carnock,
written by himself as a Testamentary
Memorial (1798). — {Reg. Bur. (Edin.) ;
Boston's Mem.; Wodrow's Corresp., i. 23-6,
105-8, ii. 3, 191, 508, iii. 7 ; Edin. Chris.
Inst., 1831-2, p. 694; Brown's Gospel
Truth ; Fraser's Ralph Erskine ; Fraser's
The Christian, the Student, and Pastor,
Exemplified (Edinburgh, 1781) ; Erskine's
1741
Fife Bibliog., 171-4 ; Henderson's Religious
Controversies of Scotland, 20-43; Diet.
Nat. Biog.]
DANIEL HUNTER, licen. by Presb.
1730 of Dunfermline 16th Sept. 1724;
became chaplain in the family of
Colonel Erskine of Carnock ; called 26th
June 1729 ; ord. (assistant and successor)
21st Jan. 1730 ; died 15th Jan. 1739. He
marr. Janet (died 28th May 1752), daugh.
of James Hog, min. of this parish, and
had issue — James ; Isabella, born 1732 ;
Mary, born 1733; John, born 1735;
Archibald; Thomas, born 1737; Janet.
Publication— Answer to Campbell's Dis-
course proving that the Apostles were no
Enthusiasts (perhaps jointly with preced-
ing).— [Wodrow's Anal.]
THOMAS GILLESPIE, born Clearburn,
parish of Duddingston, 1708, son
of a farmer ; educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh. Purposing to enter the
ministry of the Secession Church, he went
to Perth to study divinity under William
Wilson at the Secession Hall there,
but disliking the views propounded he
stayed only ten days, after which he
attended a Theological Academy at North-
ampton, presided over by Philip Doddridge,
D.D. ; licen. by a Presbyterian Classis or
Presbytery [or, according to Struthers, by
Doddridge and a number of independent
mins.] in England 30th Oct. 1740; ord.
min. of a congregation in the north of
England 22nd Jan. 1741. He returned to
Scotland in March, was pres. to this parish
by Colonel Erskine of Carnock, called 7th
May, and adm. 4th Sept. that year. When
signing the " Confession of Faith " he took
exception to chapter xxiii., in which are
defined the powers of the civil magistrate.
With five co-presbyters he opposed the
settlement of Andrew Kichardson at Inver-
keithing, refusing to implement the orders
of the Assembly for his induction in May
1752, and submitting a Representation
in terms of the Act of 25th May 1736,
which set forth, " that it is, and has been
since the Reformation, the principle of this
Church, that no minister shall be intruded
into any parish contrary to the will of the
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congregation." An agreement might have
been come to under modifications proposed
by three of G.'s brethren, but G. himself
stood firm and produced a second paper
re-affirming his position. By a majority of
forty-six, the General Assembly determined
that to punish the contumacy of the Presby-
tery, one of its members should be deposed,
and in a sederuntof fifty-six mins .and elders,
fifty-two voted for G.'s deposition, 23rd May
1752. He remained at the bar, listened to
the Moderator (Patrick Cuming, D.D.)
pronouncing sentence, and made this reply :
" I desire to receive this sentence of the
General Assembly of the Church of Scot-
land pronounced against me with real
concern, and awful impressions of the
divine conduct in it : but I rejoice that
to me it is given on behalf of Christ, not
only to believe in Him, but also to suffer
for His sake." It is said that G. returned
to Carnock late on the night of the Saturday
of his deposition. His wife, not expecting
his return, had gone to bed. When he
knocked at the door for admittance, she
rose, went to the window, and desired
to know who was there. "The deposed
minister of Carnock," was the reply. On
getting inside the house, he said, "I am
no longer minister of Carnock," and to that
his wife answered, " Well, if we must beg,
I will carry the meal-pock." The next day
a vast crowd assembled at Carnock from
all parts, but instead of preaching in the
church, a service was held in the church-
yard, G. taking for his text the words :
" Necessity is laid upon me ; yea, woe is
unto me, if I preach not the Gospel ! " For
four months he continued to preach in the
fields till a meeting-house was opened at
Dunfermline. On 22nd Oct. 1761, the
Presb. of Belief (i.e. for the relief of
Christians oppressed in their Church
privileges) was founded by G. and two
other mins. — Thomas Boston, the younger,
and Thomas Colier, min. at Colinsburgh,
with an elder from each of their Sessions.
G. died 19th Jan. 1774. He was a
conscientious and painstaking min., single-
minded, devoid of personal ambition in
the matter of his ecclesiastical convictions,
somewhat uncouth and nervous in his
public appearances. He literally wore
himself out with his indefatigable labours.
It has been stated that in his later years
he desired to return to the Church of
Scotland, and that on his deathbed he
advised his adherents to get his meeting-
house received as a chapel-of-ease. This,
however, is strenuously denied, and there
is no direct evidence for a statement made
chiefly on the authority of John Erskine,
D.D. He marr. 19th Nov. 1744, Margaret
(died s.p. 27th April 1787), daugh. of John
Kiddell, physician, Edinburgh. Publica-
tions— A Just View of the Constitution of the
Church of Scotland (n.p., 1752) [answered
by A Juster View (Edinburgh, 1753) ] ; An
Essay on the Continuance of Immediate
Revelations of Facts and Fiiture Events in
the Christian Church [containing a Letter
by James Cuthbert, min. of Culross, and
a Preface by John Erskine, D.D.] (Edin-
burgh, 1771) ; A Treatise on Temptation
[Preface by John Erskine, D.D.] (Edin-
burgh, 1774). — [See A Letter from several
Elders, Lovers of Peace and Moderation,
upon the Deposing of T. G. (n.p., 1752) ;
A Speech concerning the Reponing of T. G.
(n.p., 1753) ; An Inquiry into the Powers
committed to the General Assemblies of this
Church, and the Nature of Deposition from
the Holy Ministry, occasioned by the
Conduct and Procedure of the Assembly
1752, by the author of the " Queries" in the
Scots Mag. for July 1752, with an Intro-
duction by another hand (Glasgow, 1754) ;
The Case of the Rev. T. G. [by T[homas
Bjoston] (n.p., 1770) ; The Case of the Rev.
T. G. reviewed (Edinburgh, 1770) ; Sermons
preached at Dunfermline on the Death of
the Rev. T. G. [by James Cowan, min. at
Colinsburgh] (1796) ; Lives of Ebenezer
Erskine, William Wilson, and Thomas
Gillespie, Fathers of the U.P. Church [Life
of G. by William Lindsay, D.D.] (Edin-
burgh, 1849) ; The History and Principles of
the First C onstituted Presbytery of Relief , by
the Surviving Members of said Presb. (Edin-
burgh, 1795) ; Struthers's Hist, of the Relief
Church, 1839 ; M'Kelvie's Annals of the
U.P. Church ; Small's Hist, of U.P. Congs.,
i., 358; Alex. Carlyle's Autobiography;
Cunningham's Hist, of the Secession and
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CARNOCK
[PRESB. OF
Relief Churches in Dunfermline (Dunferm-
line, 1899) ; Bid. Nat. Diog.]
1753
1780
GEORGE ADIE, born Dunfermline,
Aug. 1700, son of David A., Dean
of Guild, and Anna Burn ; edu-
cated at Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by
Presb. of Dunfermline 2Sth April 1726;
called 24th Sept., and ord. 29th Nov. 1753 ;
died 13th June 1780. He marr. (1) 27th
Aug. 1734, Elizabeth Wardlaw, who died
before 22nd Nov. 173S, and had issue —
Janet, born 1735 ; Anna, born 1737 ;
George, born 1738 : (2) 11th March 1756,
Margaret (died loth May 1770), daugh. of
William Campbell, min. of Kirkinner, and
had issue — Margaret, born 1st Dec. 1756
(marr. 12th Oct. 1780, Thomas Mill of
Blair) ; Peter, born 2nd March and died
1st Oct. 1759 ; David William, born 1st
Oct. 1760 ; Campbell, W.S., born ISth May
1762, died 29th Jan. 1807.— [Fraser's Life
of R. Erskine ; Tombst.~]
ALEXANDER THOMSON, born 17th
May 1757, son of James T., min.
of Kingoldrum ; educated at Univ.
and King's College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1774);
licen. by Presb. of Meigle 2nd Dec. 1778;
pres. by John Erskine, D.D., of Carnock,
4th July, and ord. 21st Dec. 1780; died
31st Jan. 1826. He marr. 18th Sept. 1783,
Susan Geddes (died at Lauder, 27th Jan.
1833, aged 81), and had issue — James,
born 30th Dec. 1784; Anne, born 26th
Oct. 1788, died 31st March 1809 ; Robert,
advocate, sheriff of Caithness, born 4th
June 1791, died 26th May 1857 ; Katherine,
born 15th Dec. 1792 (marr. Peter Cosens,
min. of Lauder) ; Susan, born 24th Oct.
1794, died 18th Dec. 1804. Publication-
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, xi.). — [Test. Reg. {Dunblane).]
ROBERT THOMSON, licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh 26th Nov. 1794; ord.
to Arbroath Chapel-of-Ease 1st Sept.
1796 ; pres. by David Erskine of Carnock,
in Feb., trans, and adm. 14th July 1826 ;
died 17th Nov. following, aged 66. He
marr. (1) Alison Lawson, who died 4th
Dec. 1808, aged 42 : (2) 9th Feb. 1820, Anne
Allan, who died 3rd June 1855, and had
1826
issue — Alexander, born 2nd Dec. 1820;
John, born 8th March 1823 ; Robert, born
15th Jan. 1S26. Publication — Courage in
Defence of our Country as united with
Dependence on Divine Aid recommended,
a sermon (Arbroath, 1805). — [Tombst.]
1827
WILLIAM GILSTON, born Chapelton
of Urr, 1792, son of John G. ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; pres.
by David Erskine of Carnock, Nov.
1826; ord. 8th Aug. 1827. Joined the
Free Church in 1843; min. of Carnock
Free Church, 1843-81 ; died 20th July 1881.
He marr. 3rd Sept. 1822, Margaret, daugh.
of David Arnot, stocking weaver, Perth,
and Janet Cargill, who died 18th May 1842,
and had issue — Jessie Cargill, born 29th
May 1823; John, born 12th April 1825,
died in Australia ; Isabella M'Neill, born
6th June 1827 ; Graham, born 17th June
1829 (marr. Aitken Dott). Publication —
Account of the Parish (ATew Stat. Ace,
ix.) ; Sermons XIIL, CXXI. (Free Church
Puljrit, i., iii.).
1843
ADAM BLACK DOUGLAS, born 1805,
son of Adam D., farmer and miller,
and Isobell Blair; ord. 12th Oct.
1843 ; died in Edinburgh, 23rd April 1862.
He marr. 10th Jan. 1859, Jane, daugh. of
Peter M'Gill, town - clerk, Kinross ; she
marr. (2) 6th Oct. 1875, James William
Milroy, min. of Colmonell.
1862
ROBERT JOHNSTONE, ord. 11th Dec.
1862 ; trans, to Leuchars 19th July
1866.
PETER PENNYCOOK, born 1837, son
of Charles P., dairyman, and
Christian Bayne ; educated at St
Andrews Univ. ; assistant at Govan ; adm.
20th Sept. 1866 ; died 21st Sept. 1879. He
marr. 8th Jan. 1S68, Hamilla, daugh. of
John Mitchell, Moore Park, Govan, and had
issue — Charles Hamilton Mitchell, of 11b
Denmark Terrace, Brighton, born 2nd Dec.
1870; Janet Hamilton, born 17th Dec. 1871,
died at Lynwood, Bridge of Allan, 6th Jan.
1880 ; Annie Mitchell, born 14th Dec.
1872, died at Dalkeith Park, Dalkeith, 13th
June 1922.
Dunfermline] C ARNOC K— COWDENBEATH— CULROSS
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WILLIAM AULD, bom Kippen
Schoolhouse, 2nd March 1854, son
of James A., parochial schoolmaster;
educated at Glasgow Univ., 1871-8 ; M.A.
(27th April 1876), B.D. (28th Nov. 1878) ;
missionary assistant at Bridgeton, Glas-
gow, Aug. 1875 to Dec. 1876, and Bluevale,
Glasgow, Jan. 1877 to March 1880 ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow 12th June 1878;
ord. 25th March 1880 ; dem. Nov. 1919.
Marr. 28th Oct. 1886, Emily, daugh. of
James Wallace, Burnbank, Dennistoun,
Glasgow, and has issue — James Cecil
Wallace, born 9th Jan. 1891.
1920
JAMES MOIK WEBSTEK, born For-
dyce, 31st Aug. 1875, son of Joseph
W. ; educated at Univ. of Aber-
deen ; M.A. (1897), B.D. (1900) ; licen. by
Presb. of Aberdeen in 1900 ; assistant at
South Church, Aberdeen ; ord. to North
Parish, Dunfermline, 20th Nov. 1902;
trans, and adm. 5th Feb. 1920. Marr. 7th
July 1903, Christina Mollison (died 6th
March 1921), daugh. of John Gibson,
Bucksburn, Aberdeen, and has issue — Mary
Paterson, born 6th Aug. 1904, died 29th
Oct. 1919 ; Jeanie Gibson, born 10th Aug.
1907.
COWDENBEATH (Q.S.).
[A Mission was begun here in 1894, and
in 1896 a church was built, and a chapel-
of - ease constitution obtained. On 9th
July 1915 the parish of Cowdenbeath was
disjoined from Beath and Auchtertool.]
BOBERT CONDIE HUNTEE, app.
.„_. missionary 31st Oct. 1894, and res.
in March 1895 ; ord. min. of Ann-
bank 28th Sept. 1898 ; trans, to Leadhills
17th July 1923.
JAMES AIKEN, M.A.; app. missionary
1895 in Feb. 1895 and res. in Aug. 1S98 ;
afterwards min. of St James's Parish,
Forfar.
JOHN HENDERSON, M.A., B.D. ;
ord. first min. of Chapel-of-Ease
13th Oct. 1898; res. 19th Sept. and
adm. to Muirkirk 21st Sept. 1910.
JAMES FRANCIS, M.A., B.D.; formerly
of Twechar Chapel, Glasgow ; adm.
17th Jan. 1911 ; res. 13th July and
adm. to St Thomas's Parish, Glasgow, 7th
Aug. 1913.
ROBERT MUIR, born Maryhill, Glas-
gow, son of John M. ; educated at
Glasgow Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of
Dunbarton in April 1905 ; assistant at
St Clement's Parish, Dundee, 1905-6 ; ord.
to Toward Chapel (parish of Innellan)
8th May 1906 ; adm. to St Mark's Parish,
Glasgow, 4th May 1909 ; trans, and adm.
18th Feb. 1914; died 10th Oct. 1921.
Largely through his untiring efforts the
parish qzwad sacra was erected. He marr.
5th Dec. 1890, Charlotte, daugh. of James
Cook.
JOHN WATSON EMSLIE, born Edin-
1922 burgh, 21st Jan- 1886, son of James
E., Depute Keeper of Privy Seal of
Scotland, and Janet Tod Watson ; educated
at Edinburgh Univ. ; M.A. (1908) ; became
a teacher ; served in the Army as private
and officer in Scottish Rifles, Seaforth
Highlanders, and Chinese Corps, 1914-20 ;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh March 1919 ;
assistant at South Leith Feb. 1920 to March
1922 ; ord. 22nd March 1922.
CULROSS.
[The original parish church of Culross,
dating from a very early period and now a
ruin, is situated in a field about three-
quarters of a mile to the west of the burgh,
and is surrounded by a very interesting
graveyard. To the north of the church, on
the farm of the Ashes, is a spring designated
the Monk's Well. It does not appear that
the church was ever used for Protestant
worship, for the Act of Parliament of 1633
which decerned that the abbey church be
that of the parish, states not only that the
said abbey church had been used for the
service of the cure since the Reformation,
but also that " the kirk callit the paroche
kirke of Culross is ane old kirk quhairine
service is not, nor hes not beine usit since
memorie of man, and is altogether ruinous,
decayit, and falline down in divers parts."
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CULROSS
[PRESB. OF
Dedicated to the Virgin Mary and St Serf,
the Cistercian Abbey of Culross was founded
in 1217 by Malcolm, Earl of Fife. It was
much resorted to by pilgrims of all classes,
and possessed great buildings. The abbey
church, as now in use, is about eighty feet
in length, with transepts and a stately
tower. On the east side of the tower
stands the church just alluded to, which
has been continuously in use since the
thirteenth century. On the west side are
traces of what was undoubtedly a church,
for centuries a ruin. As the tower is built
from the ground and not arched, it must
have divided the complete church into two.
In 1905 the eastern portion underwent a
large scheme of restoration which has
revealed its internal beauties. At the
same time many interesting discoveries
were made. At the south-eastern boundary
of the abbey grounds and close to the public
road stood the chapel of St Mungo, erected
in 1503 by Robert Blackadder, Archbishop
of Glasgow. It probably took the place of
an earlier foundation, the site being the
place, so tradition runs, where St Thenew,
after landing from her frail boat, gave birth
to St Mungo. In 1641 a Second Charge
was founded for this parish. In 1672, the
barony of Kincardine - on - Forth and the
lands of Lurg, Sands, and Kellywood were
disjoined from Culross, and added to the
parish of Tulliallan. Fairs of St Serf and
St Matthew were held at Culross.]
JOHN DYKES, min. in 1567, Tulliallan
.,_„ being also in the charge; he was
a member of the Assembly Aug.
1571, March 1572, Aug. 1574, and of the
Convention 12th Jan. 1571. In 1574
Crombie and Tulliallan were in the charge.
A libel, raised against him by the Laird
of Tulliallan, was found by the Assembly
in 1577 to be not proven. He was a
member of Assembly April and Oct.
1581, and May 1586. In 1589 he was
named by the Privy Council one of the
Commissioners for the Preservation of the
True Religion in the sheriffdoms of Clack-
mannan and Kinross, and is last mentioned
here in 1591 ; was pres. by Queen Anne
28th Jan. 1606 to Newburn parish, vacant
by transportation of Andrew Hunter 23rd
Nov. 1593. During his ministry, John
Forest was reader 1580-1. — [Reg. Min. and
Assig. ; Boohe of the Kirk ; Stirling Presb.
Reg. ; Calderwood's Hist., iii. 132, 583, iv.
569, vi. 82, 376 et seq., vii. 222 ; Inverkeith-
ing Burgh Writs; Char. of Dunf., 253; MS.
Adv. Lib., 34.1.3.]
ROBERT COLVILLE of Nether Kin-
15g„ neddar, born about 1560, son of
Alexander O, commendator of
Culross, and brother of James C. of
Balbedie; min. in 1593 but had been
apparently ord. to a parish (unidentified)
within the Presb. of Linlithgow; he was
one of those who met with the brethren
at Linlithgow before their trial in 1606,
for holding an Assembly at Aberdeen
against the King's orders ; signed, with
forty-one others, a Protestation to Parlia-
ment, 1st July that year, against the
introduction of Episcopacy, and was one
of fifty-five who signed a Protestation to
Parliament in behalf of the Liberties of
the Kirk, 27th June 1617. He was still
min. 13th July 1629, though obliged to
have the services of an assistant [Robert
Melville], when he probably retired to
Kinghorn. He died 25th Feb. 1631. He
marr. Catherine Melville, and had issue —
Robert of Kinneddar, served heir 5th Dec.
1640 and 8th May 1649; Jean (marr. his
successor at Culross) ; Katherine (marr.
cont. 30th Oct. 1637, James, son of James
Aiken of Middle Grange). — [Stirling Presb.;
Calderwood's Hist., v. 268, vi. 376, 454, 457,
vii. 256 ; Livingstone's Charac. ; Inq. Ret.
Fife, 601, and Perth, 589 ; Bannatyne
Miscell., iii. ; Reg. of Deeds, cclxii., 23rd
Jan. 1617; Primrose's Prot. Booh, 106;
Gen. Reg. Inhib., xxv., 283 ; Perth Sas.,
xi., 19 ; Gen. Reg. Sas., xvii. 186, xxiv.
242, xlvii. 44 ; Fife Sas., xix., 241 ; Reg.
of Dunf. Homings, iv.]
JOHN DUNCAN, M.A. (St Andrews,
1632 1^19) ; adm. to Saline about 1629 ;
pres. by Charles 1. 25 th March; trans,
and adm. in 1632. A letter of 18th- March
from Adam, Bishop of Dunblane, to George
Bruce of Culross, whose influence had been
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used in favour of Duncan, indicates that
there was opposition to the settlement. He
was a member of the Glasgow Assembly in
1638, and of the Assemblies 1642-8; had
a pension from the King 2nd Sept. 1641,
which was confirmed by Parliament 17th
Nov. following. From Nov. 1646 to the
close of 1647 he was "in the camp of
General Leslie at Newcastell," and he
was also a member of the Commission
appointed by Parliament for visiting the
colleges of St Andrews 16th Jan. 1649.
After being laid aside nearly twelve months
from public duty, he died 25th March 1655,
aged about 56. He marr. Jean Colville
(died before 12th Dec. 1678), idaugh. of
preceding min., and had issue — John, min.
of Eerrick, served heir 31st Dec. 1655 ;
Bessie Duncan (marr. 26th Dec. 1640, at
Culross, George Thomson, min. of Kilmun)
was probably a daugh. — [Dunf. {Deaths)
Reg. ; Culross Reg. ; Culross Past and
Present, 72 ; Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Acts of Pari.,
v. 488, vi. ; Currie's Search; Blair's Autob. ;
Lamont's Diary, 29, 87; Gen. Reg. Sas.,
xlviii., 429.]]
MATTHEW FLEMING, M.A. (Glas-
1656 £ow' l^43) ; became tutor to Lord
James, son of William, Marquess
of Douglas; called in April, and adm.
24th Dec. 1656; pres. 4th Oct. 1662, and
that year he was confined to his parish
for non-conformity to Episcopacy. His
name appears, however, in Wodrow's list
of ejected mins. in 1663. He had Alex-
ander, Lord Montgomerie, with him to
board ; still min. 20th Sept. 1673, at
which time he was serving both charges,
and was alive March 1677, though not
in the charge, which was vacant in
1675.— [Lanark Presb.; Edin. Reg. Sas.;
Reg. Sec. Sig., i., 241 ; Mem. of Eglinton,
ii., 331, 336; Wodrow's Hist., i., 328;
Chalmers's Dunf., i., 583; Reg. Privy
Council, 7th May 1673, 18th Jan.
1676.]
v JOHN BUENETT, M.A. ; trans, from
1676 Second Charge, Linlithgow, 1676;
trans, to Monymusk in 1678.
[Both this, as well as the Second Charge,
1680 were vacant in 1679, when James
Eamsay, Bishop of Dunblane, under-
took the "ministerial charge" of Culross.
In 1680, the Privy .Council granted him
the vacant stipend for crop in 1679 to the
extent of 1000 merks for the repair of the
manse, in which he was residing.] — [Privy
Council Reg., 3rd ser., vi., 579, 18th Nov.
1680.]
1684
EOBEET WEIGHT, born about 1650,
son of Eobert W., min. of Clack-
mannan ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (14th July 1670); passed
trials before Presb. of Stirling and had
a testimonial for licence 18th Sept. 1673 ;
min. in 1684 ; deprived by the Committee
of Estates 11th May 1689, for neither read-
ing the Proclamation of the Estates, nor
praying for William and Mary ; died at
Edinburgh, 6th March 1721. He marr.
Katherine, daugh. of Eobert Edmonstone,
min. of the Second Charge, and had issue
— Eobert, M.D. (Eome), born 1687 ; James,
writer, Edinburgh; John, wine merchant,
Piccadilly, London ; Mary, alive 1762. —
[Dunblane Syn. ; Edin. Reg. {Bur.) ; Acts
of Pari., ix., App. 18, 22, xi. 198 ; Ind. to
Services, etc. ; Perth Sas., xi., 235 ; Edin.
Sas., 1st Aug. 1758 ; St. And. Comm. Deeds,
30th March 1782 ; Lyon Reg., 1732.]
JAMES FEASEE of Brea, born at Brea,
1689 *n t'le °^ parish of Kirkmichael
[Eesolis], Eoss-shire, 29th July 1639,
son of Sir James F. of Brea (who sat as
Commissioner from the Presb. of Inverness
in the Glasgow Assembly of 1638), and
grandson of Simon, seventh Lord Lovat,
by his second wife, Jean Stewart, daugh.
of James, Lord Doune, son of James, Earl
of Moray. His father died while F. was
still a child, and some of the greatest
troubles of his life came to him out of his
ownership of Brea and the derangement of
his father's pecuniary affairs. These, how-
ever, he was able to amend considerably
in course of time. He graduated M.A.
at Marischal College, Aberdeen, in 1658,
and thereafter commenced the study of
law. Coming under deep religious impres-
16
CULROSS
[PRESB. OF
sions he resolved to enter the ministry,
and having qualified himself was ord. by
the outed mins. of the Presb. of Moray
in 1672. In 1674 he was ordered to be
apprehended for preaching at conventicles,
and letters of intercommuning were passed
against him 6th Ang. 1675. He was sum-
moned before the Privy Council 29th Jan.
1676, and nest day he was sentenced to
imprisonment on the Bass Rock, where
he remained for two and a half years,
during which period his chief studies
were the Bible and Oriental languages.
He was released on giving security for
his good behaviour in July 1679, Sir Hugh
Campbell of Cawdor becoming cautioner
in the amount of £560. In Dec. 1681 he
was again called before the Council and
sent to Blackness Castle until he should pay
a fine of 5000 merks, and give a promise
to cease preaching or leave the country.
Unknown to him, a brother - in - law
petitioned for a remission of the fine. Set
free, he went to London 16th June 1682,
where he was apprehended for a third time
and confined in Newgate 21st July 16S3 for
six months for declining what was styled the
" Oxford oath." He returned to Scotland
before 6th July 1687, when he was resident
within the bounds of the Synod of Lothian
and Tweeddale. Early in 1689 he became
min. of this parish, preaching in a meet-
ing-house till the Committee of Estates
sanctioned his use of the church, 13th May.
He was a member of Assembly 1690 and
1692, was sent to give supply in the Xorth,
and had a call from Inverness Sept. 1696,
but was not settled; died at Edinburgh, 13th
Sept. 1699. Fraser's reputation rests on
his noble and saintly character, his devotion
to the Presbyterian principles, his sacrifices
for the same, and his Memoirs, a " book of
the intricacies of his own heart and life,,:
of which Dr Alexander Whyte said : " It
is in his Memoirs that James Fraser of
Brea will live, and he will live in that
remarkable book as long as a scholarly
religion, and an evangelical religion, and
a spiritual religion, and a profoundly experi-
mental religion, lives in his native land.
It is a book that for depth and for grip
has few, if any, equals among the foremost
books of its kind in the whole world." He
marr. (1) 31st July 1672, Isobel (died Oct.
1676), daugh. of Sir William Gray of Pitten-
drum, and widow of William Hamilton,
merchant, Edinburgh, and had issue — Jean
(marr. as his second wife, 1698, Hugh Bose
of Kilravock), died s.p. ; Beatrice (marr.
William Burnet, min. of Falkirk) : (2)
Christian (died s.p. about 1696), daugh. of
John Inglis, min. of Hamilton, and widow of
Alexander Carmichael, min. of Pettinain.
Publications — A Defence of the Convention
of Estates (1689); Prelacy an Idol, and
Prelates Idolaters, a sermon (? Edinburgh,
1713 ; Glasgow, 1724) ; Meditations on
Several Subjects in Divinity (Edinburgh,
1721); A Treatise concerning Justifying or
Saving Faith, 2 vols. (Edinburgh, 1722-49) ;
Some Choice Select Meditations (Edinburgh,
1726 ; Glasgow, 1753) [edited by James
Hog of Carnock] ; Memoirs of the Life
of Sir James Fraser of Brea, written by
Himself (Edinburgh, 1738 ; Aberdeen, 1776 ;
Glasgow, 1798; Aberdeen, 1843; Inverness,
1889) [with Introductory Note by Alexander
Whyte, D.D., and Biographical Sketch by
Gustavus Aird, D.D.] ; The Lawfulness and
Duty of Separation from Corrupt Ministers
and Churches Vindicated (Edinburgh, 1744).
— [Edin. Bur. Reg. ; Acts of Pari., ix., App.
22; Wodrow's Hist.; Wodrow's Analecta ;
Boston's Memoirs, 40 ; Anderson's Bass
Pock ; Family of Kilravock ; Walker's
Theology and Theologians of Scotland;
Edin. Christ. Instr., xxiii. ; Select Biog., ii.
[Wodrow Soc] (Edinburgh, 1847); John
Brown's The Christian, the Student, and
Pastor (Edinburgh, 1781); King's The
Covenanters in the North, 375-90 ; The
Covenanters in Moray and Boss, 104 ; Gen.
Peg. Sas., lxiii., 186 ; Whyte's James Erase)-,
Laird of Brea (Edinburgh, 1911); Elder
Cumming's Holy Men of God ; Beveridge's
Fife Bibliography, 148-9; Diet. Nat. Biog.']
JAMES CUTHBERT, licen. by Presb.
1708 of Dalkeith 27th May 1707; called
23rd Jan. ; he had also a call from
Auldearn 18th May, but was ord. here
23rd Sept. 170S; died 1st Oct, 1715. He
was a poet of some ability, and was an
early patron and friend of Ralph Erskine
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whom he licen. and ord., and who has
eulogised him highly in his poetical
works. Publications — The Counter -querries
Querried (1712); A Letter on the Danger
of Considering the Influences of the Spirit
as a Ride of Duty (Gillespie's Essay on the
Continuance of Immediate Kevelations).
He wrote An Answer from a Non-Jurant
to a Jurant in 1713, which was not
printed. — [Auldearn Sess. Reg. ; Wodrow's
Anal. ; Fraser's Life of Ralph Erskine ;
Brown's Gospel Truth.]
ALLAN LOGAN, son of Logan of
171„ that ilk ; ord. to Torryburn 24th July
1695; called 12th June, by Presb.
jure devoluto 4th July 1716 ; trans, and
adm. 17th July 1717. He succeeded his
brother William in the estate of Logan,
Ayrshire, and became chief of the name in
March 1727; died before 6th Sept. 1733.
He left a sum of money to the poor
of Culross and Torryburn. He was prom-
inent as a witch-hunter. He marr. Mary,
daugh. of Eobert, Lord Colville of Ochil-
tree. She died before 19th Nov. 1739, and
had issue— Hugh, of Logan ; George, born
15th July 1701. Publications— The Oath
of Abjuration enquir'd into, etc. (n.p., 1712);
Queries upon the Overtures concerning
Kirk - Sessions and Presbyteries, by a
Gentleman in the Country (n.p., 1720) ;
A Countryman's Brief Remarks on the
Reverend and Learned Air John Sympson,
Professor of Divinity, his Letter to the
Reverend Presbytery of Glasgow (Edinburgh,
1726) ; An Enquiry into Professor Simson's
Sentiments on the Doctrine of the Trinity,
from his Papers in the Process against him
(Edinburgh, 1729) ; The Necessity of Zeal
for Truth, and of Restraining Error by the
Exercise of Church Discipline; with an
Answer to several Objections (n.p., 1730). —
[Torryburn Sess. ; Test. Reg. (Dunblane) ;
Boston's Mem. ; Ind. of Services ; Wodrow's
Anal. ; Eraser's Life of Raljih Erskine ;
Brown's Gospiel Truth; Scots Peerage, ii.,
574; Bibliog. of West Fife, 197-8; The
Wonderful Predictions of Mr Allan Logan
[8 pp. in a Chap-book of 24 pp., con-
taining The Remarkable Predictions of Mr
Christopher Love] (Glasgow, 1801).]
VOL. V.
ALEXANDER WEBSTEK, called
1733 (assistant and successor) 5th July,
and ord. (after death of preceding)
6th Sept. 1733 ; trans, to Tolbooth Parish,
Edinburgh, 2nd June 1737.
HENRY HARDY, born 1717, son of
1741 Thomas H, farmer, West Craigs,
Corstorphine, and Janet Bryce ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh 29th Nov. 1738 ; called
18th June, and ord. 3rd Sept. 1741 ; died of
consumption 4th May 1 752. He marr. 6th
Dec. 1743, Ann (born 12th Oct. 1719, died
4th June 1805), daugh. of John Halker-
ston, town clerk of Culross, and had issue
— Janet, born 1744 (marr. Robert Liston,
min. of Aberdour) ; Anne, born 19th April
1746; Thomas, Professor of Divinity and
Ecclesiastical History, Univ. of Edinburgh,
and min. of New North Parish there, born
22nd April 1748; John, born 16th Jan.
1750, died 20th April 1752; Henry, born
10th Oct. 1751, died 23rd March 1752.—
[MoDcreiff's Life of Erskine ; Acts of Ass.,
1748.]
JOHN ERSKINE, M.A. ; trans, from
175_ Kirkintilloch ; pres. by Charles
Cochrane of Culross, 24th Aug. 1752 ;
adm. 21st Feb. 1753; trans, to New Grey-
friars Parish, Edinburgh, 15th June 1758.
ROBERT ROLLAND, born 25th May
17S8 1728, son of John R., maltster, and
bailie of Culross ; licen. by Presb.
of Dunfermline 5th Aug. 1752 ; ord. to
Second Charge 18th July 1754 ; pres. by
the Trustees of Charles Cochrane of
Culross and adm. 1st Nov. 175S ; died
11th Dec. 1815. He marr. 3rd May
1759, Antonetta (died 5th May 1774),
daugh. of Adam Rolland of Gask and
Luscar, W.S., and had issue — John,
captain 7th Bengal Native Infantry, born
18th Feb. 1760, died at Futtyghur, Bengal,
India, 19th Sept. 1801 ; Adam, born 17th
July 1763, afterwards of Gask, Principal
Clerk of Session, whose son, Adam R. of
Gask, was father of Susan R., wife of
Robert Rainy, D.D., Principal of U.F.
College, Edinburgh ; Robert, born 25th
Jan. 1765, died 3rd March 1775 ; Jean,
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CULROSS
[PRESB. OF
born 13th Dec. 1766, died 24th Sept.
1772; Marion, born 23rd Dec. 1768, died
13th June 1799. Publication — Account
of the Parish [jointly with his successor]
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, x., xviii.). — [Mon-
creiff's Life of Ershine ; Chalmers:s Hist.
Dunf, ii. ; Gen. Table, i.]
WALTEE MALPINE, born Luss, 18th
18, Dec. 1741, son of John M., min. of
Campbeltown ; licen. by Presb. of
Dunblane 4th March 1766 ; ord. to Second
Charge 28th March 1770 ; pres. by Sir
Eobert Preston of Valleyfield, Bart., with
consent of George, Viscount Keith, 26th
Jan. and 3rd Feb., trans, and adro. 29th
May 1816; died 1st June 1823. He marr.
3rd Dec. 1782, Janet Stein, who died at
Edinburgh, 29th Nov. 1835, and had issue-
John Stein, born 5th July 1784, died at
Edinburgh, 6th March 1823 ; James, born
2nd Feb. 1786; Mary, born 13th Sept.
1788 ; Margaret, born 6th Nov. 1790 ;
Helen, born 5th Nov. 1792. Publications —
Sermon Preached before the S.P.C.K.
(Edinburgh, 1782); Account of the Parish
[jointly with his predecessor] (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, x., xviii.).
ANDBEW BETHUNE DUNCAN, born
19th July 1797, son of Andrew D.,
min. of Eatho ; educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Edin-
burgh 26th April 1820; pres. by the
Trustees of George, Viscount Keith, 11th
July 1823; ord. 4th March 1824; died
21st July 1873. He marr. 7th Oct. 1840,
Elizabeth Henderson (died 6th Aug. 1879),
daugh. of James Young, merchant, Glasgow,
and had issue — Christian Ann Young,
born 30th Sept. 1841, died 28th May
1917 ; Margaret Bethune, born 12th Jan.
1844 ; Jane, born 21st June 1845, died 22nd
June 1923; Andrew Bethune, born 30th
May 1847 ; John William, born 27th March
1851 ; Patrick James, born 23rd March
1855. Publication — Account of the Parish
(New Stat. Ace, x.).
GEOEGE STEPHEN, born Glass,
1874 Aberdeenshire, 22nd March 1846, son
of Arthur S., parochial schoolmaster ;
educated at Aberdeen Univ. ; M.A. (1867),
B.D. (1871); licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen
4th Jan. 1871 ; assistant at Stirling ; pres.
by Lady Elphinstone of Tulliallan, and ord.
26th May 1874; res. 18th May 1904; died
12th March 1908. He marr. 8th Sept. 1874,
Jessie Martin (died 29th Oct. 1884), daugh. of
Alexander Duthie, Aberdeen, and had issue
— Arthur, born 18th Aug. 1875 ; Alexander
Duthie, born 1st March 1S77'; William
Duguid, born 1st Oct. 1878, died 14th
Jan. 18S5 ; James Alexander Campbell,
born 14th April 1S80, died 3rd June 1882 ;
Eobert Halkerston Davidson, born 7th
March 1884.
DAVID M'HAEDY HAMPTON, born
lqo4 Laurencekirk, 17th Aug. 1855, son of
David M'Hardy H., farmer, Hedder-
wick, and Margaret Smart Allison ; edu-
cated at Parish and Free Church Schools
and Univ. of St Andrews ; sometime teacher
in Elementary and Secondary Schools ; licen.
by Presb. of Dundee 3rd May 1893 ; assistant
at St Andrew's, St Matthew's, and St
Clement's, Dundee, and locum tenens South
Kirriemuir Parish, 1893-4 ; assistant (locum
tenens), First Charge, Culross, 1894-1904 ;
ord. to First Charge, 22nd Sept. 1904;
res. 1924. Marr. 6th June 1911, Elizabeth
Margaret Hamilton Bruce, youngest daugh.
of David Nasmyth Hogg, min. of Auchter-
muchty. Publications — Poems (Edwards's
Modern Scottish Poets, vol. viii.) (Brechin,
1885); Poems (Keid's Bards of Angus and
The Mearns) (Paisley, 1897).
Secoxd Charge.
[In the seventeenth century at least the
stipend of 600 merks was a " voluntary con-
tribution of the heritors and other good
people of the parish." — (Reg. Privy Council,
23rd Aug. 1670).]
HENEY SMITH, M.A. ; settled here
before 20th March 1641. During a
vacancy in Dunfermline about 24th
Nov. 1642, "the cure of baptisms and
marriages was served by the ministers of
the Presb., and speciallie by Mr Henry
Smythe who was then come from the
sturrs in Ireland, and dwelling heir." He
was adm. to Beath 15th May 1644.
1641
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19
^GEORGE BELFRAGE, M.A. ; min. in
1642 1642; trans, to Carnock 2nd June
1647.
ROBERT EDMONSTONE, son of
1649 James E., mm- °f St Ninian's ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1642) ; pres. by the heritors, Town
Council, and Erskine of Carnock ; adm.
2nd July 1649 ; dep. by Archbishop Sharp
1st April 1668 "for obstinately refusing to
keep the Synodical meetings." He died at
East Grange 17th July 1683, aged about
62. He marr. Katherine, daugh. of John
Chrystie, of Ashes, Perth, and with her
had an annual rent of 300 merks from
the lands of Blairhall, 14th Oct. 1662. She
survived him, and had issue — Katherine
(marr. Robert Wright, min. of First
Charge), served heir 8th Sept. 1691 ;
Elizabeth, born Sept. 1666. — [Tests.
(Dunbl.); New Reg. Gen. Sas., iv.; Lamont's
Diary, 201 ; Inquis. Ret. Perth, 988 ;
Pitfirrane Writs Invent., 602.]
JAMES RAMSAY, Bishop of Dunblane,
1680 undertook the charge of the whole
parish. — [See First Charge.]
ALEXANDER YOUNG, educated at
1684 Univ- of Edinburgh; M.A. (24th
Sept. 1681) ; pres. by Charles, Earl
of Mar, and disposition by the Earl of Kin-
cardine ; adm. 1684 ; deprived by the Com-
mittee of Estates 11th May 1689, for not
reading the Proclamation of the Estates,
and not praying for King William and
Queen Mary. In 1695 he seems to have
remained in the parish and to have con-
ducted irregular ministrations. He marr.
Antonia Lundie, and had issue — James,
born 1684 ; Margaret, born 1686 ; Elizabeth,
born 1688. — [Dunblane Syn. and Dunblane
Presb. Reg.; Acts of Pari., ix., App. 18, 22.]
GEORGE MAIR, called in May, and
1698 or(*' 2n<* Sept. 1698; trans, to
Tulliallan 21st July 1714.
CHARLES MOORE, called 13th, and
j~15 pres. by the Presb. jure devoluto
16th March, and ord. 10th May
1715 ; trans, to Second Charge, Stirling,
26th March 1718.
JOHN GEDDES, educated at King's
1719 College, Aberdeen ; licen. by Presb. of
Stirling 24th Jan. 1705, but deprived
of his licence 8th Jan. 1707 for immoral
conduct ; he became schoolmaster of Saline,
and had his licence restored 14th March
1718; called 24th, by the Presb. jure
devoluto 25th Feb., and ord. 6th May 1719 ;
died 10th Nov. 1746. He marr. Christian
Fergus, who died 16th Nov. 1746, and
had issue — William ; six daughters, one
of whom, Elizabeth, was born in 1721. —
[Fraser's Life of Ralph Erskine.]
JAMES STODDART, M.A. ; called
1748 6th Oct., and ord. 24th Nov. 1748.
Charles Cochrane, advocate, having
pres. William Trotter, licentiate (afterwards
min. of Selkirk), 1st May 1747, raised a
process of multiplepoinding that the right
to the stipend might be determined. The
Court, 26th June 1751, preferred Cochrane
as patron, and decerned against the heritors
in payment to him, not only of the stipend
due before the settlement of Stoddart, but
also of the stipend due after it. The
parishioners compensated Stoddart for his
services by a voluntary contribution. He
dem. 27th June 1753, and was adm. to
Kirkintilloch 16th Aug. that year.
1754
ROBERT ROLLAND, pres. by the
Trustees of Charles Cochrane of
Culross in March, and ord. 18th
July 1754 ; trans, to First Charge 1st Nov.
1758.
1759
ALEXANDER MOODIE, pres. by the
Trustees of Charles Cochrane of
Culross in June, and ord. 26th Sept.
1759; trans. 8th April 1762 to Riccarton,
Ayrshire, where he quarrelled with " Black
Jock " (John Russel, min. of Kilmarnock),
and was thus immortalised by Burns in
" The Twa Herds " :—
" O, Moodie, man, an' wordy Russel,
How could you raise so vile a bustle;
Ye'll see how ' New Licht ' herds will whistle,
An' think it fine !
The L 's cause ne'er gat sic a twistle
Sin' I ha'e min'."
[Wallace's Burns, i., 172.]
20
CULROSS
[PEESB. OF
1770
WILLIAM M'LEISH, licen. by Presb.
1763 of Dunoon 1st May 1759 ; called 5th
Jan., and ord. 12th May 1763 ; died
23rd Feb. 1769. He marr. 3rd Aug. 1767,
Mary Stark, who died 28th July 1775, and
had issue— David, born ISth July 1768.
WALTER M'ALPINE, pres. by the
Trustees of Charles Cochrane of Cul-
ross in Aug. 1769 ; ord. 28th March
1770 ; trans, to First Charge 29th May 1816.
JOHN BALFOUR, born 2nd May 1768,
6 son of David B., min. of Torryburn ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
licen. by Presb. of Dunfermline 1st Feb.
1792; pres. by Sir Robert Preston of
Valleyfield, Bart., with consent of George,
Viscount Keith, 1st and 9th Dec. 1815; ord.
(assistant and successor) 9th May 1816.
Joined the Free Church in 1843 ; went to
reside in Edinburgh, where he died 21st
Aug. 1845. He marr. 6th Sept. 1842,
Barbara Scotland Gray, who married again,
26th May 1846.
JOSEPH LAURIE, D.D.; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh; licen. by Presb.
of Dumfries 5th Nov. 1817 ; ord. by
that Presb. assistant chaplain in India 10th
July 1822; app. chaplain at Bombay in
1833; adm. to this charge 13th Oct. 1843;
res. through ill-health 9th March 1845;
died 24th Oct. 1870. He marr. 7th Oct.
1822, Frances Brown (died Jan. 1865), only
daugh. of John Barker, provost of Dumfries.
Publication — Observations on the Extension
and Present Condition of the Scottish
Church in India, etc. (Edinburgh, 1840).
PETER LOGAN, born 1820, only son of
Thomas L., architect, Lanarkshire,
nephew of Richard Logan, min. of
St Andrew's Chapel, Dundee ; educated at
Relief Theological Hall and Univ. of
Glasgow; ord. 24th May 1845; res. 19th
Jan. 1881 ; died unmarr. 31st Aug. 1887.
ALEXANDER SMITH ALLAN, born
Portlethen, 7th Nov. 1845, son of
James A. ; educated at Univs. of
Aberdeen (M.A. 1872) and Edinburgh ;
student missionary in Fountainbridge,
Edinburgh ; assistant at West Coates; ord.
1881
15th June 1881 ; died at Bridge of Allan
1st Feb. 1894. He marr., in or about 1874,
Jane Leiper, Portlethen, who died 14th Oct.
1885, and had issue — Maggie Bertha, born
25th May 1875 ; Edwin Frederick William,
born 5th Feb. 1877, died in India.
JOHN GORDON, M.A. ; ord. 17th May
1894; trans, to St Fittick's, Aber-
deen, 4th Oct. 1911.
OLIVER CRAWFORD, born Milldale
House, Dunbreen, Omagh, County
Tyrone, 9th May 1869, son of Oliver
C. and Anne Pollock ; educated at High
School, Omagh, Queen's College, Galway,
Magee College, Londonderry, Queen's Col-
lege, Belfast, Univ. and New College, Edin-
burgh, Royal Univ. of Ireland, BA. (1896),
Princeton Univ., U.S.A., M.A. (1897), Berlin
Univ. and Assembly's College, Belfast;
licen. by Presb. of Omagh 3rd June 1897 ;
assistant at Crescent Church, Belfast, July
1897 to Dec. 1899; accepted by Colonial
Committee of Church of Scotland for work
in South Africa ; ord. by Presb. of Omagh
24th July 1902, and ministered at Roodeport,
Transvaal, for two years ; returned home for
health reasons; admitted 30th May 1907 by
the General Assembly as anordained minister
of the Church of Scotland ; assistant at
Buchanan, St Mary's, Partick, First Charge
Ayr and Kirkcudbright ; locum tenens in
the First Charge, Haddington ; adm. to
Second Charge, Culross, 14th Feb. 1912;
died unmarr. 7th Feb. 1920.
JOHN MILLER GOW, born Edinburgh,
lg21 24th Feb. 1893, son of John G., Mut-
hill; educated at Perth Academy
and Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A. (1913), B.D.
(1919); licen. by Presb. of Auchterarder
June 1919 ; assistant at St Bernard's Parish
Edinburgh, July 1919 to April 1921 ; app
by the Presb. jure devoluto (after con
sultation with the congregation) and ord
12th May 1921 ; enlisted in the R.F.A
Oct. 1914 as driver, and promoted 2nd Lieut,
June 1915 ; served in Egypt and Palestine
Jan. 1916 to Jan. 1919 ; mentioned in Dis-
patches June 1917 ; Military Cross July 1917.
Marr. 19th Feb. 1924, Nora, eldest daugh. of
Archibald Powrie, Earlie Bank, Perth.
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DALGETY
21
DALGETY.
[The old church of Dalgety, now ruined,
was dedicated to St Bride. It belonged to
the Abbey of Inchcolm and is included in
the Bull of Pope Alexander III. to Walter,
Prior of Inchcolm. A new church for the
Parish of Dalgety was built in 1830. The
Pre - Keformation church, stripped of its
roof, stands on the shore of Donibristle
Bay. The mediaeval bell with the inscrip-
tion, "O Mater Dei Memento Mei," still
hangs in the belfry of the ruin. At Fordel,
within the bounds, there is a chapel dedi-
cated, it is said, to St Ferreolus, the Martyr
of Vienne. It was rebuilt in 1650 by Sir
John Henderson of Fordel. It has all
along been a private chapel, and is used
for mortuary purposes.]
1567 JOHN PATERSON, reader.
*<IOHN BROUNHILL, formerly one of
1S7. the monks of Inchcolm Abbey ;
reader in 1574. — [Sel. Syn. of Fife,
237 ; Cal. Laing Charters, 1266 ; Acts
and Decs., lvii., 430.]
ALEXANDER STEVEN, formerly one
7 of the monks of Dunfermline Abbey ;
reader at Beath 1569-74; held the
vicarage of Dalgety 14th June 1575. —
[Invent. Yester Writs, Acts and Decs.,
lxvi., 396 ; Sel. Syn. of Fife, 237.]
JOHN TYRIE, reader, 25th Nov. 1582;
,.-„ son of John Tyrie of Bridgend, Aber-
dour, Chamberlain of the Abbacy of
St Colm's Inch. — [Aberdour and Inchcolme,
214.]
1598
WILLIAM PATON, MA. ; trans, from
Orwell and adm. in 1598. In 1599
Beath was also under his care ; he
was pres. to the vicarage of Dalgety and
Beath by James VI. 4th April 1603, and to
the vicarage of Dalgety, Beath, and Aber-
dour before 7th May 1611. In the Assembly
21st March 1606 he was ordered to serve the
cure both of Aberdour and Dalgety ; trans,
to Aberdour before 1614.
ANDREW DONALDSON, born Perth
1644 a^)0U'; I618; educated at Univ. of
St Andrews ; MA. (5th June 1638) ;
Keen, by Presb. of Perth on or about 12th
Jan. 1641 ; adm. min. here 28th Aug. 1644 ;
pres. by Charles I. 11th Feb. 1645. From
3rd Aug. 1645 to 7th Jan. 1646 he was in
England, having been app. by the Com-
mittee of the Provincial Assembly to ac-
company Lord Dunfermline's Regiment. In
taking leave of his congregation he exhorted
them " to seik the Lord in his absence, and
to learne more and more to be gracious,
by a cairful walking under the meanes,
promising them, in name of the Presbytrie,
that every Lord's day they suld be supplied,
during his absence in England, which the
Presbytrie had bound themselves to do.
And the Sessionebeing met, John Henderson,
ruling elder, was appointed to wait weiklie
on the Presbytrie, that the congregatione
be not frustrat. And the minister chairged
the elders to be diligent and cairful in every-
thing during his absence as they will be
answerable to Christ their Master, and so
he takes leave of the Sessione, and calls
upon God." No preaching, however, took
place all the five months D. was away,
because " immediately after his removale
the enemie came to the bounds, and for ane
month after that lamentable fight at Kilsyth,
ministers durst not hazard almost to keep a
presbytrie, or come abroad, and it pleased
the Lord to visit this congregation with
pestilence, so that the Presbytrie could not
safelie come heir to preach." He was a
member of Commission of Assembly in
1648 ; app. Chaplain in the Army 11th May
1649 ; joined the Protesters in 1651 and for
a time was protected by Charles, Earl of
Dunfermline ; dep. by the Bishop of Dun-
keld 4th Oct. 1664 for his opposition to
Episcopacy. A party of soldiers was sent
to eject him after the congregation had
assembled for worship, but he was allowed
to proceed with the service and "all out-
break, or tumult was prevented." Soon
afterwards the Earl of Dunfermline having
heard in London of D.'s deposition obtained
a royal warrant authorising him to resume
his ministry, but to this Archbishop Sharp
stoutly objected. Although decreet was
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DALGETY
[PRESB. OF
passed against him and others 16th July
1671, D. continued to preach at his own
house and at conventicles till letters of
intercommuning were issued, 3rd Aug. 1676,
when he removed to Inverkeithing. There
he preached to his family and others on
Sunday evenings, but was seized while in
his bed and taken to the prison at Linlith-
gow, where he remained till 26th Aug. 1679
when a bond of security was given in his
behalf by the heritors and parishioners of
his old parish, to which he was granted an
indulgence by the Privy Council 18th Dec.
following. He returned at the Toleration
and was restored by Act of Parliament 25th
April 1690 ; died (having suffered from
paralysis for some years) after 2nd Nov.
1693. He marr..(l) 7th June 1648 Helen,
daugh. of James Hamilton of Meikle
Parklie, and Isabella, daugh. of William
Mauld, merchant burgess, Edinburgh, and
had issue — Alexander, born 1649 ; Eliza-
beth, born 1652 : (2) Beatrix Chalmers,
who died at Inverkeithing 10th Oct. 1743,
and had issue — Beatrice (marr. Alexander
Stedman, min. of Beath) ; Helen (marr.
20th Jan. 1682, Henry Mackie, Chamber-
lain to Sir Peter Halket of Pitfirrane) ;
Andrew. — [Lamont's Diary, 33 ; Old Invent.
Fordel Writs ; Stephen's Inverkeithing, 42 ;
Hunter's Dioc. of Dunkeld, 373 ; Eoss's
Glimpses of Pastoral Work in the Covenant-
ing Times : A Record of the Labours of
Andrew Donaldson (London, 1877) ; Beg.
of Deeds, Durie, 1st Jan. 1706.]
JOHN CORSAIE, born 1643; edu-
1669 cated at St Leonard's College, St
Andrews; M.A. (27th July 1661);
ord. to Second Charge, South Leith, 21st
July 1664; pres. by Charles II. 21st Oct.
1668 ; trans, and adm. 27th Jan. 1669 ; died
20th May 1680. He marr. Anna Carmichael,
and had issue — John, writer, Edinburgh.
Before 6th Nov. 1684 his widow marr.
George Gullan, writer, Edinburgh. — [Reg,
Sec. Sig., ii., 131 ; Tombst. ; Fife Sas., xiii.
33, xix. 87, 264 ; Old Invent. Fwdel Writs.]
JOHN LUMSDEN, ~trans. from St
1680 Mungo; pres. by Charles II. 5th
July 1680 ; trans, to Second Charge,
Canongate, Edinburgh, about 1682.
JOHN ROW, son of John R., Principal
16 of King's College, Aberdeen ; edu-
cated at King's College ; M.A. (15th
July 1658) ; adm. to Balmaclellan between
29th April and 27th Oct. 1668 ; trans, to
Stoneykirk 13th Sept. 1672 ; said to have
been trans, to Dreghorn before 1682 ; trans,
here before 1686. He deserted the cure at
Lammas that year, renounced the Protes-
tant Faith and became a convert to Roman-
ism, but was allowed a pension of £50 stg.
by the King 30th July that year and 27th
Jan. 1687 ; had an Act of the Court of
Session authorising him to draw the stipend
till Whitsunday 1687, although a successor
had been settled. He marr. a daugh. of
■ Rig of Carberry, and had issue —
Margaret, eldest daughter (marr. pro. 17th
June 1705 George Turnbull, merchant bur-
gess of Edinburgh) ; Elizabeth (marr. John
Thomson, writer, Edinburgh), and died
insane, June 1727). — [Fountainhall's Decs, i.,
and Diary ; Kirkton'siftsi.,193 ; Wodrow's
Hist., ii., 146, 231 ; Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Edin.
Marr. Reg.]
GEORGE GRAY, educated at Marischal
.„_„ College, Aberdeen ; adm. before 27th
Jan. 1687 ; called to South Leith in
1689, but the Presbyterian min. was pre-
ferred ; deprived by Act of Parliament 25th
April 1690, restoring the Presbyterian mins.
— [FountainhaH'sZ>ecs.,i.; Monro's A])ology.]
ANDREW DONALDSON, M.A. (See
1688 above.)
ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, born 1667;
1696 educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (18th July 1692); called in
June ; ord. 27th Aug. 1696 ; died 25th June
1714. He marr. May 1697, Isobel, daugh.
of Robert Bairdie, bailie of Inverkeithing,
and Margaret, eldest daugh. of William
Wellwood, yr., portioner of Touch, and
had issue — Charles ; Archibald ; Margaret
(marr. (1) James Harrower, merchant and
shipmaster, and probably (2) William
Henderson, min. of this parish) ; prob-
ably also Susanna (marr. Robert Well-
wood of Touch and Garvock) ; Robert,
merchant, Edinburgh.— [Edin. Marr. Reg. ;
Tombst. ; Fraser's Life of Ralph Erskine ;
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Inverheithing and Eosyth, 476 ; Chalmers's
Dun/., ii., 455.]
WILLIAM HENDERSON, born 1690;
,„,- pres. by Charles, Earl of Moray, in
June, and by Robert, Earl of Morton,
in July, called by Presb. jure devoluto 5th
Sept. 1717 [after the failure of presentations
by Major Henry Balfour 12th Oct. 1714 in
favour of Charles Campbell, min. of New-
battle, and 2nd April 1715 in favour of John
Hay, M.A., afterwards min. of Peebles] ;
ord. 23rd Sept. 1717 (Ralph Erskine pre-
siding) ; died 27th Oct. 1737. He is stated
to have been the " man that most of all did
advise James Hog to publish the Marrow
of Modem Divinity, with his preface," and
to have purchased copies of Alexander
Hamilton's " Catechism " to circulate in his
congregation, but afterwards to have be-
come a great enemy to both. He marr.
Margaret Campbell, probably identical with
Margaret, daugh. of his immediate prede-
cessor in the charge. She died 8th Feb.
1768, and had issue — Archibald, student
of Philosophy, born 1720, died at Edin-
burgh 27th Dec. 1734; Charles, born 1722 ;
John, born 1726 ; William.— [Fraser's Life
of Batyh Erskine ; Tombst. ; Edin. Chr.
Inst., xxx. ; Chalmers's Dunf., ii., 455.]
1738
^JAMES BATHGATE, born Inver-
keithing, Sept. 1709, son of James
B., min. of Orwell; licen. by the
Presb. of Dunfermline 30th April 1735 ;
pres. by James, Lord Doune, in Feb.,
and ord. 5th July 1738 ; called to Second
Charge, Stirling, 7th Dec. following, but
the Presb. refused translation. The
motion was, however, carried against his
wishes, by a majority in the Commission
of Assembly March 1739, and the 25th
April was fixed for his admission. Rather
than submit to be settled in a place so
divided in opinion, he offered a demission
of his charge, and petitioned the General
Assembly to treat him with tenderness.
The Assembly, 22nd May, agreed that the
finding of the Commission could not be
reversed, but advised an arrangement of
the matter between then and August, when
if B. " continue his aversion, and the parish
of Stirling still insist on their choice, both
charges should be declared vacant." He was
again called de novo, pres. by James, Lord
Doune, Nov. following, and adm. 13th Feb.
1740. Having been summoned to the
Assembly to answer for his disobedience,
and a Committee appointed to confer
with him, he again compeared, when the
Moderator (George Logan) 19th May 1740,
"did signify their dissatisfaction with his
conduct." He died 23rd Dec. 1776. He
marr. 12th Nov. 1741, Eupham Anderson,
Aberdour, who died 8th July 1755, and
had issue — Agnes, born 13th Jan. 1743,
died 1st March 1746 ; Margaret, born 1744
and died that year ; Janet, born 28th Aug.
1745, died 8th June 1747; Helen, born
25th Sept. 1746, died 16th July 1750;
James, born 11th Feb. 1748. — [Ind. to
Services; Stirling Presb. Reg.; Acts of
Ass., 1739, 1740, 1752; Inverheithing
Sess. Beg.']
JOHN HOYES, pres. by Francis, Earl
of Moray, 13th April 1777; adm.
16th July 1778 ; trans, to Kinloss
27th July 1786.
PETER PRIMROSE, pres. by Francis,
Earl of Moray, in Jan., and ord. 5th
July 1787; trans, to Prestonpans
14th April 1796.
1778
1787
JOHN SCOTT, licen. by Presb. of Edin-
burgh 25th June 1783; ord. to
1797 Auchtertool 10th May 1787; pres.
by Francis, Earl of Moray, 19th July 1796 ;
trans, and adm. 1st March 1797 ; died
15th Jan. 1827. He marr. 27th Jan. 1791,
Margaret (died at Edinburgh, 1st Oct.
1846, aged 82 years), daugh. of James
Stoddart, one of the Commissioners of
Excise, and had issue — Jean, born 13th
Dec. 1791 ; James, born 12th July 1793,
died at Madras, 7th April 1816 ; Walter,
born 16th March 1795, died 11th July 1810;
Margaret, born 5th July 1796, died 21st
Dec. 1817 ; Agnes, born 20th Sept. 1797 ;
David, born 12th Oct. 1798, died 21st Dec.
1817; John, born 6th Jan. 1800, died at
Edinburgh, 29th July 1821; Alexander,
bom 26th Aug. 1801 ; Anne Stuart, born
12th April 1803, died 10th Oct. 1819.
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DALGETY
[PRESB. OF
1844
ALEXANDER WATT, M.A. (Edin-
burgh, 19th April 1822); licen. by
Presb. of Lauder 1st Sept. 1825 ;
pres. to Culter by John Dickson of Hartree
Sept. 1826, which be declined to accept, and
to this parish by Francis, Earl of Moray,
May 1827 ; ord. 27th March 1828 j dem.
1843. He joined the Church of England ;
■was ord. by Thomas, Bishop of Sodor and
Man, as curate of St George's, Douglas,
2nd March 1845 ; was promoted to Trinity
Church, Southampton, 25th March 1846 ;
died 20th June 1867. He marr. 16th June
1826, Elizabeth Charlotte Campbell, who
died 3rd Feb. 1873, and had issue— John
Alexander, born 1st July 1827 ; Henry
Gordon, born 11th June 1S29, died 8th
Jan. 1832; Alexander, born 1837. Publi-
cation—Account of the Parish (Xeic Stat.
Ace, is..).— [M'Cosh's Wheat and Chaff.]
HUGH RALPH, fifth son of James R.,
artificer, Marylebone, London ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1819); min. of Oldham Presbyterian Church,
Liverpool, 1824; LL.D. (Glasgow 1827);
trans, to Aberdour 24th Feb. 1842; trans,
and adm. 7th March 1844 ; died 9th Sept.
1854, aged 53. He marr. 27th June 1825,
Mary Blake, who died 24th Oct. 1884. He is
understood to have published at least one
work, probably at Liverpool.
DAVID NTCOL,' born 1818, fourth son
of Andrew N. of Easterhouse,
Lanarkshire; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; ord. to St Andrew's Church,
Dunfermline, 1849 ; trans, and adm. 11th
Jan. 1855; died 7th Dec. 1868. He marr.
24th April 1855, Jessie (died 10th Feb.
190S), youngest daugh. of John Mackay,
Edinburgh, and had issue — Jessie Mackay,
born 16th Feb. 1856 (marr. (1) 30th April
1878, David M'Gregor, (2) Dr Henry Hay,
medical officer to H.M. Prison, Edinburgh) ;
James, born 17th April 1857 ; John Mackay,
born 4th Sept. 1861 ; David, born 4th April
1862, died 17th May 1919.
ROBERT JAMES CRAIG, born
Lowick, Northumberland, 25th Aug.
1832, son of John C, land-surveyor
there; educated at Edinburgh and St
1855
Andrews LTnivs. ; licen. by Presb. of St
Andrews in 1S57 (?1858) ; ord. to Belhaven
1st June 1S60; trans, to Mochrum 24th
Sept. 1863 ; trans, and adm. 2nd June
1869; died 23rd April 1899. He marr.
19th Nov. 1867, Elizabeth Ann (died 21st
April 1902), daugh. of John Rymer, W.S.,
Edinburgh, and had issue — John, physician
and surgeon, Darwen, Lancashire, born
11th Feb. 1S70; Walter, born 18th May
1871, died 6th June 1872; William Pit-
cairn, min. of Torryburn, born 19th April
1873 ; James Dalgleish, born 4th Jan.
1875, died 4th May 1890 ; Francis Sitwell,
born 12th, and died 24th Sept. 1877.
Publications — In Memoriam, Captain W. R.
Moubray, E.X., of Otterston and Cockairnie,
a sermon (Edinburgh, 1885) ; The Order and
Importance of Public Worship, a sermon
(Edinburgh, 1889) ; Morning Thoughts ; or
Devout Meditations for every Day (1st
edition, 1868; 4th edition, revised and im-
proved, London, 1898); Evening Thoughts;
or Devout Meditations for the Close of
every Day in the Year (London, 1899).
1899
DONALD STEWART ROSE, born
Blair - Atholl, 3rd June 1867, son
of ^Eneas R., land-steward to the
Duke of Atholl, and composer of several
well-known pipe marches ; educated at
Blair -Atholl Parish School, Raining's
School, Inverness, Edinburgh and St
Andrews Univs. ; licen. by Presb. of
Dunkeld 7th May 1894 ; locum tenens at
Abernethy, Inverness-shire, Dec. 1894 to
May 1895 ; summer assistant at Strathyre,
Balquhidder, 1895 ; assistant at Coldingham
Dec. 1895 to May 1896 ; assistant at Inver-
brothock May to Sept. 1896; locum tenens
at Little Dunkeld Jan. to July 1898, and
assistant at Burntisland ; ord. 14th Sept.
1899 ; app. officiating chaplain to the
Church of Scotland and Presbyterian units
at Donibristle Aerodrome, Dalgety, 1st
Aug. 1919. Marr. 6th June 1900, Christian
Blair, daugh. of William Gilmour, chemist,
Edinburgh, and has issue — Rhona Netta,
born 28th Oct. 1902 (marr. 7th June 1924,
Frank Leslie Kingham, Observer Officer,
R.A.F.) ; Ella Stewart, born 5th March
1910; Hugh Lauchlan, born 26th March
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1913. Publications—" The Otterston Loch
Curling Club," a poem (Fifeshire Advertiser,
Feb. 1922) ; " A Lay of Haymarket," a poem
(Fifeshire Advertiser, March 1922).
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[The Parish of the Holy Trinity.— The
ancient church of this parish formed the
west portion of the whole Abbey Church,
the east part obviously being reserved for
the monks ; but there is no reference to
the parish church of Dunfermline as Parish
Church before 1300-1301. From about 1306
(and in all likelihood earlier still) the whole
Abbey Church was described as the Church
of the Holy Trinity and St Margaret.
Within the bounds were the following
chapels : — St Ninian's, between the High
Street and West Queen Anne Street; St
Katherine the Virgin's, a little to the north-
west of the Abbey, beyond the street now
known as St Katharine's Wynd ; St Mary's,
on the south side of the Eethertown, at the
east corner of Grange Eoad ; St John the
Baptist's, at Garvoch, a mile east of Dun-
fermline. There were also St Leonard's
Chapel and Hospital, at the south end of
the town, at the site of the older St
Leonard's School, with St Leonard's Well
a little to the south-east. Near the Abbey
were enclosures known as St Laurence's
Croft, St Laurence's Yard, and St Laurence's
Orchard, pertaining to the altar of St
Laurence in the conventual church, and in
the vicinity also was St Margaret's Well.
Probably about 1072-74 Queen Margaret
and Malcolm III. built a church, dedicated
to the Holy Trinity, and in all likelihood
on the site of an earlier foundation. The
foundations of this church were laid bare
under the floor of the existing nave, by
excavations carried out by the late Dr P.
MacGregor Chalmers in 1916, and show it
to have been a small building of Anglo-
Saxon type, with western tower, nave,
chancel, and eastern apse, the total length
being 86 feet. In or soon after 1124
David I. erected the Benedictine Priory of
Dunfermline (almost beyond doubt founded
by Malcolm III.) into an Abbey. At the
same time he built a new church on a
much larger scale, the breadth of the nave
between pillars being the same as the width
of the old aisleless choir, there also being a
new crossing and choir to the east of the
old church. This church, the nave of which
still exists, though somewhat mutilated at
the east end, was dedicated in 1150; and
in the following century, between 1216 and
1226, the eastern portion of the church was
extended and to some extent remodelled,
there being also added a chapel which
subsequently contained the shrine of St
Margaret. This noble monastery had its
full share in the havoc and desolation of
the long English wars. Edward I. of Eng-
land occupied the building at various times.
He came first in 1291, and returned in 1296
and 1303. A most unwelcome guest he
must have been. His last stay covered
most of the winter, and lasted well on into
1304. At the end, he burned the Abbey,
and then went his way. The task of re-
building was quickly taken up, and King
Robert aided it zealously. But in 1385 the
English came again under Richard II., and
again the great monastery, but half restored,
was given to the flames. The work of
reparation was soon resumed, and was
carried on steadily from generation to
generation. Thus there grew up again a
stately pile 280 feet long, with a central
tower 150 feet high, and finished with two
western towers. The monastic buildings
also were very lordly and extensive.
From far and near came hosts of pilgrims
to visit St Margaret's Shrine in the Lady
Chapel of the Abbey. In the great church
there were many altars, including dedica-
tions to St Laurence, St Katherine, St
Ninian, St Cuthbert, St Eloi, and St
Nicholas. From early times Dunfermline
was a favourite residence of our Kings.
Malcolm Canmore loved it, as did his sons,
and most of their successors for many
generations. Their royal castle here did
not survive the English wars, but in its
place came the larger and statelier palace.
This successive sovereigns often altered
and added to. Its surviving ruins are
mainly the work of James VI., who was
fond of the place. His second son, Charles
I., was born at the Palace of Dunfermline.
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Beneath the floor of the Abbey choir lies
royal and noble dust. Here, in 1093, St
Margaret the Queen was buried. Ere long
the body of her husband, Malcolm III., was
brought from Tynemouth and laid by her
side. Kings Edgar, Alexander I., David I.,
Malcolm IV., Alexander III., and Eobert I.,
names written large in our history, lie here.
In Dunfermline Abbey, too, was buried, in
1401, Queen Annabella, wife of Eobert III.
In 1593 the Abbey church was repaired
and fitted up to be the parish church of
Dunfermline. During a winter gale, in
1672, a considerable part of the east end
of the building was blown down. In 1716
the great central tower fell, causing much
damage. In 1807 the south-western tower
was shattered by lightning. That tower
was rebuilt in its modern form in 1810. In
1819 the greater part of the choir, then
much ruined, was rebuilt, with its square
modern tower. A Second Charge for the
parish was founded in 1598. When Charles
I. came to Scotland for his coronation, he
declared his purpose of visiting his birth-
place at Dunfermline, but he did not
come. Charles II., however, came to the
palace, and from it issued the well-known
" Declaration of Dunfermline," setting forth
his allegiance to the Covenant. There are
mission chapels in this parish at Townhill
and Steelend.]
DAVID FEEGUSSON [or FEBGU-
1560 SON], said to have been a native of
Dundee, though this is not certain.
The date of his birth is also conjectural.
Spottiswood believed it to be about 1533,
while Wodrow suggests ten, or even twenty
years earlier, and David Laing thought it
could not have been later than 1525. F.
was a glover to trade, and though he never
attended a university he had a good know-
ledge of classical languages and had given
much study to divinity. Nominated to
this charge 19th July 1560, he had Eosyth
under his care in 1567, and in 1574 Car-
nock and Beath, Eosyth being excluded.
He was a member of thirty-nine General
Assemblies — from 25th June 1563 to 10th
May 1597, and in two of these, 6th March
1572 and 24th Oct. 1578, he was Moderator.
He had a place on all the important com-
mittees of the Church, and assisted the
Moderator in arranging the business of
the Assemblies — a position analogous to a
modern Convener of the Business Com-
mittee. He was one of the mins. who
attended the Eegent Earl of Morton at
his execution, 2nd June 1581. In 1576,
and again in 1582, he was app. Visitor
or Commissioner for various districts in
establishing kirks and settling mins. He
was frequently selected as intermediary
when the Assembly wished to communi-
cate matters of importance to the King,
and he did not hesitate to admonish
King James " to beware of innovations in
Court, to try reports before credit was
given to them, and to put him in re-
membrance of Holt, the English Jesuit."
"He jocularly said that Fergus was the
first King of Scotland, and that he was
Fergus - son ; but, recognising that King
James had the possession, and was 'an
honest man,' he would give him his right."
By his tact and ready wit he was able to
calm the more turbulent spirits, and upon
one occasion he so effected a conciliation
that when the mins. departed the King
" laid his hands [shook hands] upon every
one of them." At a meeting of Synod at
Cupar, Feb. 1597-8, F. (then the oldest
min. in Scotland) strongly opposed a pro-
posal for giving mins. a vote in parliament,
comparing it to a "busking up of the
brave horse for the overthrow of Troy."
He died Father of the Church 23rd
Aug. 1598. He is described as "a good
preacher, wise, and of jocund and pleasant
disposition." He had a remarkable know-
ledge of the Scottish vernacular, and many
of his sayings lingered long in the speech of
the people. A portrait of him painted on
timber in a small oval, and presented by
John Kow to the Univ. Library, Edinburgh,
cannot now be traced. He marr. Isobel
Durham, and had issue — Margaret, bapt.
31st May 1562 (marr. David Spens, min. of
Kirkcaldy) ; William, physician, Dundee,
bapt. 10th Sept. 1564, died 25th March
1627; Patrick, bapt. 23rd June 1566;
Eobert, bapt. 3rd Oct. 1568; Janet, bapt.
24th Sept. 1570 (marr. April 1598, David
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Ramsay); David, bapt. 21st Jan. 1572-3;
John, bapt. 19th May 1574 ; Grisel, bapt.
15th Feb. 1575-6 (marr. John Kow, min. of
Carnock) ; Isobel, bapt. 24th Feb. 1579-80.
Publications — An Answer to ane Epistle,
writtenby Renat Benedict, the French Doctor,
Professor of God's Word (as the Translator of
this Epistle calleth him), to John Knox and
the rest of his Brethren, Ministers of that
Word of God, made by David Feargusone,
Minister of this same Word at this present
Dunfermline (Edinburgh, 1563) [the only
copy known to exist was presented to the
Univ. Library, Edinburgh, in 1701, by John
Row, but has been reprinted in Tracts by
David Fergusson, edited by David Laing,
LL.D., for the Bannatyne Club in I860];
Ane Sermon preichit befoir the Regent and
Nobilitie upon a part of the Third Chapter
of the Prophet Malachi, in the Kirk of
Leith, etc. (St Andrews, 1572) [the only
copy extant is in the Advocates' Library,
Edinburgh, but it also has been reprinted
in Laing's volume ; another edition by
John Lee, D.D., appeared about 1828];
Scottish Proverbs : gathered together by
David F. . . . and put ordine Alphabetico
tohen he departed this Life, Anno 1598
(Edinburgh, 1641) [a copy is in the Advo-
cates' Library, and an imperfect copy in
the British Museum Library] ; Nine Hun-
dred and Fourty Scottish Proverbs, the
greatest part of which were at first gathered
together by David F. (Edinburgh, 1659,
1675, 1699, 1706); A Select Collection of
Scots Poems . . . to which is added a Col-
lection of Scots Proverbs by the Rev. David
F. (Edinburgh, 1777, 1785); A Collection
of English Proverbs . . . whereunto are
added Local Proverbs . . . and Scottish
Proverbs [the latter consisting of 38 pages,
are acknowledged in the Preface to be
Fergusson's Collection] (Cambridge, 1670,
1678; London, 1737, 1768, 1817). [The vol.
entitled Epithalamium Mysticum Solo-
monis Regis (Edinburgh, 1677) has been
wrongly ascribed to D. F. It is the work
of another D. F. of Kirkcaldy, who lived a
century later.] He left a Diary containing
a record of the chief ecclesiastical events of
his time, which is believed to be the basis
of his son-in-law John Bow's History. —
1598
[Calderwood's Hist., ii. 11, iii. 618, 717-19,
v. 435, 681 ; Bow's Hist. ; Wodrow's Ana-
lecta, 120; Laing's Introduction to Tracts
(1860); Reg. Assig. ; M'Crie's Knox;
Fernie's Dunfermline; Henderson's Pro-
verbs; Reg. of Deeds, xxix. ; James
Melville's Diary, 236, 288; Thomson's
Dundee; Diet. Nat. Biog.]
JOHN FAIBFOUL, trans, from
Aberdour, and adm. in 1598. He
was proposed as a royal chaplain
by the General Assembly 14th May 1601,
but was not accepted ; app. master of the
Grammar School of Culross by a gift from
His Majesty 2nd Feb. 1603. He was a
member of the Assembly May and Nov.
1602, and was nominated by that of 1606
as constant Moderator of the Presb., the
members being charged by the Privy Council
to receive him as such 25th Jan. following,
within twenty -four hours after notice, under
pain of rebellion. In 1609 he was called
before the Privy Council, at the instance
of the Chancellor, the Earl of Dunfermline,
and on the information of AndrewForrester,
his colleague, charged with praying for the
mins. banished in 1606, for holding the
Assembly at Aberdeen the preceding year.
Being found guilty, he was ordered to repair
to Dundee, within six days, there to continue
during the royal pleasure. On 8th March
1610 his place of confinement was changed
to West Anstruther. At the same time
he was forbidden to attend ecclesiastical
meetings without the King's leave, but
received liberty, " enduring the tyme of
his stay in said parroche, to teache and
preache in the kirke thereof " ; he became
min. there 19th Aug. 1610.
ANDEEW FOBBESTEB, trans, and
adm. from Second Charge about 1610.
On 21st April 1612 a complaint was
lodged with the Synod that he had allowed
a crucifix to be painted on the chancellor's
desk in the church, but the process was
stopped by the King. Having appropriated
money from the poor box and fearing
apprehension, he fled from his charge in
1616 on a Sunday after having announced
his text from the pulpit. He was after-
wards min. at Collace.
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JOHN MORAY, fourth son of Robert
1620 M. of Abercairny, Foulis - Wester ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (10th Aug. 1595); pres. to Borth-
wick 15th Dec. and 6th Jan. 1598-9;
trans, to Second Charge, South Leith,
1603 ; trans, to Second Charge here in
1614; trans, and adm. about 1620. He
was summoned before the Court of High
Commission 12th Dec. 1621 ; deprived
3rd Jan. 1622, for not conforming to
the Five Articles of Perth, and he was
ordered to confine himself within two
miles of Foulis-Wester. Failing to com-
ply, he was charged on pain of outlawry,
6th Feb. following, to appear before
the Council within fifteen days. A
further summons was sent on 24th June
1624, but having fallen from his horse
shortly before, he could not attend and
his confinement was confirmed "more
straitly than at first." During this con-
finement, he resided at Gorthie, which
belonged to an elder brother, on whose
death, in 1629, he removed a second time
to Prestonpans, where he died Jan. 1632,
aged about 57. He marr. (1) Margaret
Leslie (died 22nd June 1620), eldest
daugh. of James, Master of Rothes, and
had issue — David, born Dec. 1604, and
another child, both of whom died while
their father was confined in Newabbey :
(2) Mary Melville (who survived him,
and marr. John Hepburn of Nunraw),
and had issue — Jean, served heir to
her father 4th May 1633 (marr. Patrick,
eldest son of John Hepburn of Nun-
raw). Publications — Sermon Preached
before the Synod at Edinburgh in 1608
(London) ; A Dialogue betwixt Cosmo-
philus and Theophilus anent the Urging
of New Ceremonies upon the Kirk of
Scotland (n.p., 1620).— [Calderwood's Hist.,
vi. 628, 689 et seq., vii. 18, 214, 517, 543,
614 ; Tombst. ; Leith Sess. Beg. ; Inq.
Ret. Gen. 1948, de Tut. 496 ; Christian
Mag., vii. ; Livingston's Charac. ; Fernie's,
Chalmers's, and Henderson's Hists. of
Dunfermline ; Scots Peerage, vii., 296 ;
Douglas's Baronage, 102 ; Edin. Sas.,
xxix., 135 ; Reg. of Deeds, ccclxxiii., 124 ;
Edin. Tests.]
1622
HENRY MAKGILL, son of James M.
of Rankeillour and Jean Wemyss ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (1615) ; adm. before 30th April 1622 ;
died 16th Dec. 1642, aged about 47. He
marr. (1) 3rd Jan. 1626, Issobell (died 21st
Feb. 1631), daugh. of Robert Lindsay
of Tilliboy, and had issue — Issobell, bapt.
31st Jan. 1627 ; Margaret, bapt. 30th Oct.
1628 ; Robert, bapt. 25th Feb. 1631 : (2)
24th April 1634, Margaret, sixth daugh. of
Thomas Wardlaw of Logie (she survived
him and marr. (2) 14th Jan. 1647, James
Reid, Provost of Dunfermline), and had
issue — Thomas, min. of Dunluce, Ireland,
bapt. 6th Dec. 1634 (marr. Anna Campbell);
a daugh. bapt. 13th May 1637 ; Christian,
bapt. 10th Aug. 1639 ; William, born 29th
July 1640. — [Morrison's Digest., and Dec,
vi. ; Calderwood's Hist., vii., 520 ; Fernie's,
Chalmers's, and Henderson's Hists. of Dun-
fermline ; Reg. of Deeds, 20th Nov. 1627 ;
Moray Writs, Box xix., Nos. 698, 773.]
ROBERT KAY, trans, from Second
Charge, Dunbarton ; adm. 15th, and
pres. by Charles II. 28th Jan. 1645 ;
there was no sermon nor session for two
Sabbaths, 1st Oct. 1648, because of the
malignants of Lanrick and Montrose, whose
regiments being quartered in the bounds,
" plunderit and abusit mony parts." The
Kirk-Session, 16th April 1654, elected com-
missioners to supplicate the Commander-
in-chief of the English for relieving Kay
out of the prison in Inchgarvie to his own
house, which was granted before the 25th
" until farder order," and he " desyrit that
the Session would tak course for supplicat-
ing that he may have liberty to preach again,
quhilk is thocht fit to be advysit by the
Presbytery." He dem. in 1665, and was
adm. to Stow in 1666.
WILLIAM PIERSON, M.A.; trans, from
166_ Paisley and adm. 17th Jan. 1666 ;
D.D. (before 14th May 1673); trans,
to Stirling 13th Sept. 1676.
ALEXANDER DUNBAR, son of the
1676 sheriff of Moray ; educated at
King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(13th July 1658); licen. by Presb. of
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Inverness ; ord. to Birnie 22nd June 1659 ;
trans, to Essil 8th July 1667 ; trans, south-
wards that year ; adm. to this charge 19th
Oct. 1676; died 22nd March 1678, aged
about 40. — [Fernie's and Chalmers's Hist,
of Dun/.]
EOBEKT NORIE, M.A. ; adm. 18th
x „ Sept. 1678 ; pres. by Charles II.
3rd Sept. 1679. He complained to
the Privy Council 4th May 1681 against
certain Justices of the Peace for issuing
a warrant against him to make him account
for the fines in the Kirk-Session ; trans, to
Dundee 11th June 1686.
JOHN WARDLAW, M.A., formerly
le„_ min. of Kemback ; on 18th Dec.
1679, in answer to a petition by
Eobert Ged of Baldridge and others, for
themselves and in the name of other
parishioners of Dunfermline, he was
allowed by the Privy Council to preach
in terms of the Act of Indulgence ; he
soon contravened the " Indulgence," and
on 2nd June 1681 was put to the horn
for failure to appear on a charge of keep-
ing conventicles and exercising the other
functions of the ministry. W. had no
access to the Abbey church, and his
services must have been held in a meet-
ing-house.
SIMON COUPER, educated at Univ.
16S6 of Edinburgh ; M.A. (1667) ; min. of
Kirkcudbright in 1678; trans, to
Second Charge 17th May 1681 ; pres. by the
heritors and magistrates and by James VII.
5th Nov. 1686 ; trans, and inst. after 12th
Dec. of that year ; he was accused before
the Privy Council, 4th Sept. 1689, of not
reading the Proclamation of the Estates,
not praying for their Majesties William
and Mary, and for saying, when there came
the news of the defeat at Killiecrankie,
" that no less could come of them for
rebelling against their lawful sovereign,"
but he was acquitted, as this was not proven.
He was dep. by the united Presb. of Dun-
fermline and Kirkcaldy, 28th Dec. 1693,
for contumacy and contempt of its
authority, which sentence was affirmed
by the Synod 6th May 1694. He was
ordered by the Privy Council, 4th June
1694, to leave the church. He died in
Edinburgh, 20th Sept. 1710, aged about
64. He marr. 26th Feb. 1678, Elizabeth
Meldrum, and had issue — Simon, born
July 1682. Publications — An Impartial
Inquiry into the Order and Government,
settled by Christ and His Apostles in the
Church [anon.] (Edinburgh, 1704), answered
by The Funeral of Prelacy [anon., but
by Robert Whyte of Banochy, advocate]
(n.p., 1 704) ; Three Essays concerning
Church Government (Edinburgh, 1704),
containing The Phoenix; or, Prelacy Re-
vived from the Ashes of its " Ftineral "
[a reply to preceding by Whyte, anon.]
(Edinburgh, 1704). This again was
answered in The Fable of the Sacred
Phoenix [by Robert Whyte] (n.p., 1704);
The Moral of the Phoenix Justified; or,
the Reflections on the " Funeral of Prelacy "
Vindicated (Edinburgh, 1705), answered
by A Stone upon the Grave of Prelacy ;
or, Prelates not Apostles [anon., but by
Whyte] (n.p., 1705).— [Edin. Reg. {Marr.
and Bur.); Hist. Gen. Ass., 1690;
Chalmers's Hist, of Hunf]
JOHN GRAY, who had lived here in
1688 ^^ ^0r t^le education of his family ;
trans, from Orwell ; adm. before 17th
April 1688; he was the first Presbyterian
minister of Dunfermline after the Revolu-
tion, and appears to have ministered, not
in the Abbey church, but in the Meeting-
house; he continned 9th June 1691, but
seems to have ceased to hold office after
the close of that year.
WILLIAM GULLAN, called in June,
1692 an(^ 0rc^' ^n t'le Meeting-house) 24th
Aug. 1692; trans, to Ladykirk 4th
Dec. 1694.
HUGH KEMP, trans, from Forgan ;
l701 called 30th April 1700; adm. 1st
May 1701. During his incumbency
the parish church was occupied one-half
of the day by his Episcopal coadjutor,
and the other by himself ; trans, to Carnbee
30th Nov. 1704.
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^THOMAS BUCHANAN, M.A.J edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(29th April 1684); licen. by Presb.
of Dunbarton 10th March 1691 ; ord. to
Tulliallan 29th March 1692; called 6th Sept.,
trans, and adm. 30th Nov. 1710; seized
with palsy at Edinburgh in 1714, returned
from General Assembly there, and re-
sumed duties, but died 10th April 1715,
aged about 51. He marr. 12th April 1695,
Grisell, daugh. of Alexander Glass of
Sauchie, and had issue— George, min. of
Drymen; Grisell, died in the Trinity
Hospital at Edinburgh, 8th May 1722;
John ; Robert ; Margaret (marr., pro. 25th
Nov. 1739, Robert Gordon, baker, Edin-
burgh).— [Tulliallan and Kirkliston Sess.;
Edin. Bitr.]
1716
RALPH ERSKINE, born at Monilaws,
near Cornhill, Northumberland, 15th
March 1685, fifth son of Henry E.,
ejected min. at Cornhill, afterwards min.
of Chirnside, by his second wife, Margaret
Halcro, and brother of Ebenezer E., min.
of Stirling ; matriculated at Univ. of
Edinburgh, Nov. 1699, and is said to
have graduated M.A. in 1704 (though
his name is not in the list of graduates
published by the Bannatyne Club) ; from
1705 to 1711 he was tutor to the children
of the "Black Colonel," John Erskine of
Culross, one of his pupils becoming the
well-known author of Institutes of the Law
of Scotland. He completed his theological
curriculum during this period of tutorship
and was licen. by the Presb. of Dunfermline
8th June 1709. On 1st May 1711 ,he was
called to the Second Charge here, and on 14th
June following to the parish of Tulliallan.
He preferred Dunfermline, and was ord.
7th Aug. 1711 ; pres. by the Presb. jure
devoluto, trans, and adm. to First Charge
1st May 1716. In the controversy with the
General Assembly which led to the Secession
of 1733, he adhered to all the protests on
behalf of the Four Brethren, being one of
the " Twelve Apostles " or Representers of
1721, eventually he joined the Associate
Presb. 16th Feb. 1737, and was dep. 15th
May 1740. He took an active part in the
visit of George Whitefield to Scotland in
1741, but repudiated some of the features
of the Revival at Cambuslang. On the
question of the Burgess Oath he sided
with his brother Ebenezer in thinking it a
matter for the individual conscience, and
on the separation of the party opposed to
the Oath, he issued an admonition to the
separatists. He was a skilled musician,
a lover of the violin, and a religious poet
whose Sonnets and Hymns had an extensive
circulation. He preached his last sermon
on 29th Oct., and died of a nervous fever
6th Nov. 1752. A statue of E., by Handy-
side Ritchie, was erected in front of
Queen Anne Street Church, Dunfermline,
27th June 1849. He marr. (1) 10th July
1714, Margaret (died 22nd Nov. 1730, aged
32), daugh. of John Dewar of Lassodie,
and had issue — Elizabeth, born 1715 ; Jean,
born 1716; Margaret, born 1718 (marr.
1745, John Newlands, bookseller, Glasgow),
died 1751; Helen, born' 1719; Henry,
min. of the Secession Congregation,
Falkirk, born 1720, died 29th July 1754;
John, min. of the Associate Congregation,
Leslie, born 1722, died 8th May 1751 ;
Rachel, born 1724; Ebenezer, born 1726,
died 1747 ; Christian, died in infancy ;
James, min. of the Secession Congregation,
Stirling (in succession to his uncle), born
1730, died 9th March 1761 : (2) 24th Feb.
1732, Margaret, daugh. of Daniel Simson,
W.S., Edinburgh, and had issue — Ralph,
born Dec. 1732, died young ; Daniel,
born 1734, died 1735; Robert, F.R.S.,
Geographer and Surveyor-General to the
American Army, author of A Dissertation
on Rivers and Tides (London, 1770), born 7th
Sept. 1735, died in America, 2nd Oct. 1780 ;
Ralph, born Jan. and died April 1738.
Publications— The editions of his works in
English (separate and collected) are very
numerous. The Believer's Dowry (Edin-
burgh, 1708, 1717, 1721) ; A Congratulatory
Poem upon the Coronation of His Majesty
King George [8 pp., anon.] (Edinburgh,
1714) [see Fraser's Life, page 155]; Gosjiel
Canticles, or Spiritual Songs, in Five
Parts, by a Minister of the Gospel in the
Church of Scotland [100 pp.] (Edinburgh,
1720) ; The Harmony of the Divine Attri-
butes Display'd, a sermon (Edinburgh,
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1724, and various editions); Law-death,
Gospel-life, or The Death of Legal Righteous-
ness (Edinburgh, 1724) ; The Best Bond, or
Secret Engagement (n.p., 1724) ; Christ the
People's Covenant (n.p., 1725) ; The Militant's
Song (Edinburgh, 1725) ; Gospiel Sonnets,
or Spiritual Songs (Edinburgh, 1726, 1732 ;
London, 1734; London, 1741; numerous
other editions) ; The Pregnant Promise
(n.p., 1726) ; The Happy Congregation, or
The Great Gathering of the People to
Shiloh (Edinburgh, 1726) ; Preventing Love
(Edinburgh, 1728); The Gradual Comfort
(Edinburgh, 1728); The Main Question of
the Gospel Cathechism, What Think Ye of
Christ? (Edinburgh, 1729); The Strength
of Sin (Edinburgh, 1729) ; The Mediator's
Power in Heaven and Earth (Edinburgh,
1729); The Law of God's House (Edin-
burgh, 1733) ; The Lamb in the Midst of
the Throne (Edinburgh, 1734); The Female
Preacher (Edinburgh, 1735) ; The River of
Life (Edinburgh, 1736); The Comer's Con-
flict (Edinburgh, 1736) ; A Paraphrase, or
Large Explicatory Poem upon the Song
of Solomon [166 pp.] (Edinburgh, 1736) ;
God's Great Name (Edinburgh, 1737) ; The
Mounting Christian (Edinburgh, 1737);
Dark Providences Clear'd in Due Time
(Edinburgh, 1737) ; The Great Trumpet of
the Everlasing Gospel (Edinburgh, 1737) ;
Faith's Plea upon God's Word and Covenant
(Edinburgh, 1738); The Sun of the Gospel
(Edinburgh, 1738); The Great Ruin, and
the Great Relief (Edinburgh, 1738); The
Plant of Renown (Glasgow, 1738) ; The
Best Match, or The Lncomparable Marriage
between the Creator and the Creature (Edin-
burgh, 1739) ; Sensible Presence, Sudden
Absence (Edinburgh, 1739) ; Present Duty
before Approaching Darkness (Edinburgh,
1739) ; Glad Tidings in Sad Times (Edin-
burgh, 1739) ; Gospel Compulsion, or Minis-
terial Power and Authority (Edinburgh,
1739); An Elegy, or Funeral Poem on the
much-lamented Death of . . . Mr Alexander
Hamilton . . . To ivhich is prefixed An
Elegiack Poem to the Memory of . . . the
Reverend Mr James Cuthbert, sometime
minister of the Gospel at Culross . . . also
Smoaking Spiritualiz'd, a short poem (Edin-
burgh, 1739) ; The Giving Love of Christ,
and the Receiving Property of Faith, Four
Sermons (Edinburgh, 1740) ; Chambers of
Safety in Times of Danger (Edinburgh,
1 740) ; The Fountain-head of all Blessings
(Edinburgh, 1740) ; Gospel Humiliation
grounded on Faith's View of Divine
Pacification (Edinburgh, 1741); The Word
of Salvation Sent to Sinners (Edinburgh,
1741); The True Christ no New Christ
(Edinburgh, 1742) ; Gad the Conquered, yet
Conquering Tribe (Glasgow, 1742) ; Divine
Influence the True Spring of the Extra-
ordinary Work at Cambuslang (Edinburgh,
1742); The Power and Policy of Satan
(Glasgow, 1742) ; Redemption by Christ
(Edinburgh, 1742) ; Fraud and Falsehood
Discovered (Edinburgh, 1743); [answered by
A Letter from Mr Alexander Webster . . .
in answer to Mr Erskine's Charge of Fraud
and Falsehood (Edinburgh, 1743)]; The
Builder's Armour (Edinburgh, 1743) ; Cove-
nanted Grace for Covenanting Work (n.p.,
1744) ; Faith in Fancy, or a Treatise of
Mental Images (Edinburgh, 1745); The
Happy Hour of Christ's Quickening Voice
(Edinburgh, 1745) ; The Best Security for
the Best Life (Edinburgh, 1746) ; Witnesses
cited for God (Edinburgh, 1747); Heaven
Pos'd and Press'd ivith Questions and
Demands (Glasgow, 1747) ; Clean Water
(Glasgow, 1747) ; Christ's Treasures Opened
by Himself (Glasgow, 1747) ; Fancy no
Faith [against a pamphlet, Acts and Pro-
ceedings of the Associate Synod] (Glasgow,
1747); The Lawfulness of the Religious
Clause of some Burgess Oaths (Glasgow,
1747) ; Observations upon the Conduct of
the Separating Brethren, to which is added,
Fancy still no Faith (Glasgow, 1748);
Temple Production making way for Temple
Restoration (Glasgow, 1748) ; The Third
Proof of Fancy no Faith (Edinburgh, 1749) ;
The Best Company in the most Lonely Case
(Glasgow, 1750) ; A Short Paraphrase upon
the Lamentations of Jeremiah (Glasgow,
1750) ; The Repose and Repast of Faith
under the Shady and Fruitful Tree of
Life (Edinburgh, 1751) ; The Happy Victor
(Edinburgh, 1751) ; Mountains Overleaped
(Edinburgh, 1751) ; A New Version of the
Song of Solomon into Common Metre
(Glasgow, 1752) ; Christ's Love-suit Re-
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inforced and Repeated (Edinburgh, 1752);
Job's Hymns, or a Book of Songs upon
the Book of Job (Glasgow, 1753) ; Scripture
Songs (Glasgow, 1754); A Collection of
Sermons from Various Important Subjects
and on Divers Occasions [Prefaced by
Thomas Bradbury], 2 vols. (London, 1763),
translated into Welsh (Machynlleth, 1792),
into Dutch [by John Eoss], 12 vols.
(Rotterdam, c. 1747-58); The Saving
Sight (Edinburgh, 1764) ; The Sermons, and
other Practical Works [Portrait], edited by
John Newlands [E.'s son-in-law], 2 vols.
(Glasgow, 1764-5), another edition in
10 vols. (Falkirk, 1794-6), in 2 vols.
(Aberdeen, 1817-19) ; Faith and Practice,
Twelve Sermons (Glasgow, 1774) ; The Rent
Veil of the Temple (Glasgow, 1777);
Faith's Warrant (London, n.d.) ; Sermons
on Faith and Practice (Ayr, 1809) ; The
Poetical Works of Ralph Erskine (Aber-
deen, 1818) ; The Beauties of R. E. [edited
by Samuel M'Millan], 2 vols. (Edinburgh,
1821) ; Fourteen Sermons on Prayer [edited
by Donald Fraser, D.D.] (Glasgow, 1840).—
[Fisher's Memoir prefixed to Sermons, 1764 ;
A Funeral Poem on the much-lamented
Death of R. E. (n.p., 1753) ; An Elegy on
the late Learned and Reverend Mr R. E.
(Glasgow, 1753) ; Fraser's Life and Diary
(Edinburgh, 1834) ; The Erskines, by John
Ker, D.D. (Edinburgh, 1881) ; The Erskines,
by Dr Ker and Jean L. Watson (Edin-
burgh, 1890) ; MacEwen's The Erskines
[Famous Scots Series]; Beveridge's Fife
Bibliography, 125 - 36 ; British Museum
Catalogue ; [Diet. Nat. Biog. ; Fernie's and
Chalmers's Hist, of Dunf.~\
JAMES THOMSON, born 1699, son of
_,..„ a farmer in parish of Carnbee; edu-
cated at Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A.
(6th May 1717); licen. by Presb. there
30th Oct. 1723 ; ord. by same Presb. 30th
April 1728, Chaplain to the 26th or
Cameronian Regiment of Foot, with whom
he went to Gibraltar; called 13th April
and adm. 5th May 1743. During a Parlia-
mentary election for the Stirling district
of burghs, he accused (in his sermon from
Ephes. iv., 25) several persons by name of
lying, on which an action was brought in
the Court of Session and decided 8th Aug.
1776 against him, when he was found liable
in five pounds to one, and twenty-five to
another, with fifty guineas of expenses. He
preached regularly in his turn till his eighty-
ninth year, and delivered an Action sermon
lasting two hours when he was ninety. He
died 19th Oct. 1790, and left £100 to the
poor of the parish. He marr. 2nd Oct.
1752, Anne (died 18th Sept. 1770), daugh.
of James Dalgleish, merchant, Queensferry.
— [Test. Reg. (St And.) ; Fraser's Life of
Ralph Erskine, Scots Mag., xxxvi-xxxviii.,
and Weekly Mag., xxvi, xxvii, xxxiii. ;
Dalgleish MSS. Pap.]
ALLAN MACLEAN, born 1750, son of
17gl Duncan M. in Cardross ; originally
bred a shoemaker ; licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow 2nd May 1781 ; ord. to Chapel-
of-Ease, Dunfermline, 16th May 1782; pre-
sented by George III. 15th Dec. 1790; trans,
and adm. 30th June 1 791. After a protracted
litigation at his own expense, he obtained a
judgment of the Court of Session 19th Nov.
1805, which was affirmed by the House of
Lords 9th March 1812, giving him manse
and Grass Glebe ; died 3rd June 1836.
He left a dwelling-house and ground for the
education of children of the working-classes
at Golf drum. He marr. 23rd Dec. 1795,
Isobel Barbour, who died s.p. 30th Sept.
1829. Publications— Account of the Parish
[jointly with John Fernie] (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace., xiii.). — [ConnelFs Par. Law ;
Chalmers's Hist, of Dunf.1
PETER CHALMERS, born 19th Sept.
1790, only son of Alexander C,
merchant, Glasgow ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1808) ; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 11th Sept. 1814 ; assistant
at St John's, Glasgow; ord. to Second
Charge 18th July 1817 ; pres. by William
IV. 19th July; trans, and adm. 5th Oct.
1836. He joined the Free Church May
1843, opened a place of worship for the
Secessionists, administered baptism, and
intimated his intention to dispense the
Lord's Supper, but changed his mind,
applied to the Presb., and was again
received 21st June 1843. D.D. (Glasgow,
5th Feb. 1855); died 11th April 1870. He
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marr. (1) 10th Oct. 1822, Marion (died 20th
Feb. 1857), daugh. of James Hay, writer,
Edinburgh, and had issue — Marion Inglis
Bald, born 30th Nov. 1823, died 6th Sept.
1837 ; Jane, born 3rd June 1825 ; Lilias,
born 27th May 1827; James Hay, W.S.,
bom 10th Jan. 1829, died 21st June 1860 ;
Annabella Craig, born 5th Aug. 1830 ; Helen
Kidd, born 3rd July 1832, died 4th Feb.
1833 ; Peter Bald, born 1st, died 7th July
1834; Helen, born 20th July 1835; Peter
Bald, born 8th Sept. 1837, died 22nd Jan.
1839; Marion, born 6th Oct. 1839 (marr.
Alexander Mitchell, D.D., min. of the North
Parish, Dunfermline) : (2) 23rd Dec. 1863,
Marie Louisa Mann Anderson, Burntisland.
Publications — Tioo Discourses on the Sin,
Danger, and Remedy of Duelling (Edin-
burgh, 1822) ; Strictures on some recent
Sayings and Doings of the Dunfermline
Voluntaries (Glasgow, 1835); A Parting
Word to the Rev. Mr Law, suggested by his
late Catechism (Dunfermline, 1835) ; An
Historical and Statistical Account of Dun-
fermline, 2 vols. (Edinburgh, 1844-59) ; The
Province of Reason in Matters of Divine
Revelation and Sceptical Objections con-
sidered (Dunfermline, 1847) ; Account of
the Parish {New Stat. Ace, ix). — [Mercer's
and Chalmers's Hists. of Dunf; M'Cosh's
Wheat and Chaff.]
JAMES FEENCH, born 1811, son of
1870 James F., merchant, and Jane
Thomson; Professor of Khetoric in
the Andersonian College, Glasgow ; ord. to
St Bernard's, Edinburgh, 14th Sept. 1843 ;
trans, to Second Charge 2nd May 1845 ;
pres. by Queen Victoria 3rd May, and adm.
1st July 1870; died 13th Feb. 1880. He
marr. 18th June 1844, Ann M'Donald, and
had issue — Agnes, born 15th March 1845 ;
Thomas, born 26th May 1846, died 1st Oct.
1846 ; Catherine, born 10th May 1847 (marr.
Thomas Dewar, min. of Lochgelly) ; James,
born 16th June 1848 ; Margaret Ann, born
11th March 1850.
JOHN PITT, born 1 844, son of Samuel P.,
1880 coacnman> aQd Elizabeth M'Laren ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
MA. (1864), B.D. (1878); ord. to Second
Charge 22nd Sept. 1870; trans, and adm.
VOL. V.
18th May 1880 ; died 10th May 1893. He
marr. 16th July 1872, Margaret Douglas
(born 10th Nov. 1847, died 20th Dec. 1911),
third daugh. of William Wilson, Edinburgh,
and had issue — Esther, born 6th Aug. 1873;
Samuel Douglas, born 25th Oct. 1875. Pub-
lications — Our Sunday School System, a
sermon ; Working With Might, a sermon ;
Thoughts on Public Worship, a sermon (Dun-
fermline, 1878, 1887, and 1890 respectively).
EOBEKT STEVENSON, born Tulli-
1898 k°cly> parish of Alloa, son of Bobert
S.; educated at Glasgow, M.A. (1876),
and Edinburgh Univs. ; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 16th May 1879; assistant at St
Paul's, Dundee ; ord. to Second Charge 9th
Nov. 1880 ; elected 4th July 1893 (this being
the first election of a minister by ballot in
the Church of Scotland in terms of the new
regulations of the General Assembly 1893);
adm. 10th July that year. He marr. 19th
April 1888, Margaret Fisher (died at Bourne-
mouth 22nd Oct. 1922), second daugh. of
Kobert Reid, manufacturer, Dunfermline,
and had issue— Robert, born 4th Feb. 1889,
M.A., B.D. (Glasgow), Black Fellowship in
Divinity, contributed various articles to the
Encyclopaedia of Islam, licen. by Dunferm-
line Presb. 5th May 1915, gazetted same year
lieutenant in Black Watch and killed in
action near Ypres 23rd Aug. 1917 ; Alan,
born 23rd March 1892, engaged in sugar in-
dustry, North Queensland, Australia, joined
3rd Australian Division Oct. 191 5, and served
as Dispatch Rider, awarded Military Medal
for "conspicuous services" during the
Messines engagement; Madge Etta, born
5th Dec. 1894 (marr. 7th Sept. 1920, John
Aubrey Brooking Snell, B.A., M.B., B.Ch.
Cantab., D.P.H. London, Wareham, Dorset);
Sidney, Arts student, Univ. of Edinburgh,
born 12th April 1905. Publications— The
Communion and Some other Matters in
Dunfermline in the Seventeenth Century
(Dunfermline, 1900); Dunfermline, 1791 to
1812 (1909).
Second Charge.
[In the seventeenth century at least the
stipend was " a voluntar gift, granted by
the inhabitants " {Reg. Privy Council, 4th
April 1672).]
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1614
ANDREW FORRESTER, trans, from
1598 Corstorphine and adm. in 1598 ;
trans, to First Charge about 1610.
JOHN MORAY, M.A., formerly of
Second Charge, South Leith ; adm.
in 1614 ; refusing to acknowledge
Episcopacy or observe the Five Articles
of Perth, he performed the work of this
charge till 1618 without remuneration, and
was trans, to First Charge about 1620, his
nonconformity being disregarded.
SAMUEL ROW, M.A. ; adm. in 1638 ;
1638 trans .to Kirkmabreck in 1640.
WILLIAM OLIPHANT, M.A. (St
1645 Andrews 1634) ; became chaplain
to Charles, Earl of Dunfermline ;
declined a call to Rhynd in 1644 ; adm.
15th Jan. 1645 ; was a member of the
Commissions of Assembly, 1648, 1649.
Joined the Protesters in 1651 ; was named
by the Council of England, 8th Aug. 1654,
one of those for authorising admissions to
the ministry in Perth, Fife, and Angus ;
died 5th July 1662, aged about 46.— [Nicoll's
and Lamont's Diaries ; Acts of Pari.,
vii., App. 66 ; Baillie's Lett. ; Fraser's Life
of Ralph Erskine ; Fernie's and Chalmers's
Hists. of Dunf]
THOMAS KINNINMONTH, M.A. ;
trans, from Kilmany and adm. 18th
July 1666 ; trans, to Auchterderran
9th Dec. 1668.
ALEXANDER MUNRO, adm. Vth
April 1673, the charge having been
several years vacant ; trans, to Kin-
glassie 26th March 1676.
, JOHN BALNEVIS, M.A. ; trans, from
Tibbermore and adm. 8th Nov. 1676;
trans, to Dunbarney 5th Jan. 1681.
SIMON COUPER, M.A.; trans, from
Kirkcudbright and adm. 17th May
1681 1681 ; trans, to First Charge after
12th Dec. 1686.
JAMES GRAEME [or GRAHAM],
M.A., formerly of Saltoun ; inst. in
1687 ; was accused of not reading
the Proclamation of the Estates, not pray-
ing for their Majesties William and Mary,
1673
and of saying, when the news of the defeat
at Killiecrankie arrived, "no less could
come for rebelling against their lawful
sovereign," but having declared that he
had not received the Proclamation, and
that he was willing to read it, he was
acquitted by the Privy Council 4th Sept.
1689. He was deposed by the Synod, June
1701, for Arminianism and neglect of
ministerial duties, but reponed by the
Commission of the General Assembly ;
died 15th Jan. 1710, aged about 71, the
last Episcopalian parish minister of Dun-
fermline. He marr. April 1678, Agnes
Straiton, and had issue — James, served
heir 28th Nov. 1711 ; George, born 1685 ;
Andrew, born 16S9 ; Jean, born 1693 ;
Katherine (marr. Dec. 1726, William Cald-
well, merchant, Edinburgh). Publication —
The Famous Tryal of the late Reverend
and Learned Mr James Grame, Episcopal
Minister of Dunfermline . . . before the
several Courts of Church Judicature in
Scotland, etc. (written by himself) (London,
1719). — [Gordon Sess. Reg.; Fraser's Life
of Ralph Erskine ; Wodrow's Anal. ; Jnd. to
Services ; Hist, of Gen. Ass., 1690 ; Rule's
Sec. Vindication ; Fernie's Dunf. ; Bibliog.
of West Fife, 156.]
RALPH ERSKINE, M.A.; called 1st
May, and ord. 7th Aug. 1711 ; trans.
1711 to First Charge 1st May 1716.
JAMES WARDLAW of Luscar, born
1673, eldest son of Henry W.
of Wester Luscar and Christian
Hutton ; educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
ord. an elder in parish of Carnock 13th Feb.
1704; licen. by Presb. of Dunfermline 5th
June 1709 ; ord. to Cruden 20th Sept. 1717;
called 21st Aug., trans, and adm. 20th Nov.
1718 ; was one of the twelve who signed a
representation to the General Assembly,
11th May 1721, against the Act condemn-
ing the Marrow of Modern Divinity ;
died 2nd May 1742. He was a strenuous
opponent of patronage. He marr. Jean
Morris, who died at Old Cumnock, 3rd
May 1758, and had issue — Christian, born
13th July 1715 (marr. Thomas Charters,
min. of Inverkeithing) ; Jean, born 13th
June 1717 (marr. 7th May 1738, Joseph
1718
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Straehan, writer, Edinburgh), died 25th
May 1742; Elizabeth, born 11th March
1719; Mary, born 31st May 1720, died
unmarr. March 1 746 ; Isobel, born 2nd
Sept. 1722 (marr. 12th Sept. 1753, George
Muir, D.D., min. of Old Cumnock) ; Henry,
born 5th Oct. 1723, died young ; Janet, born
7th Feb. 1727. — [Brown's Gospel Truth;
Dun's Sermon, i. ; Fraser's Life of Ralph
Ershine; Chalmers's Hist, of Dunf.,'i., 428;
Dunf. Regality Recs. ; Wardlaivs in Scot-
land, 114; Pratt's Buchan, 48; Mackay's
Cruden and its Ministers, 64-7.]
THOMAS FEENIE, born 1715; edu-
1744 ca*e(i at Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A.
(May 1734) ; became tutor in the
family of Durham of Largo ; licen. by
Presb. of St Andrews 10th March 1742 ;
called 4th Jan., and ord. 19th April 1744 ;
died 5th April 1788. He marr. (1) 24th
May 1749, Elizabeth Geddes, who died
16th Dec. 1752, and had issue — Thomas,
born 24th April 1750, died 5th March 1753 ;
John, born 7th May 1751, died 10th March
1753 ; Christian, born 15th, and died 18th
Dec. 1752 : (2) 29th Oct. 1755, Elizabeth
Lamont, who died 11th April 1799, and
had issue — Thomas, born 11th Aug. 1756,
died 12th Feb. 1759 ; Elizabeth, born 21st
March 1758; Agnes, born 11th July 1759;
Anna, born 21st Feb. 1761, died 3rd April
1785 ; John, min. of this parish ; Mary,
born 9th May 1764 ; James, born 1st April
1766; Andrew, born 11th Dec. 1768;
Barbara, born 19th May 1771, died 23rd
March 1780; Livingstone (daugh.), born
28th Feb. 1773, died 19th April 1790. Pub-
lication— Sermons on Important Articles of
Christianity (Edinburgh, 1786). — [Fernie's
and Chalmers's Hists. of Dunf.}
JOHN FEENIE, born 27th Nov. 1762,
son of preceding ; educated at Univ.
of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of
Dunfermline 9th July 1788 ; pres. by
George III. 15th Aug. 1788 ; ord. 10th Feb.
1789 ; died 2nd Nov. 1816. He marr. 16th
May 1809, Agnes (died 14th Oct. 1838),
daugh. of James Tait, writer, Edinburgh,
and had issue — Anna, born 1st Oct. 1811.
Publications — A History of the Town and
Parish of Dunfermline (Dunfermline, 1815);
1789
1817
1837
Sermons on Important Subjects (Dunferm-
line, 1818) ; Account of the Parish [jointly
with his colleague] (Sinclair's Stat. Ace,
xiii.). — [Mercer's and Chalmers's Hists. of
Dunf]
PETER CHALMERS, M.A. ; pres. by
George, Prince Regent, 11th Feb.
and ord. 18th July 1817; trans, to
First Charge 5th Oct. 1836.
v JOHN TOD BROWN, born 10th Sept.
1805, youngest son of James B., min.
of Newbattle ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh; licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith
12th Aug. 1828; pres. by William IV. (at
the request of the parishioners) 18th Oct.
1836, and ord. 11th May 1837; dem. on
being called to the Presbyterian congrega-
tion, Rodney Street, Liverpool, 30th May
1844; trans, to Caledonian Church, London,
1847 ; res. in 1849. Joined the Church of
England, and was ord. deacon by Charles
James, Bishop of London,: 23rd Dec. that
year; became priest 14th June 1851; curate
of Chenfield, Essex, 1851-2. From 1852 to
1854 he held a proprietary chapel in London
(Eaton Chapel), and to financial difficulties
ensuing upon this step may be attributed
the after troubles which are described in his
autobiography entitled Moral Murder. In
1865 he was chaplain to the Isle of Thanet
Union ; died 8th June 1873. He marr.
11th Oct. 1837, Lucy, daugh. of Richard
Joseph, merchant, Holloway, London ;
she was divorced for non-adherence. Pub-
lications — Report of the S2xeches de-
livered at a Church and School Extension
Meeting, Dunfermline (Edinburgh, 1839) ;
A Letter to the Moderator of the Presbytery
of Dunfermline on the Subject of Church
Extension (Dunfermline, 1839) ; Ode to the
Queen on Her Majesty's Landing in Scot-
land, 1st Sept. 1842 (single sheet, 1842)
[according to the author's own statement
only two copies were printed]; The Visit
of Her Majesty contemplated under a
Religious Aspect (Edinburgh, 1842); A
Parting Statement : addressed to those
now, or recently, professing to worship in
the Abbey of Dunfermline (Liverpool, 1844);
The Union of Christians, a poem (London,
1846) ; Sermon on the Death of Sir Robert
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DUNFERMLINE— TOWNHILL
[PRESB. OF
Peel (1850) ; Moral Murder : or a Letter
to Her Majesty the Queen; together with
a Narrative of Two Imprisonments . . .
incurred through ministering to a Church
of England Chapel in London (London,
1865) ; Ode (Pindaric) on the " Captain,"
lost off Cape Finisterre (London, 1871). —
[See Letter to the Rev. John Tod Brown
by "Spectator" (Dunfermline, 1843); An
Exposure of the Misrepresentations made
by the Rev. J. T. B., by " Scotus " [Thomas
H. Foggo] (Dunfermline, 1843) ; A Brief
Reply to "Scotus " the Dominie, by "Ton-is "
the Dissenter (Dunfermline, 1843.]
JAMES FKENCH, pres. by Queen
184g Victoria 4th Jan., trans, from St
Bernard's, Edinburgh, and adm. 2nd
May 1845 ; trans, to First Charge 1st July
1870.
JOHN PITT, M.A., B.D.; pres. by
1870 Queen Victoria 13th July, and ord.
22nd Sept. 1870 ; trans, to First
Charge 18th May 1880.
EOBEET STEVENSON, M.A. ; elected
1880 28th Sept., and ord. 9th Nov. 1880 ;
trans, to First Charge 10th July
1893.
JOHN FAIELEY, ord. 8th Feb. 1894;
1894 trans- to Larbert and Dunipace ISth
Dec. 1902.
" JAMES WTLLDAM BAIED, born
1903 Strone, Argyllshire, son of William
B. : educated at Glasgow Univ. ;
M.A. (1897), B.D. (1901); licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow in 1901 ; assistant at St Mary's
Parish, Partick, 1901-3 ; ord. 25th June
1903. Marr. 26th June 190S, Margaret
Graham, daugh. of Thomas Addison, Dun-
fermline, and has issue — Anna Margaret,
born 22nd April 1909; Isobel Campbell,
born 12th Jan. 1911 ; Mary Primrose, born
13th Feb. 1913 ; Malcolm Graham, born
7th Dec. 1914; Elspeth Hendrie, born 4th
Sept. 1916 ; William James, born 7th July
1918; Evelyn Addison, born 12th April
1922.
TOWNHILL.
[Inaugurated as a mission in 1876, and
constituted a chapel - of - ease in March
1878. In 1917 the chapel - of - ease con-
stitution was withdrawn, and from that
date the mission has been served by a
lay missionary, James Naismith.]
JACOB PEIMMEE, born 9 Broad Wynd,
1876 Leith, 6th Oct. 1842, son of John
P., merchant seaman, and Louisa,
younger daugh. of Commodore Jacob
White, E.N. ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh 1865-72 ; served apprenticeship to
the printing trade ; came under strong
religious influences and resolved to enter
the ministry ; assistant at Westray, Orkney,
1871 ; took charge of Gardenstown Mission,
Banff, 1872-6; licen. by Presb. of Turriff
26th Nov. 1872 ; began work at Townhill
Mission 29th April 1876 ; ord. to Chapel-of-
Ease 20th May 1878; was a leader of the
Protestant crusade against Eomanism and
Eitualism ; a zealous advocate of Total
Abstinence, and on all these subjects an
incisive speaker ; res. June 1904 ; died 14th
Aug. 1914. He marr. 12th July 1876, Jessie,
headmistress of the Church of Scotland
School at Gardenstown (died 28th April
1912), daugh. of Donald Munro, Dingwall,
and had issue — John Boyd, M.B., Ch.B.,
D.P.H., Cowdenbeath, born 30th March
1879 ; Jacob Hope, captain, New Zealand
Veterinary Corps, took part in the Darda-
nelles landing, born 12th March 1885,
killed by lightning in Flanders, 12th
June 1917. Publications — The Church of
Scotland's Defection from the Reformed
Faith (Edinburgh, 1888) ; Portrait and
Brief Sketch of J. P. in "The Bailie" (Glas-
gow, 1890) ; Revolution of the Worship of
the Church of Scotland (1890) ; Another, a
different impression, headed "Pamphlet
referred to in the Webster-Primmer Letters "
(1890) ; The Great Protestant Demonstra-
tions of 1890-1 (n.p., 1891); St Giles'
Images, Protest and Appeal to the Synod
of Lothian and Tweeddale by the Rev. Jacob
Primmer and Others (Edinburgh, 1891) ;
Tlie Secret, Traitorous, Romanising Church
Service Society — An Exposure (1891); The
Dunfermline] TOWNHILL— ST ANDREW'S PARISH
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Scottish Hymnal Saturated with Popish
Error, Superstition, and Idolatry (1891);
Mr Stephen Williamson, M.P., for the
Kilmarnock Burghs, defends Popish Ascend-
ancy, Correspondence between the Rev. Jacob
Primmer and Mr S. Williamson, M.P.
(Portobello, 1891); Popish Pulpit, Abbey
Church, Dunfermline, Protest and Appeal
to the General Assembly by the Rev. Jacob
Primmer and Others (n.p., 1891); Memorial
as to Prelatic and Popish Innovations (n.p.,
1893); In Church of Scotland Assembly
Papers, 1897, "An Appeal by J. P." (Edin-
burgh, 1897); "Which is the Greater Evil
— Rome or Rum ? and the cure for both "
(1897) ; The Coatbridge Public Discussion
between Pastor Jacob Primmer and the
Rev. William C. M'Dougall (Airdrie, 1897) ;
Jacob Primmer in Rome (Edinburgh, 1897) ;
Popery and Crime, Pastor Primmer's Reply
to Priest Mullan (Dunfermline, 1897) ;
Popery in Glasgow University ; The Secre-
tary for Scotland and Pastor Jacob Primmer
(Dunfermline, 1899) ; Martyrdom of Jacob
Primmer at the Assembly of 1899 (Dunferm-
line, 1899); The General Assembly's Com-
munion Service in St Giles (1899); Mr
Birrell, M.P., and Mr Primmer (Dun-
fermline, 1899) ; Mr Jacob Primmer and
H.M. Board of Works (Dunfermline, 1899) ;
The Established Church Home Mission
Committee : The Rev. Mr Primmer's Grant
(Dunfermline, 1899) ; Awful Popery in the
Church of Scotland (Dunfermline, 1899) ;
Story and Others versus Jacob Primmer
(Dunfermline, 1900); Charleson's " Why I
left the Church of Scotland " exposed (1901);
Pastor Jacob Primmer's Semi-Jubilee (1901);
Pastor Jacob Primmer and Dundee Presb.:
The Sacrifice of the Mass in Barnhill Church
(1901); The Great Mock State Trial at
Dundee of Pastor Jacob Primmer (1902) ;
Ritualism at the General A ssembly (1903) ;
The Barnhill Church Pojjery (1904) ; Jesuit
Campaign in Edinburgh (1908) ; Popish
Schools placed on the Public Rates (1913) ;
Popish Aggression in Scotland (1914) ;
Rome on the Rates without Public Control
(1914). — [Life of Jacob Primmer (portrait),
by his son, Dr John Boyd P. (Edinburgh,
1916) ; Jamie's Life of John Hope ; various
General Assembly Papers.]
DAVID AVENEL VIPONT, formerly
1904 Melville Vipont Anderson, adm. 27th
Oct. 1904; res. in 1907, and adm-
to Menmuir 26th Aug. 1908.
JOSEPH JAMES LOREAINE, born
1908 Polmont, 15th Feb. 1860, son of
Walter L., missionary, and brother of
Walter Fotheringham L., min. of Monkton
and Prestwick; educated at Glasgow Univ.;
licen. by Presb. of Irvine in 1886 ; mission-
ary assistant at Kincardine on Spey, Olna-
firth Mission, Delting, Eapness Mission,
Westray, Limerigg Mission, Slamannan,
assistant at Blantyre, and missionary
assistant Newton, Cambuslang ; ord. 9th
April 1908 ; res. on account of ill-health in
1917. Marr., at Old Machar, 26th Sept.
1894, Jessie, daugh. of Richardson Alex-
ander, sugar-planter, West Indies, and
Mary Morrison.
ST ANDREW'S PARISH (Q.S.).
[Built as a meeting-house for Thomas
Gillespie, after his deposition from Carnock
in 1752. At Gillespie's death, the greater
part of his congregation petitioned the
Presb., 30th March 1774, to be received into
communion. After being discussed in four
General Assemblies this crave was remitted
back to the Presb., by whom the petitioners
were received 28th Oct., and the chapel was
opened 28th Dec. 1777. This parish was
granted a Constitution in terms of the Act
of Assembly 31st May 1834, called St
Andrew's, and erected quoad sacra by the
Court of Teinds, 11th June 1851.]
JOHN MONTEATH, M.A.; ord. 16th
1780 Feb. 1780 ; called 29th of that month,
and trans, to Houston 13th June
1781.
ALLAN MACLEAN, called 12th Dec.
1782 1781 ; ord. 16th May 1782 ; trans, to
First Charge, Dunfermline, 30th June
1791.
JAMES ROBERTSON, called 20th Dec.
1792 1791; ord. 6th June 1792; dem.
office 17th Dec. 1798 on a presenta-
tion to Slamannan.
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ST ANDREW'S PARISH— THE NORTH PARISH [presb. of
DAVID SAVILE, M.A.; called 26th
17gg Dec. 1798; adm. in 1799; trans, to
Canongate Chapel-of-Ease, Edin-
burgh, 10th Oct. 1799.
CHRISTOPHER GREIG, M.A. ; called
1800 19th Dec. 1799 ; ord. 17th April
1800 ; dem. on being pres. to the
Second Charge, Dysart, 21st Aug. 1807.
PETER BROTHERSTON, called 8th
lg08 March, and ord. 14th July 1808;
dem. on being pres. to Second
Charge, Dysart, 1st Aug. 1809.
JOHN MACWHIR, called 16th Oct.
1810 1809 '= ord- 18tl1 Jan" 181° ' dem" on
a presentation to Urr, 5th Oct. 1813.
DAVID MURRAY, born 26th March
1787, son of David M., brewer's
servant, Leith ; licen. by Presb. of
Selkirk 5th July 1808; called 19th Oct.,
and ord. 23rd Dec. 1813 ; having been pres.
to Dysart, Second Charge, he dem. 27th
Nov. 1816.
^GEORGE BELL BRAND, born Selkirk,
1786 ; had a school at Anstruther ;
studied at Univ. of Edinburgh ; be-
came chaplain in the Charity Workhouse
at St Cuthbert's there ; licen. by Presb. of
Selkirk 2nd April, and called 9th Dec.
1816; ord. i27th March 1817; died 21st
Feb. 1838. He marr. Isabella (died 6th
Nov. 1851), daugh. of William Gosman,
farmer, Pitkeirie, and had issue — William ;
Russell ; Isabella Mitchell. Publication
— Lectures and Sermons (edited by David
Dickson, D.D., St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh)
(Edinburgh, 1841). — [Sermons ; Mercer's
Dunfermline^
ANDREW SUTHERLAND, born 1811,
1839 second son °f Andrew S., tailor,
Glasgow ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (1831); licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow 2nd Dec. 1835 ; assistant at
Kilmarnock ; declined election to Gartmore
Chapel-of-Ease ; called 15th Jan., and ord.
28th March 1839. Joined the Free Church
in 1843 ; min. of St Andrew's Free Church,
Dunfermline, 1843-55. He res. in 1855,
was app. to a charge at Gibraltar, where
he acted as chaplain to the Presbyterian
1817
1847
soldiers in the garrison ; died 18th Oct.
1S67. He marr. 1848, Amelia M'Diarmid,
and had issue — Andrew Neil, M.A., F.C.
min., Rothesay, born 1855; Lewis Robertson,
M.B., CM., Professor of Pathology, Univ.
of St Andrews, born 1863 ; Margaret Kerr;
John Kerr.
JOHN MIDDLETON, M.A. ; ord. 21st
April 1847 ; trans, to Glenmuick 15th
March 1849.
DAVID NICOL, ord. in 1849 ; first min.
of the parish 11th June 1851 ; trans,
to Dalgety 11th Jan. 1855.
JAMES PENNELL, ord. 11th May
,0== 1855; trans, to Ballingry 10th
1855 Sept. 1857.
JAMES MILLAR ROSE, M.A.; born
Banff, 1832, son of James R., Inland
Revenue Officer, and Isobell M'Allan;
educated at King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(March 1851); ord. 11th Feb. 1858; res.
18th May, and died 28th Aug. 1903. He
marr. 26th Oct. 1880, Georgina (died 27th
May 1918), daugh. of James Alexander of
Balmule, manufacturer, Dunfermline.
WILLIAM ANDREW HUTCHISON,
1903 b°rn Glasgow 25tn N°v' 1873> SOn °*
William H, gold mine manager, and
Margaret Miller ; educated at Hutcheson's
Grammar School and Glasgow Univ.
(1892-9); licen. by Presb. there in 1899;
assistant in this parish 1899-1903 ; ord. 29th
July 1903. Marr. 10th Feb. 1904, Helen
Turnbull, daugh. of Thomas Smith, banker.
THE NORTH PARISH (Q.S.).
[The North Church (Golfdrum), founded
early in 1 840, was opened for public worship
on second Sunday of Nov. 1840, with
sittings for 800. The cost of the building
was £1673, of which £1002 was raised
by subscription, and £41 received from the
General Assembly's Extension Fund. This
parish was erected quoad sacra 24th Jan.
1855.]
CHARLES MARSHALL, born Paisley,
1841 aD0Ut 1796, eldest son of Charles
M., manufacturer, and Mary Baird ;
educated at Univs. of Glasgow and Edin-
DUNFERMLINE]
THE NORTH PARISH
39
burgh ; was Governor of John Watson's
Institution, Edinburgh, 1827-40 ; ord. 16th
July 1841. Joined the Free Church in
1843; was min. of Free North Church,
Dunfermline, 1843-82 [the Free Church
obtained possession of the building from
1843 to 1849, when it was vacated upon
decision obtained in the House of Lords] ;
died June 1882. He marr. 1878, Lilias,
daugh. of Thomas Bisset and Margaret
Scott. Publications — Lays and Lectures
for Scotia's Daughters of Industry, two
editions (Edinburgh, 1853) ; Homely Words
and Songs for Working Men and Women,
Wives and Mothers (Edinburgh, 1856) ;
Homely Words and Songs for Young
Women (Edinburgh, 1856); The Watch-
man's Round in the Way of Life and the
Way of Death (1868); Winter Evening
Conversations of Free Church Ladies
(1870) ; Lays and Lectures for Working
Men and Women — Vol. I., To Wives and
Mothers (fourth edition, Edinburgh, 1878),
Vol. II., To Young Women (Edinburgh,
1878) ; Licht Frae the Smiddy o' Saunders
Dinwuddie (Edinburgh, 1880). — [Bibliog.
of West Fife, 209.]
CHAELES KOGEES, born 18th April
._._ 1825 (his mother died at his birth),
only child of James E., min. of
Dunino ; educated at Dunino Parish School
and Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb.
of St Andrews June 1846 ; assistant to
Hew Scott, D.D., at West Anstruther, also
at Kinglassie, and Abbotshall; ord. 13th
July 1849; res. 10th July 1850; became
assistant at Ballingry and Carnoustie ;
LL.D. (Columbia College, New York,
Dec. 1853) ; opened a preaching-station
at Bridge of Allan, and from Jan. 1855
to 11th Aug. 1863 was chaplain to the
garrison at Stirling Castle. Elected a
member of Stirling Town Council Nov.
1861 ; took a prominent part in local
affairs, instituted a Churchyard Improve-
ment Association, and was prime mover
in the erection of the national Wallace
Monument on the Abbey Craig 24th June
1861. In 1855 he opened at Stirling a
Scottish Literary Institute, and in 1862
a British Christian Institute for the dis-
semination of religious tracts, chiefly to
soldiers and sailors, but both schemes
failed. In 1863 he went to Lewisham,
Kent, where he devoted himself to literary
work, originated a short-lived Naval and
Military Tract Society, and founded the
London Book and Tract Depository, which
lasted until 1874. On 2nd Nov. 1868 he in-
augurated the Grampian Club for the issue
of works illustrative of Scottish literature
and antiquities, and was secretary and
editor until his death. He claimed to be
founder of the Koyal Historical Society
begun in 1868, of which he continued to
be secretary and historiographer until 1880.
In 1873 he was presented by his friends
with a residence at Forrest Hill, London,
which he named Grampian Lodge; D.D.
(St Andrews, 1881) ; returned to Edinburgh
and died at his house, 6 Barnton Terrace,
Craigleith, 18th Sept. 1890. He was a man
of indefatigable habits of work, scholarly
and patriotic, with a temperament which
did not brook opposition, and inclined
too often to imagine himself the victim
of animosity and misrepresentation. His
labours in connection with the Wallace
Monument and in the sphere of Scottish
literature, entitle him to the gratitude
of Scottish people. He was a member
of numerous British, Continental, and
American learned Societies. He marr.
14th Dec. 1854, Jane, eldest daugh. of
John Bain, St Andrews. Publications —
Memoir and Poems of Sir Robert Aytoun
(Edinburgh, 1844; London, 1871); His-
torical Notices of St Anthony's Monastery,
Leith (1849); History of St Andrews
(Edinburgh, 1849) ; A Week at Bridge of
Allan (Edinburgh, 1851, various editions) ;
The Beauties of Upper Strathearn (Edin-
burgh, 1854); The Modern Scottish
Minstrel, 6 vols. (Edinburgh, 1855-7);
also 1 vol. (Edinburgh, 1870); The
Sacred Minstrel (London, 1859); Ettrick
Forest, the Ettrick Shepherd and his
Monument (Edinburgh, 1860); Issues of
Religious Rivalry (1866) ; Lyra\Britannica
(London, 1867) ; Christian Heroes in the
Army and Navy (London, 1867); Traits
and Stories of the Scottish People (1867) ;
The Golden Sheaf: Poems by Living
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THE NORTH PARISH
[PRESE. OF
Authors (London, 1868); Our Eternal
Destiny : Heaven or Hell (London, 1868) ;
Outlines of Bible History ; Scotland :
Social and Domestic (London, 1869) ;
Life and Songs of the Baroness Nairne
(1869; Edinburgh, 1886). He also edited
Poems by Thomas Campbell [with a
Memoir] (1870) ; A Century of Scottish
Life (Edinburgh, 1871) ; Monuments and
Mon umental Inscriptions in Scotland, 2 vols.
(London, 1871-2); Notes in the History of
Sir Jerome Alexander (1872) ; The Scottish
House of Roger (1872) ; Sir John Scot's
"Staggering State of Scottish Statesmen"
(1872) ; Memorials of the Strachans of
Thornton and Family of Wise of Hillbank
(1873-1877); Poetical Remains of King James
First (Edinburgh, 1873); Three Scottish
Reformers (1874) ; The Poetical Remains of
William Glen (1874); Hay's Estimate of
the Scottish Nobility during the Minority
of James YI. ; Life of George Wishart
(1875) ; Diocesan Registers of Glasgoiv
[in collaboration with Joseph Bain], 2
vols. (1875) ; Boswelliana : The Common-
place Book of James Boswell ; Leaves
from my Autobiography (London, 1876) ;
Memorials of the Earls of Stirling and
Houses of Alexander, 2 vols. (1877); Robert
Burns and the Scottish House of Burnes
(1877); Sir Walter Scott and Memorials
of the Haliburtons (1877 ); Register of
the Church of Crail (1877); Events in
the North of '■ Scotland, 1635-45 (1877);
Memorials and Recollections of Edward
Bannerman Ramsay; The Scottish House
of Christie (1878) ; Genealogical Memoirs
of the Family of Colt and Coutts (London,
1879) ; The Family of John Knox (1879) ;
Chartulary of the Cistercian Priory of
Coldstream (1879) ; Rental Book of the
Cistercian Abbey of Cupar-Angus with the
Breviary of the Register (London, 1880) ;
The Serpent's Track : a Narrative of
Twenty-two Years' Persecutioji (1880) ;
Familiar Illustrations of Scottish Life
(London, 1881) ; The Scottish Family of
Glen (1881) ; Parting Words to the Members
of the Royal Historical Society (1881) ;
History of the Chapel Royal of Scotland
(1882) ; The Earl of Stirling's Register of
Royal Letters, 2 vols. (1884-5); Social Life in
Scotland, 3 vols. (18S4-6) ; Four Perthshire
Families (Edinburgh, 1887) ; Memorials
of the Scottish House of Gourlay (1888);
Threads of Thought (1888); The Book of
Wallace, 2 vols. (1889) ; The Book of Robert
Burns, 3 vols. (1S89-91) ; Genealogical Chart
of the Family of Bain (n.p., n.d.) — and
the following magazines — The Workman's
Friend [1st Feb. to 1st March 1862] (Stir-
ling); The Briton [May to July 1863]
(Stirling) ; The Recorder (Stirling, 1863) ;
The Stirling Gazette (Stirling, 1863); The
British Bulwark (London, 1S66) ; The Oak
(London, 1868). — [Leaves from my Auto-
biography, portrait (1876); The Serpent's
Track ; The Athenaeum, Sept. 1890; Pall
Mall Gazette, 20th Sept. 1890 ; The Scots-
man, 19th Sept. 1890 ; Diet. Nat. Biog.]
ALEXANDER MITCHELL, born
1S51 Aberdeen, 1811, son of James M.,
merchant there ; educated at Mari-
schal College (M.A. 1846) and King's
College ; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen in
1849 ; ord. 17th April 1851 ; largely through
his efforts the parish quoad sacra was
erected; D.D. (Aberdeen 1879); died
3rd June 1902. He marr. in 1860, Marion
(died at Bridge-of-Allan, 7th Sept. 1919),
daugh. of Peter Chalmers, D.D., min. of
Dunfermline Abbey, and had issue —
Marion Hay, born 1861 (marr. James
Henderson, M.A., Indian chaplain) ;
Margaret Gordon, born 1S62 (marr. John
Clarke, D.D., min. of Mossgreen) ; Peter
Chalmers, born 23rd Nov. 1864, educated at
Aberdeen Univ., MA. (with honours), 1893,
and Oxford Univ., B.A. (1st class Nat.
Sc, 1888), D.Sc. 1901, F.R.S. 1906, LL.D.
Univ. of Aberdeen, lecturer on Biology at
Charing Cross Hospital 1S92, at London
Hospital 1894, on staff of the Saturday
Revieic, secretary, Zoological Society of
London 1903 ; James, of Bamgate Walgett,
Australia, born 1866 ; Annabella Jane, born
1868 (marr., as his second wife, William
S. Sutherland, D.D., Kalimpong, India) ;
Helen, born 1870 (marr. David H. Gordon,
Dunfermline) ; Alexander William, min. of
Ardentinny, born 2nd June 1874 ; John
Stevenson, M.B., Ch.B. (Edin. Univ.),
F.R.C.S. (London), Bridge-of-Allan, born
dunfermlink] THE NORTH PARISH— ST LEONARD'S
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1882. Publications — Electro - Plating, an
address (Dunfermline, 1856); Female
Education in India, an address (Cupar-
Fife, 1860) ; Report of Committee on
Sabbath Schools (Dunfermline, 1867) ; Ad-
dress to the Young — No. 1, The Reforma-
tion of the Sixteenth Century (Dunfermline,
1868); The Booh of Jonah: the Text
analysed, translated, and the Accents
named ; being an Easy Introduction to the
Hebrew Langxiage (London, 1873) ; Sermons
preached in the North Parish Church,
Dunfermline, Sabbath, \Qth April 1876,
Semi-Jubilee of Rev. Alex. M.'s Ministry
(Dunfermline, 1876). Mrs Mitchell was
author of First Steps : A Catechism of
Bible Teaching for Infant Classes (Edin-
burgh, 1899).— [Bibliog. of West Fife, 214.]
JAMES MOIE WEBSTER, M.A., B.D. ;
1902 ord- 20tk ^0V- 1902 > trans- t0 Car-
nock 5th Feb. 1920.
RITCHIE DOUGHTY LYON, born
x Aberdeen, 7th March 1896, son of
James L.,gas engineer, and Mary A. A.
Ritchie; educated at Aberdeen Univ.; M.A.
(1916), B.D. (1919); licen. by Presb. of Aber-
deen May 1919; thereafter student at Edin.
Univ. (post-graduate, School of Theology),
1919-20; assistant at St George's-in-the-
West Parish, Aberdeen, 1917-18, at Rubislaw
Parish, Aberdeen, 1918-19, and at Govan
Parish in 1919 ; locum tenens at Granton
and at New Deer ; ord. 24th June 1920.
Marr. 4th March 1924, Margaret Rollo,
daugh. of James Auchterlonie, farmer,
Leckerstone, Dunfermline, and Elizabeth
Rollo.
ST LEONARD'S (Q.S.).
[Under the designation of the Brucefield
Mission, work was inaugurated and carried
on in a temporary church in the Brucefield
district of Dunfermline. The mission was
served by (1) 1895-9, David Bruce Millar,
M.A., afterwards min. of St James's
Parish, Kirkcaldy : (2) 1899-1903, Joseph
Campbell, M.A., afterwards min. of
Bargrennan. William M'Laren, Dunferm-
line, bequeathed a sum of money for the
erection of a church and hall at Brucefield,
and on 17th Sept. 1904 the church, built
according to plans by Peter MacGregor
Chalmers, LL.D., Glasgow, was opened
for worship. A Chapel-of-Ease constitu-
tion was obtained in the same year. St
Leonard's Parish was erected on 24th Jan.
1908. At what is now the entrance to the
Brucefield property stood the chapel and
hospital of St Leonard, erected probably
in the thirteenth century.]
EDWARD CHARLES HOULSTON,
1904 born Eltham, Kent, son of Charles
John H., educated at St Andrews
(Church of Scotland) High School, Banga-
lore, India, and Univs. of Madras, BA.
(1895), and Aberdeen, B.D. (1902) ; licen. by
Presb. of Aberdeen in 1901 ; assistant at
West Parish, Aberdeen ; ord. to St
Leonard's chapel-of-ease 30th Sept. 1904,
and became first min. of the parish 24th
Jan. 1908 ; trans, to St Serf's, Edinburgh,
1st March 1917. Marr. 21st July 1909, Ina
Scott, elder daugh. of Archibald Mason,
F.E.I.S., Arbuthnott.
WILLIAM M'MILLAN, born Maxwell-
1917 town, Galloway, 22nd April 1883, son
of Robert M. (a lineal descendant of
William M'Millan, min. of Holywood and
first Moderator of Synod after the Revolu-
tion in 1688), and Jane Neilson (descendant
of John Neilson of Corsock who " glorified
God in the Grassmarket for his adherence
to the Covenant in 1666 ") ; educated at
Glasgow Univ.; M.A. (1918); student
assistant at Crawford during the summer
of 1909 and 1910 ; licen. by Presb. of Glas-
gow in 1911 ; assistant at Crawford, April
to Oct. 1911, and at Kilwinning, Oct. 1911
to March 1912 ; ord. to Hallside 27th March
1912; trans, and adm. 30th Aug. 1917.
Marr. 11th June 1912, Isabella Brodie,
daugh. of Thomas M'Kendrick and Eliza-
beth Scott, and has issue— Mary Scott, born
21st June 1913 ; Robert Leonard, born 21st
March 1918. Publications — Poetry of
Robert Burns (Hamilton, 1913); Arms of
the Royal Burgh of Sanquhar (Dumfries,
1914); Scottish Symbols (Paisley, 1916);
St Andrew's Day (Glasgow, 1919) ; Scottish
Parliament, and Life of St Conal (p.p.,
Dumfries); "Scottish Emblems," "Scottish
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CANMORE ST.— INVERKEITHING AND ROSYTH [peesb. of
1839
Lowland Regiments," "Churches where
Burns Worshipped " (Life and Work,
1919-20-21) ; " Flags of the World " {Morn-
ing Rays, 1920); "Heraldry of Burns,"
"Burns and Uppermost Clydesdale,"
" Burns and the Kingdom of Fife," " Burns
as Employer," "Burns and Shelley" {Annual
Burns Chronicle, 1920-21-22-23); A Study in
Local Hagiology (p.p., Dunfermline, 1921).
CANMORE STREET CHAPEL.
[Retained by the Free Church in 1843.]
WILLIAM DALZIEL, ord. min. of
the Original Secession Church,
Dunfermline, 11th Oct. 1815 ; joined the
Church of Scotland with his congregation
in 1839 ; trans, to Thurso 27th Sept. 1843.
INVERKEITHING AND ROSYTH.
[In 1611 the Commissioners for the
modification of stipends and the erection
of churches united the churches, a policy
designed to remain in force till "ane
competent stipend suld be provydit" for
a minister at Rosyth. In 1618 the Com-
missioners for the Plantation of Kirks
decreed the union of the two parishes.
The church of Rosyth, traditionally said
to have been dedicated to St John, and
granted to the monastery of Inchcolm
by Richard, Bishop of Dunkeld in 1170-78,
ceased to be used as a place of worship soon
after 1630, and is now a ruin. Inverkeith-
ing church, dedicated to St Peter, was
granted to Dunfermline Abbey by Waldeve,
son of Gospatrick, 1160-82. Besides the
High Altar it possessed altars of St Michael,
the Holy Blood, St John the Baptist, St
Katharine, the Holy Rood, St Laurence,
St Ninian, and St Mary. In 1825 the
church of Inverkeithing was burned, but
the mediaeval tower and portions of the
walls remain. A Friary of the Greyfriars
was founded at Inverkeithing, 1329-84.
The chapel of Inverkeithing was conveyed
to Dunfermline Abbey by Malcolm IV. in
1159. At North Queensferry there is the
ruin of a chapel, dedicated to St James.
It was granted to Dunfermline Abbey by
Robert I., 1320-23.
JOHN ANGUS, "professit monk of
1S62 Dunfermline," pres. to the vicarage
of Inverkeithing by the Commen-
dator of Dunfermline 20th Aug. 1562 ; coll.
and inst. by the Bishop of St Andrews
23rd June 1563 ; Royal confirmation being
granted 20th May 1565 ; he was parson of
Crieff on 4th Nov. 1595, when he is mentioned
along with his brother, William, parson of
Kirkinner. — [Stephen's Inverkeithing and
Rosyth, 272 ; Char, of Dunf., ii., 33a, MS.]
JOHN HUTCHISON, min. of Torryburn
156g and Crombie, in charge in 1569.—
[Inverkeithing and Rosyth, 272.]
> PETER BLACKWOOD, min. at Saline ;
156g had the oversight of Inverkeithing
from 1st Aug. 1569, Aberdour,
Dalgety, and Auchtertool being also in
the charge ; his remuneration being £160
Scots in addition to the parsonage of the
five parishes. At this time and apparently
up to 1574 Rosyth was under the care of
David Fergusson, min. of Dunfermline,
with John Bukne and John Cheistison as
readers. — [Inverkeithing and Rosyth, 272.]
/JOHN BURNE, reader at Dunfermline
ls„0 and Rosyth ; pres. to Inverkeithing
by the King and coll. by the Presb.
of Dunfermline in 1570 ; for a time had
charge of Dalgety, and in 1574 of Rosyth
and Torrie with Adam Angill and Geokge
Dume, both formerly chaplains at altars in
Inverkeithing Church, readers at Inver-
keithing and Rosyth respectively ; he was
a member of Assembly in 1581 ; at his
instance in 1585 the Lords of Exchequer
issued a decree for payment of his stipend
against Agnes Leslie, Lady Lochleven, and
on 12th Dec. 1586 the Archbishop of St
Andrews was put to the horn for not
paying the same; died 1611. He marr.
Bessie Turis, and had issue — Isobel, bapt.
30th June 1574; Rachel, born 2nd July
1576. — [St. And. Syn. ; Dunf. Sess. Reg.;
Inverkeithing and Rosyth, 273 ; Acts and
Dec, cxxxiii., 2.]
ROBERT ROCHE, M.A. (St Andrews
1597) ; clerk to the Presb. there 22nd
March 1598-1606, and was then em-
ployed with the Rector ; nominated Oct.
DUNFERMLINE]
INVERKEITHING AND ROSYTH
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1610 by the Archbishop and several brethren
of the Synod as assistant to John Burne,
then in feeble health, and after the death of
the last named, the congregation, 2nd April
1611, craved the Synod that Roche be ord.
to the charge, but no provision being made
for him, the Synod next day enjoined such
to be made within forty days, and this being
done, he was ord. 30th July 1611 by the
Archbishop of St Andrews, and the members
of the Presb. of Dunfermline. At the same
time he took charge of the work at Rosyth ;
soon after he was recommended by the
Church Commissioners to be min. at Rosyth,
underwent trials before the Bishop of Dun-
keld, was approved and received presenta-
tion to Rosyth from James VI. 17th Dec.
1611. He was app. Moderator of the Presb.
by the Synod 14th April 1613, signed the
Protestation for the Liberties of the Kirk
27th June 1617, and on 25th April 1620
was arraigned by the Synod for non-compli-
ance with the Five Articles of Perth, and
threatened with removal from the ministry
if he persisted in his unbending attitude ;
raised an action for possession of the glebe
at Inverkeithing designed in 1630, which
action the Lords, 22nd Jan. 1631, decided
in his favour ; but they refused, 11th Feb.
that year, to give him as manse a house
built on the glebe. He died 23rd June
1640, aged about 63. He marr. Isobel,
daugh. of Matthew Greig, burgess of Inver-
keithing, and had issue — " ane only bairn,"
John. — [St And. Syn. ; Dunf. Sess., and
Test. Beg. (St And.); Durie's Dec. ; Mel-
vill's Autob. ; Calderwood's Hist., vii., 256 ;
Bannatyne Miscell., iii.; Inverkeithing and
Bosyth, 274.]
1641
^WALTER BRUCE, fourth son of Sir
John Bruce of Kincavil, and Jean
Drummond ; educated at St An-
drews Univ. ; MA. (1628) ; on a crave by
the parishioners of Inverkeithing and
Rosyth he was app. min. by the Synod ;
ord. before April 1641 ; pres. by Charles I.
14th May that year; in 1649 he was sus-
pended, and prior to being reponed had to
declare his repentance before the congrega-
tion for being part owner of a ship and for
indiscretions of language, including an as-
sertion in a sermon "that the spirit of
godlines in thir tymes was ane salt humour
arysing fra the melt, trubling the stomach,
and ascending to the head, whilk made a
cracking of the braine " ; later, 26th June
1650, he was deposed by the Presb. of Dun-
fermline for " gross neglects in the speciale
duties of his ministrie " ; he made appeal ;
in Dec. 1652 the Synod on remit from the
General Assembly granted him " libertie to
preache as he sail be called," and, 26th April
1653, decreed that the min. of Kinghorn
preach at Inverkeithing 26th June follow-
ing and intimate " the sentence for taking
off the censure," Bruce at the time being
rebuked and admonished by the Moderator;
in 1662 he conformed to Episcopacy and
14th Oct. that year was appointed "Con-
stant Moderator" of the Presb.; died
between 20th Feb. and 5th March 1673.
He marr. (cont. 29th April and 3rd May
1664) Jean, daugh. of Alexander Menzies
of Rotmell: she marr. (2) John Liddell,
min. of Scone, and died before 6th May
1691. — [Durie's Dec; Melvill's Autob. ;
Bannatyne Miscell., iii.; Inverkeithing and
Bosyth, 274.]
ROBERT SCOTT,M.A; pres. by Charles
1&JS II. 17th March 1673; trans, to Canon-
gate, Edinburgh, before 28th Nov.
1676 ; D.D. (St Andrews 6th Nov. 1686).
(Cf. Vol. I., 24, and Vol. III., 25-9.) He
marr. (1) Isobel Cullen, and had issue-
Charles, bapt. 15th April 1673 ; Marie, born
July 1678 ; Anna, born May 1680 (marr.
William Lyell of Dysart), died at Leith
21st April 1753, leaving a daugh., Barbara,
wife of William Law, a min. in Leith : (2)
(cont. 1st Nov. 1701) Barbara, daugh. of
George Martin, min. at Dundee, and widow
of Charles Carnegie, D.D., min. at Farnell
and Dean of Brechin, fifth son of Sir Alex-
ander Carnegie of Pitarrow, and had issue
—William, died 18th March 1703, aged
11 months.
DAVID LAUDER, MA. (St Andrews
..„_ 1662); tutor to the sons of Sir
William Stewart of Invernytie ; had
a testimonial for ordination 16th July 1668 ;
adm. to Aberdalgie 26th Aug. 1668 ; trans,
and adm, between 25th Oct, and 20th Dec.
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INVERKETTHING AND ROSYTH
[PRESB. OF
1676; died in Nov. 1681, aged about 40.
He marr. Lilias Grahanie, who survived
him ; she was one of the four heirs of
Kobert Grahame of Cairnie, and marr.
(2) Alexander Irvine, min. of this parish.
— [St And. Syn. ; Test. Reg. (St And.) ;
Inverkeithing and Rosyth, 278.]
ALEXANDER IRVINE, M.A., probably
1682 identical with Alexander Irvine, son
of Robert Irvine, who preached in
Peterculter Church 11th Jan. 1680 ; entered
upon the vacant pastorate 22nd Jan. 1682 ;
was a strong supporter of Episcopacy and
a bitter opponent of all who refused to
attend upon his ministrations ; deprived
by the Committee of Estates 8th May
1689 for not reading their Proclamation
of 11th April preceding, and not obeying
the same by praying for William and Mary.
On his departure he took with him two
silver communion cups of date 1643, which
were recovered on an action against him
before the Sheriff of Fife by the Kirk-
Session. He subsequently officiated in
meeting-houses in the Calton, South Leith,
and back of the Canongate, Edinburgh, and
complaints were made of his irregular con-
duct in 1700, for which he was rebuked in
1701 ; he was then living in Weir's land at
the Craig-well, Edinburgh ; died before 1st
April 1703. He marr. (1) 19th July 1682,
Lilias Grahame (died Feb. 1685), widow of
preceding min. : (2) 2nd June 1687, Helen
(died 1707), daugh. of Captain James Bennet
of Grange, burgess of Inverkeithing, and had
issue — James, apprenticed mariner 3rd May
1704, with Captain John Stewart, South
Queensferry. — [So. Leith Sess. ; Edinburgh
Reg. (Marr. and Bapt.), Acts of Pari., ix. ;
Kirkton's Hist., 193 ; Wodrow's Hist., iii.,
390 ; Inverkeithing and Rosyth, 278-9.]
ROBERT HODGE, MA. (Edinburgh,
168_ 1666); called in Aug., and on 22nd
Nov. 1688 "was ordained and ad-
mitted minister to those of the presbyterian
persuasion in the parish of Inverkeithing
according to the presbyteriall way," on a
supplication from the magistrates, heritors,
and inhabitants ; after Irvine's deprivation
in 1689 and in response to a petition by
the magistrates, Town Council, heritors, and
inhabitants of the town and parish, the
Committee of Estates, 10th May 1689,
allowed him "to preach and exercise the
other acts of the ministerial function at the
Kirk of Inverkeithing," and in accordance
with this act he " entered to the church " on
Sabbath 12th May 1689. He was a member
of Assembly in 1690 ; died 11th April
1691, aged about 45. He marr. Margaret,
daugh. of John M'Ghie, min. of Dirleton ;
she survived him and marr. (2) (cont. 24th
Nov. 1696), Robert Stewart, shipmaster,
Inverkeithing. — [Acts of Pari., ix. ; Reg.
Gen. Ass., 1690 ; Inverkeithing and Rosyth,
279.]
SAMUEL CHARTERS [or
1692 CHARTERIS], MA. (Edinburgh,
3rd March, 1690) ; called 25th May,
and ord. 25th Aug. 1692 ; " heritors, magis-
trates, and masters of families showing their
free assent thereto with uplifted hands " ;
acquired the lands of Salvege, Inverkeith-
ing, and died 28th June 1733, aged about
64. He marr. 14th Sept. 1694, Margaret,
daugh. of Dr Knox, physician, Edinburgh,
and great-great-grandniece of John Knox,
the Reformer, and had issue — William
of Salvege, town-clerk of Kirkcaldy, died
10th Dec. 1750 ; John ; Alexander, bapt.
27th July 1699; Jean, born 1701 (marr.
1731, Captain Charles Greig, Inverkeith-
ing, and had with other issue, — Admiral
Sir Samuel Greig, " father " of the Russian
Navy); Janet, bapt. 4th May 1703, died
1st Sept. 1705; Thomas, successor to his
father; Margaret, born 17th March 1705
(marr. David Hunter, min. of Saline) ;
Samuel, of Salvege, which he acquired
from William, his brother, and Solicitor
of His Majesty's Customs in Scotland. —
[Edin. Reg. Bur. ; Somerville's Life and
Funeral Sermon on Charters ; Fraser's
Life of Ralph Erskine ; MS. Geneal, of
Dalgleish ; Inverkeithing and Rosyth,
113-14, 280.]
THOMAS CHARTERS, bapt. 17th Sept.
1733 i"^04' son °f preceding ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb.
16th Sept. 1730, but previously, 18th Jan.
1727, while a student, had received permis-
sion from the Presb. of Dunfermline to assist
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his father in visiting and catechising ; ord.
(assistant and successor) 28th Oct. 1731,
the patron, General George Preston of
Valleyfield, agreeing to present him to the
parish if he survived his father ; this
promise he fulfilled 6th Sept. 1733; died
13th Feb. 1744. He marr. 10th Feb. 1737,
Christian, eldest daugh. and one of the
heirs of James Wardlaw of Luscar, one of
the mins. of Dunfermline, and had issue —
Samuel, D.D., min. of Wilton, Hawick ;
Margaret (marr. 21st May 1766, Henry
Hunter, D.D., min. of the Second Charge,
South Leith) ; Jean, born 30th March 1738
(marr. James Hardy of the Leith Customs),
died 24th April 1807.— [Somerville's i^wwera^
Sermon on Charters ; Conolly's Fifeshire
Biog. ; Fraser's Life of Ralph Erskine ;
Inverkeithing and Rosyth, 281.]
^ ALLAN BUCHANAN, born Culross,
1744 5th Oct. 1722, son of John B.,
bailie of Culross and Hannah Kirk ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ; licen.
by Presb. of Dunfermline 17th March 1744 ;
chaplain to General Preston of Valleyfield,
by whom he was pres., 15th Aug. 1744 ;
ord. 8th Nov. 1744; died unmarr. 8th
March 1749. He was of delicate constitu-
tion. Publication — Sermons on Interesting
Subjects (Edinburgh, 1791). — [Culross Sess.
Reg. ; Sermons : Inverheithing and Rosyth,
281 ; Bibliog. of West Fife, 29.]
ANDREW RICHARDSON, son
1752 of John R., farmer, Blackdykes,
East Lothian ; licen. by Presb. of
Dunbar 2nd Jan. 1734 ; ord. to Broughton
5th March 1735 ; pres. by Captain Philip
Anstruther, 26th Aug. 1749. A month
previously the Town Council (which had
twice laid claim to the patronage without any
warrant), and the Kirk-Session approached
the Presb. craving " a hearing " of certain
other persons. This led to lengthy and
bitter disputes before the Church Courts,
but finally the General Assembly ordered the
Presb. to proceed to induction on 18th June
1752. R. died in Edinburgh, 25th Dec. 1790.
Notwithstanding the opposition and obloquy
which he encountered, he was an admir-
able parish min., a good preacher, and a
scholar of repute. During his incumbency
not a few of those who had seceded re-
turned to his ministry. He marr. 10th Sept.
1737, Janet (died 5th Oct. 1789), daugh.
of George Anderson of Windygoul, North
Berwick, and had issue — John, born 24th
July 1738, died 19th June 1753; George,
born 24th March 1740, died 28th Jan. 1760 ;
Richard, merchant, Edinburgh, born 14th
Jan. 1742 ; David, born 5th Sept. 1744,
died 10th Feb. 1757. Publications — A
Free and an Arbitrary Government Com-
pared, in two Sermons (Edinburgh, 1746) ;
Reasons of Dissent from the Sentence and
Resolution of the . . . General Assembly
. . . concerning the Conduct of the Presbytery
of Dunfermline, etc. (Edinburgh, 1752) ;
The Necessity, Usefulness, and Importance
of Social Worship and Public Instruction,
with a Dissertation on Positive Institutions
(Edinburgh, 1759). — [Broughton Sess. Reg. ;
Scots Mag., xiv. ; Morren's Annals, i., 262 ;
Moncreiff's Life of Erskine ; Acts of Ass.,
1750-2 ; Buchanan's Ten Years' Conflict,
xi. ; Report on Church Patronage ; Inver-
heithing and Rosyth, 284-7, where an
account is given of R.'s settlement ;
Bibliog. of West Fife, 236-7.]
ANDREW ROBERTSON, born King-
-„__ horn, 1758; became schoolmaster of
Culross ; licen. by the Presb. 24th
Nov. 1784; pres. by Sir William Erskine
of Torry, Bart., 23rd May 1791 (opposition
was made to his settlement, but this was set
aside by the General Assembly 23rd May
1792) ; ord. 8th Aug. 1792 ; died 14th May
1845. He marr. 30th Nov. 1795, Agnes
Robertson, who died at Portobello, 9th
June 1862, aged 86, and had issue — Andrew,
professor of chemistry, Calcutta, born 15th
Feb. 1797 ; Margaret, born 9th April 1799 ;
Jane, born 6th April 1801 ; Agnes, born
15th Aug. 1803 (marr. John Fergus, min.
of Bower) ; Robert, solicitor, Calcutta, born
28th June 1805 ; John, S.S.C., Edinburgh,
born 23rd May 1807; Isabella, born 6th
July 1810 (marr. William Hay, merchant) ;
William, born 3rd June 1812 ; Alexander,
born 5th May 1814, died' at Edinburgh,
25th May 1831 ; Janet (twin), born 5th
May 1814 (marr. David Lindsay Foggo, min.
of Abercrombie). Publications — Accounts
46
INVERKEITHING AND ROSYTH
[PKESB. OF
of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xv.,
and Neiv Stat. Ace, ix.). — [Inverkeithing
and Rosyth, 289.]
PETEB MACMOBLAND, born 19th
1845 March 1810; trans, from St
Matthew's Parish, Glasgow ; pres. by
Lady Baird Preston, June, and adm. 18th
Sept. 1845 ; trans, to St Luke's, Edinburgh,
10th Dec. 1852. (Cf. Vol. I., p. 112.) Publi-
cations— Let us do Good (Glasgow, 1845) ;
TheLand's Ctirse and Burden (Dunfermline,
1851) ; The Ball (Dunfermline, 1852) ; God
Our Confidence in War (Edinburgh, 1854) ;
Patie LTerkes, by V. O. B. [vicar of the
Bass] (North Berwick, 1871); The Smug-
glers o' Canty Bay (North Berwick, 1872) ;
Parish Rhymes (1872) ; What sliould he do
with it 1 (North Berwick, 1873).
JAMES MACKAY, M.A. ; trans, from
the New Parish, Ardrossan ; app.
by the Presb. jure devoluto in re-
sponse to a petition in his favour by 510
members and adherents of the church, and
adm. 26th Jan. 1854; trans, to Blackfriars
Parish, Glasgow, 16th Nov. 1865.
ALEXANDEE MACGEEGOE, born
Annat, Bannoch, Perthshire, 1834 ;
second son of Hugh M. ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; B.A. (1860), M.A.
(1861); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 9th
Jan. 1865 ; ord. to Haggs 17th March 1865;
trans, and adm. 28th June 1866 ; died 7th
May 1873. He marr. 7th July 1865, Flora
Sinclair, who died at Glasgow 28th Aug.
1882, aged 47, and had issue — Jessie
Sinclair, born April 1866, died 21st Feb.
1867; Hugh, born 18th March 1868, died
23rd Dec. 1873. — [Inverkeithing and Posy th,
292-3.]
JOHN GLENDINNING EOBEET-
SON, born Crieff, 1st Aug. 1842, son
of Daniel Eobertson, factor, Turriff,
Aberdeenshire, Drummuir, and Botriphnie,
Banffshire ; educated at Turriff School and
Marischal College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1860) ;
parochial schoolmaster at Drumblade,
1862-70, during which period he attended
at intervals the classes in divinity at Edin-
burgh Univ. ; B.D. (1870) ; licen. by Presb.
of Turriff; assistant, St Paul's Parish,
1873
Glasgow, and Lasswade ; ord. 6th Nov.
1873; died unmarr. 10th Sept. 1895. "To
the study of the Parables he devoted a
great deal of attention, and the originality
of his views thereon aroused the interest
of Professor A. B. Bruce, D.D., of Glasgow,
but owing to E.'s premature death his
lectures on the subject were not sufficiently
complete to permit of publication."— [Inver-
keithing and Rosyth, 293.]
DONALD FEEGUSSON, born at Ter-
1896 race House, Stanley, Eedgorton,
22nd March 1870, son of Samuel
F., min. of Fortingall ; educated at Stanley
Public School, Stirling High School, Univs.
of Edinburgh (M.A. April 1891) and St
Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of St Andrews
May 1894 ; assistant First Charge, St
Andrews, May to Aug. 1894, and North
Leith, Aug. 1894 to March 1896; ord.
19th March 1896 ; died unmarr. 12th July
1897. Publication — A Student of Nature :
Memorials of the late Rev. Donald
Fergusson, M.A., Minister of the Parish
of Inverkeithing, Pifeshire, a selection of
his Essays, Poems, Sermons, etc., %vith an
Account of his Life, by his brother, Eobert
Menzies Fergusson, D.D., min. of Logie
(Paisley, 1898). — [Inverkeithing and Rosyth,
293-4.]
WILLIAM STEPHEN, born Dunshil-
1897 lock, Old Deer, 26th May 1868,
son of Alexander S., and Margaret
Anderson ; educated at Old Deer Public
School, Grammar School, Old Aberdeen,
Aberdeen Univ. ; M.A. (1891), B.D. (1894),
and Jena Univ., Germany ; student mission-
ary at Fetterangus, Old Deer, April to
Oct. 1892; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen
Mayil894 ; locum tenens Eosemount Parish,
Aberdeen ; temporary assistant Second
Charge, Old Machar Cathedral, and assist-
ant South Parish, Aberdeen, April 1895 to
Dec. 1897; ord. 16th Dec. 1897. Marr.
1st June 1898, Alexandrina Dunbar, elder
daugh. of William Milne, merchant and
shipowner, Aberdeen, and Ann Petrie,
and has issue — William Douglas Menzies,
2nd lieut. Tank Corps, 1918, assistant C.E.,
L. & N.E. Bail. Coy., born 13th Feb.
1899 ; Graham Milne, paper-maker, born
Dunfermline] INVERKEITHING— ROSYTH MISSION
47
27th May 1901 ; Eanald Dunbar, bora 2nd
Feb. 1907. Publications — Fortifications of
the Upper Forth ; Fortifications of Inch-
keith \ Inchcolm and War ; Russia's Allies
from the Forth ; Rosyth ; The Battle of
Inverheithing ; Notes on National Service ;
Barnbougle Episodes in the Sixteenth
Century (being Articles in " The Search-
light," the Unofficial Organ of the Forth
Defences, 1915-16) ; Memories of the Battle
of Jutland at an East Coast Naval Port ;
Notes on the Scottish Navy (being
Articles in The Craigleith Hospital
Chronicle, April to Dec. 1917) ; History
of Inverheithing and Rosyth (Aberdeen,
1921) ; Register of the Consultations of the
Ministers of Edinburgh and Some Other
Brethren of the Ministry, 1652-7, with
Introduction, vol. i. (Scottish History
Society, Edinburgh, 1921.)
Second Charge.
EOBEET ECHLINE, born 1576, third
,601 son of Henry E. of Pittadro in
the parish ; educated at Univ. of
St Andrews ; M.A. (31st May 1596) ; was
probably colleague here in 1601 ; promoted
to Bishopric of Down and Connor 14th
March 1613, and on 18th May that year
was made a free denizen of Ireland ; died
at Ardquin 17th July 1635. From him
are descended the Echlines of Clough,
Kildare. — [Ware's Works, i. ; Beid's Ire-
land, i., 186 ; Reg. Privy Council, vii., 654 ;
Inverheithing and Rosyth, 294 ; G. R.
Inhib., xxx., 2.]
ROSYTH MISSION, INVER-
KEITHING AND ROSYTH.
[In April and May 1916 the Home Mission
Committees of the Church of Scotland and
the United Free Church, with consent of
the respective General Assemblies, agreed
to carry on work jointly for a time at
Eosyth, each church in turn to supply a
min. for six months. The work was in-
augurated on 12th Nov. 1916 by Matthew
Scott Dickson, M. A., min. of Old Monkland,
who conducted services in the Douglas
Block, Castle Eoad, Eosyth, and subse-
quently in the temporary school on the
west side of the Garden City, and later in
the Church of Scotland Temporary Naval
Church, Castle Eoad, which was ready for
use in February 1917. Mr Dickson's period
of office terminated at the close of April
1917, and other Church of Scotland mins.
who officiated under the joint scheme were
(Nov. 1917 to April 1918), William Ogilvy
Duncan, M.A., min. of Clarkston, and (Nov.
1918 to April 1919) John Muir, B.D., min.
of Yester. The joint scheme involved also
the feuing of a site for a church in the
Garden City, on which a temporary church
was built according to plans by Peter
Macgregor Chalmers, L.L.D., Glasgow, and
opened on 27th June 1917. In 1919 a
further agreement was made whereby the
Church of Scotland took over the work
at Eosyth, the .church and site becoming
the property of the Home Mission Com-
mittee. Thereafter the work was carried
on for a time by (1) George Campbell,
M.A. (September 1919 to May 1920), min.
of St Ninian's Mission Church, Edinburgh,
and (2) William Lindsay Gordon, B.D.
(June to August 1920), who became min.
of Yetholm. From August 1920 Eosyth
has been a recognised mission station.]
MATTHEW WELSH NEILSON,
M.A., B.D. ; ord. to South Bridge
Street U.F. Church, Airdrie, 1915 ;
adm. in 1920 min. of the Church of Scot-
land ; app. 25th July 1920, and began duties
8th Aug. following ; res. Nov., and adm. to
St Matthew's Parish, Dundee, 17th of same
month.
GEOEGE SCANLAN, born Dreghorn,
1920 Ayrshire, 5*h Sept. 1872, eldest son
of William S., and Margaret Nairn
Cunningham ; educated at Dreghorn Public
School, privately, Glasgow University, and
Scottish Congregational Theological Hall,
Edinburgh ; Congregational min. at Nairn
1902-4, Falkirk 1904-16 ; chaplain to
Forces in France 1916-20 ; attached to
12th Eoyal Sussex and to Eoyal Air
Force ; adm. to Church of Scotland in
1919, and ord. by Presb. of Edinburgh as
Army chaplain 4th June that year ;
mentioned in despatches ; app. Hon.
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MOSSGREEN
[PKESB. OF
C.F. ; app. here 17th Nov. 1920; trans.
to Ballingry, 9th Feb. 1924. Marr.
1906, Henrietta Margaret Jane, daugh. of
Kenneth Macrae, F.E.I.S., Provost of
Nairn, and has issue — Jean Margaret,
born 27th Jan. 1908 ; William Cunningham,
born 9th April 1911 ; George Henry, born
26th June 1912 ; Noel Andrews, born 25th
Dec. 1913.
JAMES MAESHALL, son of James M.,
1924 S.S.C., Edinburgh, and nephew of
Lord Shaw of Dunfermline ; educated
at Dollar Academy, Dunfermline High
School, and Univ. of St Andrews; M.A.
(1910), B.D. (1913); licen. by Presb. of
Dunfermline, 1913 ; assistant at Galashiels
and West St Giles', Edinburgh ; served in
R.G.A. in European War; ord. 16th April
1924.
MOSSGREEN (Q.S.).
[A church was built in 1852 and enlarged
in 1877. Mossgreen became a chapel-of-
ease in 1860. The parish was disjoined
from Aberdour, Dalgety, Inverkeithing,
Dunfermline, 13th Jan. 1879.]
JAMES YOUNG, B.A.; "presently
1854 officiating at Mossgreen"; adm. by
the Presb. as a preacher within the
bounds 6th Dec. 1854.
ROBERT THOMSON, ord. 8th Nov.
1860 1860; trans, to Caledonian Chapel,
Newcastle-on-Tyne, 27th Nov. 1862 ;
pres. to Queensferry in 1871 but Presb.
refused to induct; afterwards min. of
Ladywell Church, Glasgow. (Cf. Vol.
III., p. 406.) Publication— The Five Trial
Sermons preached by R. T., Presentee to
Queensferry Church and Parish, with an
Appendix containing an account of the
Case (Glasgow 1871).
ROBERT MARKLAND, born
1863 Stewarton, Ayr, 1838, eldest son of
James M. ; educated at Glasgow
Univ.; M.A. (1858) ; ord. 8th July 1863; res.
17th Nov. 1867, having received an appoint-
ment iu Presbyterian Church, New South
Wales ; died on the voyage to Sydney
between Paramatta and Wellington on
board s.s. Karkoura 20th Dec. 1867.
DAVID MILLAR, M.A., B.D., LL.B. ;
1868 orc^ 14t''1 -^ay 1868 > trans- t0 luver-
tiel, Kirkcaldy, 19th Nov. 1869.
ROBERT ROBERTSON, ord. 2nd June
1870 1870; dem. 23rd Aug. 1876.
JOHN NASMYTH, ord. 28th Dec. 1876,
1876 and became min. of the parish 6th
Feb. 1878; trans, to Ceres 26th
Sept. 1878.
JOHN CLARKE, born Donegal
187g Street, Belfast, son of John C,
M.D., and Margaret Gray Burns,
Bowerswell, Perth ; educated at Queen's
University, Ireland; M.A. (1872); ord. to
Dundrod Presbyterian Church, Ireland,
16th May 1876; was adm. to Church of
Scotland as an ordained minister in 1879,
and adm. to this charge 2nd July that
year ; D.D. (Theological Faculty of the
Irish Presbyterian Church in 1916); res.
13th Nov. 1917. Marr. 9th Sept. 1885,
Margaret Gordon, daugh. of Alexander
Mitchell, D.D., min. of North Parish,
Dunfermline, and has issue — Margaret
Gordon Gray Burns, born 1st July 1886
(marr. in 1909 Andrew Wilson) ; John
Alexander Murray Mitchell, M.B., Ch.B.
(Edinburgh 1915), born 18th April 1893,
entered the Army as a surgeon, and was
killed at the Somme 18th Nov. 1916 ; James
Hay Chalmers, born 10th March 1895, M.A.
(Edinburgh 1917), M.B., Ch.B. (Edinburgh
1921), and later in the same year gained
the Diploma Tropical Diseases, D.P.H.
(1922), served in France as lieutenant
R.G.A. Publications — A Paying Invest-
ment ; A Lecture on a Question of National
Importance (Secondary Education) (Dun-
fermline, 1897); The Great Need of the Day,
being an Article in the " Belfast Witness"
18th Aug. 1922.
AUGUST JOHN KESTING, born Inver-
lgl8 ness 27th Oct. 1874, son of Ernest K.,
organist ; educated at Univ. of Aber-
deen ; M.A. (1894), B.D. (1897) ; licen. by
Presb. of Inverness May 1897 ; assistant at
DUNFERMLINE]
SALINE
49
West Parish, Aberdeen, May 1897 to Jan.
1898; ord. 13th Jan. 1898 (by Presb. of
Inverness) as missionary in Nyasaland ;
res. in 1901 ; locum tenens at Midcalder
and Leslie, Fife, 1902 - 3 ; in charge of
St John's Mission, Kirkcaldy, May 1903
to Oct. 1908 ; adm. to St Fittick's Chapel-
of-Ease, Aberdeen, 8th Oct. 1908.; res. Dec.
1910 ; min. of the Scots Church, Paris, Jan.
1911 to August 1918 ; called by the Presb.
jure devoluto and adm. 11th Sept. 1918.
Marr. 28th Dec. 1910, Frances Cumming,
daugh. of Lewis Grant, Kirkcaldy.
SALINE.
[Previous to the Reformation the church
was "ane common Kirk of Dunkeld." In
1890 a considerable part of the area of the
parish of Saline was added to Torryburn.
In return, the lands of Bonnington, Cult-
mill, Cults, Hallcroft, Hallburn, Hillend,
Hillside, Meadowland, Pow, and Wellwood
were taken from Torryburn and annexed to
Saline. The present church was built in
1810. Many of the inscribed stones of the
old church have been built into the house
of Devonview in the parish.]
' PETER BLACKWOOD, formerly a
monk of Holyrood Abbey, and had
a pension of £40; Aberdour, Dalgety,
Inverkeithing, and Auchtertool were also
in his charge in 1567 ; pres. by James VI.
30th June 1568 ; removed to Aberdour
about 1571.
v JAMES BLACKWOOD, reader; adm.
1567 25th Dec. 1567 ; dep. by the General
Assembly 25th Oct. 1577, for cele-
brating the marriage of Robert Pitcairn,
Commendator of Dunfermline, and
Eupheme Murray, widow of Robert
Stewart of Rosyth, "without testimoniall
of the minister of the parish where they
made residence " ; became min. and
parson of Sanquhar soon after, and con-
tinued there 12th April 1582 ; returned
to Saline and was min. before June-July
1584, when he and others were charged
with burning the house of Nether
Kinnedar ; probably removed soon after,
and on 11th Aug. 1590 as "sometime
VOL. V.
1567
minister at Saline," he appears in a list of
"abusers of the Sacraments." — [Sel. Syn.
of Fife, 240 ; Calderwood's Hist., iv., 386 ;
Inverkeithing and Rosyth, 189 ; Reg. Privy
Council, 12th April 1582, 10th July 1584,
11th Aug. 1590.]
JAMES STEWART, probably son of
1584 J°nn ®-> servitor to James, Lord
Doune ; had a gift of the teinds of
Meikil Dysart, extending to £30 for his
support at the schools for seven years, 24th
Dec. 1583 ; min. at Carnock about 1584 ;
pres. to the vicarage of Saline by James
VI. 18th Nov. 1584, and also to the parson-
age and vicarage of Saline by His Majesty
17th May 1587 ; removed from Carnock to
Saline about 1589-90 ; was named by the
King a member of the Assembly in 1610 ;
was still min. 17th April 1624, but was dead
in 1627. He marr. (1) Alison, daugh. of
Andrew Stewart, and had issue — Harry :
(2) Elizabeth Doig, and had issue — Mar-
garet (marr. Patrick Scobbie in Sandi-
lands) ; Elizabeth (marr. John Thomson
in Saline) ; Jean (marr. Walter Glendin-
ning); Helen; Rebecca. — [Epis. Brech., ii.;
Excheq. Buik ; Calderwood's Hist., v. 268,
vi. 603, vii. 106 ; Moray Writs, Box iv., 810,
35 ; Reg. of Deeds, xlviii., 65, 436, 1st Nov.
1630, 27th Nov. 1623, 533 f., 260, 215 f ., 425.]
ANDREW LEARMONTH, M.A. ; min.
of Saline 6th April 1626 ; manifestly
identical with Andrew Learmonth,
M.A., the son of Andrew L. of Balcomie
and Birkhill, who was pres. to Liberton in
1627.— [Dunf. Par. Reg., 6th April 1626.
See Vol. I., 171.]
JOHN DUNCAN, M.A. ; min. in 1629 ;
1629 trans, to Culross in 1632.
THOMAS COUPER, M.A. ; adm. prior
to 21st June 1634; trans, to Menmuir
1634
before 2nd April 1639.
WILLIAM MARSHALL, fiar of Pit-
cairns ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews; M.A. (1622); became
schoolmaster and min. of Second Charge,
Brechin, in conjunction, 1633 ; trans, and
adm. before 2nd April 1639 ; he is said to
have committed suicide 28th July 1649,
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SALINE
[PRESB. OF
aged about 48. He marr. Isobel Clark, who
died before 1647, and bad issue— Kobert ;
Isobel; Nicolas; Catherine (marr. Gavin
Alexander of Wester Pitcorthie); Alexander.
— [Test. Reg. (Stirling); Lamont's Diary,
3, 8; Balfour's Hist. Works, iii. ; Perth
Sas., xi., 114 ; Beg. of Deeds, Mack., x., 318.]
JAMES OLIPHANT, a native of
Strathearn ; educated at Univ. of
1650 St Andrews; M.A. (1643); called
8th Aug., and adm. 14th Oct. 1650;
died before 9th March 1659. He marr.,
and had issue— George, preacher of the
Gospel in 1709.— [Lamont's Diary; Edin.
Reg. (Marr.); Peterkin's Records; Gen.
Reg. Sas., 12th Feb. 1692 ; Reg. of Deeds,
Dalr., 2nd March 1709.]
JOHN ANDEESON, M.A. ; called
before 6th July, and adm. 28th
1659 Dec. 1659; trans, to Dysart 20th
Jan. 1664.
JAMES LINDSAY, brother of David
L. of Cargill ; educated at Univ. of
St Andrews ; M.A. (1645) ; adm. to
Kinloch before 14th May 1651 ; pres. and
coll. by George, Bishop of Dunkeld ; trans,
and adm. 29th March 1664; died May
1674, aged about 49. He marr. Aug.
1658, Jean (died after 14th Feb. 1700),
eldest daugh. of John Thornton, Rae-
quhane, Forfarshire, and had issue-
William, served heir 20th Aug. 1675 ; John,
designated elder son in 1691. — [Test. Reg.
(Stirling) ; Lamont's Diary ; Inq. Ret.
Gen., 5826 ; Gen. Reg. Sas., lxxvii., 22 ;
Reg. of Deeds, Mack., 20th July 1710;
Hunter's Dioc. of Dunkeld, 256.]
JOHN JOHNSTONE of Wardmylne,
second son of David J. of Ward-
168 mylne; educated at Marischal Col-
lege, Aberdeen ; adm. to Barry before 3rd
Oct. 1662; trans, and adm. between 27th
May 1680 and 27th Sept. 1684 ; was accused
of being too much affected to Episcopacy,
and of recommending a superstitious and
erroneous book, The Whole Duty of Man ;
but was dep., it is said, for " scandal " ; he
died at the time of the Revolution. He
marr. Mary Haliburton. — [Kettins Sess. ;
Hist. Gen. Ass., 1690; Sage's Works, i. ;
Sel. Syn. of Fife, 240 ; G. R. Inhib., 5th
July 1680.]
JOHN WYLIE, M.A. ; called in Aug.,
and ord. 19th Sept. 1695; trans, to
169 Clackmannan 22nd April 1700.
PATRICK PLENDERLEATH, born
14th June 1679, second son of
1 David P. of Kailzie, Peeblesshire,
writer, Edinburgh ; educated at Edinburgh
Univ.; M.A. (28th April 1696); licen. by
the Presb. there in 1700 ; called 22nd July
and ord. 31st Dec. 1701 ; died of fever at
Fordoun 6th Jan. 1715; described as "an
affectionate, pious, and laborious minister,
and in the habit of frequently going
alone to pray in his church." A contem-
porary said of him, "I never knew a man
in whom more of the Lord's image shined,"
and another said —
" His walk, his worship, was of Divine stamp;
His doctrine, practice, all a burning lamp ;
His life all light and heat, fed from above;
His lips all fervour, and his heart all love;
His time all holy days ; for of the seven,
Each day was Sabbath, and each Sabbath heaven."
He marr. Jean (died 13th Aug. 1730),
daugh. of James Rymer, one of the mins.
of St Andrews, and had issue— David,
mill, of Tolbooth, Edinburgh; Benjamin,
apprenticed to a W.S. in 1732— [Monro's
Lett. ; Fraser's Life of Ralph Erskine.]
. JOHN BRYCE, born 1677, chaplain
to the Laird of Lethan; licen. by
1 Presb. of Forres 24th July 1711;
called 17th Oct. 1715 ; ord. 8th Feb. 1716 ;
died 27th Jan. 1731. He marr. (1) 28th
Sept. 1713, Elizabeth, daugh. of James
West, baker, Edinburgh, widow of Gavin
Weir, merchant burgess of Edinburgh : (2)
24th Dec. 1716, Margaret Kerr, widow of
Thomas Kerr, goldsmith, Edinburgh, and
had issue— one child, Elizabeth (marr. 1734,
David Dempster of Wester Newton Rires).
— [Tombst. ; Fraser's Life of Ralph Erskine ;
St Cuthberfs Par. Reg.]
DAVID HUNTER, born 1698 ; licen. by
Presb. of Dunfermline 7th June 1727;
1732 called by the Presb. jure devoluto
18th Nov. 1731; ord. 26th Jan. 1732; he
Dunfermline] SALINE— TORRYBURN AND CROMBIE
51
would not consent to the enrolment of
Robert Stark, min. of Kinross, as a member
of Presb. in 1733, though he had been
ord. to his charge in the previous year ;
he was also one of the fifteen mins. who
dissented from the sentence of the General
Assembly deposing the eight seceders 15th
May 1740 ; he would not obey the orders
of either the Commission or General
Assembly for the admission of Andrew
Eichardson to Inverkeithing in 1752, and
was accordingly one of the three suspended
"from the exercise of his office in all
Presbyteries, Synods, or Assemblies till 1 st
June 1765, he, and the others, having since
behaved with all due submission, and
lived in good correspondence with their
brethren." He died Father of the
Church 6th May 1792. He marr. 9th
June 1737, Margaret (died 5th July 1785),
daugh. of Samuel Charters, min. of Inver-
keithing, and had issue — Robert, born 10th
July 1739, died May 1760 ; Margaret, born
20th Feb. 1741 (marr. Alexander Colvill,
min. of Ormiston) ; Samuel, born 1st Sept.
1744, died Oct. 1767.— [Acts of Ass., 1733,
1752, 1753, 1765 ; Fraser's Life of Ralph
Erskine ; Moncreiff's Life of Erskine.~]
WILLIAM FORFAR, born 1757 ; licen.
by Presb. of Dunfermline 26th March
1788 ; became schoolmaster of Cam-
bee; pres. by George III. 26th Sept. 1792 ;
ord. 24th Jan. 1793; died 24th Nov.
1844. He marr. 14th March 1794, Max-
well Bethune, who died 14th Nov. 1832,
and had issue — Janet, born 23rd Jan. 1795
(marr. 2nd Dec. 1831, Alexander Duffus
Robertson, schoolmaster, Saline) ; Helen,
born 4th July 1796 (marr. 13th June 1823,
Alexander Forfar, Orwell), died 9th April
1825; Margaret, born 11th Sept. 1797,
died 29th March 1798; Margaret, born
13th Dec. 1800 (marr. 1st Dec. 1826,
William Fotheringhame in Saline). Publi-
cation— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, x.).
PETER MORRISON, born 1806, son of
John M., landed proprietor, and
Catherine Yeats; studied at St
Andrews Univ.; adm. (assistant and suc-
cessor) 4th Aug. 1843; died 22nd Dec.
1793
1843
1881. He marr. (1) 12th Nov. 1845, Anne
(died 27th Feb. 1865), daugh. of James
Gentle, farmer, Methill : (2) 4th July 1877,
Christian Hunt (died 20th May 1878),
only daugh. of James Macfarlane, writer,
Dunfermline.
ALEXANDER STEWART WILLI-
1877 SON, born 19th Dec. 1846, son of
Alexander W., min. of Dundonald ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by
Presb. of Ayr 2nd Feb. 1870 ; ord. (assistant
and successor) 10th Oct. 1877; res. 5th
July 1900 ; died 19th June 1920. He marr.
Isabella Stewart.
[WILLIAM FINDLAY; assistant
to Sir William Thomson (Lord
Kelvin), Professor of Natural Philo-
sophy, Glasgow; ord. under the Belhaven
Act in 1886 ; died in Edinburgh, 22nd April
1917. He marr. Margaret Husband (died
16th Oct. 1914), daugh. of William Dawson
MacRitchie, surgeon, H.E.I.C.S.,and widow
of Alexander Webster, min. of St David's,
Edinburgh. Publications— The Charters of
Kilmaurs (Kilmarnock, 1874); The Tron
Kirk, Edinburgh, a lecture (Edin., 1879).]
KENNETH DANIEL M'LAREN,
1900 trans- from Ruthrieston, Aberdeen,
and adm. 29th Nov. 1900; trans,
to Cadzow 17th May 19G6.
JOHN MACARA, born Partick, Glas-
1908 gow> 17th Feb- 1870> son of Thomas
M. ; educated at Glasgow Univ. ;
M.A. (1890), B.D. (1892) ; licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow in 1892 ; assistant at Dalmar-
nock, Glasgow, May to Oct. 1892; ord.
(by Presb. of Edinburgh) 16th Oct. 1892
missionary of the Scottish Universities
Mission, Sikkim, India (1892-1902) ; assist-
ant at Park Parish, Glasgow, 1903-6 ; adm.
here 13th Sept. 1906. Marr. 23rd Nov.
1901, Jean Gordon, second daugh. of W. C.
Gordon Barckley, and has issue— Thomas
Gordon, born 26th Sept. 1908.
TORRYBURN AND CROMBIE.
[Almost from the Reformation the
churches of Torryburn and Crombie were
associated, and in 1622 the parishes were
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TORRYBURN AND CROMBIE
[presb. or
united. The church of Crombie appears
to have been in use up to June 1629, for
a Session Minute of that date bears that
"the Session, convened at the Kirk of
Crombie, appointed ane stent for repairing
the Kirk of Crombie, extending to £30,
to be paid by the parishioners." Before
16th Feb. 1648 it had ceased to be used
for worship, and gradually it became a
ruin. Bichard,' " parson of the Church of
Torry in the County of Fyfe," is mentioned
in the Ragman Rolls in 1296.]
JOHN HUTCHISON, formerly a monk
of Culross Abbey ; min. at Crombie
in 1567, Torryburn being also in
the charge ; trans, to Inverkeithing in
1569.
1574
1585
EDWARD BBUCE, born 1549, second
son of Edward B. of Blairhall ;
M.A. ; advocate ; was parson of
Torry before 15th May 1574 ; was still in
the charge June 1593 ; created Lord Kinloss
in 1600-1 and Baron Bruce of Kinloss in
1604; died 14th Jan. 1611; marr. Magdalene,
daugh. of Sir Alexander Clerk of Balbirnie.
— [Acts and Dec, liii. 343, cxxxvi. 311.]
WILLIAM LAWSON, reader at Torry
15„. in 1574 ; about this time John
Burne, min. of Inverkeithing, had
oversight of the parish.
WILLIAM HOME, min. at Crombie,
with Torry also under his care ;
was also Master of the Grammar
School and vicar of Culross, holding those
offices in conjunction ; he dem. before 28th
Jan. 1601 ; died between 13th July and
4th Oct. 1615. He marr., and had issue
— James and Bobert, the former of whom
was denounced as a rebel for his failure
to appear before the Privy Council in 1615
to answer a charge of assault along with
his brother. — [Reg. Sec. Sig. ; St And. Syn.
Reg. ; Acts of Pari., v., 90 ; Acts and Dec,
28th Dec. 1592; Primrose's Prot.-Book,
30; Reg. Privy Council, 13th July 1615.]
ROBERT THOMSON, min. of Muir-
avonside in 1612 ; trans, and adm.
16 Oct. 1615 ; pres. to Crombie, and to
Torryburn and Crombie by James VI. 6th
Aug. 1616, and to the vicarages of Torry-
burn and Crombie 30th Dec. that year.
The Synod, 22nd April 1623, ordered him
" to preach at Torrie everie Sabbath, con-
form to decreit of the Commissiones of
Parliament." He died 29th Sept. 1628.
He marr. Christian Clerk, who survived
him, and had issue — Laurence, bapt. 10th
Feb. 1601 ; Bessie, bapt. 28th Aug. 1603
(marr. John Murray, surgeon, St Andrews);
Margaret, bapt. 4th Feb. 1606 (marr. (1)
James Keir, min. of Glenluce, and (2)
Robert Murray, min. of Balmaclellan) ;
Robert, bapt. 19th June 1616 ; Patrick,
bapt. 11th Feb. 1619, afterwards a min. in
Ireland; Janet. — [Linlithgow and Stran-
raer Pres. ; St And. Syn. ; Carnock and
Edin. Gen. Sess. ; Test. Reg. (St And.) ;
Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Dunf. Par. Reg. ; Acts and
Dec, 472 f., 172.]
1629
JAMES SIBBALD, probably eldest son
of James S. of Kair, min. of Ben-
holme ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews ; M.A. (29th July 1611) ; school-
master at Dunfermline before 21st April
1618 and onwards, in succession to William
Smythe, formerly a monk of the Abbey
and chaplain of St Katherine's Altar there ;
adm. 18th March 1629 ; was a member of
the General Assembly' in 1638, and of the
Commissions of Assembly, 1645-7 ; con-
formed to Episcopacy in 1662. He died
April 1667, aged about 76. He left 200
merks for the use of the schoolmaster, and
100 merks were ordered to be distributed
among the poor of Torrie the day after
his burial, " his own friends being first
looked to." He marr. (1) Isobel Bowstoun,
who died soon after 17th Jan. 1636, and
had issue — John, bapt. 5th Dec. 1619 ;
Janet, bapt. 22nd Nov. 1622; Elizabeth,
bapt. 16th Oct. 1624; Margaret, bapt. 6th
April 1626; Geils, bapt. 13th March 1628;
George, bapt. 15th April 1629: (2) 17th
Dec. 1637, Janet Meldrum, who survived
him, and had issue — Robert. — [Test. Reg.
(Stirling) ; Acts of Ass. and Pari., vi., pt. ii.,
467 ; Wodrow's Hist., i., 328 ; Lamont's
Diary ; Stirling Sas., vii., 127 ; Gen. Reg.
Sas., xlix. 470, xlv. 497 ; Dunf. Par. Reg. ;
Acts and Dec, xxvii., 295.]
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JAMES AIRD, born about 1625 [in the
.„_„ Autobiography of Sir Robert Sibbald,
M.D., A. is said to be aged 68 in 1664,
but this is manifestly an error for 38], son
of John A., min. of Newbattle ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A. (30th July 1646) ;
app. session-clerk of Newbattle 13th May
1647 ; ord. to Ingram, near Glanton, North-
umberland, but was ejected by the Act of
Uniformity 24th Aug. 1662. He returned
to Scotland and resided for a time in
Edinburgh. One of his friends and
correspondents was Robert Leighton
(afterwards Archbishop), who recommended
him for several appointments. On 5th
March 1661, Leighton wrote to his brother,
Sir Elisha L., in favour of A., as "one
acquainted with my free thoughts, and
that hath himself a free unprejudiced soul,
and loves truth and devotion wheresoever
he finds it. He hath a cell and a provision
amongst the hills in the borders of England,
but is threatened with a removal upon the
title of an old incumbent, who is at London
or near it. If you be acquainted with Dr
Cozens, Bishop of Durham, or can recom-
mend him to him by anyone that is, if he
himself desire it, or if in any other way
you can assist him, I entreat it of you."
On 22nd Sept. 1662, the heritors of Straiton
were asked to favour A. for that parish but
without success ; pres. to this charge by
Alexander, Earl of Kincardine, and adm.
15th July 1668. In 1670 he was one of
the six " Bishop's Evangelists " app. to
preach to the Presbyterians within the
diocese of Glasgow, the Archbishop specially
desiring A. to "bestow his pains in that
circuit that lies eastward from Hamilton,
or thereabouts, and particularly in the Kirk
of Carluke ; not doubting that the minister
thereof, and others in the like case, will
very gladly receive and earnestly intreat
what help he can do towards the bringing
of their people to frequent the public
ordinances, and the removing of their
prejudices and calming of their passions,
that they may with one heart worship
that one Lord whom we all profess to love
and honour." He was dep. by the Privy
Council 18th Oct. 1689, for neither reading
the Proclamation of the Estates, nor
praying for William and Mary, but for
King James, " our natural Prince, that
God would comfort him in the day of his
distress, and send back that tyrant (King
William) who had come to invade these
lands, with a hook in his jaws." He died
unmarr. June 1701. Wodrow describes
him as "a man of strong affections for
piety and virtue, and of a simple and
chaste life, and, according to his power,
charitable to the poor in an eminent degree."
At his own expense the bridge near Torry-
burn church was built. Kirkton says that
because A. imitated Leighton's "shrug
and grimace " he was called " Leighton's
Ape." This language no doubt merely
reflects the bitterness of the times. —
[Hutchinson's Northumberland ; Wodrow's
Anal., i., 135 ; Sibbald's Hist, of Fife,
291 ; Butler's Life and Letters of Robert
Leighton, 254-64, 399 et seq., 481-4, 503-4 ;
Kirkton's Hist., 294.]
ALLAN LOGAN of that Ilk, called
19th Jan., and ord. 24th July
1695 ; trans, to Culross 17th July
1717.
JOHN HEPBURN, called 19th Sept.,
init. and ord. 26th Dec. 1717 ; trans, to
New Greyfriars, Edinburgh, 14th
Dec. 1723.
ROBERT STARK, bom 1697, probably
17„. son of Mark S., surveyor, Bo'ness;
studied at the Univ. of Leyden;
licen. by Presb. of Hamilton 31st Dec.
1723 ; became chaplain in the family of
Sir William Calderwood of Pol ton, Senator
of the College of Justice ; called 24th
March, and ord. 13th May 1725. He was
one of the fifteen mins. who dissented
from the sentence of the Assembly de-
posing the eight Seceders 15th May 1740;
died 16th Aug. 1766. He marr. 4th June
1731, Elizabeth (died 26th Nov. 1782),
daugh. of Ralph Ferlie or Fairley,
merchant, Glasgow, and Grizel Nisbet,
and had issue — Ralph, born 9th April
1732 ; Mark, merchant, Dunfermline, born
4th June 1734; Mary, born 4th March
1736 ; John, born 4th Nov. 1738 ; Eliza-
beth, born 27th June 1743; Sarah, born
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[PRESB. OF
30th March 1747, died 23rd Nov. 1762;
Grizel, born 30th June 1749, died 18th
Feb. 1763.
^ DAVID BALFOUK, born 1725 ; licen.
1767 ky Presb. of Edinburgh 27th June
1759 ; pres. by John Erskine of
Carnock in Jan., and ord. 14th May 1767 ;
died 24th Feb. 1808. He marr. 5th June
1747, Agnes (died 20th Sept. 1804), daugh.
of John Lauder, coppersmith, Edinburgh,
and had issue — John, one of the mins. of
Culross, born 2nd May 1768 ; Agnes, born
27th March 1769, died 28th Feb. 1770;
Isabella, born 31st July 1771, died in
Culross 22nd March 1842. Publication-
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, viii.)
1809
PETER COSENS, pres. by Mrs Mary
Erskine or Stuart and the Misses Ann
and Christian Erskine 26th March
1808 ; ord. 3rd May 1809, delay having been
occasioned by a Crown presentation to John
Balfour, son of preceding min., which was
not sustained by the Lord Ordinary, 9th
July 1808, and by the Inner House 17th
May following ; trans, to Lauder 27th June
1811.
1811
THOMAS MILLAR, born 1773; edu-
cated at Associate Burgher Hall ;
licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith 6th
Dec. 1803; pres. by Mrs Mary Erskine or
Stuart and the Misses Ann and Christian
Erskine 28th June ; ord. 26th Sept. 1811 ;
died 8th Sept. 1828.
1829
JOHN GORDON LORIMER, pres. by
the trustees of James Stuart of
Dunearn Nov. 1828; ord. 22nd
April 1829 ; trans, to St David's Parish,
Glasgow, 10th May 1832.
1832
THOMAS DOIG, born 16th June 1796,
son of Robert D., min. of East Parish,
Aberdeen; M. A. (Univ. and Marischal
College, Aberdeen, 2nd April 1812) ; licen.
by Presb. there 9th May 1816 ; ord. by Presb.
of Arbroath 23rd Dec. 1819, as assistant in
that parish ; pres. by the trustees of James
Stuart of Dunearn in June, and adm.
27th July 1832. Joined the Free Church
in 1843 ; min. of the Free Church, Torry-
burn, 1843-66; died 26th Sept. 1866. He
marr. 5th Nov. 1822, Anne (died 6th March
1878), daugh. of John Anderson, Provost
of Arbroath, and had issue — Elizabeth
Euphemia, born 16th Aug. 1823; Agnes
Dingwall, born 29th Nov. 1824 ; Ann, born
23rd April 1826 ; Margaret, born 21st April
1827 ; Robina, born 17th July 1830 ; John,
born 30th June 1832 ; Rebecca Fergusson,
born 21st Jan. 1834; Thomas, born 19th
Oct. 1835 ; Wilhelmina Gordon, born 22nd
May 1837; Robert Fleming, born 20th
Feb. 1839; Mary, born 17th Aug. 1841.
Publications — Two Synod Sermons (Edin-
burgh, 1833) ; Accounts of Torryburn and
of Arbroath (Neiv Stat. Ace, ix., xi.) ;
Sermon XIV., Lecture XVI. (Free Church
Pulpit, i., iii.)
JOHN FERRIES, ord. 28th Sept.
1843; trans, to Auchtermuchty
27th Sept. 1844.
ROBERT CURRIE, son of Robert O,
farmer, and Jean Aitken ; ord. 3rd
April 1845, and died unmarr. 2nd
April 1861.
JAMES WILLIAM MILROY, ord. 19th
Sept. 1861 ; trans, to Colmonell 13th
1861
Feb. 1868.
JOHN PATERSON, son of James P.,
1Rfi_ house painter, and Isobell Thomson ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (1864); assistant at St Andrew's,
Edinburgh; ord. 24th July 1868; died
25th Aug. 1876.
WILLIAM GALL, born Perth, son
1fiW of James G. ; educated at Perth
Academy, and Univs. of St An-
drews and Edinburgh; licen. by Presb.
of Perth 8th May 1873 ; assistant at St
Clement's Parish, Dundee, and Tron Parish,
Glasgow ; ord. to Haggs 4th March 1875 ;
trans, and adm. 22nd March 1877; res.
13th Nov. 1895; died 26th Jan. 1896.
He marr. 10th April 1877, Margaret Muir
(died 30th Dec. 1915), daugh. of William
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Smith, Eglinton Engineering Works, Glas-
gow, and had issue — Agatha, born 19th
Aug. 1879; Rudolf, licentiate, born 14th
Feb. 1882, served 1914-18 in A.S.C. in
India and Mesopotamia, afterwards in
Glasgow ; Evelyn, min. of St Luke's
Parish, Lochee, born 26th April 1885.
ADAM RICHMOND ROSE, bom Kil-
,8ga marnock, 23rd Sept. 1864, son of
James R. ; educated at Glasgow
Univ. ; licen. by Presb. there in 1893 ;
assistant at North Parish, Stirling, 1893-5,
Riccarton Parish, Ayrshire, 1895-6 ; ord.
14th May 1896; died 2nd Sept. 1904.
He marr. 30th Dec. 1896, Jane, daugh.
of Robert Roxburgh, Glasgow, and had
issue — Christina Richmond, born 15th Dec.
1897 ; Agnes Miles, born 7th Nov. 1902
(marr. July 1923 John C. Orkney, B.Sc,
Pittsburg, U.S.A.).
ALEXANDER CROSS, MA. ; ord.
lgos 26th Jan. 1905 ; trans, to Bluevale,
Glasgow, 19th Feb. 1914.
ROBERT GARDNER, M.A., B.D. ; ord.
lgl . 9th July 1914 ; trans, to Auchter-
arder 25th Sept. 1917.
WILLIAM PITCAIRN CRAIG, born
lgl„ 9th April 1873, son of Robert James
C, min. of Dalgety ; educated at
Edinburgh Univ.; MA. (1902); licen. by
Presb. of Dunfermline 27th April 1898;
assistant at Dalgety, 1898-9, St Cuthbert's
Parish, Edinburgh, 1899-1905; ord. to
Second Charge, Kirkwall, 3rd Aug. 1905;
trans, and adm. 7th March 1918 ; Chap-
lain to the Forces, 106th Infantry
Brigade.
PRESBYTERY OF KINROSS
[This Court was erected by the General Assembly on 30th May 1856. The parishes
going to form it were taken from the Presbyteries of Perth, Auchterarder, Kirkcaldy, and
Dunfermline.]
ARNGASK.
[The church of Arngask (Ard-na-gaisk,
" the hill of bravery ") was dedicated to St
Columba. It belonged to the Abbey of
Cambuskenneth. The parish was of old
very small. After the Reformation it stood
long vacant. In 1625 the parishes of Arn-
gask and Strathmiglo were united, but
their union was soon ended. In 1642 the
lands of Easter and Wester Fordell, Paris,
Deuglie, Blair, Plaines, Glendye, and Glen-
dye Milne were taken from the parish of
Forgandenny, and added to Arngask. In
1669 parts of the parishes of Orwell and
Strathmiglo were likewise added to this
parish. Arngask Church was built in 1806.
In the churchyard are the remains of an
older structure.]
1S67 JOHN PITBLADO, reader in 1567.
ALEXANDER WARDLAW, reader in
1574 1574.
PATRICK WEMYSS, min. of Dun-
1Bgs barney ; held this parish in con-
junction in 1595 ; returned to Dun-
barney before 18th Dec. 1604.
LAURENCE MERCER, M.A. ; adm.
1604 Def°re 18th -Dec. 1604 ; trans, to
Fossoway before 1607.
JOHN LETHAM [or LICHMAN],
1625 ~M-&- ^t Andrews, 1607); had a
testimonial for ordination from
Presb. of Perth 6th Aug. 1623; adm. to
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a charge in Orkney (unidentified) before
1st Oct. 1623; app. to preach here by
Presb. 19th Oct. 1625 ; still min. 27th Feb.
1628.
1635
GEORGE MONCREIFF, second son of
Archibald M., min. of Abernethy ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (16th July 1620) ; app. to preach here
till a settlement should be made in Aug.
1633 ; pres. by Charles I. 14th Oct., adm.
by John, Archbishop of St Andrews, and
inst. after 21st Oct. 1635 ; died between
5th Oct. 1664 and 18th Jan. 1665, aged
about 65. He marr. Catherine, daugh. of
William Murray of Fosterseat, and had issue
— William, min. of Moonzie ; Andrew ;
David ; Catherine ; Elizabeth (marr.
Robert Geddie, min. of this parish) ;
Helen ; Barbara (marr. Robert Moncreiff,
min. of Heriot). — [Seton's House of Mon-
creiff, 139 ; Strathmiglo Sess. Beg. ; G. R.
Sas., xcix., 316.]
ROBERT GEDDIE, born 1615, son of
,___ Patrick G., min. of Orwell ; educated
at Univ. of St Andrews; M.A.
(1635) ; adm. to Dollar between 5th Aug.
and 2nd Sept. 1646; dep. 6th Feb. 1656;
reponed by Synod 1 1th April 1661 ; adm.
29th Aug. 1665. He was rabbled by a party
in 1688, "who, putting first his gown on
him in derision, barbarously tore it off again,
giving him many reproachful words, and
other bad treatment in his own house."
Dep. for " gross and abominable scandalls,"
8th Oct. 1690. He marr. (1) Elizabeth,
PRESB. OF KINROSS]
ARNGASK— BALLINGRY
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daugh. of George Moncreiff, his predecessor :
(2) Margaret Craufurd, who died in Nov.
1675. — [St Andrews Tests. ; Seton's House
of Moncreiff, 139 ; Scottish Pasquils."]
GILBEKT MELVILL, ord. 18th Dec.
,000 1688 ; trans, to Glendevon 2nd Aug.
1694.
JOHN DEMPSTEK, called 27th Nov.
169B 1694 ; ord. 27th Feb. 1695 ; trans, to
St Madoes 27th March 1706.
JAMES GILLESPIE, licen. by Presb. of
17 7 Stirling 24th Jan. 1705 ; called 17th
Dec. 1706; ord. 21st May 1707;
called to Kinfauns 19th Aug. 1713, but the
Presb. refused translation ; died 5th Dec.
1729. He marr. 20th June 1717, Euphan
Fute, in the parish of Glendevon, who
died 5th Dec. 1767, and had issue — John ;
Patrick ; James, Principal of the New
College, St Andrews (q.v.) ; Laurence, min.
of Auchtermuchty ; Andrew ; Jane. — \_St
Andreivs Tests.]
JOHN JOHNSTON, born about 1700,
1731 son of William J. ; licen. by Presb.
of Linlithgow 25th April 1722 ; called
17th Dec. 1730; ord. 10th March 1731;
died 28th Dec. 1746. He marr. 5th April
1730, Margaret (died 8th July 1768), daugh.
of John Brown, min. of Abercorn, and had
issue — Eobert, banker, Edinburgh, born
28th July 1732; David, D.D., min. of
North Leith, born 26th April 1734;
Elizabeth, died young ; William ; James ;
Elizabeth.
ANDEEW WILLIAMSON, called 9th
July, and ord. 3rd Nov. 1747 ; trans.
1747 to Auchtergaven 19th Dec. 1782.
WILLIAM LANG, born 1752; licen.
by Presb. of Cupar 1st Dec. 1778 ;
assistant at Cupar; pres. by David
Low and William Low of East Fordell
14th and 28th April, and ord. 18th Sept.
1783; died 10th Jan. 1827. He marr. 5th
Dec. 1788, Janet Low, who died s.p. 1st
Jan. 1847. Publication — Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, i.).
1819
ALEXANDER BURT of Deugly, bom
1791, son of Alex. B., landed pro-
prietor, and Isabella Lang, sister
of preceding ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of Perth 29th
June 1814 ; pres. by Robert Low of Fordell
23rd July, and ord. (assistant and suc-
cessor) 14th Oct. 1819; died 20th Feb.
1867. He marr. 28th April 1840, Euphemia
Hay (died 16th Nov. 1886, aged 76), eldest
daugh. of Arthur Barclay of Paris House,
and had issue — Alexander, born 28th May
1841, died 23rd Dec. 1857 ; Jane Hay, born
12th June 1843, died 19th Sept. 1863;
Arthur, born 19th June 1845 ; James, born
13th April 1847, died 9th June 1867 ; Isa-
bella Low, born 25th Sept. 1851. Publi-
cation— Account of the Parish (New Stat.
Ace, x.).
•^WILLIAM LANG BAXTER, M.A. ;
ord. 18th Sept. 1867 ; trans, to
1867
Cameron 17th May 1877.
1877
1920
ROBERT KIRKWOOD MONCREIFF,
born Arbroath, 22nd June 1847, son
of Thomas Reid M., stationer, and
Caroline Campbell Mitchell ; educated at
Arbroath Schools and Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (1869), B.D. (1872) ; licen. by Presb.
of Arbroath 4th June 1873 ; assistant at
Monkton; ord. 27th Sept. 1877; D.D.
(St Andrews June 1919) ; res. 21st Oct.
1919 (blind).
JAMES CAMPBELL, born Lossie-
mouth 10th Dec. 1887, son of James
C. ; educated at Lossiemouth School
and Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A. (1910); licen.
by Presb. of Elgin May 1915 ; assistant at
Irvine ; served in European War, and was
a prisoner in Germany for nine months ;
ord. 8th April 1920. Marr. 28th April 1917,
Annie, daugh. of John and Jane Stuart.
BALLINGRY.
[There are mission chapels in the parish
of Ballingry at Glencraig and Lochore.]
PETER WATSON, a member of the
Chapter of St Andrews previous to
the Reformation ; min. in 1561 ;
trans, to Markinch before 10th Nov. 1564.
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BALLINGRY
[PEESB. OF
ALEXANDEB WAEDLAW, son of
1665 John W. of Torry, parson in Oct.
1551, and Elizabeth Beaton ; was
accused by the Superintendent, 9th July
1561, of acting as min. in this parish
since the Beformation, he not having been
admitted thereto, interfering with Peter
Watson, the admitted min., refusing to
repair the church, etc. The case having
been heard before the min. and Session of
St Andrews, he was found guilty of disobey-
ing the Superintendent and was ordered to
appear in the parish church of St Andrews
on 1st Aug., and there confess his fault and
ask God's mercy and the Superintendent's
forgiveness, and to repeat the same within
the church of Ballingry on 3rd Aug., which
he did. He was exhorter in 1567 and min.
in 1574; died before 20th Jan. 1580-1.
He marr., and had issue — John ; George ;
Katherine (marr. 19th April 1571, John
Dick in Lumphinnans) ; Margaret (marr.
James Miller, son of Bobert M., burgess of
Kirkcaldy). — [ Wardlaivs in Scotland, 61 ;
Fife Homings, 27th Feb. 1580-1; Reg.Assig.]
'■ WILLIAM BEAIDFUTE, trans, from
Markinch after 1st Jan. 1581; granted
a charter of the parsonage lands to
Henry Wardlaw, younger, of Torry ; re-
trans, to Markinch before 1585. — [Feu
Charters of Kirklands, ii., 235.]
1581
1595
DAVID ANDEESON, M.A. (St An-
drews, 26th Nov. 1586); pres. by
Presb. of Kirkcaldy ; adm. in
summer 1595. A person was found guilty
by the Justiciary Court, 19th Dec. 1610,
of being act and part in mutilating him
of his right arm at the door of the manse.
On 25th April 1620 he was asked at the
Synod if he administered the Communion
according to the Act of Assembly at Perth,
and replied that " My parochiners will not
receive it after that manner from me." He
died 10th Sept. 1646, aged 75.— [Bitcairn's
Crim. Trials, iii., 112; Beg. Assig. ;
Calderwood's Hist., vii., 442.]
EOBEBT BEUCE, born 1603, son of
William B. of Earlshall and Eliza-
beth Wood ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews; M.A. (1626); pres. to Culross
23rd March 1631, but not settled; pres.
by John, Earl of Bothes, Nov. 1640 ; adm.
11th March 1641 ; died Dec. 1668. He
marr. 9th June 1642, Anna (died Dec.
1668, aged 62), eldest daugh. of Michael
Seaton, son of John S. in Nether Urquhart,
and had issue — Thomas ; Anna (marr. Sir
Andrew Bruce of Earlshall) ; Helen (marr.
John Bruce, min. of Portmoak). — [Reg. Sec.
Sig. ; Tombst. ; Inq. Ret. Gen., 8048 ; Fife
Sas., xviii., 211 ; G. R. Sas., lxxvii., 419.]
1669
JAMES MAETIN, born 1st April 1614,
eldest son of George M., D.D.,
Principal of St Salvator's College,
St Andrews ; educated at Univ. there ;
M.A. (1631); adm. to Cults about 1636;
trans, to Auchtermuchty in 1641 ; pres.
by John Malcolm of Balbedie ; trans, and
adm. 8th Dec. 1669; died 4th Feb. 1684.
He marr. (1) June 1634, Janet (died 13th
Sept. 1644, aged 28), youngest daugh. of
Thomas Bobertson, Dean of Guild, St
Andrews, and had issue — Janet, born
March 1635 (marr. Jan. or Feb. 1669,
Bobert Carstairs, town clerk of St An-
drews), died 17th Oct. 1692; George of
Claremont, clerk of the Commissariot of
St Andrews, author of Reliquice Divi
Andreas ; Nicholas, born Sept. 1644 ;
Katherine (twin), born Sept. 1644 ; and
four others who died in infancy : (2) Jan.
1646, Jean (died 24th May 1692), daugh.
of Batrick Muir, and had issue — James ;
Eobert ; David ; Mary ; Eupham ; Anna
(marr. 1696, Archibald, son of William
M'Lachlan, min. of Kilmartin) ; Helen.
— [Macfarlane's Gen. Coll., ii., 196; St
Andrews Tests. ; Lamont's Diary, 4, 251 ;
P. C. Decreta, 20th Aug. 1670; G. R.
Inhib., 1st Dec. 1665 ; Inq. Ret. Gen.,
7736; Monteith's Mort., ii., 162; Reg.
Mag. Sig., ix., 1201, 1540.]
1684
HENEY MALCOLM, third son of
William M., writer, Cupar ; edu-
cated at St Andrews Univ. ; M.A.
(26th July 1673); adm. 24th Sept. 1684;
deprived by the Brivy Council, 22nd July
1701, for not taking the oaths as required;
died at Cupar 3rd April 1727, aged about
74.— [Decreets Regality St And.]
KINROSS]
BALLINGRY
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ANDREW WARDROPER [or WARD-
ROPE], born 1650, son of Andrew
1702 W., bailie of Dundee ; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews; MA. (2nd Aug.
1677); ord. to Second Charge, Kirkcaldy,
30th June 1692 ; called 27th Jan., and adm.
30th April 1702 ; died 13th June 1717. He
left fifty merks to the poor of the parish,
and was characterised as a " worthie, faith-
ful, and laborious pastor, whose memory
will be ever fragrant." The tradition that
for seven years during his incumbency
there was no birth, baptism, marriage,
or burial in the parish, is unsupported
by the parish records which chronicle many
such events during W.'s ministry. He
marr. Elizabeth, daugh. of Alexander Mon-
creiff, min. of Scoonie ; she survived him,
and had issue — Margaret. — [St Andrews
Tests.; Tombst. ; Wodrow's Anal. ; Services
of Heirs ; Jamie's Ballingry, 35.]
^ROBERT BALFOUR, educated at
Univ. of St Andrews; MA. (15th
1719 May 1707) ; became chaplain to Sir
John Wemyss of Bogie; licen. by Presb.
of Kirkcaldy 9th Aug. 1716; pres. by Sir
John Malcolm July 1717 ; ord. 25th March
1719 ; died 1st May 1773. He marr. 22nd
Nov. 1720, Jean (died 27th May 1766),
youngest daugh. of Sir Michael Balfour of
Denmylne, Bart., and had issue— Michael ;
Robert ; Emelia ; David, bom 20th April
1731, died 30th Aug. 1761. — [Jamie's
Ballingry, 39.]
THOMAS HARDY of Navity, born
1774 22nd April 1748; pres. by Sir
Michael Malcolm of Lochore, Bart.,
21st Oct. 1773; ord. 16th June 1774;
trans, to High Kirk, Edinburgh, 25th
Nov. 1784.
JAMES LAURIE, licen. by Presb. of
1TO5 Dunfermline 3rd Sept. 1777; pres.
by Sir Michael Malcolm of Lochore,
Bart., in May; ord. 16th Sept. 1785; died
11th Oct. 1788.
THOMAS SCOTT, pres. by Alexander
Park of Lochore, Dec. 1788; ord.
13th Aug. 1789 ; trans, to Newton
24th April 1801.
1789
JAMES WALLACE, pres. by John
1802 Sime of Lochore, Oct. 1801 ; ord.
29th April 1802 ; trans, to White-
kirk and Tyninghame 6th Nov. 1806.
JAMES GREIG, born 1767, eldest son
1R „ of Christopher G., tenant in Kirk-
forthar, and brother of Christopher
G., min. of St Ninians ; licen. by Presb.
of Kirkcaldy 7th Dec. 1791 ; pres. by John
Sime of Lochore in April, and ord. 3rd
Sept. 1807 ; died unmarr. 11th May 1851.
JAMES CUTHBERT, born 1795, son
1851 °^ James C- and Jane MArdie ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1844) ; ord. 4th Sept. 1851 ; res. 19th May
1857 ; thereafter resident in Edinburgh ;
died unmarr. there 11th March 1874.
JAMES PENNELL, born 31st Oct.
„ 1829, eldest son of James P.,
Greenock, and Margaret Cheape ;
educated at Brown's School, Greenock,
and Univs. of Glasgow and St Andrews ;
licen. by Presb. of Greenock in 1850 ;
assistant at Bonhill and High Kirk, Edin-
burgh ; ord. to St Andrew's Parish,
Dunfermline, 11th May 1855; trans, and
adm. 10th Sept. 1857 ; died at Hyeres,
France, 12th Jan. 1882. He marr. 19th
Feb. 1856, Emily Bethia (died 20th June
1908), youngest daugh. of William Meikle-
ham, M.D., San Fernando, Trinidad, and
had issue — Julia Oriana, born 20th Dec.
1857 ; Emily Euphrasia, born 20th Nov.
1858 ; Blanche Jane, born 7th Nov. 1860 ;
Maud Agnes, born 22nd Dec. 1862 (marr.
Hugh Cameron, min. of Newington) ;
Helen, born 4th Sept. 1864 ; James Henry
Leslie, S.S.C., Leith, born 10th Sept. 1865 ;
Walter Scott, born 26th June 1868 ; William
Joseph, min. of Borgue, born 11th Aug.
1870 ; Charles Stuart, born 11th Sept. 1873.
DAVID JAMIE, born Edinburgh, 10th
Jan. 1851, son of David J. and Isa-
bella Crabbe; educated at Royal
High School and Univ. of Edinburgh;
M.A. (1875), B.D. (1879); licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh 15th May 1879; assistant
at St Paul's, Glasgow, and High Church,
Inverness ; ord. 18th July 1882 ; died 23rd
Feb. 1912. He marr. 9th Oct. 1883, Sarah
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BALLINGRY— BLAIRINGONE— CLEISH
[PRESB. OF
Jane, fourth daugh. of Alexander Dallas,
solicitor, Inverness, and had issue — Annie
Macgregor, born 30th March 1885 ; David
Alexander, born 7th Jan. 1887; William
Dallas, 2nd lieut. K.O.S.B., born 24th Dec.
1888; George Hope, M.A., R.N., Presby-
terian Chaplain to the Atlantic Fleet,
H.M.S. Malaya, 1922, born 30th Nov.
1891. Publications— Old Church Life in
Ballingry (Kinross, 1890); John Ho]ie,
Philanthropist and Reformer (Edinburgh,
1900).
WILLIAM HUTCHISON MAC-
1912 DIAEMID, born Farningham, Kent,
8th May 1880, son of Andrew G. M.
and Elizabeth S. Hutchison; educated at
Juniper Green, Leith Academy, and Edin-
burgh Schools and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
MA. (1902), B.D. (1909) ; taught in Bo'ness
and Edinburgh; licen. by Presb. of Edin-
burgh April 1909 ; assistant at Tolbooth
Parish, Edinburgh ; ord. 2nd Aug. 1912 ;
trans, to Stonefield 10th Oct. 1923. Marr.
6th July 1915, Marion, M.A., daugh. of
John Barclay, Coupar-Angus.
GEORGE SCANLAN, trans, from
1924 Rosyth (q.v.) 9th Feb. 1924.
BLAIRINGONE (Q.S.).
[A chapel was opened here in 1838. The
parish was disjoined from Fossoway and
erected 18th July I860.]
ANDREW NOBLE, born 1808, son of
1841 David N., farmer, and Margaret
Spalding ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh; MA. (1828); ord. in 1841. Joined the
Free Church in 1843 ; min. of Free Church,
Fossoway, 1844; trans, to Free Church,
Loudoun, 1847; died at Newmilns 12th
Jan. 1882. He marr. 1843, Williamina
Begrie Mackay, and had issue— Kenneth
David, shipbuilder, Dunbarton, born 1844,
died at Helensburgh 23rd Dec. 1922; Eric
Mackay, died at Washington, U.S.A., 1892;
Margaret, died at Helensburgh 1908.
WILLIAM FERGUSON, ord. 20th Dec.
1849 1849 ' trans- to Fossoway 28th Sept.
1854.
ALEXANDER MWHANNEL, ord. 8th
1855 March 1855 ; adm. first min. of the
Parish in 1860; trans, to Sauchie
14th Feb. 1876.
JOHN WILSON, born about 1850, son
1876 of John W., bookseller, Rothesay,
and Henrietta Borland; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Paisley; assistant at High Church, Paisley;
ord. 7th July 1876; deposed 12th March
1885. He marr. Catherine M'Gowan, and
had issue— Catherine, born 18th Feb. 1866 ;
a son, born 16th Nov. 1866.
JOHN FAWNS CAMERON, born
18g5 Fettercairn, 4th April 1855, son of
Archibald Cowie C, LL.D., school-
master, and Mary Fawns ; educated at
Fettercairn and Aberdeen Grammar School
and Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb.
of St Andrews 5th May 1880 ; assistant
at Boarhills, Largo, and Crieff; ord.
10th Sept. 1885. Marr. 18th April 1907,
Margaret Janet, second daugh. of Robert
Moubray of Naemoor and Cambus West,
and Catherine Beveridge, eldest daugh.
of John Wilson of Hill Park, Bannock-
burn, s.p.
CLEISH.
[The church of Cleish was dedicated to
St Cuthbert. In 1685 the parish of Cleish
was disjoined by Act of Parliament from
the county of Perth and annexed to
Kinross-shire.]
JOHN ANDERSON, sometime vicar;
1567 reader in 1567, was ordered to cele-
brate his marriage with Euphame
Pa ton on Trinity Sunday 1564. — [St
Andrews Eirh-Sess. Reg., i., 194.]
WILLIAM LUMSDEN, son of John
1567 L. of Airdrie, formerly a monk of
Dunfermline ; adm. parson before
April 6th 1567 ; vicar of Dunfermline ;
died after 8th Jan. 1597-8. — [Stephen's
Inverheithing, 160; Reg. of Deeds, xlviii.,
133.]
JOHN HENDERSON, vicar, from 1st
1575 May 1575; died 1581.
KINROSS]
CLEISH
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EDMOND MYLES, reader in 1580;
lean Pres- *0 ^e vicarage by James VI.,
17th March 1581, and to the parson-
age 23rd Sept. 1586 ; was one of the forty-
two brethren who subscribed a Protestation
to Parliament 1st July 1606, against the
introduction of Episcopacy ; dem. before
22nd April 1634. He marr. Christian
Lindsay, and had issue — Eobert, dead in
1633 ; James ; William ; Thomas ; Eliza-
beth ; Margaret (marr. Laurence Mercer,
min. of Fossoway. — [Beg. Assig. ; Lochleven
Papers ; Prot.-Book of James Primrose, 14 ;
Fife Sas., vi. 113., x. 293; Calderwood's
Hist., vii., 121 ; G. R. Sas., vii., 362.]
JAMES CAEMICHAEL, M.A.
1684 ^' Andrews, July 1612); pres. by
Charles I., 22nd April 1634; dem. in
Oct. 1649, " being sensible of his weakness
for the ministrie"; dep. for insufficiency.
— [Lamont's Diary, 10.]
EOBERT STEEDMAN, min. of
1650 Carriden, entered 9th Oct. 1650,
"until the time it pleases God he
go hame to his awin charge."
JAMES HALKEESTON, M.A. (St
-„51 Andrews, 1635) ; called 2nd March ;
adm. 8th July 1651; died in 1679,
aged about 64. He marr. Barbara Falconer,
who died before Jan. 1682.
1678
WILLIAM HALKEESTON, son of
James H. of Eathillet, Fife ; edu-
cated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (8th Aug. 1666) ; was probably assis-
tant here un 1678 ; pres. by Charles II.
27th Dec. 1679; dem. 8th Oct. 1690. He
marr. 23rd Aug. 1681, Margaret Halliday.—
[P. C. Peg., 3rd ser., vi., 559 ; Peg. Sec.
Sig., Eng. Reg., iii., 276; Fife Retours,
1575 ; P. G. Acta., 1680.]
THOMAS JAMES, called in June ; ord.
1691 before 29tn Sept. 1691 ; trans, to be
min. to the first Darien Expedition
under the " Company of Scotland, trading
to Africa and the Indies," 6th July 1698;
died of fever on the Dolphin on the passage
to Darien 23rd Oct. 1698. "A very good
man, and much lamented, and had four
dropping guns fired at his throwing over."
—[Anal. Sect., i., 360; Borland's Hist, of
Darien ; Mem. of William Veitch, 236 ;
Barbour's William Paterson and the Darien
Company, 63, 88.]
JOHN GIB, born 1668; M.A. (Edin-
17ol burgh, 22nd Sept. 1685); licen. by
Presb. of Stirling and Dunblane
6th Oct. 1697 ; ord. to Muckhart 10th May
1698; called 10th Dec. 1700, trans, and
adm. 31st March 1701 ; died June 1741.
He marr. Euphan, daugh. of Eobert Alice
of Blairgowrie, and had issue — James,
born 1700 ; Jean ; Eobert ; John ; Mar-
garet; Eobert; Allan. Publication— The
Beauty and Strength of Gospel Zion, a
sermon preached before the Synod (Edin-
burgh, 1743).— [G. R. Sas., xcv., 368, 15th
Jan. 1709; Fraser's Life of Ebenezer
Erskine, 208.]
ALEXANDEE DALLING, born 1713;
1743 licen- by Presb- of Linlithgow 28th
Nov. 1739; called 24th Feb.; ord.
27th July 1743 ; was one of three suspended
from sitting in Church Courts by the
General Assembly, 23rd May 1752, for not
obeying its sentences regarding the settle-
ment of Inverkeithing. This was repealed
1st June 1765. He died 8th Aug. 1790.
He marr. 18th Sept. 1746, Margaret Jer-
ment in Borrowstounness, who died 20th
April 1764, and had issue — Katherine,
born 18th Jan. 1749, died 10th June 1773 ;
Allan, born 14th Oct. 1750, died 12th Oct.
1783; Elizabeth, born 16th Sept. 1752,
died 28th Jan. 1820 ; William, his successor
in the parish, born 19th Dec. 1755 ; Jer-
ment, born 12th Oct. 1759 (marr. David
Spence, min. of Kinnaird) ; a child was
buried 19th July 1754.— [Scots Mag., xiv.,
xv., xxvii. ; Moncreiff's Life of Erskine.]
WILLIAM DALLING, born 19th Dec.
1788 1755' son °* Preoeding ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by Presb.
of Dunfermline 26th July 1786; pres. by
George Graham of Kinross in March;
ord. (assistant and successor) 9th Oct.
1788 ; died 13th Nov. 1835. Publication-
Accounts of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, iii., and New Stat. Ace, ix.).
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CLEISH— FOSSOWAY AND TULLIBOLE [peesb. of
WILLIAM WALLACE DUNCAN,
1SS6 Dorn 1808> second son of Henry D.,
D.D., min. of Ruthwell ; educated
at Univs. of Glasgow, St Andrews, and
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Annan 1st
July 1829 ; assistant at Hoddam ; pres. to
Urr April 1835, but not settled ; pres. by
John Young of Cleisli, Nov. 1835 ; ord.
26th Feb. 1836; M.A. (Edinburgh, 21st
Jan. 1840). Joined the Free Church 1843 ;
min. of Free Church, Peebles, 1843-64 ;
died of smallpox, 6th July 1864. He
marr. (1) 11th July 1836, Mary, author of
the hymn, " Jesus, tender Shepherd, hear
me ! " (born 26th April 1814, died 5th Jan.
1840), daugh. of Robert Lundie, min. of
Kelso, and had issue — Mary Lundie, born
29th April 1837 (marr. 1863, Alexander
Duncan Campbell, F.C. min. of Lockerbie) ;
Henry Robert, missionary, born 7th Jan.
1839 : (2) 8th Feb. 1842, Rachel Borth-
wick (died 12th Sept. 1879), daugh.
of Henry David Hill, Professor of Greek,
Univ. of St Andrews, and had issue —
Margaret Ann Borthwick, born 30th Nov.
1842; Kate Cherry; William Wallace;
George Alexander. Publications — A New
Hebrew and English, and English and
Hebrew Lexicon (London, 1841) ; Helps to
Communicants on Self-Examination (Edin-
burgh, 1850) ; On Zeal ; Gideon, son of
Joash (Edinburgh, 1861) ; A New Hebrew
Grammar (London, 1866); Accounts of
Hoddam and partly of this Parish {New
Stat. Ace, iv., ix.) — [Memoir of Mary
Lundie Duncan, by her Mother, 10th edition
(Edinburgh, 1884); Rhymes for My
Children (1842).]
CHARLES ROSS, born Urquhart,
1843 M°raysriire> about 1818, son of
Charles R. ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen (M.A. 1838), and Univ.
of Edinburgh (B.D. 1843) ; ord. 21st Sept.
1843 ; LL.D. (Aberdeen, 22nd Aug. 1856) ;
res. 16th May 1893 ; died at Wolverhamp-
ton 20th July 1897. He marr. 15th Feb.
1850, Margaret Saunders Knox (born 25th
Feb. 1829, died 3rd Feb. 1899), eldest daugh.
of William Drysdale, assistant clerk of
Session, and had issue — William Drysdale,
real estate agent, Australia, born 6th Aug.
1854; Charles Beveridge, born 17th Jan.
1856, M.A., B.D., licen. by Presb. of Kinross
8th May 1879, ord. min. of St Andrew's
Church, Lancaster, Canada, 12th March
1884, min. at Earl Grey and Gibbs, Sask.,
1923 ; Margaret Williamson Beveridge, born
23rd March 1859 (marr. the Rev. James
Armitage, M.D., Hastings). Publication —
Antiquities of Kinross-shire (Perth, 1886).
THOMAS BURNETT PETER, M.A.,
B.D. ; ord. 6th Oct. 1893; trans, to
Port of Menteith 8th Feb. 1907.
WILLIAM COWPER ROBERTSON,
lqo7 born 15th June 1878, son of Lewis
Peter R. and Margaret Cowper;
educated at Daniel Stewart's College and
Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (1902); licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh in 1905 ; assistant
at Liberton ; ord. 7th Aug. 1907. Marr.
4th Jan. 1908, Jessie Katharine, daugh. of
James M'Gregor, and has issue— Agnes
Margaret, born 1st March 1909 ; Katharine
M'Gregor, born 21st April 1912.
FOSSOWAY AND TULLIBOLE.
[These parishes were united in 1614.
Fossoway. — In 1891 part of the parish of
Fossoway was taken from Perthshire and
added to the county of Kinross.
Tullibole.— In 1685 the parish of Tullibole
was severed from Perthshire and incorpor-
ated in the county of Kinross.]
1567
ADAM MARSHALL, exhorter in 1567 ;
reader from 1574 to 1580, Glendevon
and Tullibole being under his care in
1586 ; removed to Glendevon in 1588.
[ANDREW KIRK, pres. by the Presb.
of Stirling 27th Aug. 1588 ; who found him
" not meit thane to be admitted in respect
of the invaliditie of his doctrine."]
RICHARD WRIGHT, adm. 8th April
1589 ; trans, to Clackmannan 25th
June 1591.
ALEXANDER WALLACE, M.A. (St
15go Andrews 1582) ; min. of Clack-
mannan in 1585 ; trans, and adm.
28th Feb. 1590 ; died 15th Feb. 1606. He
1589
KINKOSS]
FOSSOWAY AND TULLIBOLE
63
marr. Isobel Couston, and had issue-
Elizabeth (marr. Laurence Mercer, uiin. of
this parish). — [Beg. of Deeds, xxxviii. ;
Tombst.]
LAURENCE MERCER (primus), bapt.
6th March 1578-9, youngest son of
Andrew M., merchant burgess and
sheriff-depute of Perthshire ; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A. (1600) ; adm.
to Arngask before 18th Dec. 1604; trans,
and adm. before 1607, died after 12th Oct.
1652, having been unable to preach on only
one Sunday during his ministry. He marr.
(1) Elizabeth, daugh. of Alexander Wallace,
min. of this parish, and had issue —
Laurence, his successor in the parish :
(2) 25th Feb. 1619, Margaret, daugh. of
Edmond Myles, min. of Cleish, and had
issue— Edmond, bapt. 22nd Feb. 1625;
Annabel, born 29th Jan. 1634; Christian
(twin), born 29th Jan. 1634; William —
[Mercer Genealogy ; Tombst. ; Perth Sets.,
Sec. Reg., iii., 368.]
LAURENCE MERCER (secundus), born
1847 1608, eldest son of preceding ; M.A.
(Edinburgh 25th July 1629); chap-
lain to George Bruce of Carnock; adm.
(colleague) before 13th April 1647 ; died
Jan. 1658. He marr. Katherine Murray,
and had issue — Laurence, min. of Findo-
Gask. — [Mercer Genealogy.]
ALEXANDER IRELAND, son of Alex-
ander I., min of Kinclaven ; educated
at Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A. (13th
May 1652); adm. before 11th Oct. 1659;
in 1676 he caused one of his parishioners to
stand before the congregation in white
sheets, for attending a conventicle at Tullie-
bole ; dep. after the Revolution. There was
no session 15th March 1685, the min. being
" sick of the measles," nor " any collection
gathered 15th Nov. 1691, because of the
uproar made by I. and the malignants, who
were seeking to intrude on the kirk, but
were driven back." He went to Ireland,
where he died before 5th July 1698. He
marr. April 1662, Anna, daugh. of Major
Drummond, sometime of Pitcairne ; she
survived him and had issue — Isobel and
Barbara. — [Edin. Tests. ; Bass Bock, 327 ;
Tombst.; Perth Deeds, 27th June 1666,
2nd Feb. 1670; Wodrow MSS., xxxiii.,
143.]
WILLIAM SPENCE, a native of Orkney,
1664 born 1636 > M-A" ^St Andrews> 18th
May 1654) ; sometime schoolmaster
of Abernethy ; adm. to trials for licence
before Presb. of Perth 21st Sept. 1659;
was on the Exercise and got a testimonial
to the Bishop of Dunblane 23rd May
1664; adm. in 1664 to the conjoined
charge of Fossoway and Glendevon ;
dep. 22nd May 1679 for disowning the
existing Church Government, and excom-
municated by the Synod in Oct. 1680.
He became secretary to Archibald, Earl
of Argyll, was arrested in England, loaded
with irons, from which he was relieved
by the Privy Council, but kept a close
prisoner 22nd April 1684. He underwent
a searching examination and was put
to the torture of the boot 25th July.
Next day the Council ordered such of His
Majesty's forces, officers and soldiers, as
should be found most-trusty, to watch him
by turns and not suffer him to sleep by
night or by day, and for this end to use all
effectual means for keeping him still awake.
Yet for many days and nights he underwent
this barbarous treatment and made no dis-
closure. On 17th Aug. the Privy Council
made another Act for his torture, but having
confessed all he knew he was exonerated on
21st and removed to Dunbarton Castle,
with allowance of liberty within its walls.
His deposition was declared to be null by
the General Assembly 1690. He became
on the Toleration min. of a meeting-house
at Kinross, and in 1690 was restored to
Glendevon ; called 27th July, trans, and
adm. 21st Sept. 1691; died 19th March
1715. He marr. Anne (died 12th June
1708, aged 80), eldest daugh. of Archibald
Moncreiff, min. of Abernethy. — [Dunblane
Tests. ; St Madoes Sess. Beg. ; Wodrow's
Hist., iv., 95, 285 ; Tombst. ; Seton's Souse
of Moncreiff, 139 ; Playfair's Baronetage,
iii. ; Diary of Thomas Brown, 35 ; Will-
cock's A Scots Earl in Covenanting Times,
312-16 et seq.]
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FOSSOWAY AND TULLIBOLE
[PRESB. OF
V ALEXANDER BARTON, born 1690;
MA. (Edinburgh, 23rd Nov. 1704);
1 licen. by Presb. of Auchterarder 25th
July 1710; called 1st Jan., and ord. (col-
league and successor) 23rd April 1712 ; died
12th June 1716. He marr. Bessie Smith,
who survived him. — [Dunblane Tests.;
1'ombst.]
ANDREW URE, licen. by Presb. of
Dunblane 18th March 1701 ; ord. to
Muckhart 16th Feb. 1703; called
25th Dec. 1716 ; trans, and adm. 25th April
1717; died 7th April 1742. He marr.
Mary (died Sept. 1728), only daugh. of
William Moncreiff, min. of Moonzie, and
had issue— Jean (marr. Andrew Belfrage of
Coldstream).— [Dunblane Tests.]
JOHN STORER, licen. by Presb. of
Kirkcaldy 4th May 1738; called
28th April, and ord. 25th Aug. 1743 ;
died 8th June 1778. He marr. 10th Oct.
1744, Susan Stewart, who died 10th April
1782, and had issue— John, born 10th July
1747 ; Michael, born 27th Oct. 1748, died
19th March 1749 ; Susan, born 15th June
1750, died 20th Dec. 1769 ; Anna, born 14th
July 1751, died 2nd July 1768 ; Betty, born
3rd Nov. 1752; Cecilia, born 27th June
1754; Joseph, born 4th Nov. 1755, died
19th Jan. 1765.
WILLIAM GRAHAM, born 1736 ; pres.
by George Graham of Kinross Aug.
1778 ; ord. 11th May 1780, the settle-
ment being delayed by the presentation by
the Crown of Ebenezer Marshall (after-
wards of Cockpen) 11th July 1778. This
was declared null by the Court of Session ;
died 14th Feb. 1803. He marr. 28th Dec.
1780, Jean Deas, who died 26th April 1792,
and had issue — George, his successor in the
parish; Agnes Ann, born 4th Aug. 1783,
died 20th April 1852 ; Jean, born 5th Dec.
1784, died 19th July 1858 ; Mary, born 6th
Oct. 1785, died 29th Jan. 1871 ; Janet, bom
11th Dec. 1786, died 5th June 1872 ;
William, born 21st April 1788; Margaret,
born 10th March 1789, died 24th March
1868. Publication — Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace., xviii.)
1825
GEORGE GRAHAM, born 17th May
1782, son of preceding; educated
at Univ. of Aberdeen ; MA. (1799) ;
licen. by Presb. of Auchterarder 13th May
1803 ; pres. by trustees on the estate of
Kinross; ord. 22nd Sept. 1803; died un-
marr. 4th July 1824.
- PETER BRYDIE, born 1786 ; licen. by
Presb. of Dunblane 19th July 1814;
ord. to Gartmore Chapel 18th April
1816 ; pres. by trustees of Graham of Kin-
ross Nov. 1824 ; trans, and adm. 24th
March 1825. Joined the Free Church in
1843, but as he was of unsound mind at
the time, his demission was found to be
null and void 24th Oct. 1843 ; died 30th
Oct. 1845. Publication— Account of the
Parish {New Stat. Ace, x.).
DUNCAN CAMPBELL, ord. 30th Jan.
1846 1846 ; trans, to Luss 19th Feb. 1852.
ALEXANDER THOMSON COSENS,
ord. 13th May 1852; trans, to
Broughton 4th Aug. 1854.
WILLIAM FERGUSON, born Rossie,
1854 Perthshire, 10th Sept. 1821, third
son of James F., factor, Pitkellony,
Muthill, and Euphemia Brough ; educated
at Glasgow Univ. ; ord. to Blairingone
20th Dec. 1849; trans, and adm. 28th
Sept. 1854 ; died 22nd Jan. 1892. He
marr. 17th July 1860, Elizabeth (born 26th
Dec. 1826, died 22nd Feb. 1908), daugh.
of Robert Haig of Dollarfield and Glen-
sherup, and Janet, daugh. of John Mac-
Gowan and Elizabeth Haig, and had issue
— James Haig, M.D., Edinburgh, born
18th Dec. 1862; Janet Elizabeth, born 3rd
March 1865 (marr. Nov. 1890, Ernest
G. Bomford).
PATRICK BAEDA THOM, born
1889 Forgue, Aberdeenshire, 4th May
1849, son of William T., farmer,
and Mary Bodie ; educated privately
(studied farming), and at Univs. of
London, B.Sc. (1877), and Glasgow, M.A.
(1885) ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow in 1887 ;
assistant at Broughton ; adm. (assistant and
successor) 26th Feb. 1889. Marr. 16th Dec.
1897, Madeline, youngest daugh. of James
KINROSS]
FOSSOWAY AND TULLIBOLE— KINROSS
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M'lnroy, The Birkenward, Bridge of Allan
[authoress of many songs and ballads],
and grand-daugh. of James M'lnroy of
Lude, Perthshire, and has issue — Patricia
Madeline Mary, born 16th June 1899 ; Cecil
Charlotte Campbell, born 7th April 1904.
Publications — "The Potato Disease, its
Nature and Cure" {North British Agri-
culturist, 1880); Lectures on The Origin
of the World : Evolution and Development,
God and Man and the Loiver Animals ;
Socialism ; The Bible and Socialism ; Life
in Scotland in the Days of Yore ; Con-
sumption ; What it Really is.
v WILLIAM WILSON BOYLE, born
1918 Busnmiils> 28th Mav 1869> son of
James B., min. of Bushmills, Co.
Antrim, Ireland, and Martha Wilson ; edu-
cated at Coleraine Academical Institution,
Owens College, Belfast, Boyal Univ. of
Ireland, Dublin, B.A. (1889), and New
College, Edinburgh, and Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Boute May
1892; ord. to St John's Presbyterian
Church, South Shields, 22nd Feb. 1893;
adm. to Church of Scotland May 1905 ;
chaplain at Secunderabad, India, Dec. 1904
to March 1908 ; adm. to Duncansburgh
(Fort- William), 9th May 1912 ; trans, and
adm. (assistant and successor) 19th Dec.
1918. Marr. 6th Dec. 1904, Jessie Alexis,
daugh. of James Skinner and Janet
Matheson, and has issue — Eileen Skinner
Wilson, born 24th Dec. 1909.
TULLIBOLE.
[This parish was united to Fossoway
in 1614.]
JOHN HENDEESON, reader, 1567
1567 to 1574.
JOHN EDMONSTOUN, min. in 1576,
ls76 with Fossoway, Glendevon, Muck-
hart, and Dollar under his charge ;
trans, to Crail before 1578.
THOMAS SWINTON, reader at Perth
in 1576 ; adm. in 1578 ; trans, to
1678
Muckhart before 28th Sept. 1583.
VOL. V.
KINROSS.
[The church of Kinross was dedicated to
St Serf. It belonged to the Abbey of Dun-
fermline. Fairs of St Serf and St Luke
were held at Kinross.]
JAMES DOWIE, min. of Orwell, with
.„„ Kinross also in his charge in 1567 ;
removed here in 1573; had Cleish
and Portmoak also in his charge in 1574 ;
still min. in 1579. — [Lochleven Papers ;
Beg. Assig.]
ROBERT RAIT, min. in 1580; still
1580 min. in 1591.— [Reg. Assig.]
JOHN COLDEN, min. of Borthwick
in 1586; trans, to Newlands, but
collation was refused; trans, and
adm. in 1593; app. with two others "to
deale with the Erie of Morton and his
ladie, to find fault with them, and to re-
buke them sharplie, for receiving within
their hous, and interteaning the Erie of
Huntlie and others"; signed the Protest
to Parliament, 1st July 1606, against the
introduction of Episcopacy; was confined
to the parish for opposing Archbishop
Gledstanes taking the Moderator's chair
at the Synod, 18th Aug. 1607; died between
7th April and 6th Oct. 1640, aged 79.
He marr. Margaret, third daugh. of Henry
Lamond of Ellenhill, and Isobel Orme of
the Mugdrum family, and had issue —
George, his successor in the parish;
William.— [.Beg-. Assig.; Reg. Sec. Sig. ;
Lochleven Papers ; Melvill's Autob. ;
Tombst. ; Row's Hist. ; Calderwood's Hist.,
v., 266 ; Macfarlane's Gen. Coll., ii., 159.]
1641
GEORGE COLDEN, son of preceding ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews;
M.A. (1627); pres. by Charles I.
3rd May 1641 ; died while attending a
meeting of the Synod at St Andrews 5th
April 1665, aged 60. He marr. a lady
whose initials (G. D.) only are known;
she died 1st Sept. 1661, aged 57. — {Reg.
Sec. Sig. ; Lamont's Diary, 177 ; Tombst,]
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KINROSS
[PKESB. OF
1665
JAMES FOESYTH, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1624) ; adm. to Monzie about 1637 ;
pres. by Charles II. in Oct., trans.
and adm. 22nd Nov. 1665 ; dem. in 1679 ;
gave 300 merks to the poor of the parish
in 1681 ; died before 8th Dec. 1683. He
marr., and had issue — James, min. of
Clackmannan ; Jean. — {Beg. Sec. Sig. ;
Perth Horn., 1st Jan. 1680 ; Clan Camp-
bell, iii., 77.]
HENEY CHEISTIE, bom 1655,
youngest son of] Harry C. of Craig-
1679 ton ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (13th July 1671); entered on trials
for licence before Presb. of Perth 23rd
March 1676 ; pres. by Charles II. 31st Oct.
1679 ; deprived by the Privy Council, 29th
Aug. 1689, for neither reading the Proclama-
tion of the Estates, nor praying for William
and Mary, but for restoration of James VII.
and " confusion to his enemies," etc. He
was consecrated a Bishop of the Non-jurant
Church at Dundee 28th April 1709; died
5th May 1718. He marr. Margaret, eldest
daugh. of George Blair of Glasclune, and
had issue — William ; James ; Alexander ;
Mary.— [G. B. Sas., 27th Oct. 1718 ; Beg.
See. Sig. ; Tombst. ; Douglas's Baron., 193.]
1687
1699
[WILLIAM SPENCE, M.A., formerly
of Glendevon ; adm. to a meeting-
house in the parish after the Tolera-
tion in 1687 ; returned to Glendevon in
1690.]
EOBEET M'GILL, born 1672; edu-
cated at Univ. of St Andrews ; licen.
by Presb. of Dunfermline 7th Dec.
1698 ; called 19th Jan., and ord. 27th April
1699 ; died 31st May 1726. His house
and family were represented as being " for
a considerable time troubled by spirits,
with many kinds of annoyance " about
1718. He marr. Isobel, daugh. of John
Dalgleish, min. of South Church, Dundee ;
she survived him, and had issue — Alex-
ander, served heir 10th June 1727. — [Fraser's
Life of Ebenezer Erskine, 211 ; Anal. Scot.,
i. ; Services of Heirs ; Law's Memorialls ;
Endorism : or a strange Belation of Dreams
or Spirits that trouble the Minister's House
of Kinross (1718).]
[A call to Ebenezer Ekskine on 7th Feb.
1728 was refused by the Presb. 7th March
and by the Synod 4th April 1728. The
parish remained vacant for six years.]
EOBEET STAEK, born 1703, son of
Eobert S., min. of Stenton ; edu-
1782 cated at Univ. of Glasgow; M.A.
(1st May 1717) ; licen. by Presb. of Dunbar
4th June 1729; called 18th March and
10th June 1731 ; ord. (by a committee of
the Commission of Assembly) 4th Feb.
1732 in a tavern, access to the church
being prevented and none of the Presb.
taking part. The Presb. complained to
the Assembly and refused to enrol him.
For this certain of its members were
sharply rebuked by the Moderator 14th
May 1733 ; died 2nd April 1783. He was
an able scholar, a judicious divine, a good
orator, and overcame much of the feeling
against his appointment. He marr. 10th
Feb. 1744, Margaret (died 8th Sept. 1807,
aged 87), sister and heiress of Adam Hutton
of Bridgeland, and had issue — Katherine,
born 24th Nov. 1744 (marr. 25th Dec.
1771, John Durie, merchant, Dunfermline) ;
Eobert, born 18th Aug. 1746; William,
born 10th May 1748 ; Adam, born 2nd
May 1750; Agnes, born 18th May 1752,
died 13th Feb. 1753 ; David, born 26th
Feb. 1754 ; Christian, born 12th Oct. 1756,
died 21st Jan. 1820. Publication — An
Essay on the Conversion of the Ethiopian
Eunuch (Edinburgh, 1752).— [St Andrews
Tests. ; Services of Heirs ; Wodrow's Anal. ;
Weekly Mag., xviii. ; Tombst. ; Fraser's
Life of Balpih Erskine.']
AECHIBALD SMITH, born 1723,
son of John S., min. of Fintry ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Dunbarton 19th Sept.
1744 ; ord. to Fintry 9th June 1752 ; trans.
to Scots Kirk, Eotterdam, 11th Oct. 1765 ;
trans, to Strathblane 10th May 1770 ; pres.
by George Graham of Kinross 10th Sept.
1783 ; trans, and adm. 29th June 1784 ;
died 13th April 1803. He marr. 2nd Sept.
1754, Elizabeth (bapt. 14th March 1736,
died 18th May 1809), daugh. of Thomas
Mayne of Powis Logie, merchant, Lisbon,
and had issue — Helen, born 24th June
1784
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67
1755, died 12th Feb. 1768 ; Ann, born 21st
June 1756; Jean, born 19th March 1758,
died 4th Sept. 1760 ; John, born 24th April
1759, died 29th Jan. 1760 ; Frances Allan,
born 17th March 1761, died 14th July
1763; Elizabeth, born 18th May 1762, died
2nd March 1774 ; Margaret, born 31st Dec.
1763; Mayne (daugh.), born 6th March
1765, died 21st March 1808 ; Francis, born
18th June 1766, died 26th Jan. 1768;
William, born 24th April 1768, died 16th
May 1770; Helen, born 27th July 1770;
Edward, born 23rd May 1772. Publica-
tions— An Enquiry into the Subject and
Manner of Apostolical Preaching, a ser-
mon (Glasgow, 1765) ; The Objections of
the Presbytery of Dunbarton against Mr
Addie's Discourse on James i., 27, explained
and defended (Glasgow, 1771) ; Account
of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, vi.). —
[Steven's Scot. Church in Rotterdam, 202.]
1804
v GEORGE CRAIG DALZIEL BUCH-
ANAN, born about 1775, son of
James Craig, architect ; licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh 28th Aug. 1799 ; pres.
by trustees of George Graham of Kinross
29th July 1803 ; ord. 3rd May 1804 ;
assumed the name of Dalziel Buchanan in
1806 ; D.D. (St Andrews, 27th April 1826) ;
died 12th April 1 842. Publication— Account
of the Parish (New Stat. Ace, ix.).
JOHN ALEXANDER CASTLE-
MAINE TANNOCH, trans, and
1842 adm. from St David's Chapel, Edin-
burgh, 27th Sept. 1842 ; trans, to Glamis
31st Oct. 1844.
WILLIAM PETERS, born 1821, son of
Alexander P., schoolmaster, Mar-
noch ; educated at Marischal College,
Aberdeen; M.A. (1837); ord. 2nd Jan.
1845 ; died 26th Jan. 1894. He marr. (1)
24th April 1845, Margaret Simpson, and
had issue — Mary Eliza, born 13th June
1846 ; William, born 24th Jan. 1848 ; Mar-
garet (twin), born 24th Jan. 1848 ; James
Black, born 13th Nov. 1849 ; Jessie Anne,
born 14th Sept. 1851 ; John, born 13th
Nov. 1854; Robert Moir, born 12th Oct.
1857 ; Florence Jane, born 8th Sept. 1859 ;
Charles, born 18th Jan. 1862: (2) 29th
1895
Dec. 1870, Margaret (died Nov. 1874),
daugh. of Peter Findlater, Aberchirder,
Banffshire : (3) 29th Dec. 1875, Beatrice
(born 2nd July 1833, died 26th Aug. 1911),
daugh. of Robert Pringle, manufacturer,
Hawick.
FREDERICK HUNTER WILLIAM-
SON, born Greenlaw, Berwickshire,
14th Nov. 1865, son of John
W., parish schoolmaster, and Mary Ann
Conacher ; educated at Madras College
and Univ. of St Andrews; 'M.A. (1888),
B.D. (1895); licen. by Presb. of St An-
drews in 1890 ; assistant in this parish ;
ord. 3rd July 1895. Marr. 2nd June 1896,
Helen, eldest daugh. of Alexander Smart,
Hayfield, Kinross, and has issue — Margaret
Stedman, born 14th Aug. 1898 ; John, born
23rd May 1901 ; Winifred Conacher, born
26th July 1902; Helen Mary Joyce, born
1st June 1911.
MUCKHART.
[The parish of Muckhart was disjoined on
2nd October 1632 from the Presbytery of
Auchterarder, and was added to that of
Dunfermline. On 9th Oct. 1639 it was
taken from the Presbytery of Dunfermline
and given back again to that of Auchter-
arder. In 1856 it was severed from Auch-
terarder a second time and was incorporated
in the Presbytery of Kinross.]
JAMES PATON, of the family of Balli-
1565 lisk; min. here on 10th Jan. 1565-6;
was accused 2nd Dec. 1580 of treason-
able assistance given by him to George,
Earlof Huntly, Archibald, Earl of Argyll,
and other conspirators against the King
and of sending Archibald Robesoune in his
name and upon his expense to Linlithgow
for the advancement of the foresaid treason-
able enterprise. He was consecrated Bishop
of Dunkeld 1572 (q.v.).
HARRY COLVILLE, pres. to the parson-
1579 age 2>7tk ^ug- 1579' to ^e Emitted if
he be found qualified to use the office
of minister ; again pres. 5th Oct. 1579 ;
pres. to Orphir 6th June 1580. — [Beg. Sec.
Sig., xliv. 40, 67.]
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MUCKHART
[PEESB. OF
1585
THOMAS SWINTON, a cadet of the
15__ Swintons of that Ilk ; trans, and
adm. from Tullibole before 28th
Sept. 1583.
JAMES COCKBURN, said to be son of
Patrick and brother of John C. of
Clerkington ; pres. to parsonage and
vicarage of Ayr by James VI. 16th Feb.
1573, which is a canonry or prebendary of
the Chapel Royal of Stirling; had also a
gift of the emoluments of Kilmoir (St Mary,
Brechin) in 1576 ; pres. by James VI. 12th
Jan. ; inst. 31st Dec. 1585 ; deposed for non-
residence 10th Aug. 1591.— [Reg. Assig. ;
Black's Hist, of Brechin, 41.]
WILLIAM PANTON, min. in 1586 —
1586 [Reg. Assig.]
ANDREW KIRK, M.A.; reader from
1S83 1567 to 1586, and at Aberdour and
Dalgety in 1587 ; pres. to the vicarage
of Aberdour by James VI. 20th May 1587 ;
min. here in 1588 ; trans, to Glendevon in
1591.
ALEXANDER SIMSON, M.A. ; adm.
1591 in 1591 ; trans, to Alva in 1592.
PATRICK DAVIDSON, M.A. (Edin-
1594 burgh, 1587) ; min. of Auchterarder
in 1591 ; pres. by James VI. before
25th April ; trans, and adm. 1594 ; died in
1621. He marr. Marion Mercer, who died
1st Dec. 1622. — [Reg. Assig. ; Dunfermline
Burial Reg.~\
ALEXANDER FOTHERINGHAM,
1622 M.A. (St Andrews, 1616); adm.
before 1st Oct. 1622 ; died June
1640, aged about 44. He marr. Margaret,
daugh. of John Paton of Middle Ballilisk,
who survived him, and had issue — John ;
Janet. — [Stirling Tests. ; Perth Sas., ii., 177.]
DAVID DRUMMOND, M.A. ; adm.
1640 before 9tn Sept. 1640; trans, to
Second Charge, Linlithgow, 21st
April 1642.
JOHN GOVAN, M.A. (St Andrews,
1644 1635); ord- Mav 1644; app- to
Lord Kirkcudbright's Regiment by
the Assembly 7th Feb. 1645 ; died of fever
in Edinburgh Jan. 1656, aged about 41,
and was buried in the Henderson aisle in
Greyfriars Churchyard. " He was a man of
sharp wit, candid mind, upright life, prudent
council, and sweet behaviour. He had an
excellent command of the pen and could
have wrote most of the approven hands in
Europe admirably fine, as likewayes he was
exquisite in dashing and flourishing of
letters, his fancie being extremely quick
and ready, in short there was none in
Britain at that time would have gone
beyond him in the art, and being of a
gentle and pleasant conversation, was
courted and rewarded by the best qualitie
and gentrie in the nation to write their
bore-breifes, which he did on parchment or
vellum, mostly performed with shell-gold,
which made a glorious appearance. He
also wrote several copies of the Covenant
very fine. He could have wrote also in a
print character, the Lord's Prayer, Creed,
and heads of the Commands, within the
circumference of a Turner (a copper coin,
two pence Scots)." He marr. 1646, Helen,
daugh. of Andrew Rynd, min. of Tillicoultry
(who survived him and marr. (2) Patrick
Geddie, citizen of St Andrews), and had
issue — John, min. of Campsie ; Patrick,
writer, Edinburgh ; Anne (marr. cont. 26th
April 1667, Thomas Forrester, Principal of
the New College, St Andrews); Barbara
(marr. 29th Aug. 1678, Robert Mylne, writer,
Edinburgh), died 11th Dec. 1725 ; Mary.—
[Scottish Pasquils, i., 433 ; Perth Tests. ;
G. R. Inhib., 22nd March 1671; Stirling
Sas., iii., 13 ; Muckhart — The Parish and
its Churches, 20.]
JAMES FORSYTH, formerly of Larbert
and adm. before 14th Oct. 1656 :
1656
trans, to Airth 8th Oct. 1660.
JAMES FORSYTH, M.A. ; adm. before
1662 18t^ ^ay 1(^2 > *rans- *° Bothkennar
4th May 1665.
DAVID MONCREIFF, M.A.; adm.
1667 before 17th April 1667 ; trans, to
Aberdalgie 22nd April 1677.
ROBERT SHARP, M.A. (Glasgow,
1677 1662) ; licen. by George, Bishop of
Edinburgh, 2nd Sept. 1668; ord.
after 4th July ; adm. 19th Sept. 1677.
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69
His goods having been plundered, the
Sheriff of Fife was ordered by the Privy-
Council, 13th Aug. 1679, to apprehend the
robbers and endeavour to recover the stolen
property, the case being also recommended
to the Treasury. He was dep. for con-
tumacy, between 14th April and 12th Oct.
1697.
JOHN GIB, M.A. ; ord. 10th May 1698 ;
1698 trans, to Cleish 31st March 1701.
ANDKEW UEE, called in 1702 ; ord.
16th Feb. 1703 ; trans, to Fossoway
25th April 1717.
DAVID GUTHRIE, licen. by Presb. of
Perth 9th June 1714; called 16th
Oct. 1717 ; ord. 8th Jan. 1718 ; died
9th March 1724.
ALEXANDER WARDKOBE, called
.„__ 3rd Dec. 1724 by the Presb. jure
devoluto ; ord. 7th April 1725 ; trans.
to "Whitburn 2nd March 1732.
ARCHIBALD RENNIE of Easter
.„„. Ballilisk, born Stirling about 1705 ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh 1st
May 1721 ; licen. by Presb. of Stirling 9th
Dec. 1730; pres. by George II. 20th June
1732, and after much opposition, ord. by a
committee of the Commission of Assembly
18th April 1734; died 13th March 1786.
During his long incumbency dissent was
so strong in the parish that he never
preached in the church except the first
Sunday, never had an elder, never dis-
pensed the Communion, never had any
collection for the poor, and, with the ex-
ception of the dining - room, where he
conducted services, let the manse. He
took a lease of the farm of Boghall in
the parish for twenty-one years and pur-
chased the estate of Easter Ballilisk. He
marr. 12th Aug. 1734, Margaret Warden,
who died 17th Sept. 1789, and had issue —
Archibald of Easter Ballilisk. — [Muckhart
— The Parish and its Churches, 18.]
ANDREW GIBSON, born 1741 ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh; licen.
by Presb. of Dunfermline 19th Nov.
1766 ; assistant at Alva 1767-86 ; pres. by
George III. 3rd April, and ord. 5th Dec.
1786 ; died 18th Oct. 1830. He marr. 4th
Dec. 1783, Catherine Morrison, who died
20th June 1842, and had issue — James, born
12th April 1787 ; William, merchant, Glas-
gow, born 6th Dec. 1788 ; Andrew, born
12th Nov. 1790; Henry, born 25th Feb.
1793, died 13th March 1798; Janet, born
24th Sept. 1797; Henry, born 4th March
1801 ; Alexander, born 6th Jan. 1804, died
7th Nov. 1805 ; Catherine, born 7th March
1806. Publication — Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, ix.).
EOBERT ALLAN, M.A. ; pres.
by George IV. in Feb., and ord.
(assistant and successor) 15th July
1824; trans, to Little Dunkeld 2nd Feb.
1826.
WILLIAM ROBERTSON, pres. by
i83i William Iv- 8th Dec- 183°; ord-
28th July 1831 ; trans, to Logie 12th
Jan. 1832.
JAMES THOMSON, born Ormiston,
lg32 East Lothian, 1800, son of John T.
of Prior Letham, merchant, Leith,
and Margaret Keddie; educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith
9th Dec. 1823; pres. by William IV. 9th
May, and ord. 23rd Aug. 1832. Joined
the Free Church in 1843 ; min. of the Free
Church, Dollar and Muckhart 1843-63;
died in Edinburgh 24th Dec. 1871. He
marr. 26th Dec. 1850, Mary Maclaurin
Monteith, who died at Salthill, 28th
April 1867, and had issue — John, born
19th Feb. 1854; Mary Monteith, born
23rd March 1856; Alexander, born 12th
April 1858; Margaret, born 29th March
1860. Publications — Account of the Parish
{Neiv Stat. Ace, x.) ; Sermon XCIII. (Free
Church Pidpit, ii.).
ALEXANDER MOORHEAD
1843 FERGUSON, born about 1809,
second son of John F., artificer,
Kilmadock ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow; substitute schoolmaster at Logie,
Bridge of Allan, for his brother Daniel,
who had become mentally unfit, 1831-43 ;
pres. by Queen Victoria 21st March, and
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MUCKHART— ORWELL
[PKESB. OF
ord. 28th Sept. 1843 ; died unmarr. 4th Dec.
1869.— [Fergusson's Logie, 226, 297, 314.]
GEORGE PAULIN, born Borthwick,
26th July 1839, son of George P.,
1 rector of Irvine Academy (author
of " Hallowed Ground, and Other Poems "),
and Anne M'Dougal, and brother of Sir
David P., Edinburgh; educated at Irvine
Academy and Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen.
by Presb. of Irvine ; pres. by Queen Victoria
11th Feb., and ord. 12th May 1870 ; res. 8th
Nov. 1906 ; died in Edinburgh 2nd April
1909. He marr. 12th Feb. 1884, Jane
Craig (died in Milngavie 4th May 1923,
aged 69), daugh. of George Panton, Edin-
burgh, and had issue— Jane Wright, born
25th Jan. 1885 (marr. 29th June 1906, Dr
David Ellis) ; Annie, born 24th Oct. 1886
(marr. Nov. 1909, John Westwood) ; George
Henry, A.R.S.A., sculptor, Glasgow, born
14th Aug. 1888; Charles Ross, inspector,
Indian Police, born 18th Feb. 1890, died
at Lucknow, 18th Feb. 1916.— [Muckhart—
The Parish and its Churches (portrait), 45.]
JOHN EDGAR CAIRNS, born Castle-
bar, Mayo, 13th July 1866, son of
John C, min. at Turlough and
Castlebar, and Mary Jane Steen ; educated
at Intermediate School, Ballina, R.A.I.,
Belfast, and Royal Univ. of Ireland ; B.A.
(1887), M.A. (1889); licen. by Presb. of
Connaught April 1890 ; assistant at Holy-
wood, Co. Down ; ord. to Castlebar 10th
March 1891 ; trans, and adm. 25th April
1907. Marr. 18th Jan. 1893, Edith Annie
(born 7th March 1371), daugh. of William
Robertson, Killala, and has issue —
William Thomas Stanley, 2nd lieut. R.A.F.,
born 25th March 1895; Muriel Margaret,
born 13th Jan. 1897 (marr. 26th Oct. 1921,
George Henry Paulin, A.R.S.A.); Charles
Albert, lieut. Indian Cavalry, born 1st Oct.
1898 ; Eva Mary Steen, born 2nd March 1900
(marr. 20th Nov. 1923, James Rennie, sixth
son of Alexander Izat, OLE. of Ballilisk) ;
Frederick Edgar, born 20th Aug. 1902; John
Douglas, born 14th March 1904; Edith
Jane, born 17th Aug. 1906 ; Robina Eliza-
beth, born 31st Oct. 1910, died 28th Dec.
1914 ; Alice Norah, born 28th June 1912.
1584
ORWELL.
[The parish of Orwell was disjoined
from Kinross in 1567. On 19th Jan. 1732,
the Court of Teinds removed the parish
church from Orwell to Milnathort. The
remains of the old church are still to be
seen in the churchyard at Orwell.]
JAMES DOWIE, min. in 1567, with
Kinross also in his charge, removed
there in 1573.
DAVID SPENS, trans, from Kirkcaldy
1581 in 1581, re-trans, there before 1584.
^WILLIAM BALFOUR, vicar of West
Linton in 1561 ; was joint-collector
"within the bounds of Fife, Fothrik,
and Kinross, of maills of the Bischop-Shire,"
16th July 1566; held the vicarage pensionary
of Kinross and Orwell from 1566 ; exhorter
at Kinross 1567-72, and reader there 1574-9;
reader here in 1580; min. in 1584; died in
1589. He marr. Elizabeth Balfour, widow
of Troylus Grigsoun, alias Webster, burgess
of Leslie, she died in Dec. 1580. — [Reg.
Assig.; Lochleven Papers ; Wodrow Miscell.]
WILLIAM PATON, M.A. ; trans, from
Makerstoun; pres. by James VI.
before 22nd March 1592 ; trans, to
Dalgety in 1598.
PATRICK GEDDIE, M.A. (St Andrews
1593), min. in 1601 ; pres. to church
of Orwell by William, Earl of
Morton, 7th July 1618; died June 1656,
aged about 84. He bequeathed £40 to
certain poor people in the parish. He marr.
in Sept. 1634, Barbara Geddie, who died at
St Andrews June 1660, and had issue-
Michael, bailie of St Andrews; Robert,
min. of Arngask; John, buried in Grey-
friars, Edinburgh, 14th Jan. 1694; Anna
(marr. Andrew Rynd, min. of Tillicoultry) ;
Margaret (marr. Alexander Henryson.)—
[Reg. Assig.; Grey friars Burials; St
Andrews Tests.]
JOHN GRAY, M.A. (Edinburgh, July
1642) ; called 12th Sept. 1649 ; ord.
1650 (assistant) 20th March 1650; de-
prived by Act of Parliament 11th June,
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71
1665
and decreet of Privy Council 1st Oct.
1662 ; decreet passed against him, with
others, for keeping conventicles, 16th July
1671 ; granted an indulgence here 18th
Dec. 1679, but discharged 8th July 1680;
adm. to Dunfermline Meeting House before
17th April 1688, and returned here before
10th July that year. — [Wodrow's Hist.,
iii., 196; Kirkton's Hist., 350.]
ALEXANDER MALCOLM, pres. by
1663 William, Earl of Morton, in Feb. ;
ord. and coll. 2nd June, and adm.
29th July 1663 ; elected to Tolbooth Parish,
Edinburgh, 28th Oct. 1663.
ALEXANDER SHAW, M.A.; ord. after
29th March, and adm. 17th May
1665 ; trans, to Beath April 1673.
GEORGE GRAHAM, M.A., son of
,67s George G., min. of Stronsay; adm.
before 10th July 1673; trans, to
Lochmaben in 1675.
ALEXANDER LUNDIE, M.A.; ord.
1677 VTl0T *° 3rd Oct. 1677 ; trans, to
Carnbee 27th April 1681.
JOHN GRAY, M.A. ; above mentioned,
1679 indulged here in 1679.
CHARLES M'KINNON, adm. 7th Sept.
1681 ; deprived by Privy Council,
29th Aug. 1689, for not reading the
Proclamation of the Estates, etc.
JOHN GRAY, MA. ; above mentioned,
._ returned before 10th July 1688 ; dem.
3rd July 1690. He marr. Margaret
Crawford, and had issue — Euphan.— [Perth
Sas., x., 16.]
ANDREW THOMSON, born 1654, son
16__ of Thomas T., burgess of Inverkeith-
ing ; ord. in a meeting - house at
Milnathort 27th Sept. 1688; declared
min. by General Assembly 4th Feb. 1692 ;
died 14th Sept. 1715. (His niece, Janet
Thomson, marr. 6th Dec. 1705, Henry
Stenhouse, M.A., schoolmaster, Inver-
keithing, who was shot 9th April 1707
by Robert Balfour, Master of Burleigh.)
He marr. 17th March 1692, Rachael, daugh.
of David Oswald of Dalderss, and had issue
— Robert, min. of Girthon ; Mary ; Grizel
1681
(marr. pro. 19th Sept. 1742, William Auld,
smith, burgess of Edinburgh) ; Isobell ;
Janet ; Margaret ; Ebenezer. — [Edin.
Marr. Reg. ; Tornbst. ; Reg. of Deeds, Dal.,
clii., 4th Oct. 1742; Stephen's Inverkeithing,
391-5.]
• JAMES BATHGATE, born 1685;
1717 MA. ; app. schoolmaster of Inver-
keithing 12th June 1707 ; licen. by
Presb. of Dunfermline 19th Oct. 1715;
called 24th July, and by the Presb. jure
devoluto 12th Sept. 1716; ord. 6th March
1717 ; died 30th March 1724. He joined
with the Erskines in a Representation to
the General Assembly against the Act of
20th May 1720, condemning the Marrow
of Modern Divinity, which book he vindi-
cated in the pulpit. He marr. (1) 29th
Oct. 1708, Margaret Gray in Dalgety, and
had issue — James, min. of Dalgety, born
Sept. 1709 : (2) Isobel Dron, and had
issue — John, born 1718. — [Tombst.; Brown's
Gospel Truth ; Scots Mag., xviii. ; Fraser's
Lives of E. and R. Erskine, 210 ; Stephen's
Inverkeithing, 395.]
THOMAS MAIR, born 1701, son of
1725 William M., manufacturer, Strath-
miglo ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Kincardine
ONeil 4th Oct. 1722 ; called 29th July, and
ord. 27th Sept. 1725; adhered to the protest
against the Commission's sentence loosing
the four Seceders from their charges 16th
Nov. 1733; was elected min. of the Scottish
Church, Rotterdam, 21st Aug. 1736, but the
call was set aside on 24th Nov. through
false accounts having reached the Consis-
tory that M. held Antinomian doctrines and
opposed patronage ; gave in his demission
to the Presb. 16th, and his adherence to
the Associate Presb. 18th Feb. 1737, and
as their Moderator, read their declination
at the bar of the Assembly 17th May 1739 ;
dep. 15th May 1740, along with Ebenezer
Erskine and his followers. He zealously
opposed the Burgess Oath introduced in
some burghs, and as officiating Moderator
of the Associate Synod called a meeting of
the majority, who constituted themselves
the Synod (Antiburgher), and deposed
those who differed from them. For dis-
72
ORWELL
[PEESB. OF
obeying the injunctions of this Antiburgher
Synod he was suspended 21st Aug. 1755,
deposed and excommunicated 21st April
1757, but continued his ministry to such
of his congregation as adhered to him. In
1766 and 1767 petitions for his restoration
were refused by the Antiburghers. He
died 17th Feb. 1768. The following is his
epitaph at Orwell : —
" Muse, passenger, as you this stone walk by
And gravely think that underneath it ly
Some relics of a much enlightened Seer
Triumphant, now, among the heavenly Quire ;
Elijah-like, for zeal, on earth opprest,
Removed from strife he dwells serene in rest.
Twice twenty years he preached to numbers round
How glad were all who heard the joyful sound
Orwell, with tears your guide withdrawn deplore,
Mourn for your loss : this prophet warns no more ;
A soul physician skilled with hearts to deal
Sores to rap up and bleeding wounds to heal.
Many there felt his doctrine drop as balm
And blessed the man God sent their minds to calm.
I end my plaint, Mair sings where praises flow,
Redeeming love his darling theme below."
He marr. 9th Jan. 1726, Ann Christie of
the parish of Aberdour, who died s.p.
Publications — Seasons of Dissent from the
Act of the Associate Synod anent Doctrine
(Edinburgh, 1756) ; The Case laid open :
or, an Essay to satisfy those who desire
Information anent the strange Breach
between the Associate Synod and Mr M air
(Edinburgh, 1764); A Covenant of Duties,
in nowise inconsistent with a Covenant of
Grace [nine sermons] (Edinburgh, 1768). —
[Steven's Scot. Church, Rotterdam, 164-70 ;
Fraser's Life of Ebenezer Ershine, 537 ;
Tombst. ; Wodrow's Anal., iii., 350 ;
M'Kerrow's Hist, of the Secession, 111
et seq. ; Scots Mag., i., ii., ix., xvii.-xix. ;
Dingwall Fordyce Book, App. Ixxiii. ;
Small's Hist, of U.P. Congs., I, 373-5.]
JOHN SPENCE, a native of Eoss-shire ;
1744 M.A. (King's College, Aberdeen, 27th
March 1735); licen. by Presb. of
Linlithgow 8th Dec. 1742 ; called 2nd Aug.,
and ord. 22nd Sept. 1744 ; suspended from
sitting in Church Courts by Assembly 23rd
June 1752, for disobeying its orders regard-
ing the settlement of Inverkeithing, but
reponed 1st June 1765; died 29th July
1790, having been reputed one of the best
classical scholars in the Church. He marr.
9th Oct. 1746, Jean, daugh. of Patrick
Clow, min. of Leslie, and had issue —
Patrick, his successor ; John, born 16th
April 1749 ; David, min. of Kinnaird, born
16th Dec. 1750 ; Elizabeth, born 23rd April
1753 (marr. 26th April 1773, Alexander
Alison, merchant, Perth); James, mer-
chant, Quebec, born 21st Dec. 1756 ;
Margaret, born 26th July 1760. Publica-
tion — Discourses on several Evangelical
Subjects, tending to illustrate the Influence
of the Doctrines of Grace upon Holiness of
Heart and Life (Edinburgh, 1780).— [Mon-
creiff's Life of Erskine.~\
PATEICK SPENCE, born 1st Sept.
1786 1747, eldest son of preceding ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow; M.A.
(1766); licen. by Presb. of Dunfermline
1st April 1778; app. by George Graham
of Kinross 16th April 1785 ; ord. (assistant
and successor) 28th June 1786; died 28th
July 1823. He was considered by Dr
Chalmers "one of the ablest men in the
Church." He marr. 26th June 1794,
Elizabeth Storar, who died 27th Feb.
1824, and had issue — John, born 27th
Aug. 1795.
JAMES WEMYSS, born 1795, son of
1824 David W., St Andrews ; educated
at Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by
Presb. of St Andrews 5th May 1819 ; pres.
by the trustees of Thomas Graham of
Kinross 21st and 24th Nov. 1823; ord.
6th May 1824 ; died 25th April 1842. He
marr. 12th Oct. 1824, Charlotte Surenne
(died in Edinburgh 2nd Dec. 1852), and
had issue — David (only child), born 22nd
Aug. 1832. Publication— Account of the
Parish {New Stat. Ace, ix.).
JOHN GILCHKIST, ord. 26th Sept.
1842 I-842) trans, to Dunbog 21st Sept.
1843.
WALTEE LITTLE, born Jedburgh,
1844 1808, son of William L., tanner,
and Mary Lamb, and brother of
William L., min. of Kirkpatrick-Juxta ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; ord. 14th
Feb. 1844, died 6th Aug. 1890. He marr.
2nd Dec. 1846, Christian Pearson, who died
11th June 1874.
KINKOSS]
ORWELL— MILNATHORT— PORTMOAK
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WILLIAM LAIDLAW M'DOUGALL,
1879 k°rn ^* Mungo, Dumfriesshire, 13th
Feb. 1842, son of George M. and
Margaret Boyes ; educated at Earlsferry
School and Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A.
(1875); licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh;
assistant at Linlithgow, and St Cuthbert's,
Edinburgh ; ord. (assistant and successor)
10th April 1879 ; res. 1st Dec. 1910 ; died
at Dollar 10th March 1912. He marr. 4th
July 1899, Annabella Eogerson (born 30th
Dec. 1868), second daugh. of James Bell
Carruthers, M.D., Edinburgh, and Jane
Rogerson, and had issue — Jane Carruthers,
born 17th March 1901 ; William Laidlaw,
born 21st June 1902 ; Margaret Orwell,
born 18th Sept. 1905. Publications —
Reminiscences of Annandale of Last
Century (Dumfries, 1912); "The Early
Days of Thomas Carlyle" (Dumfries
Herald).
ALEXANDER JOHN CAIRNS
u RITCHIE, born Whitern, 29th April
1885, son of Alexander R., D.D.,min.
of Dunblane ; educated at Stirling High
School, George Watson's College, and Univs.
of Edinburgh and St Andrews ; M.A. (1905),
B.D. (1908) ; licen. by Presb. of Perth May
1908 ; assistant at Galashiels ; ord. 13th
April 1911. Marr. 20th March 1917, Alice
Mary Paterson, second daugh. of Arthur
Anderson Dickson, Galashiels, and Jessie
Roberts, and has issue — Ian Alexander,
born 24th April 1919, died 4th July 1922 ;
Arthur Anderson, born 29th March 1922.
MILNATHORT.
[An Original Secession Church which
joined the Church of Scotland in 1839.
Retained by the Free Church in 1843.]
JAMES THORNTON, born Glasgow,
.„__ 24th Dec. 1791, second son of James
T., drysalter, and Isabella Shaw ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow and Burgher
Synod Hall; licen. by Original Secession
Presb. of Glasgow 12th Dec. 1815; ord.
min. of Original Secession Church at
Milnathort 27th Aug. 1816; clerk to
Original Secession Presb. of Perth and
Dunfermline. Joined the Church of Scot-
land in 1839. Joined the Free Church in
1843 ; min. of Orwell Free Church 1843-74 ;
died suddenly in his chair while conversing
with some friends on family business, 3rd
Sept. 1874. He marr. 26th Dec. 1850,
Elizabeth (died 9th Oct. 1832), daugh. of
David Morison and Margaret Hay, and had
issue — a son (still-born) 7th July 1825; a
daugh. (still-born) 17th Dec. 1827.— [Scott's
Annals of Original Secession Church, 489.]
PORTMOAK, of old KIRKNESS.
[The church of Kirkness was dedicated
to St Moan ; but there was a later dedica-
tion to St Stephen. The ancient Celtic
Priory of Loch Leven was founded on St
Serf's Inch in this parish in 838. King
David I. converted it into an Augustinian
Monastery, and made it a cell of St
Andrews. The parish contained also the
hospital of Scotlandwell, belonging to the
Red Friars. It was founded by William
Malvoisine, Bishop of St Andrews, who died
in 1233.]
JOHN RENTON, canon of St Andrews
1565 Priory, reader in 1565-6. — [Acts and
Dec, lxxvi., 61 ; Process in Register
House.]
HENRY FORSYTH, reader; pres. to
1573 vicarage 13th Feb. 1573, but does
not seem to have been admitted.
^WILLIAM BALFOUR, reader in
1574 1574.
x WILLIAM BRAIDFUTE, member of
15g_ the Chapter of St Andrews prior to
Reformation ; min. of Falkland or
Kilgour in 1567 ; pres. to vicarage of
Strathmiglo by James VI. 27th Jan. 1572 ;
pres. to vicarage of Markinch 13th Sept.
1583; trans, to Ballingry after 1st Jan.
1584 ; returned to Markinch before 1585 ;
trans, and adm. about 1590 ; died 18th
March 1594. He marr. Elizabeth, sister of
William Lundie in Suther Fawfield; she
survived him, and had issue — Henry ;
David ; Beatrix ; Margaret ; Elspet. —
\Inq. Ret. Fife, 206; St Andrews Tests.;
Fife Sas., vii., 405.]
74
PORTMOAK
[presb. or
JOHN WILKIE, M.A. (St Andrews,
159S 26th Nov. 1586) ; min. in 1593 ; still
min. in 1615; died before 14th June
1632. He marr. and had issue — Harry, his
successor in the parish. — {Reg. Assig.]
HARRY WILKIE, son of preceding;
1633 pres- by Cnarles I- uth June 1632 >
ord. before 14th, and adm. 24th Feb.
1633 ; trans, to Wemyss 30th Nov. 1642.
1643
GEORGE OGILVIE, M.A.; pres. by
Charles I. 3rd Dec. 1642 ; adm. 13th
Sept. 1643 ; app. Synod clerk 5th
April 1659 ; trans, to Kirkcaldy 17th May
1665.
1666
JOHN BRUCE, M.A. (St Andrews
1643); licen. by George Wishart,
Bishop of Edinburgh 26th May 1665;
pres. and coll. by James, Archbishop of St
Andrews, 25th April 1666; dep. for drunken-
ness 4th Sept. 1690 ; had charity from the
Kirk-Session of Scoonie 9th June 1695 ;
died in Edinburgh 28th Sept. 1695. He
marr. (1) cont. 12th Dec. 1666, Helen,
daugh. of Robert Bruce, min. of Ballingry :
(2) Elizabeth Leighton, who survived him.
— [Greyfriars Burial Reg.; Acts of Pari.,
ix., App. 18 ; G. R. Horn., 20th April 1670 ;
Fife Sas., iv., 192 ; Treasury Sed. Book,
10th July 1696.]
WILLIAM MACKIE, adm. after the
lfi8_ Toleration in 1687 ; trans, to Mark-
inch 10th Feb. 1698.
JOHN WILSON, M.A.; called 19th
Sept., and ord. 24th Nov. 1698;
trans, to Kirkcaldy 22nd Oct. 1702.
EBENEZER ERSKINE, M.A.; called
26th May, and ord. 22nd Sept. 1703 ;
trans, to Third Charge, Stirling, 8th
July 1731.
ROBERT DOUGLAS, called 25th
Dec. 1734 ; ord. 1st May 1735 ; died
28th Sept. 1742. He marr. Helen,
youngest daugh. of Sir Robert Douglas
of Kirkness, and had issue — Ann Jean
(marr. George Clephane of Carslogie).— [St
Andrews Tests. ; Douglas's Baron., 319.]
JOHN MUDIE {primus), born about
,,-._ 1700, son of John M. of Cults ; licen.
by Presb. of Kirkcaldy 30th April
1735; called 30th June and ord. 1st Sept.
1743 ; died 12th June 1767. He marr. 17th
Oct. 1729, Christian Rolland (died 6th Nov.
1762), and had issue — John, his successor
in the parish ; Marion ; Elizabeth. — [Fife
Retours, 422 ; Services of Heirs.]
JOHN MUDIE (secundus), son of pre-
1754 ceding ; licen. by Presb. of Kirkcaldy
5th July 1750 ; called 7th Feb., and
ord. (assistant and successor) 19th June
1754; died 1st Jan. 1784. He marr. 12th
Sept. 1754, Helen Straiton, who died 15th
June 1798, and had issue — Katherine, born
18th Sept. 1755 ; Margaret, born 26th Jan.
1757 ; John, born 3rd Aug. 1758 ; William,
born 11th Aug. 1761, died 25th April 1762 ;
Robert, born 24th Dec. 1764 ; James, born
6th Aug. 1766 ; Helen, born 12th July 1769.
ANDREW GRANT, pres. by George
Graham of Kinross 22nd June, and
ord. 16th Sept. 1784 ; trans, to Kil-
marnock 6th May 1802.
1784
HUGH LAIRD, born 1764, second son
1802 °^ James L., farmer, Houston ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1791) ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 1st July
1795; ord. to Norrieston Chapel 1st Jan.
1801 ; pres. by trustees of George Graham
of Kinross in Aug., and adm. 16th Sept.
1802; D.D. (Aberdeen, Oct. 1813). Joined
the Free Church in 1843; min. of Portmoak
Free Church 1843-9 ; died 28th May 1849.
He marr. 14th Dec. 1802, Elizabeth Black-
hall, Dunbog (died 8th Nov. 1843, aged 60),
and had issue — Elizabeth Simpson, born
10th Dec. 1803; Enielia Balfour, born 1st
Jan. 1806 ; James Miller Riddell, born 5th
Dec. 1807, died 9th Aug. 1832 ; Alexander
Oswald, min. of Abbotshall, born 24th Oct.
1808 ; Hugh, writer, Kinross, born 24th
March 1810, died 1882; John, D.D., min.
of Inverkeilor, born 8th Aug. 1811; Robert,
born 11th Nov. 1812, died 1842; George,
born 20th May 1814, died 1888 ; Christina
Drummond Riddell, born 13th May 1815,
died 21st May 1821 ; Henry Moncrieff, min.
of Leslie Free Church, Fife, born 25th Oct.
KINROSS]
PORTMOAK
75
1816, died 12th Feb. 1852 ; Michael Linning,
born 2nd May 1818, died 1838 ; Mary
Henderson, born 20th Nov. 1819 (marr. 15th
Aug. 1843, Alexander Somerville, Stamp
Office, Edinburgh), died 1881 ; Drummond,
born 28th May 1821, died 6th March 1831 ;
Christina Drummond Kiddell, born 15th
May 1822 (marr. 29th Oct. 1850, James
Swinton, min. of the Free Church, Port-
moak), died 23rd Feb. 1905; Ann, born
1826, died 1831.
1844
JOHN STEELE, born 11th Nov. 1803,
third son of John S., farmer, Leaths,
Lesmahagow, and Martha Semple ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; ord. to
St Thomas's Chapel, Leith, 17th Oct. 1843 ;
trans, and adm. 26th Sept. 1844 ; died in
Edinburgh, 9th July 1887. He changed
the spelling of his name from Stiell to
Steele. He marr. 20th Nov. 1845, Jane
(died 8th Dec. 1904), daugh. of John
M'Lachlan, min. of Wemyss, and had issue
— Christian Mary, born 25th Sept. 1846
(marr. her cousin, William Stiell) ; John,
born 23rd Oct. 1854, died 1861; Hugh
Reoch, public company secretary, born
27th Sept. 1857; Martha, born 28th May
1859 ; John, tea-planter, born 1862.
v JAMES CAMPBELL BROWN, born
Kilmarnock, 1852, son of Alexander
1881
B. and Jean Campbell, and brother
of Alexander B., min. of Kirtle ; educated
at Univs. of Edinburgh and St Andrews;
assistant at North Leith ; ord. (assistant
and successor) 29th March 1881 ; died
unmarr. 10th Jan. 1908.
1908
JAMES FERRIER POLLOCK, born
Paisley, 3rd Oct. 1872, son of William
P. and Jessie Jamieson ; educated
at John Neilson School and Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Kintyre ;
assistant at Dennistoun in 1902 ; ord. to
Dennistoun Chapel, Glasgow, 12th Jan.
1904; trans, and adm. 15th May 1908;
app. clerk of Presb. in 1912. Marr. 27th
April 1915, Margaret, daugh. of John Muir,
min. of Govanhill, and has issue — Margaret
Muriel, born 1st Feb. 1916; Freda, born
26th July 1919.
PRESBYTERY OF KIRKCALDY
[The earliest notice of this Court known occurs on 25th April 1593. The Register
of the Presbytery begins at 15th April 1630. There is a gap in the Record from 21st
Sept. 1653 to 10th July 1688. The Presbyteries of Kirkcaldy and Dunfermline were
united from 7th April 1692 till about the end of the seventeenth century.]
1567
AUCHTERDERRAN.
[The church was built in 1789 and
extended in 1891. At Cardenden in this
parish there is a mission chapel of St
Fothad.]
GEORGE BOSWELL, tenth and
youngest son of David B. of Balmuto
and Elizabeth Moncreiff; min. in
1567 ; had Kinglassie and Leslie also in
his charge in 1574 ; was infeft with his
wife in the half land of Balgregie in 1586 ;
died Jan. 1596. He drew up a genealogical
account of his family. He marr. Isobel,
daugh. of Robert Sibbald of Letham, and
had issue — Captain David, served heir 23rd
Aug. 1615 ; Robert ; George ; Roger ;
Andrew ; Elspet ; Margaret ; Katherine. —
[Douglas's Baron., 310 ; Reg. of Deeds,
xxiv. (i.), 175-8, xxxi., xli. ; Inq. Ret. Fife,
252 ; Wodroiv Miscell. ; Muir's Gleanings,
33.]
JOHN CHALMERS (primus), min. in
1598 ; was one of the fifty-five mins.
who signed the Protestation on
behalf of the Liberties of the Kirk 27th
June 1617 ; was summoned before the
Court of High Commission, 24th Feb. 1620,
for not observing the holy days and not
administering the Communion according
to the order prescribed by the Assembly
at Perth, but was excused on account of
sickness ; died in 1642. He marr. (1)
and had issue — John, his successor in
the parish ; James, apprenticed to John
76
1598
1638
Bourden, merchant, Edinburgh, 7th Dec.
1631 ; Margaret : (2) (cont. 2nd Nov. 1636)
Grizel Forrester, widow of John Scrimgeour
of Bowhill.— [Inq. Ret. Gen., 2631; Reg.
of Deeds, dxxxix., 243 ; Edin. Apprentice
Reg. ; Livingston's Life.]
JOHN CHALMERS (secundus), son of
preceding ; educated at Univ. of
St Andrews; M.A. (1627); was on
the Exercise in the Presb. 2nd Aug. 1632 ;
adm. (assistant) 17th May 1638; pres. by
David Boswell of Balmuto in 1642 ; died
14th Nov. 1662, aged about 57. He marr.
(1) Isabel Scrimgeour, and had issue —
John; Maria (marr. George Dewar in Leth-
amound) ; Elizabeth (marr. Paton) :
(2) Margaret Carmichael, who died between
26th July 1650 and 12th July 1651.— [St
Andrews Tests. ; Lamont's Diary, 157 ;
Inq. Ret. Gen., 2631, 5156, 5187.]
WILLIAM LINDSAY, adm. in 1663;
trans, to First Charge, Perth, 9th
1663
April 1668.
THOMAS KLNNTNMONTH, M.A. (St
Andrews) 25th July 1657 ; became
1668 tutor in 1659 to Robert Maitland
of Lundin ; had testimonial for licence 1st
Jan. 1662 from Presb. of St Andrews ; ord.
to Kilmany 20th Aug. 1663; trans, to
Second Charge, Dunfermline, 18th July
1666 ; trans, and adm. 9th Dec. 1668 ; died
July 1687, aged about 50. He marr. 24th
Sept. 1667 ; Catherine Forrester, who sur-
vived him, and had issue — James ; Mar-
PRESB. OF KIRKCALDY]
AUCHTERDERRAN
77
1689
garet ; three others. — [Greyfriars Burials ;
St Andrews Tests. ; P. C. Decreta, 26th
Jan. 1693 ; Fountainhall's Dec, i.]
ROBERT GLASFURD, son of Bailie
Patrick G. in Cupar; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (23rd
July 1659) ; recommended by Presb. of
St Andrews for licence 16th March 1664 ;
adm. to Kemback 7th Sept. 1664; trans,
to Kilmany in 1667 ; pres. by David
Boswell of Balmuto, but the Primate
refused to collate him Nov. 1688; adm.
in 1689 ; accused of neither reading the
Proclamation of the Estates, nor praying
for William and Mary, 4th Sept. 1689, but
acquitted by Privy Council ; dep. for
neglect of duty, etc., 1st Oct. 1690 ; died
Nov. 1691, aged about 52. He marr. 16th
March 1669, Annas Paterson in parish of
Cupar, and had issue — Andrew; Robert;
George ; Margaret. — [St Andrews Tests. ;
P. C Papers ; Peterkin's Constitut. of the
Church."]
THOMAS HARVIE, M.A. (Glasgow
1665) ; was a min. in Ireland for
thirteen years and afterwards in
England ; attended the first meetings of
mins. in Synod of Lothian after the
Toleration ; adm. to Abbotrule in 1689 ;
called 30th Sept., trans, and adm. 20th
Oct. 1692; suspended 2nd Nov. 1699 for
profaning the Lord's Day, etc. ; reponed
by Synod 2nd Dec. that year ; dem. same
month and went to Ireland, and settled at
Donoch, near Londonderry ; died Feb. 1717,
aged about 72. — [Edin. Tests.]
JOHN AFFLECK, born 1670 ; chaplain
to Margaret, Countess of Rothes ;
licen. by Presb. of Kirkcaldy 15th
Feb., called 3rd July, and ord. 18th Dec.
1700; died of fever in Edinburgh while
attending the General Assembly 22nd May
1740. He marr., and had issue — Elizabeth
(marr. June 1744, John Dudgeon, tenant
in Meikle Pinkerton, Dunbar).
MATTHEW MITCHELL, M.A. (Edin-
burgh, 26th Feb. 1739) ; called 23rd
Sept. 1740; ord. 17th Sept. 1741;
died 23rd March 1782. He marr. 20th
Sept. 1749, Magdalene (died 8th Dec. 1777),
1692
1700
1741
daugh. of John Archibald, portioner of
Drummaird, and had issue — Anna, born
18th Aug. 1750, died 18th Dec. 1779 ; John,
born 15th June 1752, died 11th Oct. 1768;
Alexander, born 24th Aug. 1754, died 2nd
Feb. 1780; James, born 12th May 1756;
Marion, born 20th April, died 31st Dec.
1758; Murray Matthew, born 13th Aug.
1760, died 9th Sept. 1765. — [Fife Sas.,
xxxiii., 108.]
ANDREW MURRAY, born 1749, son
of Alexander M., min. of Duffus;
educated at King's College, Aber-
deen; M.A. (1774); licen. by Presb. of
Elgin 8th Sept. 1779; pres. by David
Boswell of Balmuto 17th July 1782; ord.
13th March 1783 ; D.D. (St Andrews, 28th
Dec. 1822); died Father of the Church
29th April 1844. He marr. 28th June 1796,
Janet Mackay, who died in Edinburgh,
13th Dec. 1855, aged 81, and had issue —
Alexander, born 23rd May 1797, died in
Jamaica, 21st Oct. 1821 ; John, min. of
Morton, born 27th Nov. 1798 ; Isabella,
born 26th May 1800 (marr. 27th April 1830,
William Lang, W.S.), died 30th March
1891 ; Archibald, born 28th Jan. 1802,
died 27th March 1806; Elizabeth, born
9th Nov. 1804 (marr. 21st Sept. 1830,
Walter Horsburgh, W.S.), died 1866;
Andrew, born 2nd July 1806 ; Rebecca,
born 23rd Dec. 1808 (marr. 11th June
1839, William Stuart, Attorney in Ex-
chequer); Charles, born 7th Sept. 1811.
Publications — Accounts of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, i., and New Stat.
Ace, ix.).
PATRICK MACGREGOR GRANT,
1844 k°rn Inverness-shire, 1805, son of
Donald G., farmer, and Elspeth
; educated at King's College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (1836) ; app. schoolmaster of
Banchory - Devenick 10th March 1836;
pres. by John Irvine Boswell of Kin-
causie and Balmuto ; ord. 27th Sept. 1844 ;
became insane in 1885 ; died unmarr. in
Edinburgh, 28th . March 1889. Mainly
through his exertions, the chapel-of-ease
at Lochgelly was erected into a parish. —
[Henderson's Hist, of Banchory-Devenick,
83.]
78
AUCHTERDERRAN— AUCHTERTOOL
[PRESB. OF
AKCHIBALD M'NEIL HOUSTON,
1885 ^0rn Corraitt House, Ayrshire, 24th
April 1860, son of William H. and
Margaret M'Neil ; educated at Symington,
Ayr Academy and Univ. of Glasgow ; MA.
(1881), B.D. (1884) ; licen. by Presb. of Glas-
gow 4th June 1884; assistant at Hyndland in
1884, Hillhead, Glasgow, 1884-5 ; elected as
assistant (under Belhaven Act), March, and
ord. 3rd Aug. 1885 ; inducted to full charge
3rd July 1889. Marr. 6th June 1894, Jane
Nisbet, eldest daugh. of John Morrison
Stewart, Greenhill House, Paisley, and has
issue— Jane Henderson M'Neil, born 7th
March 1895; Duncan M'Neil, lieut. 8th
A. & S. Highlanders, born 1st June 1898.
Publications — Glebe Leasing and Minerals
(Church Law Society, 1908) ; edited Random
Rhymes, by John Pinder [Peter Leslie, the
Fife soldier poet] (Cupar, 1903); Avchter-
derran,a Fife Parish History (Paisley, 1924).
AUCHTERTOOL.
[The church of Auchtertool belonged to
the Abbey of Inchcolm.]
WILLIAM THALLAND [or SHAL-
1574 LAND, or CHILLANE], reader
from 1574-87, when he was deprived
by the General Assembly. He became
factor for William Kirkcaldy of Grange. —
[The Parish of Auchtertool, 33, 69].
JOHN MICHAELSON, M.A. ; min. in
1588 1588 ; trans, to Markinch in 1589.
JAMES TULLIS, brother of John T.,
._ min. of Wemyss, and maternal
nephew of Andrew Bennet, min. of
Monimail ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews ; M.A. (1587), adm. in 1590 ; pres.
to vicarage by James VI. before 14th May
1594; died Feb. 1603, aged about 36.
He marr. Christian Wittre, who survived
him, and had issue, John ; James. — [Edin.
Tests. ; Records of Dysart.]
DAVID MARTIN, born 1576, son of
1805 the laird of Kilgraston, Perthshire,
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (1595); pres. by James VI. 29th
March 1605 ; died after a period of infirm
health, 2nd Sept. 1636. He marr. Catherine,
daugh. of Sir John Boswell of Bahuuto,
and had issue — two sons, lawyers in King-
horn and Burntisland. — [Tombst. ; Records
of Dysart.]
vWILLIAM BELL, M.A.; pres. by
1636 Charles I. 24th Jan., and adm. 27th
Nov. 1636; trans, to Dron (his
native parish) 21st Nov. 1641.
JOSHUA MELDRUM, M.A. ; pres. by
1642 Sir Andrew Skene of Halyards Oct.
1641 ; adm. 17th Feb. ; inst. March
1642 ; trans, to Kinghorn 26th June 1651.
ANDREW WALKER, M.A. ; called by
165_ the parishioners and Kirk-Session in
Jan., and adm. 28th April 1652;
trans, to Beith, Ayrshire, before 1665.
JOHN WILKIE, son of Harry W., min.
1665 °^ ^remyss > educated at Univ. of
St Andrews ; M.A. (23rd July 1658) ;
adm. about 1665; died 18th March 1665,
aged about 27. He marr. 9th Feb. 1665,
Isobel, daugh. of David Lindsay of Pits-
candlie. — [Lamont's Diary, 176 ; Inq. Ret.
Gen., 4939.]
THOMAS LITSTER, M.A. ; ord. 29th
1665 Sept. 1665 ; trans, to Aberdour 16th
Sept. 1668.
JOHN BLAIR, M.A., min. in 1672;
1672 trans, to Scoonie 10th May 1682.
v HENRY BALFOUR of Hallbeath ; M.A.
1686 (St Andrews, 28th July 1677) ; had
testimonial for licence from Presb.
of St. Andrews 24th May 1682; adm. in
1686 ; dep. for contumacy (being a staunch
Episcopalian) 22nd June 1693 ; retired to
Hallbeath, where he died. — {Wemyss Sess.
Reg. ; Sibbald's Fife.]
MARTIN SCHANK, M.A.; called in
July, and ord. 20th Sept. 1694 ; trans,
to Newhills 29th April 1697.
ANDREW ELLIOT, born 1674; licen.
1700 ^ Presb. of Kirkcaldy 22nd Dec.
1698; called 30th Oct. 1699; ord.
29th Feb. 1700 ; elected Synod, clerk 26th
Sept. 1710; conjunct clerk 27th Sept. 1726;
died 1st July 1745. He marr. 8th Sept.
1703, Margaret Forrester, who died 6th
June 1754, and had issue — Helen.
KIRKCALDY]
AUCHTERTOOL
79
1787
HENRY MOIR, a native of Linlithgow ;
,„.„ licen. by Presb. of Linlithgow 18th
April 1733 ; assistant at St Ninians ;
pres. by James, Earl of Moray, Dec. 1745 ;
ord. 1st May 1746 ; succeeded to the estate
of his brother, the Rev. James M., D.D.,
of Edgcombe County, North Carolina, in
1767 ; died 18th June 1786. He marr. 13th
Feb. 1764, Lilias Stewart in the parish of
Linlithgow, who died 26th Feb. 1788, and
had issue — Jean, born 2nd Dec. 1764 ;
Agnes, born 12th April 1767 (marr. pro. 10th
April 1792, Alexander Cunningham, writer,
Edinburgh). Publications — Sermons on
Several Subjects and Occasions (Edinburgh,
1759) ; Faith in Christ, the First and
Principal Work in Christianity, a sermon
(Edinburgh, 1764).— [The Parish of Auchter-
tool, 81, 185.]
JOHN SCOTT, pres. by Francis, Earl of
Moray, Dec. 1786; ord. 10th May
1787 ; trans, to Dalgety 1st March
1797.
FRANCIS NICOLL, M.A.; pres. by
17 7 Francis, Earl of Moray, 26th July,
and ord. 21st Sept. 1797 ; trans, to
Mains and Strathmartine 19th Sept. 1799.
DAVID GUILD, born 12th May 1765,
son of William G., schoolmaster of
this parish ; educated at Univ. of
St Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of Kirkcaldy
6th Oct. 1790; became tutor in family of
General Wemyss of Wemyss, and that of
the Earl of Moray ; pres. by Francis, Earl of
Moray, 5th March, and ord. 8th May 1800 ;
sometime clerk of Presb. and of Synod ;
died unmarr. 9th July 1846. Publication —
Account of the Parish {New Stat. Ace, ix.).
— [The Parish of Auchtertool, 85.]
WALTER WELSH, born at Caplegill
on Moffat Water about 1799, son of
John W., merchant, Liverpool (who
was son of Walter W. and Jane Baillie, the
maternal grandfather and grandmother of
Jane Baillie Welsh (Mrs Carlyle)); educated
at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Penpont; assistant to preceding; pres. by
Francis, Earl of Moray, 23rd Nov. 1842 ;
ord. (assistant and successor) 13th Sept.
1843 ; died unmarr. 17th Dec. 1879. Thomas
1843
1886
Carlyle and his wife frequently visited the
Manse of Auchtertool, where Mrs Carlyle's
" dearest and only uncle," " sole uncle of my
house and heart," the father of the min.,
died in 1853. — [Stevenson's Auchtertool,
133-42; Thomas Carlyle's Reminiscences;
Mrs Carlyle's Letters, 143, 200.]
ANDREW MILLER, M.A. ; adm. 3rd
1880 June 188° ' trans- to Bluevale, Glas-
gow, 20th Nov. 1885.
DONALD MACMILLAN, M.A. ; trans,
from Wanlockhead, and adm. 29th
April 1886 ; trans, to Kelvinhaugh,
Glasgow, 8th July 1891 ; dem. that charge
1923. (Cf.Vol.III.,419.) Publications— Life
of Professor William Hastie, D.D. (Glasgow,
1924); The Teaching in Socialist and Prole-
tarian Sunday Schools (Glasgow, 1923).
WILLIAM STEVENSON, born Mid-
Kelton Farm, Castle-Douglas, 17th
Dec. 1852, son of Robert S. (youngest
son of James S. of Thriepwood, Renfrew-
shire) and Marion, daugh. of John Whyte-
ford, farmer, Willowyard of Beith, Ayrshire;
educated at Balmaclellan School and Univ.
of Glasgow ; M.A. (1878) ; licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow June 1881 ; assistant at Campsie
and Markinch ; ord. to Middle Parish,
Perth, 28th Sept. 1882 ; trans, and adm.
17th Dec. 1891; died 1st July 1908. He
marr. 19th Sept. 1883, Isabella Walker,
younger daugh. of Alexander Gibb, farmer,
Auchmutie, Markinch, and had issue —
Robert, Government surgeon, South Africa,
served in East Africa, born 17th Feb. 1886 ;
Isabella Walker, born 6th Aug. 1887;
William Alexander, capt. H.L.I., born
12th Feb. 1889, died of wounds at Valen-
ciennes 20th Dec. 1917 ; Alistair, capt.
R.A.M.C., born 13th Oct. 1890 ; Bertha St
John, born 13th Nov. 1891 (marr. 6th Nov.
1924, John Ernest Moir, Calcutta) ; Marion
Whyteford, born 3rd Feb. 1893, died 31st
Oct. 1894; James Whyteford, born 1st
Nov. 1894, died 28th March 1895; John
Whyteford, M.C., capt. 2nd H.L.I., born
2nd April 1896. Publications — A Short
Historical Account of the Kirk and Kirk-
Session of Markinch (Cupar, 1882) ; Lecture
on the History of St John's Church, Perth
80
AUCHTERTOOL-BUCKHAVEN-BURNTISLAND [presb. of
1903
(Perth, 1893); The Presbyterie Booke of
Kirkcaldie from 1635 to 1653 (Kirkcaldy,
1900) ; The Kirk and Parish of Auchtertool
(Kirkcaldy, 1908). — [Memoir prefixed to
Auchtertool. .]
JAMES STEWART WATT IRVINE,
born 17th Dec. 1878, son of James
1908 Stewart Watt I., min. of South
Ronaldshay ; educated at Univ.of Aberdeen;
M.A. (1900), B.D. (1903) ; licen. by Presb. of
Kirkwall in 1903 ; assistant at West Parish,
Aberdeen, and St George's, Edinburgh; ord.
3rd Dec. 1908. Marr. 14th April 1920,
Louisa, daugh. of John Macnab Macgregor,
min. of Kilmore.
BUCKHAVEN (Q.S.).
[A chapel was built here in 1902. On
6th June 1913 the parish of Buckhaven
was disjoined from Wemyss, Methil, and
Milton of Balgonie.]
. JAMES STORRY BANNERMAN, ord.
15th July 1903 ; trans, to Newcastle-
upon-Tyne 28th Oct. 1904 ; min. of
Carntyne in 1913 (q.v.).
JOHN MACKECHNIE, trans, from
Beach Mission, Broughty Ferry,
1905 23rd Feb. 1905 ; trans, to Stronsay
17th Dec. 1907.
ALEXANDER COLIN HENDERSON,
M.A., B.D. ; sometime min. of Delt-
1908 ing ; adm. 18th June 1908 ; trans, to
Whalsay 8th Sept. 1910.
WILLIAM DUNLOP, born Patna, Ayr-
shire, 3rd Nov. 1866, son of James
1911 D. and Agnes Galbraith; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Ayr 4th May 1892 ; assistant at Coltness
in 1902; missionary at Buckhaven; ord.
to Caledonian Church, London, 18th Oct.
1906 ; trans, and adm. 23rd March 1911 ;
adm. first min. of parish 7th June 1913;
dem. July 1923. Marr. 19th Aug. 1908,
Mary Grant Watson.
JOHN W. SPENCE, born Arbroath
19th June 1892, son of John S., min.
1923 of St Modan's, Falkirk, and Janet
Johnson ; educated at Westminster School
and George Watson's College and Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
1922; assistant at St George's-in-the-Fields,
Glasgow ; ord. 27th Sept. 1923. Marr. (1)
20th Feb. 1914, Mary Ann (died 17th Aug.
1920), daugh. of John Pennycook, and has
issue— Mary Evelyn, born 4th March 1915 :
(2) 2nd Jan. 1921, Jemima Young, daugh.
of John Walker.
BURNTISLAND.
[In old times this parish is often styled
Kinghorn Wester or Little Kinghorn. It
was at an early time disjoined from King-
horn, always of old called Kingorn. The
Parish Church was dedicated to St Serf.
It belonged to the Abbey of Dunfermline.
The ruins of the old church still stand at
the Kirktoun. It consisted of a nave and
chancel about seventy feet long. In 1592 a
new and much larger church was built in the
town, on a heugh overlooking the sea. On
12th May 1601, when this modern church
was still new, the General Assembly met in
it. In that year there was a bad outbreak
of plague in Edinburgh, and in various
other populous places. Therefore the
Assembly was called to meet at Burnt-
island, which had a clean bill of health.
King James VI. himself attended that
Burntisland Assembly, and took an active
part in its work. It was then that His
Majesty called the attention of the Church to
the need of a new and authoritative version
of the Scriptures in English. The Assembly
heartily took up the idea and appointed a
committee to further it. In 1603, however,
King James succeeded to the English throne,
and his scheme for the revision of the Bible
was carried out in England, resulting in the
Authorised Version of 1611. The Parish
Church, in which the Assembly met, is a,
quaintly foreign-looking building. It is
said to be the work of a Dutch architect.
Fairs of St Serf, St Peter, and St Clement
were held at Burntisland.]
JOHN BROWN, exhorter in 1567;
1667 reader from 1574 to 1589.
ANDREW LAMB, min. in 1593 ; trans.
1593 to Arbroath in 1596.
KIRKCALDY]
BURNTISLAND
81
WILLIAM SYMSON, min. in 1597;
_5g7 granted liberty by General Assembly,
21st March 1600, to take another
charge, as the Crown had refused to pay
him any stipend ; trans, to Dunbarton in
1601.
WILLIAM WATSON, trans, from Old
1601 Kirk, Edinburgh, and adm. by a
committee of Assembly with advice
of King James VI. in 1601 ; was one of
eight mins. summoned to London by the
King 21st May 1606 to confer with him
with a view to carrying measures opposed
to the former ecclesiastical policy. After
an absence in London for five months the
Session demanded his demission and he
was ordered to confine himself to his own
parish. This was recalled when certain
articles were agreed to at Falkland 16th
June 1608. In consequence of a riot in
the burgh to which he gave countenance
he was dismissed by the Privy Council
and ordered to transport himself out of the
burgh before 10th Jan. 1616. These per-
secutions, however, rendered him only more
popular with his parishioners. On 12th
May 1609 the King assigned him 500 merks
for stipend, which sum he bequeathed for the
support of the minister in all time coming.
He was trans, to Markinch in 1616.
JOHN MICHAELSON, M.A. (St
161_ Andrews 1583) ; adm. to Auchter-
tool about 1588; trans, to Markinch
in 1589 ; signed petition against the intro-
duction of Episcopacy, 1st July 1606, but
showed his inconsistency by being nomin-
ated Constant Moderator of Presb. by
Assembly, Dec. that year ; was a member
of the Episcopal party at the conference at
Falkland 4th May 1609 ; app. clerk of the
Diocesan Synod of St Andrews 9th Oct.
1610; trans, and adm. 25th Jan. 1616;
D.D. (1621) ; was one of the Commissioners
for Church Discipline 21st Oct. 1634 ; dep.
for contumacy 7th Feb. 1639. Being called
upon to subscribe the Covenant 12th March
1640, he excused himself on the ground of
age and inability to travel but was given
from 19th March till Whitsunday to comply,
and on 9th July he was appointed to make his
repentance within the Kirk of Burntisland,
VOL. V.
but did not do so. He marr. (1) Eupham,
probably daugh. of John Halkhead, burgess
of Kirkcaldy, and had issue — Agnes (marr.
1623, Kichard Boss, burgess of Burntisland),
died 1651 ; John, went to England, pres. to
Chelmsford in 1623, died 1674; Andrew,
declined the Covenant, and fled to England
in 1640 : (2) Isabella Orrok, and had issue —
Isabella, served heir to her mother 2nd May
1633. Publications — The Lawfulness of
Kneeling at Communion (printed by Baban,
St Andrews, 1620) ; contributed Latin verses
to The Pearle of Prayer by William Nairn,
parson of Dysart (Edinburgh, 1630). — [Reg.
Sec. Sig. ; Maitland Miscell. ; Inq. Ret. Fife,
486; Fife Sas. Sec. Reg., ii., 293; Records of
Dysart ; Baillie's Letters ; Leishman's John
Michaelson (Scot. Feci. Soc. Trans., 1924).]
ANDBEW LESLY, M.A. (St Andrews
1640 1625); adm. 30th Jan. 1640; pres.
by Charles I. 17th July, and coll.
22nd Dec. 1641 ; died 4th April 1643, aged
about 38. — [Reg. Sec. Sig.]
JOHN SMITH, M.A.; trans, from
164„ Leslie; pres. by Charles I. 24th
July, and adm. 18th Oct. 1643 ;
trans, to Trinity Parish, Edinburgh, 17th
March 1648.
GEOBGE NAIENE, brother of Alex-
164g ander N., factor of the barony of
Aberdour; was on the Exercise in
the Presb. of St Andrews 19th April 1643 ;
adm. to Cameron 6th May 1646 ; called
25th Feb., trans, and adm. 15th Aug. 1649 ;
gave in a protest to the Presb. 3rd Dec.
1651 against the Public Besolutions. He
and nine other mins., who had met in a
private house to draw up a supplication
to Charles II., were seized and committed
to the Castle of Edinburgh 23rd Aug. 1660,
and his stipend sequestrated by the Com-
mittee of Estates 25th Sept. that year ;
deprived by Act of Parliament 11th June,
and Decreet of Privy Council 1st Oct.
1662; died at Finglassie June 1670. He
marr. Elizabeth (died before 3rd Sept.
1681), daugh. of John Stevenson, citizen
of St Andrews, and had issue — Elizabeth ;
Cecilia.— [Fife Sher. Court Deeds, 15th Aug.
1658; St Andrews Tests.; Acts of Farl.,vii.,
82
BURNTISLAND
[PEESB. OF
56 ; App. 21, 66 ; Lamont's Diary ; Inq.
Ret. Gen., 6327 ; Fife Sas., vi., 194.]
HARRY MALCOLM, M.A. ; adm. 17th
June 1663 ; trans, to Bendochy,
having preached only one Sunday
after July that year.
WILLIAM LIVINGSTON, M.A. (St
Andrews 1631); was a preacher in
Presb. of Perth 11th April 1638;
adm. to Dunbog in 1641 ; trans, to Falk-
land 25th Dec. 1645; pres. by Charles II.
4th June, trans, and adm. 10th Sept. 1663 ;
was imprisoned 3rd Sept. 1672, for corre-
sponding with Holland. He marr. Agnes
Lindsay, and had issue— Mary (marr. (1)
William Pierson, min. of Stirling: (2)
Alexander Burgess, min. of Temple). —
[Beg. Sec. Sig. ; G. R. Inhib., 17th April
1662; G. R. Homings, 29th Jan. 1686;
Fife Sas., iii., 109.]
GEORGE CLARK, eldest son of George
C. of Crowley, and Anna, daugh. of
Patrick Hay of Burnthill ; had an
Act of Assembly concerning him 22nd July,
and a recommendation 9th Aug. 1648, and
Act of Parliament 1st Aug. 1649; pres.
by Charles II., and adm. 1st Aug. 1672 ;
strangled himself in his house 7th June
1688. The escheat of his estate was given
22nd June that year to Andrew Irving,
merchant, Edinburgh. He marr. (cont.
19th March 1670), Isobel, daugh. of John
Fraser of Kinmudy, and had issue —
Alexander, merchant in Cracow in 1705 ;
Margaret ; John ; Andrew ; Charles ;
Robert ; Peter ; Anna. — [Acts of Pari., vi.
ii. 517 ; G. R. Sas., xxxiii., 235 ; Privy
Seal Eng. Reg., iv., 304 ; Reg. of Deeds,
Durie, 20th July 1675.]
GEORGE JOHNSTON, born 1643
1688 M.A. (Edinburgh, 14th July 1659)
adm. to Fala and Soutra 12th Jan
1683 ; pres. by James VII. 17th July 1688
dep. 20th Nov. 1691 for contumacy. He
resided in Niddry's Wynd and had a meet-
ing-house in Barringer's Close, Edinburgh ;
died 20th Feb. 1729. Publication — Several
Poems. — [Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Greyfriars
Burials ; Charteris' Scot. Writers.]
JAMES PITCAIRN, caUed in 1688;
1688 trans, to Kettle 15th April 1691.
JAMES INGLIS of St Leonards,
1693 f°rmerly °f First Charge, Holyrood-
house (q.v.); adm. to St Martins
1st Feb. 1677 ; dep. after 21st Sept. 1681 ;
reponed and returned prior 6th Dec. 1688 ;
called 8th March 1692; adm. 15th Aug.
1693; suspended 24th May 1699 for
erroneous doctrine and negligence in
ministerial duty ; purchased estate of St
Leonards, Berwickshire. He marr. Eliza-
beth, daugh. of John Holborn of Menstrie,
and had issue — John ; Cornelius.
1701
JOHN CLEGHORN, M.A. ; called 26th
March, and ord. 7th May 1701 ; trans,
to Wemyss 7th Feb. 1711.
[Calls were moderated in favour of
Ebenezer Erskine, min. of Portmoak, and
William Duguid, who had been licen. by
the Presb. of Kirkcaldy 24th July 1710,
and had obtained a presentation from
Queen Anne 11th Nov. 1712. This being
the first presentation after the restoration
of patronage, gave rise to much opposition
to the presentee, who, on account of his
insolent behaviour to the Church Courts,
was deprived of his licence by the General
Assembly 9th May 1713. He was ord. by
William, Bishop of Carlisle, 1714, and
officiated at Arbroath and at Burntisland
as an Episcopal clergyman.]
HENRY ROBIN, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1714 3rd July 1693); licen. by Presb. of
Haddington 18th Nov. 1697 ; assist-
ant at Orphir ; ord. to Alva 27th Sept. 1699 ;
called by the Presb. jure devoluto 5th July,
trans, and adm. 14th Sept. 1714 ; dep. for
adultery Aug. 1718; died Jan. 1734, aged
about 61. He marr. (1) 24th July 1700,
Anna, daugh. of John Haldan of Myre-
toun : (2) July 1705, Annabell, daugh. of
William Livingston of Greenyards, and
had issue— William ; Jean : (3) April 1708,
Agnes, daugh. of David Williamson, min.
of St Cutbbert's, Edinburgh, and had
issue — David ; Katherine. — [Greyfriars
Burials ; Services of HeirsJ]
KIRKCALDY]
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83
JAMES THOMSON, born 1683, son of
-„._ James T. in Finmont, Kinglassie
educated at Univ. of St Andrews
licen. by Presb. of Cupar 23rd April 1712
called 3rd March, and ord. 7th May 1719
joined the Associate Presb. 7th June
1738; dep. with seven others 15th May
1740 ; became first min. of the Antiburgher
Congregation, Burntisland ; had a call to
Jedburgh Associate Congregation in 1742,
but Presb. refused translation ; died May
1766. He marr. 14th Aug. 1719, Mary,
second daugh. of John Drew, merchant,
Glasgow. — [Small's Hist, of U.P. Congs.,
ii., 362.]
ROBERT SPEARS, born 1700, son of
174„ Robert S., Bo'ness, and Margaret
Stewart ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; MA. (1st May 1719); licen. by
Presb. of Linlithgow 30th Aug. 1727 ; ord.
to Second Charge, Linlithgow, 3rd April
1728 ; called 27th July, trans, and adm.
15th Sept. 1743 ; elected Synod clerk 10th
April 1759, which office he dem. 8th April
1777 ; died 14th Oct. 1773. He marr. 9th
Nov. 1732, Jane (died 10th July 1768),
daugh. of Alexander Dalgleish, min. of
Linlithgow, and had issue — Alexander,
min. of Kirkcaldy, born 11th Aug. 1733 ;
Susanna, born 12th Sept. 1734 (marr. David
Swan, min. of Scoonie) ; Margaret, born
28th Feb. 1738 (marr. Robert Dalgleish of
Scotscraig, min. of Ferryport-on-Craig) ;
Hannah, born 12th April 1740 (marr. July
1767, Vice -Admiral Sir William George
Fairfax), died 12th May 1770; Robert,
born 15th Feb. 1742; William, born 21st
March 1744, died 11th March 1765;
Cumberland, born 24th Aug. 1745, died
21st June 1766 ; Jean, born 5th April 1750.
JAMES WEMYSS, born 1750, second
177g son of John W., Mains of Bogie, and
Cecil, daugh. of Robert Durie ; edu-
cated at Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A. ;
licen. by Presb. of Kirkcaldy 23rd July
1773 ; pres. by George III. 4th March, and
ord. 9th Sept. 1779; died 2nd Feb. 1822.
He marr. 1st Oct. 1783, Christian (died
28th March 1834, aged 75), daugh. of
Samuel Charters, solicitor, of H.M.
Customs in Scotland, and had issue —
John, born 11th June 1784, died 23rd
April 1785; Samuel, born 17th Jan. 1786,
drowned ; Christian, born 5th Sept. 1787,
died 20th Feb. 1870 ; Cecil, born 25th Oct.
1789 ; Margaret, born 22nd Oct. 1791, died
20th Dec. 1882 ; Sir James of Bogie, Bart.,
W.S., born 30th April 1795, died 31st Dec.
1849 ; Agnes, born 19th April 1797 ; Janet,
born 1799 (marr. 31st Aug. 1826, James
Leven, W.S.), died 26th June 1891. Pub-
lications— A Scriptural View of Kings
and Magistrates, and the Subjection and
Obedience all Christians ought to yield
unto them, a sermon (Edinburgh, 1794) ;
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, iv., xxi.]
CHARLES WATSON, born Edinburgh,
1820 22nd Jan. 1794, son of Charles W.,
cabinetmaker, Greenside, and Eliza-
beth, daugh. of Patrick Heron (Heron's
Court, Edinburgh); educated at the High
School and Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A.
(28th May 1833) ; licen. by Presb. of Edin-
burgh 27th Aug. 1817 ; pres. by George IV.
in March, and ord. (assistant and successor)
30th June 1820; D.D. (Aberdeen, Sept.
1833) ; dem. on account of weakness of
voice 5th April 1837. Joined the Free
Church in 1843; died at Edinburgh 11th
Aug. 1866. He marr. 1st June 1821, Isa-
bella (died 31st Dec. 1887), daugh. of
Robert Boog, Edinburgh, and Robina
Elizabeth Anderson, and had issue —
Charles, D.D., min. of the Free Church,
Largs, author of a Commentary on the
First Epistle of John, born 23rd Feb.
1822, died 14th Jan. 1908; Robert Boog,
LL.D., chaplain to the Forces in the
Crimea and Indian Mutiny, afterwards
Free Church min. at Madeira and Cardross,
a noted conchologist and geologist, one of
the staff of the Challenger, born 26th Sept.
1823, died 13th June 1910; Elizabeth
Robina Anderson, born 13th March 1825
(marr. 16th Aug. 1849, Alexander Gordon
MacGillivray,min.of RoseburnFree Church,
Edinburgh), died 12th Sept. 1909 ; William
Creech, born 28th Aug. 1826, died 1st April
1828; Isabel Heron, born 16th Aug. 1828,
died 1st Feb. 1831 ; Jane Christian, born
28th Aug. 1830, died 9th Feb. 1831 ; Sir
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[PRESB. OF
Patrick Heron, M.D., LL.D., an eminent
Edinburgh surgeon, born 5th Jan. 1832,
died 21st Dec. 1907 ; Margaret, born 6th
Aug. 1833, died 20th Oct. 1834; David
Matthew, papermaker, Bullionfield, born
3rd March 1835, died 14th Oct. 1904;
Isabella Barbara, born 28th June 1837,
died 7th Dec. 1847 ; David Tassie, born 7th
March 1839, died 23rd March 1840; Ann
Agatha, born 25th May 1841 (marr. 12th
Jan. 1864, John Macpherson, merchant,
New Zealand), died at San Diego, Calif ornia,
13th April 1916. Publications — Hints on
Christian Experience (Edinburgh, 1825 ;
2nd edition, 1833) ; Three Addresses on
Subjects connected with the Lord's Supper
(Edinburgh, 1827; 3rd edition, 1832);
Preparation for Death (Edinburgh, 1828) ;
Prayers for Young Persons (Edinburgh,
1831) ; Prayers for the Use of Families
(Edinburgh and London, twenty edi-
tions, 1832-1860) ; Memoir of Dr Andrew
Thomson (prefixed to Sermons and Sacra-
mental Exhortations) (Edinburgh, 1831);
A help to Family Prayer (Edinburgh,
1839) ; On the Intercession of Christ ;
Divine Efficiency the Source of Christian
Activity; The Gospel History of the Four
Evangelists. He was sometime Editor of
The Christian Instructor. — [C. B. Boog
Watson's Alexander Cowan : his Kinsfolk
and Connections!]
JOHN AIRMAN WALLACE, pres. by
1827 George IV. in Aug., and ord. (assist-
ant and successor) 25th Oct. 1827;
trans, to Hawick 10th May 1833.
DAVID COUPER, born 1809, son of
1834 J°nn C-> manufacturer, Dunfermline ;
educated at Univs. of St Andrews
and Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Dun-
fermline 28th Sept. 1831 ; pres. by William
IV. in April, and ord. (assistant and suc-
cessor) 15th May 1834. Joined the Free
Church in 1843 ; min. of Free Church,
Burntisland, 1843-82 ; died 20th March
1882. He marr. 16th Sept. 1845, Mary
Bertram (died 5th May 1909), daugh. of
Stephen Williamson, surgeon, Anstruther,
and had issue — Mary Elizabeth, born 20th
July 1846, died 5th Feb. 1851 ; Isabella,
born 2nd Oct. 1848. Publications — Dying
in the Lord, two discourses (Edinburgh,
1847); Scottish Prelacy and Tractarianism,
six numbers (Burntisland, 1850) ; God's
Voice in the Storm, a sermon (Edinburgh,
1868, Burntisland, 1878); Account of the
Parish {New Stat. Ace, ix.) ; Sermon VIII.,
Lecture XXIII. (Free Church Pidpit, i.,
iii.).
ROBERT WILLIAM FRASER, M.A. ;
pres. by Queen Victoria 19th July,
and ord. 8th Sept. 1843; trans, to
St John's, Edinburgh, 21st March 1844.
JAMES MACKINTOSH, M.A. ; ord.
(by Presb. of Tain) first min. of
St James's Church, Charlottetown,
Prince Edward Island, 10th Aug. 1830 ;
pres. by Queen Victoria 27th March, and
adni. to this parish 2nd May 1844 ; dep.
10th April 1848 ; died 9th June 1856. He
marr. 18th March 1835, Matilda Williams,
who died 23rd Aug. 1895, and had issue —
James Mackenzie, born 25th May 1836 ;
Henry Williams, born 31st Jan. 1838; John
Scott, born 11th Nov. 1839; Eliza Male,
born 10th June 1841.
1849
JOHN ROBIN, born 13th Dec. 1820,
son of Robert R., farmer, and Sarah
Adam ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh; ord. to Northesk 26th Dec. 1845;
pres. by Queen Victoria 30th April, trans,
and adm. 29th June 1849 ; died in Edin-
burgh 8th Dec. 1891. He marr. 2nd June
1851, Mary Smith (born 7th Aug. 1825,
died 22nd Nov. 1887) and had issue— John,
born 6th, died 29th May 1852 ; Mary, born
11th Oct. 1853; John, born 20th June
1855 ; Martha, born 30th Aug. 1857. Pub-
lication — Added Years, a sermon (Edin-
burgh, 1853).
JAMES EDGAR HILL, M.A., B.D. ;
ord. (assistant and successor) in
1873; trans, to St Paul's, Dundee,
5th April 1877.
ROBERT JAMES CAMERON, born
Nova Scotia, 1843, son of Donald
O, railway contractor, and Elizabeth
Dunbar ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. and ord. by Presb. of Glasgow to St
Andrew's Church, St John's, New Bruns-
1873
1877
KIRKCALDY]
BURNTISLAND — D YS ART
85
wick ; adm. (assistant and successor) here
20th Sept. 1877; died 5th Dec. 1879. He
marr. Ann Fraser.
JOHN MACALISTEE THOMSON,
born 12th Jan. 1830, eldest son of
Henry T., merchant, Bonhill ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1849);
ord. to Penicuik 2nd March 1854 ; trans.
to Third Charge, Stirling, 8th Nov. 1855 ;
app. chaplain at Calcutta 22nd June 1859 ;
trans, to Meerut in 1863 ; trans, to St
Andrew's Church, Calcutta, 1867-79; ind.
(assistant and successor) 18th and died
suddenly in pulpit Sunday 28th March
1880. He marr. 23rd June 1858, Frances
Ann Bobertson, daugh. of James Paterson,
M.D., 42nd Highlanders, and had issue —
Henry Sinclair, born 25th April 1859, died
at Rungamath, Buxa, Dooars, 13th Nov.
1899 ; Ada Jemima, born Meerut, 26th
Nov. 1862, died 4th Sept. 1866; Donald
Sinclair, born 17th Sept. 1869, died 27th
Oct. 1879.
JOSEPH SAGE FINLAYSON, born
1880 ■Perth> 5tri March 1849, son of Alex-
ander F., and Mary Sage ; educated
at Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (1873);
licen. by Presb. of St Andrews 17th May
1877 ; assistant at St Andrew's, Glasgow,
and Trinity, Edinburgh ; ord. (assistant
and successor) 21st Oct. 1880; died 2nd
Sept. 1909. He marr. 21st April 1881,
Jamesina, daugh. of James Macdonald,
Moraystone, Petty, Inverness-shire, and had
issue — James Macdonald, min. of Lonmay ;
Alexander Wilson, min. of Campsie ;
William Logie, min. of Kirkpatrick-Juxta,
born 1st April 1887 ; Joseph Sage, lieut.
7th Black Watch and King's African Rifles,
born 22nd Aug. 1888 ; Alfred, 2nd officer
Transport Service, born 21st May 1891.
1910
JOHN ROGAN [or RUGGAN], born
Crawford, Lanarkshire, 8th Oct.
1869, son of William R., and Eliza-
beth Maxwell ; educated at Hutcheson's
Grammar School and Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1894); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
Oct. 1897; assistant at Gartsherrie; ord. to
Assynt 8th June 1898 ; trans, to Logie-
Coldstone 7th March 1902 ; trans, and adm.
2nd March 1910 ; resumed name of Rogan
Aug. 1918. Marr. 3rd June 1902, Christian
Ann, daugh. of Thomas M'Ghie, Burnbrae,
Rutherglen, and Mary Maxwell, and has
issue — Mary Burns, born 11th March 1903
Elizabeth Agnes, born 23rd June 1904
Christian Anne, born 19th Oct. 1905
William Henry, born 1st Jan. 1908 ; John
M'Ghie, born 3rd July 1913. Publication-
Edited with a Biographical Sketch, A
Legacy from, a Scottish Manse, by John
A. Ireland, minister of Gartsherrie (London,
1918).
DYSART, First Charge.
[The old church of Dysart is dedicated
to St Serf. It is now a picturesquely placed
ruin, about 135 feet long, with a noble
tower. Near the old church is St Serf's
Cave, which has been utilised as a hermitage.
The parish of Dysart was a prebend of the
Collegiate Church of St Mary on the Kirk
Heugh at St Andrews. A Second Charge
for this parish has existed since 1607. A
new parish church was built in 1802.
There was within the bounds a chapel of
St Denys.]
ROBERT DANIELSTON, mentioned
1560 as rector in 1560. He probably con-
formed to Protestantism.
ANDREW FORRESTER, made intima-
156 tion to various persons 21st Oct.
1565 of an assignation in his favour,
by the Abbot of Lindores of certain sums
of money and victual which they should
have paid to the said abbot. In 1567
Wemyss and Methil were also in his charge ;
trans, to Falkirk before 1574.
GEORGE SCOTT, brother of Thomas
1574 S. of Abbotshall ; adm. to Kirkcaldy
before 14th Dec. 1560; pres. by
James VI. 25th May 1574, when Kirkcaldy
and Wemyss were also in his charge ; was
a member of Assembly March 1574 and
Oct. 1581 ; dem. before 25th Oct., and died
2nd Nov. 1582 and was buried at Kirkcaldy.
He marr. Katherine Melvill, who survived
him.— [Reg. Pres. ; Edin. Tests. ; Boohe of
the Kirk ; Muir's Gleanings, 27.]
86
DYSART
[presb. or
JOHN YOUNG, eldest son of John
Y., burgess of Edinburgh ; pres. by
James VI. 24th Nov. 1582; died
before 10th Nov. 1584, and had issue-
John, died before 21st Nov. 1584.— {Reg.
Sec. Sig., xli. 115, li. .168 ; Muir's Glean-
ings, 27.]
THOMAS WOOD, pres. by James VI.
25th Nov. 1584, but probably not
1584
settled.
1584
WILLIAM MURRAY, second son of
Patrick M. of Woodend and Eliza-
beth, daugh. of David Murray of
Carsehead ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews; M.A. (1582); pres. by James
VI. 9th March 1584-5 ; was an unsuccessful
applicant for the Archbishopric of Glasgow
in 1615 ; died Sept. 1616, aged about 55.
He marr. Margaret, daugh. of David Murray
of Lochmiln, who survived him, and had
issue — William, created Earl of Dysart and
Lord Huntingtower 3rd Aug. 1643, died
about 1651 ; Margaret (marr. John Paterson,
min. of Oldhamstocks) ; Jean. — [Scots
Peerage, iii., 398 ; St Andrews Tests. ;
Muir's Gleanings, 28 ; Records of Dysart ;
G. R. Jnhib., x\., 357 ; Booke of the Kirk.~\
WILLIAM NAIRN, M.A. (Glasgow
1603); ord. to Kippen Dec. 1604;
pres. by Margaret, Lady Sinclair, 1st
Nov. 1616 ; coll. 21st July, and inst. 22nd
Aug. 1617 ; got leave, 30th Sept. 1630, from
Presb. to go to London "as the benefice
is likely to be wronged " ; died Jan.
1653, aged about 70. He marr. (1)
and had issue — Margaret ; Elizabeth
(probably marr. David Adamson, min. of
Fintry) : (2) Nov. 1627, Margaret Cock-
burn, and had issue — Walter, major in the
Army; Barbara: (3) 18th Nov. 1640,
Margaret Sibbald, who survived him.
Publications — Christ's Starre (London,
1625); The Pearle of Prayer, most pretioiis
and powerful (Edinburgh, 1630). — [St
Andrews Tests. ; Sed.-Book of Teinds ;
Lamont's Diary, 52 ; Muir's Gleanings,
28 ; Records of Dysart, 45 ; Fife Hom-
ings, xxvi., 269.]
1654
1664
[1649 JOHN AULD, reader.]
JAMES WILSON, brother of David
W., portioner of Pitblae ; M.A. (St
Andrews 1638) ; became tutor to
John, Earl of Rothes ; was adm. to the
Exercise of St Andrews 22nd March 1643 ;
adm. to Second Charge, 22nd May 1644 ;
gave in a protest to the Presb. against the
Public Resolutions 3rd Dec. 1651 ; trans,
and adm. about 1654 ; dep. in 1661 through
instrumentality of John, Lord Sinclair, by
reason of some things that passed between
them during the Engagement in 1648. He
marr. (1) Margaret Allan : (2) 23rd Jan.
1645, Mary Wood, and had issue — John ;
Sara ; Margaret. — [Lamont's Diary, 141 ;
Muir's Gleanings, 28, 76; Fife Homings,
xxvi., 416.]
JOHN ROBERTSON, trans, from
Second Charge, Kirkcaldy ; pres.
by John, Lord Sinclair, in Aug.,
and adm. 29th Oct. 1661 ; trans, to Grey-
friars, Edinburgh, 6th Nov. 1662.
JOHN ANDERSON of Balram ; M.A.
(Glasgow, 1654) ; adm. to Saline
28th Sept. 1659 ; pres. by John,
Lord Sinclair, with consent of John Sin-
clair of Herdmanston, his heir, 19th March,
and coll. 17th Nov. 1663 ; adm. 20th Jan.
1664; died between 6th March and 18th
Sept. 1707, aged about 73. He marr. 8th
Nov. 1662, Helen Ramsay, and had issue —
Andrew of Balram ; Robert ; Marion, born
1665 (marr. 26th March 1687, Sir John
Lauder of Fountainhall, Lord of Session) ;
Jean ; Margaret ; Helen. — [Lamont's Diary,
169 ; Fountainhall's Diary ; Services of
Heirs ; Muir's Gleanings, 28 ; G. R. Hom-
ings, 17th April 1672, 28th June 1688; Fife
Sas., xiv., 61.]
DAVID PITCAIRN, born 1672, son of
James P., min. of Kettle ; educated
at Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A. (30th
Aug. 1693); ord. to Creich 27th Aug.
1695 ; for refusing to go to the North
and supply vacant pulpits, he was sus-
pended by Commission of Assembly, and
the church declared vacant 15th Sept.
1700; app. chaplain to 26th Foot, and
sentence of suspension taken off by
Assembly 31st March 1705; called 23rd
1708
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DYSART
87
1757
Dec. 1707; adm. 8th Jan. 1708; died
Father of the Church 18th April 1757.
He marr. 1st July 1708, Catherine (born
12th May 1682, died 3rd March 1758),
daugh. of William Hamilton of Wishaw,
and had issue — Henry, born 12th Sept.
1709; Margaret, born 24th Sept. 1710;
William, M.D., President Royal College
of Physicians, born 9th May 1712, died
23rd Nov. 1791; James, born 1713;
Archibald, born 1714 ; Elizabeth, born
1715; David, born 1717; Jean, born 1718;
Mary, born 1719 ; Charles ; John, major
of Marines, fired first shot in American
War, born 1722, killed at Bunker's Hill,
19th April 1775; Robert, born 1728 —
Douglas's Baron., 479 ; Scots Peerage, ii.,
51 ; Anderson's House of Hamilton ; Scots
Mag., lxxxi. ; The Fife Pitcairns, 417.]
PATRICK MUIRHEAD,born 20th Oct.
1718, younger son of John M. of
Teggetsheugh ; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 31st Oct. 1750; ord. to Second
Charge 10th May 1753; pres. by General
James St Clair of St Clair in Oct., trans.
and adm. 24th Nov. 1757 ; D.D. (Glasgow
1776); died 17th Feb. 1807. With his
brother John of Teggetsheugh he gave
£100 for yearly prizes in the Humanity
Class at Glasgow Univ. He marr. 14th
Feb. 1761, Elizabeth (died 14th Feb. 1779),
daugh. of John Muirhead, min. of Glas-
ford, and had issue — John, born 16th July
1762, died 20th Dec. 1772 ; George, D.D.,
min. of Cramond, born 11th Feb. 1764;
Lockhart, professor of Natural History,
Glasgow, born 30th Nov. 1765, died 23rd
July 1829; Betty, born 20th June 1767,
died 18th May 1771 ; Janet, born 27th
Feb. 1769; William, born 14th Aug., and
died 3rd Sept. 1770; James, born 11th
Dec. 1772, died 19th July 1787 ; Margaret,
born 21st July 1773, died 5th Nov. 1788;
Ann, born 23rd June, and died 13th Dec.
1775 ; Jean, born 6th Feb. 1777, died 20th
Oct. 1779.
GEORGE MUIRHEAD, son of pre-
ceding ; trans, from Second Charge ;
pres. by James, Earl of Rosslyn, and
adm. 10th June 1807 ; trans, to Cramond
24th Oct. 1816.
1829
* PETER BROTHERSTON, trans, from
1816 Second Charge ; pres. by James, Earl
of Rosslyn, in Nov., and adm. 2nd
Dec. 1816 ; trans, to Alloa 26th Nov. 1828.
DAVID MURRAY, born 26th March
1787, son of David M., brewer's
servant, Leith ; licen. by Presb. of
Selkirk 5th July 1808; ord. to St Andrew's,
Church, Dunfermline, 23rd Dec. 1813;
trans, to Second Charge, Dysart, 23rd
Jan. 1817 ; trans, to St David's Parish,
Dundee, 27th Nov. 1823 ; pres. by James,
Earl of Rosslyn, Dec. 1828 ; trans, and
adm. 19th Feb. 1829 ; died 9th July 1850.
He marr. 11th Jan. 1814, Margaret Suther-
land (died 18th Oct. 1845), and had issue
— Catherine Stevenson Wilson, born 31st
Oct. 1814; David, born 3rd May 1816,
died 19th July 1830; John Sutherland,
born 12th May 1818; Margaret Mackie,
born 10th July 1820; Lucy Hay, born
5th Dec. 1822 (marr. William Anderson,
min. of Walls and Flotta) ; Alexander
Pitcairn, born 10th Sept. 1824 ; Lavinia
Salmon, born 28th Jan. 1827. Publica-
tions— The Blessedness of Early Religion
exemplified in the History of Elizabeth
Nicol (Edinburgh, 1821); The Parent's
and Teacher's Assistant (1826) ; Sermons
(Edinburgh, 1844) ; The Biblical Student's
Assistant, by "Clericus" (Edinburgh, 1844);
Account of the Parish {New Stat. Ace, ix.).
WILLIAM MUIR, born Paisley, 30th
1850 Aug. 1794, eldest son of William
M., rector of the Burgh School ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow; ord. to
Temple 19th Nov. 1839 ; trans, to Second
Charge, 21st Sept. 1843 ; pres. by James,
Earl of Rosslyn ; trans, and adm. 2nd
Oct. 1850 ; died 1st Dec. 1864. He marr.
(1) Christian Bain, who died 24th Jan.
1845, and had issue — Christian, born 1st
Jan., and died 4th April 1829; William,
born 28th Feb. 1830, died 22nd July 1849 ;
Margaret, born 16th Jan., and died 15th
Oct. 1832; James, born 24th Sept. 1833,
died 20th Dec. 1836; Jean, born 20th
March 1836, died 12th March 1837 ; Mar-
garet, born 18th Jan. 1838 ; Jean, born
9th July 1839 ; James, born 20th Aug.
1841 : (2) 25th Dec. 1850, Margaret Robert-
88
DYSART
[PEESB. OF
son, who died 25th Jan. 1889. He was
a great antiquary. Publications — Notices
from the Local Records of Dysart from
1534 [Maitland Club] (Glasgow, 1853) ; The
Antiquities of Dysart (Kirkcaldy, 1855) ;
Gleanings from the Records of Dysart,
1545-1796 (Edinburgh, 1862).
JAMES SIMPSON, born 18th March
1821, eldest son of James S., merch-
1865 ant, Falkirk ; educated at Eelief
Theological Hall and Univ. of Glasgow.
Joined the Church of Scotland ; missionary
at Buchlyvie in 1850; ord. to Port Brae
Chapel, Kirkcaldy, 1857 ; trans, to Second
Charge, 26th Jan. 1860 ; trans, and adm.
17th May 1865; LL.D. (U.S.A.); died
at Peebles, 17th June 1901, and interred
there. He was blind for many years before
his death. He marr. 4th June 1861, Mary
(died 6th Sept. 1917), daugh. of David
Edward of Balruddery, and had issue
— Mary, born 17th June 1862; James
Christian, M.D., captain R.A.M.C., a rarely
gifted physician, born 12th May 1866, died
at Cambridge, 27th June 1919.
JOHN WAUGH GIBSON of Hali-
ng,., fields, born Symington, 11th May
1837, son of Laurence G. and Mary
Waugh ; educated at Symington School
and Braidwood Academy and Univ. of
Edinburgh; M.A. (1861); licen. by Presb.
of Kirkcaldy in 1865 ; assistant at Gala-
shiels ; ord. to Second Charge 1st Sept.
1865 ; trans, and adm. (assistant and
successor) 30th Sept. 1874 ; died 21st Aug.
1906. He marr. 23rd July 1878, Catherine
Elizabeth, only daugh. of William Poison,
min. of Wemyss, and had issue — Laurence
James Douglas, M.A., B.Sc, M.I.C.E.,
captain Transport Corps, born 8th April
1879 ; William Poison Scott, captain Black
Watch, born 12th March 1882; Arthur
John Howieson, min. of St Andrew's,
Glasgow, born 20th Oct. 1883; Herbert
Robert Burnett, lieu t. -colonel I. M.S., born
12th June 1885.
HUGH MENZIES, born Gifford, 1869,
son of James M. and Jane Easman ;
educated at Falkirk High School
and Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (1894)
1907
B.D., (1897) ; licen. by Presb. of Linlithgow
12th May 1897 ; assistant at Laurieston,
Glasgow, 1897 ; ord. to Kirkmahoe 3rd
March 1898 ; trans, and adm. 6th March
1907. Marr. (1) 2nd June 1898, Jessie
Nicholas (died 21st May 1912), daugh. of
Robert Nelson, Pollokshields, and has issue
—Margaret Skeoch, born 9th Aug. 1899 ;
Jane Easman, born 28th Jan. 1902 : (2)
1st Aug. 1916, Sarah Curran, younger
daugh. of James Ness, Lonie Bank, Dysart,
and has issue — Isobel E. P., born 12th
Sept. 1917.
Second Charge.
JOHN SCRIMGEOUR, min. before
30th June 1604 ; trans, to Kinghorn
1604
before 26th Feb. 1606.
THOMAS HOG, son of Patrick H.,
_._ burgess of Kirkcaldy ; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A. (1599) ;
was licentiate in Presb. of Brechin Nov.
1602 ; ord. to Craig before 1607, in which
year he was trans, to this charge ; deprived
by Court of High Commission 22nd April
1619, and confined to Orkney during His
Majesty's pleasure ; dep. by Synod for dis-
obeying Acts of Assembly at Perth, 25th
April 1620 ; ordered to be confined in
Orkney, but disobeying this order, he was
charged toconfine himself within the bounds
of Dysart and Kirkcaldy 24th June 1624.
His deposition was recalled by Synod 23rd
April 1628, and he was settled at Kennoway
25th June 1640.
WILLIAM SPITTALL, M.A. (St
1828 Andrews 1622) ; nominated by the
elders, etc., in 1626 ; appears to have
got into financial difficulties and to have
been imprisoned, for which the Archbishop
directed the Presb. to prohibit him from
preaching within their bounds. On 21st
Feb. 1633, he was released from all pro-
ceedings against him, and was continued
min., but dem. about 1635 and went to
Ireland. He marr. Jean, daugh. of Robert
Kay, skipper, burgess of Dysart, and Jane
Simson, and had issue — John. — \Inq. Ret.
Gen., 5065 ; Reg. of Deeds, ccccxlii., 34 ; P.
C. Reg., 2nd ser., ii., 143.]
Kirkcaldy]
DYSART
89
1636
MUNGO LAW, M.A. ; adm. 2nd Oct.
1636 ; trans, to Greyfriars, Edin-
burgh, 27th March 1644.
1644
JAMES WILSON, M.A.; adm. 22nd
May 1644; trans, to First Charge
about 1654.
1655
1685
i" JAMES BLAIK, M.A., son of Eobert B.,
min. of St Andrews ; regent in St
Leonard's College there ; called 7th
Jan., and adm. 25th April 1655 ; died at St
Andrews 21st Oct. of that year, aged about
29. Publication — Continuation of the Life
of Mr Robert Blair {Blair's Autob. [Wodrow
Society, 1848]).— [Lamont's Diary, 87, 94;
Muir's Gleanings, 28.]
EOBERT HONYMAN, trans, from
Newburn; called 16th Nov. 1656;
adm. 18th March 1657; trans, to
Cupar 6th Aug. 1663.
ROBERT LUNDIE, M.A.; ord. (by
James Sharp, Archbishop of St
Andrews) and adm. Sept. 1669 ;
trans, to Leuchars Sept. 1684.
JAMES ARBUTHNOT, M.A. (St
Andrews, 23rd July 1674); pres. by
James Cockburn of that ilk, 6th
Feb., coll. 26th May, and adm. 24th Nov.
1685 ; deprived by Privy Council 4th
Sept. 1689, for not reading the Proclama-
tion of the Estates, nor praying for
William and Mary, but for James VII. He
subsequently became a skipper. He marr.
(cont. 23rd Nov. 1686) Christian, daugh.
of Henry Boswell, portioner of Kirkcaldy,
and had issue — Henry, born 1690 ; Jean. —
[Muir's Gleanings, 28 ; Fife Sas., xv., 57 ;
G. R. Homings, 13th Dec. 1688.]
ANDREW WEDDERBURN, second
son of James W., min. of Moonzie ;
M.A. (St Andrews 1645); adm. to
Liff 29th July 1650 ; deprived by Act of
Parliament 11th June, and Decreet of
Privy Council 1st Oct. 1664 ; retired to
Anstruther Wester ; was summoned before
Privy Council 31st July 1673 for holding
a conventicle in his own house, and im-
prisoned until he found caution ; adm. here
in 1688 ; restored to Liff by Act of Parlia-
ment 25th April 1690, but returned here the
1638
same year ; died in 1694, aged about 69.
He marr. Jan. 1655, Elizabeth, daugh. of
Andrew Daw, portioner of Sauchope, and
had issue — Robert, H.M.S. Devonshire,
died about 1697; Mary, bapt. 17th March
1656 ; Margaret, bapt. 5th Jan. 1658, served
heir 22nd March 1703 (marr. James Hal-
soun, bailie of Anstruther Wester), died
March 1708; Elizabeth, bapt. 26th Feb.
1660.— [Reg. Mag. Sig., 20th Dec. 1664;
Services of Heirs ; Muir's Gleanings ;
Wedderbum Book, i., 50.]
DAVID LOW, M.A. (St Andrews, 14th
1699 ^U'y 1694) > *icei1- by Presb. of Kirk-
caldy 16th Feb., called 31st July,
and ord. 13th Sept. 1699; died between
22nd Oct. and 19th Nov. 1702, aged
about 29.
1 ALEXANDER BONTHRON, M.A. (St
Andrews, 14th July 1694) ; licen. by
Presb. there 7th Sept. 1699; called
21st Sept. 1710 ; ord. 14th March 1711 ;
died 4th June 1743, aged about 69. He
marr. Margaret Wilson, who died 20th
March 1773, and had issue — Henry, ship-
master, Dysart ; Agnes ; David ; Margaret,
born 1720 ; William, born 1722.— [Services
of Heirs ; Muir's Gleanings, 28.]
GEORGE KAY, trans, from Minto;
1743 called 18th Aug., and adm. 8th Dec.
1743 ; trans, to St Cuthbert's, Edin-
burgh, 3rd Sept. 1747.
GEORGE MUIRHEAD, M.A. ; trans,
from Monigaff; called 29th Oct.
1747; adm. 28th Jan. 1748; dem.
on app. as Professor of Oriental Languages
in Univ. of Glasgow (q.v.) 26th Dec. 1752.
PATRICK MUIRHEAD, pres.
by General James St Clair of St
Clair in Jan., and ord. 10th May
1753; trans, to First Charge 24th Nov.
1757.
ROBERT COLVILLE, licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh 20th May, pres. by
General James St Clair of St Clair
26th May, and ord. 14th Sept. 1758. A
libel having been raised against him whereof
he confessed to certain points, he was sus-
pended 6th Oct. 1784 ; assigned part of his
1748
90
DYSART
[PRESB. OF
stipend for supporting an assistant ; died
23rd Jan. 1788. He marr. 2nd Sept. 1762,
Marjory (died 28th Feb. 1775), daugh. of
Hugh Glas, min. of Kettle, and had issue
—Walter, born 1st Aug. 1763 ; Hugh, born
20th May 1765 ; George, born 14th March
1767; Douglas, born 4th March 1769;
Jean, born 2nd Dec. 1772. Publications
— Britain, a poem (Edinburgh, 1757);
The Caledonian Heroine, or the Invasion
and Fall of Sueno, the Dane, a poem
(Edinburgh, 1771) ; Epithalaminm on the
Marriage of . . . David, Viscount Stor-
mont (London, 1776); Atalanta, a poem
(London, 1777); Savannah, a poem (London,
1780); The Downfall of the Roman Con-
federacy, Canto I. (London, 1788) ; Poetical
Works, 2 vols. (London, 1789); Extracts
from his Synod Sermon; To the Memory
of the Hon. William Leslie, a poem ( Weekly
Mag., xxxii., xxxvi.). — [Lives of Eminent
Scotsmen; Muir's Gleanings, 28.]
GEOEGE MTJIBHEAD, pres. by
17__ Colonel James Sinclair of Dysart,
in April, and ord. 4th Sept. 1788;
trans, to First Charge 10th June 1807.
CHRISTOPHER GEEIG, M.A. ; trans.
lfi07 from St Andrew's Chapel, Dunferm-
line ; pres. by James, Earl of Rosslyn,
in July, and adm. 17th Sept. 1807; trans.
to Leslie 26th Jan. 1809.
^ PETEE BEOTHEBSTON, trans, from
St Andrew's Chapel, Dunfermline ;
pres. by James, Earl of Eosslyn, in
June, and adm. 24th Aug. 1809 ; trans, to
First Charge 2nd Dec. 1816.
DAVID MUREAY, trans, from St
1817 Andrew's Chapel, Dunfermline ; pres.
by James, Earl of Eosslyn, Dec.
1816 ; adm. 23rd Jan. 1817 ; trans, to St
David's Church, Dundee, 27th Nov. 1823.
JOHN THOMSON, born Kilberry, 1791,
1824 son °^ -Daniel T., craftsman, Glasgow,
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow 24th April 1816 ; ord.
to Leith Wynd Chapel, Edinburgh, 16th
Nov. 1820 ; pres. by James, Earl of Eosslyn,
2nd Dec. 1823 ; trans, and adm. 5th Feb.
1824. Joined the Free Church in 1843 ;
min. of Dysart Free Church in 1843 ; died
24th March 1848. Publication — Sermon
XG— [Free Church Pulpit, ii.].
WILLIAM MTJIE, trans, from Temple,
1843 anc^ a<^m- 21st Sept. 1843 ; trans, to
First Charge 2nd Oct. 1850.
JOHN WILSON, ord. 5th Dec. 1850;
lg50 app. clerk to Presb. 1st July 1857;
trans, to Methven 15th Dec. 1859.
JAMES SIMPSON, LL.D. ; trans, from
i860 ^0T^ ^rae Chapel, Kirkcaldy, and
adm. 26th Jan. 1860 ; trans, to First
Charge 17th May 1865.
JOHN WAUGH GIBSON, M.A. ; ord.
1865 ls* Sept. 1865 ; trans, to First Charge
30th Sept. 1874.
PETEE ANTON, ord. 7th Jan. 1875;
1875 trans, to Kilsyth 16th Feb. 1881.
MALCOLM MACLEAN MACNEILL,
born Glasgow 1844, son of Eobert M.,
portioner ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Dunbarton,
23rd Nov. 1870 ; assistant at Cairndow,
1870-3; ord. 25th March 1873; app. by
Colonial Committee to Mount Forest,
Ontario, 14th Aug. 1873 ; res. in 1876 ;
adm. to Banton 15th Oct. 1877 ; trans, to
Langside 18th Nov. 1878 ; trans, to Bridge-
gate, Glasgow, 23rd Sept. 1879 ; trans, and
adm. 1st Sept. 1881 ; D.D. (Knox College,
Toronto) ; Ph.D. (Giessen, 1894) ; died 8th
June 1904. He marr. 20th Oct. 1874,
Elizabeth Thomson (died 23rd Aug. 1908),
daugh. of William Forrest, feuar, and Mary
Cochrane Brown, and had issue — Mary
Forrest, born 22nd Sept. 1875 ; Malcolm
James, born 17th Feb. 1877; Eobert
William Forrest, born 21st Feb. 1880;
Alfred George, born 27th March, died 2nd
Oct. 1881 ; John Maclean, born 8th July
1885, died 15th April 1886. Publications
— The Home Beyond, or Glimpses of the
Children's Portion (1898) ; An Outline of
the History of Ancient Philosophy (1900)
Elijah, his Life and its Lessons (1900)
Clyde, his Life and its Lessons (1903)
The Being of God (1903).
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DAVID ALEXANDEE MOKEISON,
1904 k°rn Dairy, Ayrshire, 7th Jan. 1870,
son of Walter M. and Jean Scouller ;
educated at Townend Public School, Train-
ing College, Glasgow, and Univ. of Glas-
gow; M.A. (1895), B.D. (1899); teacher,
Govanhill Public School, 1893-6 ; licen. by
Presb. of Irvine 2nd May 1899 ; assistant at
Inversnaid (Buchanan) and Uddingston ;
ord. 10th Nov. 1904. Marr. 21st Sept.
1905, Jane (died 8th Nov. 1920), youngest
daugh. of John M'Farlane, bailie of Govan,
and has issue — John M'Farlane, born 14th
April 1907; Walter Alexander, born 23rd
Aug. 1908; Jean Blackadder May, born
2nd Dec. 1911.
KENNOWAY.
[The church of Kennoway was dedicated
to St Kenneth. It belonged to the Priory
of St Andrews. A fair of St David was
held at Kennoway. The bell of the old
church, demolished in 1849, has the legend,
" I'm for the Kirk o' Kennochi." It is now
at Borthwick Hall, Midlothian.]
JOHN KOW, M.A.; adm. April 1560,
before Eef ormation fully established ;
trans, to Perth in July that year.
1565
ALEXANDEE SAUCHIE, Canon of St
Andrew's Priory ; reader, 1565-6. —
[Process in Beg. House.]
JOHN SYMSON, Canon of St Andrew's
Priory ; schoolmaster in this parish ;
adm. to Scoonie in 1566 ; had Kenno-
way also in his charge in 1567, and Mark-
inch and Methil in 1574 ; pres. to the
vicarage here by James VI. 15th Dec.
1575, and removed here; died 9th Nov.
1581. He marr. Janet Ballingall, who
survived him and marr. (2) James Law,
burgess of Dysart. — [Edinburgh Tests. ;
Fife Sheriff-Court Book, 30th July 1583.]
EOBEET WOOD, pres. to the vicarage
by James VI. 4th Dec. 1582 ; trans,
to Anstruther in 1584, but returned
here as reader in 1586 ; still min. in 1589.
EOBEET HAMILTON, M.A. (St
15go Andrews, 10th Dec. 1586); men-
tioned as min. in Eegister of 1590 ;
was dead before 5th June 1595, when Helen
Hamilton, daugh. of min. of St Andrews,
had a still-born child by him. — [St Andrews
Kirk-Sess. Beg., ii. 797.]
WILLIAM SCOTT, M.A.; min. in 1593 ;
pres. to the vicarage by James VI.
before 15th April 1603; trans, to
Cupar in 1604.
GEOEGE NAIEN, M.A. (St Andrews,
26th Nov. 1586) ; adm. to Kemback
12th Dec. 1596 ; trans, and adm.
1604; died before 4th April 1611. He
marr. Elizabeth Campbell, who survived
him and had issue, five children, to whom
the Synod, 23rd April 1612, agreed to pay
£4000.— [Beg. Assig.]
JAMES SYMSON, M.A. ; adm. 20th
Aug. 1611 ; trans, to Kirkcaldy in
1611
1627.
FEEDEEICK CAEMICHAEL, M.A. ;
pres. by Charles I. 21st April 1627 ;
trans, to Markinch 11th June 1640.
THOMAS HOG, M.A. ; formerly of
1640 Second Charge, Dysart (q.v.); adm.
25th June 1640 ; pres. by Charles I.
8th Sept. ; coll. 16th Nov. 1641 ; died 22nd
June 1652, aged about 73. He marr.
Elizabeth Carmichael, who survived him
and had issue — Patrick. — [St Andrews
Tests.; Beg. Sec. Sig. ; Lamont's Diary,
42; Muir's Gleanings, 28, 56; Becords of
Dysart ; Eow's Hist.]
EOBEET MEECEE, fifth son of James
M. of Clevage ; educated at Univ. of
St Andrews ; M.A. (1618) ; adm. to
the Exercise at Perth 4th Sept. 1622 ; became
chaplain to William, Lord Cranstoun ; on
the Exercise in Presbs. of St Andrews, 10th
March 1647, Jedburgh and Perth ; called
3rd Oct. 1652 ; adm. after 27th Jan. 1653 ;
had sasine of an annual rent of £800 from
lands of Morickmains and others Sept. 1666;
died Feb. 1682, aged about 84. He marr.
(1) July 1653, Alison Cranstoun, gentle-
woman to Mary, Lady Cranstoun (she died
in childbed 24th Oct. 1657, aged 39), and had
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[PRESB. OF
issue — Cecil (marr. Alexander Cockburn,
Regent of Philosophy in Univ. of Edin-
burgh); Alison: (2) 28th April 1659,
Eupham, second daugh. of Robert Durie
of Easter Newton, and had issue — Robert.
— [Lamont's Diary, 52, 116 ; St Andrews
and Peebles Tests. ; New Gen. Reg. of Sas.
xv. ; Tombst. ; Kennedy's Aberdeen, ii.]
GEORGE CHALMERS, a native of
Aberdeen ; MA. (Aberdeen, 13th May
1674); adm. before 7th Oct. 1685;
deprived by Privy Council 9th Sept. 1689,
for neither reading Proclamation of the
Estates, nor praying for William and Mary ;
went to England ; pres. to Rectory of Ford
by Francis Blake of Ford ; inst. (at London)
22nd Nov. 1689; ind. 5th March 1690; D.D.
(Aberdeen) ; died Jan. 1722, aged about 68.
He marr. Elizabeth , who predeceased
him, and had issue — Francis, served heir
30th Nov. 1723. — [Ford Beg.; Hutchinson's
Northumberland, i. ; Tombst. ; Services of
Heirs.]
THOMAS RUSSELL, son of Thomas
R., portioner of Kettle; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A. (24th
July 1680). In an Episcopal pamphlet he
is said to be "a coal-grieve in Fife, altogether
ignorant of Latin," and that at his trials the
Presb. acknowledged his want of gifts, but
that he "had grace which was sufficient."
Principal Rule states that every word of
this is false and that he " had a fair measure
of learning and a very good gift of preaching
and praying"; ord. 8th Oct. 1690; died 1st
Dec. 1714, aged about 54. He marr., and
had issue — David, surgeon, Kennoway,
served heir 11th Oct. 1733 ; John.— [Rule's
Sec. Vindication ; Gen. Reg. Sas., lxiii. 184,
lxxiv. 227 ; Ret. Fife, 300.]
ROBERT PONTON, born 1680 ; M.A.
(Edinburgh, 13th July 1698); became
chaplain to the family of George,
Earl of Leven and Melville, at Raith ;
ord. to Kinghorn 3rd Dec. 1707; called
22nd June 1715 ; trans, and adm. 29th Feb.
1716; died 3rd April 1748. He marr. 12th
Sept. 1711, Christian (died at Leith 6th Jan.
1756), daugh. of Sir William Lockhart,
Solicitor General, and had issue — Robert;
Elizabeth; Mary (marr. 28th April 1759,
1716
Walter Scott, Edinburgh). — [Edin. and
St Andrews Tests. ; Tombst. ; Cunningham's
Kennoway, 27.]
NEIL BETHUNE, born 1722, eldest son
175_ of John B., farmer, Bunerick, Skye ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. ; became schoolmaster of Leslie ;
licen. by the Presb. of Kirkcaldy 23rd July
1747 ; pres. by George III. 12th April 1748,
and about the same time app. missionary
at Fort William. After some opposition
(which gave rise to the Secession Congre-
gation at Kennoway) he was ord. here 30th
Aug. 1750 ; died 29th Dec. 1771. He marr.
2nd Feb. 1757, Janet (died 21st March 1770),
daugh. of Andrew Jamieson of Wester
Newton, and had issue — Henry, born 18th
Dee. 1757, died 27th July 1758 ; Maxwell,
born 8th Dec. 1759 ; Margaret, born 19th
Dec. 1760 (marr. Andrew Duncan, min. of
Auchterarder) ; Andrew, born 19th Aug.
1763 ; Jean, born 16th Feb. 1767, died 14th
Feb. 1826. — [Genealogy of the Bethtcnes."]
PATRICK WRIGHT, born 1744, son of
1TO2 Patrick W., farmer at Braeside of
Arbirlot ; was tutor in the family of
James, Earl of Balcarres ; licen. by Presb.
of St Andrews 9th May 1770; pres. by
George III. 31st Jan., and ord. 24th Sept.
1772. After many years of bad health he
died unmarr. 21st Feb. 1831. Publication
— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, xiii.).
- DAVID BELL, born 1799, son of James
1R„. B., schoolmaster of Uphall ; educated
at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by
Presb. of Linlithgow 27th April 1826 ; was
employed as a tutor and was schoolmaster
at Girvan; pres. by William IV. 21st
March and ord. 8th Sept. 1831 ; clerk to
Presb. from 1844 to 1st July 1857; died
suddenly 7th April 1865. He was much
loved by his parishioners, to whose welfare
he devoted himself greatly. He marr. 29th
May 1830, Sarah Scott, Portsea, who died
23rd Aug. 1833, and had issue— Augustus
Clifford, Indian Chaplain, born 12th April
1832 ; James Latimer Scott, born 28th July
1833, died 23rd May 1843. Publication-
Account of the Parish (Neiv Stat. Ace, ix.).
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1888
DAVID STEWART, born Tannadice
1865 12tk AP"1 1829> son of S. and
Agnes Thornton ; educated at Tanna-
dice School, Grammar School, Aberdeen,
and Univs. of Aberdeen (MA. 22nd March
1858) and St Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of
St Andrews 13th May 1857; assistant at
Boarhills ; ord. to Strathkinness 13th Dec.
1860. He read Principal Tulloch's Lectures
during his absence, 1863-4, and Dr Cook's,
1864-5 ; pres. by Queen Victoria 4th May ;
trans, and adm. 31st Aug. 1865 ; died 6th
July 1887. He marr. (1) 5th Feb. 1861,
Jessie (died 21st April 1872), fifth daugh. of
Hugh Philip, Pilmour Links, St Andrews,
and had issue — Agnes Thornton, born
21st Dec. 1861, died 4th Aug. 1862 ; Jessie
Philip, born 4th June 1863 : (2) 29th Dec.
1874, Catherine Herd (died 20th Nov. 1917),
second daugh. of William Kilgour of Glaslie.
— [The Fife Pulpit, 129-137.]
JAMES SMITH SIMPSON, born 31st
Jan. 1855, son of James S. and Anne
Smith ; educated at Leslie Parish
School and Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh May 1880 ; assistant
at Canongate Parish 1880-3 ; ord. to Stob-
hill 11th July 1883 ; trans, and adm. 14th
Feb. 1888 ; died 1st Dec. 1924. Marr. 17th
Sept. 1901, Emily Frances, daugh. of William
Stewart of Ballylaggan, County Derry, and
has issue— Margaret Frances Moriarty, born
9th July 1902 ; Annette Elmslie Braid, born
3rd April 1905 ; Kathleen Bride Moriarty,
born 17th June 1908 ; Eileen Mary Stewart,
born 11th March 1914.
KINGHORN EASTER.
[Kinghorn, of old Kingorn. The church
of Kingorn (Ceann gorm, " the green head-
land") was dedicated to St Serf. It belonged
to the Abbey of Dunfermline. There was
within the bounds a chapel of St James.
On the night of 19th March 1286, King
Alexander III. was killed by a fall from
his horse near the seashore in this parish.
A fair of St James was held at Kinghorn.]
DAVID WOOD, was charged 13th Jan.
1562 before the Superintendent and
156 ministry of St Andrews with injuring
and defaming John Brown, the reader in
1566
this parish, by calling him "a hypocrite,
an idolater, a mass-monger, and rascally
knave." He was ordered to pass to the
church and confess he had exceeded his
office in discharging the said John from his
post and to ask his and the congregation's
forgiveness. He was also deprived until he
should obtain a new admission to office. —
[Maitland Miscell., iii. ; Wodrow's Biog.]
'1562 JOHN BROWN, reader.
^THOMAS BIGGAR, born 1540, a
member of the Chapter of St
Andrews before the Reformation ;
adm. in 1566. In 1574 Kinghorn Wester
and Auchtertool were also in his charge ;
pres. to the vicarage by James VI. 18th
July 1570 and 23rd April 1601 ; died 4th
Jan. 1605. He marr. Elizabeth Colvin, and
had issue — Thomas, reader in the parish
and "scribe to the Session," suffered for
non-conformity in 1621, born 1574, died
1st Jan. 1641, " while registrateing the pro-
cedingis of the Session in the execution of
dycipline"; Elizabeth. — [Acts and Dec,
xlix., 123 ; Reg. Sec. Sig., cxi., 141 ; Edin.
Tests. ; Monteith's Mort., 240 ; Wodrow's
Biog. and Miscell. ; Calderwood's Hist., iii.
187, vii. 514.]
JOHN SCRIMGEOUR of Wester Bow-
hill, Auchterderran, born about 1567,
son of William S. of Myres; proposed
for Auchtermuchty 22nd June 1592 ; was a
min. without charge in Presb. of Dundee
5th Nov. 1602 ; adm. to Dysart before 1604;
trans, and adm. here before 26th Feb. 1606.
When the six brethren were tried at Lin-
lithgow 10th Jan. 1606 for holding the
General Assembly at Aberdeen in opposition
to the King's command, he accompanied
them to their trial and went to prison with
them. At the Synod in Aug. 1607 he
opposed the Archbishop taking the chair
in right of his office. For this he was con-
fined to his parish by Royal command 24th
Sept. but was afterwards allowed freedom
within the bounds of the Presbytery, and
was relieved from his confinement 28th
July 1614. He joined in a Protest with
fifty-four other mins. for the Liberties of
the Kirk 27th June 1617, and in the next
year at the General Assembly at Perth, he
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KINGHORN EASTER
[PRESB. OF
boldly, though not a member, opposed the
Five Articles and tendered reasons against
each of them. He was cited before the
Court of High Commission, 26th Jan. 1620,
for not observing holy days and not
administering the Communion in con-
formity -with the conclusions of the Perth
Assembly, and compearing, was deprived
1st March that year of all function in the
Kirk and ordered to be, within six days,
confined to his own house of Wester
Bowhill. Notwithstanding this he preached
in his own pulpit on the day appointed for
the admission of his successor and on two
other occasions ; died at Wester Bowhill
1634, bequeathing fifty merks to the poor
of the parish. He marr. Grizel, daugh. and
co-heiress of Kobert Forrester of Boquhan,
who survived him, and had issue — James
of Wester Gartmore ; Henry ; Gilbert ;
Isabella ; Christian ; Helen. — [Beg. Mag.
Sig., vii., 488 ; G. R. Homings, xxviii., 43 ;
G. R. Inhib., xxvi., 43 ; St Andrews Tests. ;
G. B. Sas., xxxii. 40, xlvi. 279; Beg. of
Deeds, lxii., 192 ; Calderwood's Hist., vi.
454, 457, 678, vii. 256 et seq. ; Fleming's
Fulfill, of Scripture ; Fraser's Melville
Book, i., 189 ; Livingston's Characteristics ;
Fife Sas., ii., 153.]
ALEXANDER SCRYMGEOUR, son
1620 °^ Alexancler S., bailie, Dundee ; a
scholar in 1584; M.A. ; adm. to Benvie
about 1591 ; adm. to Inchture in 1606, and
still retaining Benvie was ordered to demit
same by the Synod in 1614 ; trans, and
adm. Nov. 1620, none of the people con-
senting except John Boswell of Piteddie.
At a visitation, 6th Aug. 1622, Archbishop
Spottiswood received certain elders to the
Kirk-Session, whom S. had displaced
because they would not kneel at the Lord's
Supper, and desired them to take him by
the hand, and accept him as their min.,
which they did. He died between 11th April
1639 and 15th June 1641. He marr. Agnes
Ramsay, and had issue — Christian (marr.
David Ramsay, min. of Cortachy) ; David.
—[Calderwood's Hist., iv. 649, 652, v. 609,
vi. 22, vii. 106 ; St Andreics Tests. ; Burnt-
island Sess. Beg. ; Beg. of Deeds, cci., 123 ;
Dundee Burgess Roll, 9th Sept. 1595.]
JOHN MONCREIFF, son of Andrew
1639 ^■•' m*n" °^ ^rail i educated at Univ.
of St Andrews ; M.A. (1626) ; adm.
to Collessie before 7th Oct. 1628 ; trans,
and adm. (colleague) 11th April 1639 ;
accompanied the army to England in 1644,
and was present at the Battle of Marston
Moor ; was a member of Commission for
visiting Univs. of St Andrews and Edin-
burgh in 1649 ; died Oct. 1650, aged about
45. He marr. Susanna Morton, and had
issue — John ; Alexander ; Elizabeth ;
Katherine ; Anna ; Christian ; Mary. — [St
Andrews Tests. ; Lamont's Diary, 24 ; Inq.
Ret. Gen., 2853 ; Baillie's Letters ; Acts and
Dec, dxxvi., 243 ; Balfour's Hist. Works.]
JOSHUA MELDBUM, M.A. ; trans.
16S1 from Auchtertool, and adm. 26th
June 1651 ; trans, to Trinity Parish,
Edinburgh, 5th Nov. 1662.
GILBERT LYON, son of Patrick L. and
brother to Patrick L., Lord Carse;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (23rd July 1658) ; became chaplain to
the Laird of Balfour, younger, and though
" having only one eye," was ord. by George,
Bishop of Edinburgh, 24th April, and
adm. 20th May 1663 ; nom. Synod clerk by
Archbisbop 21st April 1680; D.D. (St
Andrews 4th Dec. 1684); died 9th April
1685, aged about 47. He marr. Oct. 1676,
Jean, daugh. of Alexander Orrok of Orrok
(who survived him and marr. (2) Alexander
Ramsay, min. of St Giles, Edinburgh), and
had issue— Patrick, born 1678 ; Alexander ;
Sibella, bapt. 13th Sept. 1683; Margaret,
born 1684. — [Lyon Family Tree ; Lamont's
Diary, 162 ; St Andrews Tests. ; Lnq. Reg.
Gen., 7452 ; Frivy Seal Eng. Reg., v., 112.]
PATRICK LYON, fourth son of William
L. of Easter Ogil ; educated at Univ.
of St Andrews; M.A. (24th July
1675); ord. to Tannadice before 1st Nov.
1682; trans, and adm. 19th May 1686;
conformed to the Civil Government at the
Revolution, but having prayed for James
VIII. and sat in the pulpit while the Earl
of Mar's Proclamation was read 9th Oct.
1715, he fled the parish 20th Dec. that year
on the arrival of the Government Forces ;
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was dep. for contumacy 11th April 1716,
set up a meeting-house in the town, but
was inhibited by the Justices of the
Peace for the county, which sentence was
confirmed by the Lords of Session 20th
Nov. 1717. He afterwards preached at
Peebles. He marr. (cont. 5th Jan. 1683,
Margaret, daugh. of George Halliburton,
portioner of Denhead), and had issue —
William, surgeon, London ; Robert ; Helen
Liston, born 1686. — [Peebles Presb. Beg.;
Fife Sas., xv., 379 ; Rule's Sec. Vindication ;
Services of Heirs ; Case of Greenshields.']
ROBERT PONTON, M.A. ; called 7th
Sept., and ord. 3rd Dec. 1707 ; trans.
to Kennoway 29th Feb. 1716.
JAMES HENRY, born 1678 ; M.A. (St
1716 Andrews, 23rd July 1697) ; licen. by
Presb. of St Andrews 28th March
1701 ; ord. to Creich 23rd Sept. 1702 ;
called 19th Sept., trans and adm. 13th
Dec. 1716; died 29th Oct. 1758. He
bequeathed £400 to the poor of the parish
and £300 to found a bursary in Univ. of
St Andrews. He marr. Helen, daugh. of
Thomas Forrester, Principal of New
College, St Andrews.
THOMAS WEBSTER, born 1731 ; M.A.
175g (St Andrews 1750); ord. to Clunie
23rd Sept. 1755 ; pres. by John, Earl
of Strathmore, 5th Feb., trans, and adm.
26th July 1759 ; dem. 24th Nov. 1779,
having given offence to his parishioners by
not opposing the Catholic Toleration Bill ;
died at Bath, 6th July 1816. He marr.
8th June 1756, Elizabeth (died 23rd June
1758), daugh. of James Meik, portioner of
West Banchory, and had issue — Katherine,
born 14th Sept. 1757, died 24th March 1772.
JOHN USHER, born 1753; licen. by
780 Presb. of Kirkcaldy 22nd Dec. 1779 ;
pres. by tutors of John, Earl of
Strathmore in May, and ord. 21st Sept.
1780 ; died 30th Oct. 1799. He marr. (1)
1st June 1785, Jean (died s.p. May 1788),
daugh. of Samuel Charters of Salvege,
Solicitor of Customs for Scotland, and
Christian, daugh. of John Murray, advo-
cate, Edinburgh: (2) 14th Dec. 1795,
Elizabeth Gordon, who died 16th Feb.
1838. Publication — Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xii.)
ADAM PATERSON, born 1767 ; licen.
by Presb. of Kirkcaldy 10th July
1793 ; pres. by commissioner for
John, Earl of Strathmore, Dec. 1799 ; ord.
21st Aug. 1800; died 19th July 1831. He
marr. 13th Nov. 1800, Jane (died 16th
April 1861), daugh. of George Shaw, min.
of Abbotshall, and had issue — Margaret,
born 1st Nov. 1802 ; Marion, born 16th May
1804 ; Jean, born 13th Dec. 1805, died 15th
Sept. 1807 ; James, Glasgow, born 21st Sept.
1807 ; George Shaw, surgeon, Markinch,
born 28th May 1809; Adam, writer,
Glasgow, born 8th March 1811, died 1st
July 1851 ; William Berry Shaw, min. of
Kilmaronock, born 26th Jan. 1813 ; John,
factor at Ballymagorry, Ireland, born 11th
Nov. 1815 ; Joan, born 13th Sept. 1819.
FERGUS JARDINE, born 1801, seventh
1831 son °^ J°nn J-' Portpatrick ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Stranraer 2nd Jan. 1822 ; became tutor in
family of Thomas, Earl of Elgin ; ord. by
Presb. of Dunfermline 2nd Dec. 1830 min.
of Scots Church, London Wall; pres. by
trustees of John, Earl of Strathmore, Nov.,
trans, and adm. 22nd Dec. 1831 ; died 20th
July 1848. He marr. 3rd March 1835, Jane
(died 25th Oct. 1848), fourth daugh. of John
Martin, D.D., min. of Kirkcaldy, and had
issue— Margaret, born 25th Aug. 1835, died
20th March 1836; Agnes, born 10th Oct.
1836 ; Jessie, born 8th July 1838 ; Matilda
Harriet Bruce, born 13th Aug. 1839; a
daugh., born 8th, and died 29th Aug. 1840 ;
Ann Irvine, born 21st Feb. 1842; John
Martin, born 23rd Nov. 1843 ; Isabella,
born 21st Nov. 1844; Mary, born 10th
Dec. 1845, died 25th Aug. 1846. Publica-
tion — Account of the Parish {New Stat.
Ace, ix.). — [Assembly Cases ; Acts of
Ass., 1839.]
v MATTHEW BOWIE, born 1800, fourth
son of George B., farmer, Galston ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow; M.A.
(1818) ; licen. by Presb. of Linlithgow 9th
Sept. 1824; app. junior chaplain, Indian
Establishment, 1831 ; ord. 29th June 1831 ;
96
KINGHORN EASTER— KINGLASSIE
[PEESB. OF
promoted chaplain in 1838 ; dern. in 1848 ;
adm. to this parish 11th May 1848 ; D.D.
(Glasgow, May 1858); died at Wanstead,
Essex, 16th Nov. 1869. He marr. July
1831, Jane (died 21st June 1884), daugh.
of George M'Hardy, min. of Spynie, and
had issue — George M'Hardy Birnie, captain,
Indian Army, born 7th Aug. 1835 ; Mary
Ann, born 27th Aug. 1837; Matthew
Morton, Indian Civil Service, born 19th
May 1839 ; Francis Procter, B.A. Glasgow
1860, M.A. 1861, B.D. Edinburgh 1865, born
24th June 1841, drowned on eve of licence
31st July 1865 ; John Hamilton, Agra Bank,
London, born 28th Feb. 1843; Margaret
Elizabeth, born 16th Oct. 1844; Milborough
Shand, born 13th March 1848, died 8th Jan.
1851 ; Bobert Wylie, born 20th March 1850.
WILLIAM JARDINE DOBIE, born
18e7 15th July 1842, son of James D.,
min. of Applegarth ; educated at
Dumfries Academy and Univ. of Glas-
gow ; licen. by Presb. of Lochmaben
4th May 1864; assistant at High Church,
Paisley, 1864, Kinghorn in 1865, Park
Church, Glasgow, 1866 ; pres. by Earl of
Strathmore ; adm. (assistant and successor)
31st Jan. 1867 ; res. 6th Nov. 1907. Marr.
27th June 1871, Margaret Hamilton, daugh.
of Walter Veitch, Grange, Fife, and had
issue — Elizabeth Anna, born 17th July
1872 (marr. 19th Oct. 1898, George Russell
Hutton, Lundin Links) ; Margaret Alice,
born 27th March 1874 ; Mary, Army nurse,
born 28th May 1875 ; Agnes Jane, born 27th
June 1876 ; James, captain 3rd Hussars,
D.S.O., M.C., born 28th July 1877, killed in
action 30th Sept. 1918; Wilhelmina, born
19th April 1881 ; Edith, born 21st April
1885, died 2nd Feb. 1887.
ALEXANDER HANNAY M'lL-
lg._ RAITH, born Amsterdam, Holland,
9th July 1864, son of John M., min.
of Erskine; educated at Erskine Public
School, Dollar Institution, and Univ. of
Glasgow ; M.A. (1885) ; licen. by Presb.
of Greenock May 1888 ; assistant at St
Stephen's, Glasgow ; ord. to Menmuir
25th March 1903; trans, and adm. 16th
April 1908.
KINGLASSIE.
[The church of Kinglassie was dedicated
to St Glastian. It belonged to the Abbey
of Dunfermline. St Glastian's Well was
near the church.]
1567 DAVID STARK, reader in 1567.
1569 JOHN RYND, exhorter Aug. 1569.
GEORGE RAMSAY, reader, 1574 to
1574 1579.
JAMES WILSON, min. in 1585, with
15a5 Leslie also in the charge, was sum-
moned before Court of High Com-
mission 24th Feb. 1620, for not observing
holy days and not administering the Com-
munion according to the order prescribed
by the Assembly at Perth ; died 21st Dec.
1630. He marr. Agnes Christison, widow
of George Scott, burgess of Dysart, and
had issue — James. — [Beg. Sec. Sig. ; Excheq.
Birik ; Records of Dysart ; G. R. Sas., xii.,
226; Reg. of Deeds, xxix. 150, cci. 150;
G. R. Inhib., 2nd ser., v., 80.]
THOMAS MELVILL, born about 1602,
16_0 son of John M. of Baith, and Margaret
Scott ; educated at Univ. of St An-
drews ; M.A. (1622); pres. by Charles I.
18th Oct., and adm. (colleague) 19th Dec.
1630 ; died 21st April 1675. He presented
four silver communion cups to the parish.
He marr. 11th March 1634, Jean Gourlay
of Kincraig, and had issue — John, bapt. 1st
March 1635 ; Thomas, bapt. 2nd May 1637 ;
Jane, bapt. 29th Jan. 1639 (marr. cont. 3rd
and 4th May 1661, John Whyte, younger
of Purim) ; Eleanor, born 22nd May 1641 ;
David, born 18th May 1643 ; Robert, born
22nd Feb. 1646; Moses; Margaret, born
12th June 1648 (marr. cont. 20th Oct.
1669, James Wemyss of Glennistoun) ;
Beatrix, born 1st Aug. 1650; George,
born 30th Jan. 1653; Catherine, born
June 1655. — [Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Raith
Papers.]
ALEXANDER MONRO, trans, from
Second Charge, Dunfermline, and
adm. 26th March 1676; trans, to
Wemyss 5th June 1678.
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97
1678
DAVID BAYNE, son of Alexander B.,
sheriff-clerk of Fife ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh; MA. (1671);
adm. to Moonzie before 17th Aug. 1675 ;
trans, and adm. 29th Oct. 1678; was
charged before the Privy Council 8th
Sept. 1689, with not reading the Proclama-
tion of the Estates, nor praying for William
and Mary, but was acquitted ; dem. 9th
Oct. 1690, went to Dysart ; died Feb. 1710,
aged about 59. He marr. 9th Dec. 1692,
Agnes Alexander, who survived him. —
[Edin. Marr. Reg. ; St Andrews Tests.]
1691
ROBERT ELIOT, son of Kobert E.,
min. of West Linton ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; MA. (1st Aug.
1651); adm. to Broughton 3rd Dec. 1661;
deprived in 1662 ; had an indulgence at
West Linton 3rd Sept. 1672, withdrawn
30th Jan. 1684; returned at Toleration
July 1687 ; restored to Broughton by Act
of Parliament 25th April 1690, but returned
to West Linton ; called in May ; trans,
and adm. 4th Sept. 1691 ; died Sept. 1704,
aged about 74. He marr. his cousin Helen,
daugh. of John M'Ghie, min. of Dirleton,
who survived him, and died at Edinburgh,
and had issue — Bobert, apprenticed to
Hugh Somervell, surgeon, Edinburgh,
22nd Nov. 1688; Helen (marr. (1) Alex-
ander Hamilton, min. of St Giles, Edin-
burgh : (2) 14th April 1698, John Duncan,
merchant, Edinburgh). — [Edin. Guild Reg.)
Edin. Marr. Reg. ; Edin. Tests.]
JOHN CUREIE, MA. (Edinburgh,
1705 22nd March 1699); licen. by Presb.
of Kirkcaldy 19th April ; called
24th July, and ord. 28th Sept. 1705;
adhered to the Protest against loosing
from their charges the four Seceders, by
Commission of Assembly, 16th Nov. 1733 ;
died 22nd Sept. 1765, aged about 86. He
was the friend and correspondent of
Ebenezer and Ralph Erskine, who were
much grieved that he did not join them
but bitterly opposed their sectarian conduct.
He marr. 6th Nov. 1706, Jean (died 26th
Feb. 1758), daugh. of Duncan Mackintosh,
bailie of Edinburgh, and had issue — John,
died young ; James ; John ; Ebenezer ;
VOL. V.
Francis; William, his successor ; Alexander;
Jean; Elizabeth (marr. pro. 11th Nov. 1739,
Robert Cleugh, merchant, Edinburgh) ;
Agnes (marr. pro. 7th Dec. 1735, Thomas
Colvill, merchant, Edinburgh). Publica-
tions— Jus Popvli Vindicatum (Edinburgh,
1720); The Overture Considered (Edinburgh,
1732) ; Remarks on the Modest and Humble
Inquiry [by G. Logan], concerning the Right
. . . of electing . . . Ministers (Edinburgh,
1732); Sermon at opening the Synod (Edin-
burgh, 1733); A Full Vindication of the
People's Right to elect their own Pastors
(Edinburgh, 1733) ; The Search : or, An
Enquiry into the Conduct of the Author
[G. Logan] of the Modest and Humble
Inquiry (Edinburgh, 1734); An Essay on
Separation (1738) ; A Vindication of the
Real Reformation of the Church of Scot-
land concerning Separation, etc. (1740) ;
Serious Conferences anent Separation from
the Church of Scotland (1741) ; The Plain
Perjury and Iniquity of the Seceding
Brethrens' New Covenant Discovered (Edin-
burgh, 1744) ; Jus Populum Divinum
(Edinburgh, 1827 and 1841). For his
writings in vindication of the Church, the
General Assembly, 22nd May 1741, approved
of the conduct of the late commission in
having ordered him a grant of £60. —
[Fraser's Life and Diary of Ebenezer
Erskine, 419 e t seq. ; Edin. Marr. Reg. ;
G. R. Sas., xcv., 468.]
WILLIAM CURRIE, born 1722, son of
1750 preceding; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh; MA. (18th March 1742);
licen. by Presb. of Kirkcaldy 23rd March
1744 ; a call to Scone was set aside
by General Assembly, 15th May 1747 ;
called 7th Nov. 1749; ord. (assistant and
successor) 13th March 1750; died 11th
March 1770. He marr. 9th May 1755,
Jean Douglas (died 10th Oct. 1768), and
had issue — Rachel, born 12th Sept. 1756
(marr. pro. 25th May 1777, James Spankie,
staymaker, Edinburgh) ; Christian, born
13th Nov. 1757; John, born 26th May
1759, died 18th Nov. 1767; Charles, born
20th March, and died 13th April 1761 ;
Charles, born 21st May 1764, died 2nd Feb.
1767 ; William Henry, born 21st April
98
KINGLASSIE
[PEESB. OF
1767, died 16th Feb. 1769 ; Robert James,
born 25th July 1768.
[THOMAS MITCHELL, M.A. ; pres.
by John, Earl of Rothes, 7th Aug. 1770,
but owing to opposition, though the
General Assembly appointed his settle-
ment 28th May 1772, he withdrew and was
settled at Lamington.]
JAMES REID, born 1732 ; tutor in the
family of Lord President Dundas ;
ord. to Lamington 21st Aug. 1766 ;
pres. by John, Earl of Rothes, 3rd July ;
trans, and adm. 23rd Sept. 1773 ; died
6th Dec. 1816. He marr. 29th Dec. 1773,
Alexandrina (died at Kirkcaldy 2nd Nov.
1822), daugh. of Thomas Fyers, overseer
of H.M. Works in Scotland, and had issue-
Thomas, born 30th Sept. 1774, died 18th
Jan. 1775 ; Elizabeth, born 14th Feb. 1776 ;
Ann, born 23rd Aug. 1779, died 10th March
1785 ; Alexandrina, born 4th Nov. 1781 ;
James, born 10th Sept., and died 10th
Nov. 1784 j Mary, born 4th Sept. 1785;
Margaret, born 30th June 1787 ; John, born
28th Oct. 1788; Sir William, K.C.B.,
Governor of Malta, bora 25th April 1791,
died Jan. 1859; Thomas, born 27th May
1793 ; Rose, bora 6th March 1795. Publica-
tion — Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, iv.).
JOHN MACPHERSON CUNING-
HAM, bora 6th Sept. 1787, son
of Hugh C, min. of Tranent;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh; licen.
by Presb. of Haddington 1st Aug. 1809;
ord. to Newtyle 28th Sept. 1815 ; pres. by
George William, Earl of Rothes, Feb. 1817 ;
trans. 19th March 1818; died 8th Sept. 1847.
He marr. 20th Dec. 1816, Margaret (died
at Dundee 23rd Nov. 1850), daugh. of Colin
Symers, min. of Alyth, and had issue-
Hugh Robert, M.A., curate of Sedgefield,
Durham, born 28th Jan. 1820; Helen
Hallyburton, bora 27th Nov. 1822, died
27th Jan. 1823. Publications — A Short
and Familiar- Address to the Congregation
(Kirkcaldy, 1845); Account of the Parish
{New Stat. Ace., ix.) ; Preface to Cunnyng-
hame's Catechetical Exposition of the Ten
Commandments (Edinburgh, 1825).
ANDREW JOHNSTONE, born 1813,
eldest son of John J., farmer, Les-
walt ; educated at United Secession
Hall and Univ. of Glasgow ; probationer
of Secession Church ; ord. 22nd Aug. 1837
as chaplain to a Mining Company in
Brazil, returned home, became teacher in
the Canongate Charity Workhouse, Edin-
burgh ; adm. to St John's Church, Dundee,
12th Feb. 1846; trans, to High Church
Parish, Paisley, 17th Sept. 1846 ; trans, and
adm. 9th March 1848 ; died 18th Dec. 1882.
He marr. 5th Feb. 1839, Louisa Bouteville,
and had issue — Louisa Elizabeth, born 9th
May 1842 ; Isabella Bouteville, born 19th
Aug. 1844 ; Frederick John Bouteville, min.
of Leswalt, born 12th April 1846 ; Andrew
Wrotesly, born 7th Feb. 1849; Blanche
Dowell, born 12th Oct. 1853; Henry
Bouteville Agnew, born 22nd Aug. 1855 ;
Henrietta Rosa Moore, born 20th Oct.
1857.
1883
WILLIAM THOMPSON, born in Ire-
land 1851, son of William T., farmer,
and Janet Cuthbert ; ord. (by Presb.
of Derry) 27th May 1874, to Monreagh,
Co. Donegal ; res. Nov. 1882 ; adm. to
this charge 19th April 1883; died 11th
March 1897. He marr. 16th March 1876,
Catherine Marshall (died 6th Aug. 1898),
and had issue — William, born 19th Oct.
1877 ; John Marshall, born 2nd Nov. 1879 ;
Frances Elizabeth, born 18th Sept. 1884,
who all went abroad. — [Hist, of Presby-
terian Congs. in Ireland, 201.]
1897
JOHN FRASER, born 7th Jan. 1863,
son of Alexander F. and Isabella
Adam ; educated at Carbrook Street
School, Paisley, and Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Paisley in 1889 ; assistant
at St George's Parish, Paisley ; ord. 15th
Sept. 1897. Marr. 7th Dec. 1897, Helen
Jamina, daugh. of James Weir, Paisley
(born 1st July 1866), and has issue — John
Alexander, born 4th Aug. 1899; Helen
Macdonald, born 18th April 1902 ; Olivia
Wilson, born 12th March, 1904. Publica-
tion— Conriel and Olina, a drama (Paisley,
1901).
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ABBOTSHALL
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KIEKCALDY.
ABBOTSHALL.
[The parish of Abbotshall was disjoined
from Kirkcaldy and Kinghorn in 1650.
The Abbot of Dunfermline had a mansion
here, which has given its name to the
parish.]
1650
PATEICK WEMYSS, son of Henry W.
of Foodie ; educated at Univ. of
St Andrews; M.A. (1643); was on
the Exercise there ; called 17th March,
and adm. 4th Nov. 1650 ; deprived by
Act of Parliament 11th June, and Decreet
of Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662. He pur-
chased the lands of East Condland in 1660,
and those of Gladney in 1664, and died at
the latter place in Nov. 1667, aged about
45. He marr. (1) 2nd Sept. 1654, Eliza-
beth (died 5th April 1662), eldest surviving
daugh. of George Hamilton, min. of Pitten-
weem, and had issue — Harry ; George ;
Eupham : (2) 26th Jan. 1666,' Janet Durie
of the parish of Burntisland. — [Lamont's
Diary, 79, 145, 173, 202 ; Wodrow's Hist.,
i., 329.]
ALEXANDER FRASER, brother to
Robert F., advocate; M.A. (Aber-
deen 1648) ; became schoolmaster
at Cruden ; adm. before 13th June 1664 ;
trans, to Daviot and Dunlichty 31st Aug.
1664 ; returned here in 1692.
1664
1664
ROBERT FORREST, M.A. (Glasgow
1654) ; licen. by Presb. of Stirling
26th May 1659 ; adm. to Dollar 3rd
Jan. 1660 ; trans, and adm. before 6th Aug.
1664 ; died June 1679, aged about 45. He
marr. Marion, daugh. of Sir John Rollo
of Bannockburn (she survived him and
marr. (2) James Bruce alias Forsyth of
Garvell), and had issue — John ; Andrew ;
Anna. — [St Andrews Tests. ; Lochleven
Papers ; Scots Peerage, vii., 197.]
/ JOHN BOWES, educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen ; adm. before 7th
Oct. 1685 ; accused of neglecting the
Catechism of the Westminster Assembly,
1685
and using that set forth by the Diocesan
Synod of Edinburgh ; dep. for contumacy
15th Oct. 1691 ; reponed 7th April 1693.—
[Rule's Sec. Vindication ; Sage's Works.]
1692
ALEXANDER FRASER, M.A., above
mentioned ; trans, from Daviot and
Dunlichty ; called 23rd Dec. 1691 ;
adm. 5th Jan. 1692; died between 6th
April and 16th Sept. 1697, aged about 59.
He marr. Anna Pearson, and had issue —
Elizabeth (marr. 17th April 1707, Patrick
Dobie, barber, Perth). — [Wodrow's Hist., i.,
329 ; Canongate Peg.]
1699
PATRICK MELVILLE, licen. by Presb.
of Kirkcaldy 28th Oct. 1697; became
chaplain to the laird of Raith ; called
in Aug., and ord. 29th Sept. 1699; died
between 12th Jan. and 22nd Feb. 1710.
He marr. April 1701, Elizabeth, daugh. of
Daniel Ross, writer, Edinburgh, and had
issue — Alexander ; Thomas ; Barbara ;
James. — \_Edin. Marr. Peg.]
1710
THOMAS NAIRNE, born about 1680,
son of Samuel N., min. of Errol ;
educated at St Andrews Univ. ;
M.A. (19th July 1702); licen. by Presb.
of Cupar 27th Sept. 1708; called 26th
June, and ord. 7th Sept. 1710. Joined
the Associate Presbytery 12th Oct. 1737;
dep. by General Assembly, 15th May 1740.
Differing from his Associate brethren about
" an Act for renewing our Covenants," he
seceded from them, 3rd Feb. 1743, and
with John M'Millan, formerly of Balmaghie,
founded the Reformed Presbytery 1st Aug.
1743. He petitioned the General Assembly
to be again received into the Church,
acknowledging his error, and was first,
after discipline, admitted as a member,
and afterwards restored to the ministry
5th June 1758; died Feb. 1764. He
marr., and had issue — Ann ; Margaret
(marr. John Cunningham of Pittarthy) ;
Helen ; Mary (marr. 8th June 1752, James
Meldrum, writer, Kirkcaldy). Publication
— A Sermon preached at Braehead (Glas-
gow, 1745). — [Gib's Display; Hutchison's
Reformed Presbyterian Church in Scotland,
184-203.]
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ABBOTSHALL
[PEESB. OF
1769
GEOEGE GIB, M.A. (St Andrews, 8th
May 1723); schoolmaster of Leslie ;
called 17th March, and ord. 8th July
1742 ; died 8th Feb. 1756. He marr. 23rd
April 1750, Margaret (died 11th Jan. 1799),
daugh. of Daniel Stewart, writer, Edin-
burgh, and had issue — George, born 31st
March 1751 ; Daniel (twin), Surgeon-in-
Ordinary to H.M. Household, London, born
31st March 1751 ; Margaret, born 10th
Jan. 1753, died May 1754.
ALEXANDER SPEAES, pres. by Major
William Arnot of that ilk Nov. 1757;
1768 ord. 1st March 1758 ; trans, to Kirk-
caldy 28th June 1768.
GEORGE SHAW, born 1737; M.A.
(St Andrews 1759); pres. by William
Ferguson of Raith 18th Oct. 1768;
ord. 27th April 1769 ; died 30th Jan. 1809.
He marr. 16th Dec. 1772, Margaret Watt,
who died 13th Jan. 1823, aged 81, and
had issue — William Berry, min. of Lang-
holm, born 22nd July 1775; Jean, born
16th Jan. 1777 (marr. Adam Paterson, min.
of Kinghorn) ; Robert, min. of Ewes, born
18th May 1780: Ferguson, born 29th
April 1782; Janet Jamieson, born 12th
Feb. 1784. Publication — Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, iv.).
WILLIAM ANDERSON, born 1774;
licen. by the Presb. 5th Nov. 1794 ;
pres. by William Ferguson of Raith
5th April 1809 ; ord. 1st Aug. 1810 ; died
25th Aug. 1825. He marr. 13th Dec. 1810,
Catherine Christian Whyte, who survived
him, and marr. (2) Robert Watt, licentiate
of the Church ; she died in Edinburgh,
14th March 1851.
1810
JOHN MURRAY, pres. by Robert
Ferguson of Raith in 1825 ; ord.
30th March 1826; trans, to Morton
4th April 1839.
ALEXANDER OSWALD LAIRD, born
24th Oct. 1808, son of Hugh L.,
D.D., min. of Portmoak ; educated
at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb.
of Kirkcaldy 15th Sept. 1830; called 5th
June, and ord. to Ardoch 23rd July 1833 ;
trans, and adm. 19th Sept. 1839. Joined the
1826
Free Church in 1843 ; min. of Abbotshall
Free Church in 1843 ; trans, to St John's
Free Church, Dundee, 9th Feb. 1848 ; res.
in 1883; died 20th May 1891. He marr.
(1) 10th Nov. 1835, Agnes Boswell, who
died 30th Sept. 1858, and had issue — Mary
Frances, born 26th March 1839, died Nov.
1919; Eliza Ann, born 20th Sept. 1840
(marr. 1865, David Boyd, min. of North
Free Church, Greenock), died 4th May
1922; Sibella Jane, born 1st Sept. 1842
(marr. D. C. Nicol), died 1889 ; Agnes
Boswell, born 23rd Nov. 1844; Emily
Christine, born 13th Nov. 1847 (marr.
A. J. Menard) : (2) 5th June 1860, Barbara,
daugh. of John Wemyss, collector of
Inland Revenue, Row, and had issue —
Margaret Wemyss, born 23rd March 1862 :
(3) 4th July 1871, Mary (died 18th July
1909), daugh. of David Wilson, landed
proprietor, Row. Publications — Sermon
LXV. (Free Church Pulpit, ii.); What
hath God Wrought? (Dundee, 1859).
ROBERT GILLAN, adm. 7th Sept.
1843 *84** > trans- to St John's Parish,
Glasgow, 25th Feb. 1847.
- JOHN BLAIKIE, son of Thomas B.,
general merchant, and Margaret
Turnbull; licen. by Presb. of Edin-
burgh ; pres. by Robert Ferguson of Raith ;
ord. 14th Oct. 1847; died in Edinburgh,
26th July 1858. He marr. 29th Oct. 1850,
Helen (died 23rd May 1880), daugh. of
David Bett, merchant, Leith.
JOHN DUNCAN, ord. (assistant and
18S7 successor) 4th June 1857; trans, to
St Michael's, Dumfries, 30th June
1847
1865.
1865
BRUCE BEVERIDGE BEGG, born
Kinross, 24th June 1837, fourth son
of Robert B., schoolmaster, Kinross,
and Grace Beveridge, and grand-nephew
of Robert Burns ; educated at Kinross
Parish School and Univ. of Glasgow ;
B.A. (1858), M.A. (1859); licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow in 1863 ; assistant at St
David's, Glasgow, 1863-4, Tron, Edinburgh,
1864-5; ord. 28th Sept. 1865; D.D. (Glas-
gow, 1896) ; died 27th Aug. 1923. He marr.
13th Dec. 1871, Magdalene, youngest daugh.
KIRKCALDY]
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101
of Andrew Currie of Glassmount, Fife, and
had issue — Bobert Burns, born 30th March
1874; Elizabeth Fisken, born 16th Oct.
1875 ; Grace Beveridge, born 18th Aug.
1877 (marr. William James Somerville
Miller, min. of West Coates, Edinburgh);
Andrew Currie, banker, London, captain
and adjutant Black Watch, born 13th Oct.
1879, killed in action 30th July 1916.
1911
JOHN MEBCEB HUNTEB, born
Ayr, 9th Dec. 1880, son of John H.
and Margaret Murray ; educated at
Newton-upon Ayr Academy, Ayr Academy,
and Univ. of Glasgow; MA. (1905), B.D.
(1908); licen. by Presb. of Ayr 6th May
1908 ; assistant at St Mungo's, Glasgow,
and Peebles ; ord. (assistant and successor)
6th Dec. 1911 ; captain Black Watch and
Chaplain to the Forces in European War.
Marr. 5th June 1913, Frances Margaret,
daugh. of Thomas Martin, D.D., min. of
Peebles, and has issue — John Murray, born
10th Nov. 1920 ; Thomas Martin, born 12th
Dec. 1922. Publication — The Scottish
Service Guide (1918).
INVERTIEL (Q.S.).
[There was of old at Invertiel a chapel
of St Katherine. In 1836 a mission chapel
was built here. The parish of Invertiel was
disjoined from Kinghorn and Abbotshall
19th July. 1869.]
WILLIAM BEID, elected 16th Nov.
1837 ; ord. 11th Jan. 1838 ; trans.
to Kettle 16th Sept. 1842.
JOHN ISDALE, born 16th Feb. 1818,
son of Alexander I., min. of Dron ;
educated at Univs. of St Andrews
and Edinburgh; ord. 2nd Feb. 1843.
Joined the Free Church in 1843; min. of
Free Church, Invertiel, 1843-56 ; min. of St
Andrew's Free Church, Glasgow, 1856-91 ;
died in Glasgow 29th March 189.1. He
marr. 1849, Maria Aitken, and had issue —
Alexander, M.A., B.D., min. of St Stephen's
Free Church, Perth, born 1858.
1843
JOHN FLEMING, born 1831, third son
1856 °^ William F., inn-keeper, Airdrie ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; ord.
25th Sept. 1856 ; died unmarr. at Kinghorn
16th Nov. 1857.
1858
[Vacant 1843-56.]
GEOBGE GEEEN GLLLAN, MA. ;
ord. 5th March 1858; trans, to Dal-
mellington 15th Dec. 1859.
JAMES SMEATON, ord. 17th Oct. 1861 ;
1861 res. 1868.
WILLIAM CBUICKSHANK EDDIE
1868 JAMIESON, ord. 16th April 1868 ;
trans, to St Matthew's Parish, Glas-
gow, 4th Aug. 1869.
DAVID MILLAE,M.A., B.D. ; ord. 19th
Nov. 1869 ; trans, to Mordington
22nd June 1871.
1869
JOHN YOUNG SCOTT, trans, from
_ Brechin East, and adm. 24th Aug.
1871 ; trans, to Buccleuch Parish,
Edinburgh, 16th Dec. 1875.
BOBEKT GLASGOW, born Manchester
19th Aug. 1846, son of Bobert G.
and Elizabeth Wright ; educated at
Eccles School and Univ. of Edinburgh; licen.
by Presb. of Duns; assistant at Kilwinning,
Dunbarton,and St Matthew's, Glasgow; ord.
3rd May 1876 ; res. 14th Dec. 1914 ; died in
Portobello 11th March 1924. He marr. 12th
Dec. 1876, Margaret (died 19th April 1918),
youngest daugh. of James Ker, Peebles, and
Jane Lee, and had issue — Jane Lee, born
14th Oct. 1877, died 10th Jan. 1895 ; Bobert,
private, Australian Army, born 11th May
1879, died 25th April 1915 ; Elizabeth Gas-
coigne Wright, born 14th July 1881 ; James
Ker, born 21st June, died 13th Sept. 1886.
v JOHN BABBOUB,bomOmagh, County
Tyrone, 24th June 1873, son of George
B. and Mary Mackay; educated at
Foyle College and Magee College, London-
derry, Eoyal Univ. of Ireland (B.A. 1896),
United Free Church College, Edinburgh,
and Univ. of Edinburgh (M.A. 1908) ; licen.
by Presb. of Derry in 1900; assistant
Lecturer in Mathematics, Magee College ;
adm. as licentiate by General Assembly in
1905; assistant at Marnoch, Benfrew,
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ST BRICE
[PRESB. OF
1578
Galashiels, and Old Greyfriars, Edinburgh ;
ord. 28th April 1915. Marr. 30th June
1915, Charlotte Smith Dawson.
KIRKCALDY, ST BRICE.
[The parish church of Kirkcaldy was
dedicated to St Brice. It belonged to the
Abbey of Dunfermline. The parish of
Abbotshall was taken off Kirkcaldy in
1650. A Second Charge existed in this
parish from 1612 to 1759. In the church
there was of old an altar of St Katherine.
Within the bounds there were chapels of
St Patrick, St Katherine, and St Peter.]
GEORGE SCOTT, adm. before 14th
1560 Dec. 1560 ; trans, to Dysart 1074.
DAVID SPENS, probably son of David
S., min. of Carnbee ; min. in 1578 ;
trans, to Orwell before 18th June
1581 ; entered into a contract with Town
Council to take up a Grammar School in
July 1582 ; returned before 1584 ; was a
witness to recantation of Patrick Adamson,
Bishop of St Andrews, 8th April 1591 ; dem.
"on account of great age and infirmity"
before 14th Aug. 1625; died 1626. He
marr. (1) 18th June 1581, Margaret, daugh.
of David Fergusson, min. of Dunfermline :
(2) before 1600, Margaret Wemyss, and had
issue — Margaret (marr. Adam Simson, min.
of New Abbey.— [Reg. Assig. ; Anstmther
Sess. Reg. ; Lochleven Papers ; Melvill's
Autob., 303 ; Reg. of Deeds, lxxx.]
JOHN GILLESPIE, M.A. (Glasgow
1602); ord. to Alva 18th July 1603
was one of the forty-two mins. who
signed the Protest to Parliament against
the introduction of Episcopacy; trans, to
Second Charge, Kirkcaldy, after 14th Oct.
1612; trans, to First Charge; pres. by
Charles I. 14th Aug. 1625; died before
12th Aug. 1627, aged about 46. He marr.
Lilias (died 1627), daugh. of Patrick Simson,
min. of Stirling, and had issue — Capt.
John, served heir 14th March 1665 ; George,
min. of St Giles, Edinburgh; Patrick,
Principal of Univ. of Glasgow ; William ;
Janet; Lilias (marr. Alexander Skene of
Newtyle, Aberdeen); Christian (marr.
1625
David, son of Alexander Law, skipper,
Tillicoultry) ; Mary (marr. Frederick Car-
michael, min. of Markinch).— [Reg. Sec. Sig.;
Inq. Ret. Gen., 4879; G. R. Sas., xviii., 244.]
[FREDERICK CARMICHAEL, pres.
by Charles I. 21st April 1627, but ex-
changed charges with James Simson, min.
of Kennoway.]
JAMES SIMSON, M.A. (St Andrews
-_.„ 1600), born 1581 ; brother to Alexander
S., bailie of Dysart ; adm. to Kenno-
way 20th Aug. 1611 ; pres. by Charles I.
15th Aug. 1627, and to vicarage 21st Nov.
1629 ; accused 28th June 1645 " as too
credulous in carrying things to the pulpit
upon hearsay, too controversial in his
sermons, his gesture in prayer and exposi-
tion, not so grave as becomes those who
speak unto God, and not having that loving
fellowship betwixt the ministers as becomes
yoke-fellows"; died 3rd Jan. 1665. "A
man who had good skill of herbs." He
marr. Margaret Michaelson, sister to John
M., min. of Burntisland, and had issue —
Eupham ; Grizel ; Janet ; Agnes (marr.
Thomas Richardson, elder, bailie of
Dysart). — [Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Lamont's Diary,
176 ; Tornbst. ; G. R. Sas., xiv., 310.]
GEORGE OGILVIE, M.A. (Edinburgh,
25th July 1635) ; adm. to Portmoak
13th Sept. 1643; pres. by Charles
II. ; adm. 17th May 1665 ; died June 1677,
aged about 62. He marr. Elizabeth Ballin-
den, who died " an old woman " at Collessie
Feb. 1681, and had issue — John, min. of
Collessie ; Anna. — [St Andrews Tests. ;
Lochleven Papers; Lamont's Diary, 115,
156, 182 ; Fife Sas., vi., 139.]
JAMES WILLIAMSON, son of David
._,.„ W., schoolmaster of Cupar; educated
at Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A. (1662);
passed trials before Presb. of St Andrews,
and had a testimonial for licence 16th May
1666; adm. to Cameron 24th June 1668;
pres. by Charles II. 27th Dec. 1679 as
approven by Town Council ; adm. 7th Nov.
1677 ; dep. 31st July 1690. He was insti-
tuted, however, to the vicarage of Saints
Cosmas and Damian-in-the-Blean, Kent,
21st March previous, and had a dispensation
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103
to hold also the vicarage of St Dunstan's,
near Canterbury, to which he was ind. 15th
May 1709 ; died 4th Aug. 1728, aged about
86. He marr. Katherine, daugh. of William
Balfour of Nydie, and had issue— David,
born 1680; Gilbert; Christian; Janet. —
[Lochleven Papers ; Hasted's Kent, iii. ;
Macfarlane's Gen. Coll., ii., 201 ; G. R.
Inhib., 20th July 1676 ; Register of Arch-
bishop Sancroft.']
BOBEBT BULE, M.A.; formerly of
1688 Second Charge; adm. 24th July
1688; trans, to Second Charge,
Stirling, 15th Nov. 1693.
ABCHIBALD BIDDELL, M.A. ; trans.
,_Q7 from Wemyss ; called Dec. 1696 ;
adm. 20th May 1697; trans, to
Trinity Parish, Edinburgh, 8th Dec. 1701.
JOHN "WILSON, M.A.; trans, from
1702 Portnioa^j called 18th Aug., and
adm. 22nd Oct. 1702; trans, to
North Leith 9th Sept. 1708.
HENBY DALL, M.A. (St Andrews
7 12th July 1699); ord. to Second
Charge 9th Nov. 1704; called 4th,
trans, and adm. 18th Oct. 1711 ; while
attending a Committee of Synod engaged
at Kirkcaldy regarding a presentee to
Burntisland in Oct. 1713, he was seriously
injured by the rabble ; died Feb. 1724,
aged about 45. He marr. Bachel Hamilton,
who died 26th Nov. 1759, and had issue
— Bachel ; John ; Thomas ; Ann ; James,
went to Guinea, and died before 9th July
1745 ; Margaret (marr. 9th Dec. 1744, Henry
M'Kechnie, merchant, Edinburgh) ; Janet ;
Henry ; Mary. — [Services of Heirs.}
JOHN DBYSDALE, M.A. (Edinburgh,
29th April 1701); licen. by Presb.
of Kirkcaldy 3rd July 1707; ord.
to Second Charge 6th March 1712 ; called
8th, trans, and adm. 10th Feb. 1726 ; died
May 1726, aged about 45. He marr. Anne,
daugh. of William Ferguson, Provost of
Kirkcaldy, and had issue — John, D.D.,
min. of Tron Parish, Edinburgh, and
several others. — [Drysd ale's Sermons.']
ALEXANDEE ADAM, licen. by Presb.
1726 of StirlinS 30tl1 APril 1718 1 ord- t0
Second Charge 22nd June 1726 ;
called 9th, trans, and adm. 24th Nov.
1726; died 31st Jan. 1740. He marr. Isobel
(died 30th Oct. 1758), daugh. and heiress of
John Whytt of Ballo, and had issue — Alex-
ander, born 1739. — [Douglas's Baron., 530.]
DAVID MABSHALL, licen. by Presb.
„ ..„ of Perth 4th March 1 724 ; tutor in the
1741
family of Belsches of Invermay ; ord.
to Second Charge 10th June 1729 ; called
28th Aug. 1740 ; trans, and adm. 22nd
May 1741, the settlement having been
delayed through a counter presentation.
In 1759 he undertook the duties of the
Second Charge in addition, receiving half
the stipend of the same ; died 28th Aug.
1767. He marr. 17th Nov. 1733, Marion
Wood, who died 26th May 1786, and had
issue— Thomas, born 22nd Jan. 1735 ; Jean,
born 21st Jan. 1738; Sophia, born 27th
Dec. 1739 (marr. George Lyon, min. of
Strathmiglo) ; Jaspar, born 21st May 1741,
apprenticed to a W.S., 1761 ; James, born
11th July 1744; Cumberland, born 5th
June 1746; David, born 4th Jan. 1748,
died 6th Feb. 1750.
ALEXANDEE SPEAES, born 11th
„ Aug. 1733, son of Eobert S., min.
of Burntisland ; educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh; licen. by Presb. of Kirk-
caldy 28th Aug. 1755 ; ord. to Abbotshall
1st March 1758 ; pres. by George III. 17th
Sept. 1767 ; trans, and adm. 28th June
1768; died 17th May 1783. He marr.
26th Sept. 1764, Katherine (died in Edin-
burgh, 9th Nov. 1813), daugh. of David
Berry, merchant, Edinburgh, and had issue
— Ferguson, captain, born 13th Aug. 1765 ;
Bobert, merchant, Glasgow, born 27th Aug.
1766, died at sea, 17th May 1842 ; David,
born 27th Feb. 1768, died 3rd Jan. 1771 ;
William, born 7th Nov. 1769 ; Agnes, born
24th June 1771 (marr. 14th June 1802,
Thomas Graham, writer, Glasgow, and
collector of Crown rents, Orkney), died
4th Oct. 1859 ; Jean, born 31st Dec. 1772,
died 20th Nov. 1781 ; David, born 12th
Sept. 1774, died 26th May 1779; Beatrix,
born 17th Jan. 1777.
104
ST BRICE
[PRESB. OF
WILLIAM MOODIE, pres. by George
1784 III. 29th May 1783, and ord. 9th
June 1784 ; trans, to St Andrew's
Parish, Edinburgh, 25th Oct. 1787.
THOMAS FLEMING, D.D. ; trans.
.„__ from Kenmore ; pres. by George
III. 13th Feb., trans, and adm. 10th
July 1788 ; trans, to Lady Yester's Parish,
Edinburgh, 23rd Oct. 1806.
JOHN MARTIN, born 16th Dec. 1769,
1Rn„ son of Samuel M., min. of Monimail ;
lieen. by Presb. of Cupar 16th Oct.
1792 ; ord. to Strathmiglo 5th Sept. 1793 ;
pres. by George III. 24th Oct. 1806 ; trans.
and adm. 25th June 1807; D.D. (St
Andrews, 8th Feb. 1834) ; died from effects
of a carriage accident 4th Sept. 1837. On
the evening of communion day, Sunday,
16th June 1828, Edward Irving was to
preach in Kirkcaldy church. Long before
the hour of service the building was
crowded. One of the galleries gave way
under the living burden, and in the rush
to the doors twenty-eight persons were
killed, and one hundred and fifty were
more or less injured. He marr. 16th Nov.
1796, Margaret (died 6th Nov. 1846), daugh.
of Andrew Walker, farmer, Carslogie, and
had issue— Isabel, born 9th Sept. 1797
(marr. 13th Oct. 1823, Edward Irving,
min. of Regent Square Church, London)
Elizabeth, born 29th Jan. 1799 (marr
William Hamilton, merchant, London)
Margaret, born 9th March 1801 (marr
James Brodie, min. of Monimail) ; Samuel
min. of Bathgate, born 22nd Dec. 1802
Janet, born 24th May 1804 (marr. Fergus
Jardine, min. of Kinghorn); Andrew,
merchant, London, born 15th Jan. 1806 ;
Anne, born 10th Feb. 1808; John, born
18th Oct. 1809, died 10th Jan. 1815;
David, born 28th April 1811. Publica-
tions— Sketch of the Life of Robert Coutts
(Coutt's Sermons; London, 1808); Remains:
consisting of Sermons, Essays, and Letters
(Edinburgh, 1838). — [Mrs Oliphant's Life
of Edward Irving ; Campbell's Kirkcaldy,
206-9.]
JOHN ALEXANDER, born Loch-
1838 winnocni 1803, third son of James
A., artificer, bred a mason ; educated
at Univs. of Edinburgh and Glasgow;
assistant at Dumfries ; ord. to Wallace-
town, Ayr, 8th Dec. 1836; pres. by Queen
Victoria 6th Dec. 1837 ; trans, and adm.
15th March 1838. Joined the Free Church
in 1843 ; min. of Free Church, Kirkcaldy,
1843-63; D.D. (Rutger's College, New
Jersey, U.S.A., Aug. 1855), died 21st May
1863. He marr. 6th Dec. 1853, Elizabeth
(died 10th March 1858), daugh. of George
Elder, merchant, Adelaide, and Kirkcaldy,
and had issue — Joanna Haddo Lang, born
29th Sept. 1856 (marr. James Stalker,
D.D., min. of Free Church, Kirkcaldy,
and Professor in U.F. College, Aberdeen),
died 10th April 1880. Publication— Account
of the Parish (New Stat. Ace, ix.). —
[Taylor's Historical Notices of Kirk-
caldy, 52.]
MARK JOHNSTON BRYDEN, born
1843 1814, son °f William B., hay dealer,
Dumfries, and Ann Stitt; educated
at Dumfries Academy and Univ. of Edin-
burgh; licen. by Presb. of Annan; assistant
at Greenside, Edinburgh ; pres. by Queen
Victoria 19th Aug., and ord. 28th Sept.
1843; died 7th Oct. 1880. He marr. (1)
Mary, daugh. of George Hall, barrister-at-
law, London, and had issue — Elizabeth
Balfour, born 30th April 1843; Anna,
born 19th April 1844, died 28th Sept.
1916 ; Lilias Jessie, born 18th Jan. 1846 ;
Mary Williamina, born 1st Sept. 1847 ;
William Anthony, engineer, Glasgow, born
20th March 1849 ; George Hall, born 25th
March 1851 ; Caroline Jane, born 14th
March 1853 ; Mark Johnston, born 31st
Jan. 1855 ; Clara Macdonald, born 17th
Oct. 1859 : (2) 31st July 1877, Jessie
Williamson (died ]9th July 1910), widow
of Charles Nairn Barker Melville, min.
of Maryculter.
JOHN CAMPBELL, born Fortingall,
1881 26th Oct. 1847, son of Duncan C.
and Jessie Macnaughton ; educated
at Parish School, Lesmahagow, and Univ.
of Glasgow; MA. (1867), B.D. (1870);
licen. by Presb. of Lanark May 1870;
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105
assistant at St George's - in - the - Fields,
Glasgow; ord. to Newhall, Glasgow, 18th
April 1872 ; trans, to Airdrie 15th April
1875 ; trans, and adm. 31st March 1881 ;
D.D. (Glasgow 1915). Marr. 14th Jan.
1879, Elizabeth, second daugh. of Herbert
Renwick, Parks, Beattock, and has issue —
Phyllis Carruthers, M.A. St Andrews,
born 1st Nov. 1880; Duncan Macgregor,
Order of the Nile, mechanical engineer,
Irrigation Department, Egypt, born
21st Feb. 1882 ; Jessie Macnaughton,
M.B., Ch.B. St Andrews, D.P.H.
Edinburgh, born 31st Aug. 1883 (marr.
Aug. 1919, Alexander Maxwell, M.A.
(Oxon.), Home Office ; Lizzie Mabel
Renwick, M.A., M.B., Ch.B. St Andrews,
born 20th May 1885 ; Adeline Herbert,
M.A., M.B., Ch.B. St Andrews, Hon. Red
Cross, Military Cross, and Order of St
Saba, all of Serbia, born 11th June 1887 ;
Margaret M'Gillewie, M.A. St Andrews,
born 26th Oct. 1889 ; Annie Renwick,
M.B., Ch.B. St Andrews, born 20th
Aug. 1893; Catherine M'Gregor, medical
student, born 29th March 1898 ; Isobel
Grace Macnaughton, born 12th Oct. 1906.
Publications — The Church and Parish of
Kirkcaldy from the earliest times till
1843, portrait (Kirkcaldy, 1904); Memoir
prefixed to the Rev. William Stevenson's
Auchtertool (Kirkcaldy, 1908).
Second Charge.
JOHN GILLESPIE, M.A. ; trans, from
Alva after 14th Oct. 1612 ; trans, to
First Charge in 1625.
ROBERT DOUGLAS, M.A. ; adm. 9th
Nov. 1628 ; trans, to St Giles, Edin-
' ' burgh, after 22nd Aug. 1639.
PATRICK GILLESPIE, M.A. ; adm.
1642 14t^ -A-P"1 1642j trans, to Outer
High Kirk, Glasgow, before 15th
May 1648.
KENNETH LOGIE, son of James L.,
advocate ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; M.A. (25th July 1629) ; licen.
by Presb. of Dalkeith 8th Aug. 1633;
elected librarian to Univ. of Edinburgh
22nd April 1635 ; adm. to Skirling 17th
1650
Dec. 1640; called 12th Nov. 1649; trans,
and adm. 9th Jan. 1650 ; conformed to
Episcopacy ; died 29th Nov. 1669, aged
about 60. He marr. Jean Fallasdaill, who
died June 1682. — [St Andrews Tests. ;
Lamont's Diary, 14, 215 ; Wodrow's Hist.,
i., 329 ; Monteith's Mort., 207.]
JOHN ROBERTSON, M.A. ;
165_ adm. (probably assistant) Dec.
1658; trans, to Dysart 29th Oct.
1661.
ROBERT RULE, M.A., formerly of
1662 Second Charge, Stirling ; adm. (pro-
bably assistant) before 28th Sept.
1662 ; deprived by Act of Parliament
11th June, and Decreet of Privy Council
1st Oct. 1662 (afterwards min. of First
Charge).
DAVID PIERSON, only son of Thomas
1&7Q P., min. of Forfar ; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (8th
Oct. 1662) ; had testimonial for licence from
Presb. of Paisley 7th April ; ord. to Kil-
barchan before 13th Oct. 1664 ; pres. by
Town Council, and adm. 14th Sept. 1670 ;
died 1675, aged about 33, bequeathing to
the church fifty merks to buy a Cambridge
Bible. He marr., and had issue — Thomas,
served heir 31st July 1682; Catherine. —
[St Andrews Tests. ; Inq. Ret. Forfar, 489.]
ALEXANDER HERIOT, M.A.; pres.
1676 kv Town Council ; adm. prior to 5th
April 1676; trans, to Dalkeith 11th
Jan. 1683.
LUDOVICK GORDON, M.A. ; trans.
1683 an<^ a(^m- from Rothiemay in 1683 ;
deprived by Privy Council 29th Aug.
1689, for not reading the Proclamation of
the Estates, nor praying for William and
Mary. He was afterwards min. at Kinore.
JOHN LAW, called 29th July 1691;
1691 settled at Creich 28th Dec. 1693.
ANDREW WARDROPER [or WARD-
ROPE], M.A. ; called in March, and
ord. 30th June 1692; trans, to
Ballingry 30th April 1702.
106
ST BRICE— PATHHEAD
[PRESB. OF
HENRY DALL, M.A. ; caUed 8th Aug.,
1704 and ord. 9th Nov. 1704; trans, to
First Charge 18th Oct. 1711.
JOHN DRYSDALE, M.A. ; called 20th
1712 Nov. 1711; ord. 6th March 1712;
trans, to First Charge 10th Feb. 1726.
ALEXANDER ADAM, called 22nd
1726 March, and ord. 22nd June 1726;
trans, to First Charge 24th Nov. 1726.
DAVID MARSHALL, called 30th Jan.,
and ord. 10th June 1729 ; trans, to
1729
First Charge 22nd May 1741.
DAVID RINTOUL, called 2nd March,
1743 an(* orc^- 21st June 1743; trans, to
Elgin 28th Sept. 1759.
[After a dispute lasting several years,
the Second Charge was suppressed. For
an account of the controversy thereanent,
see Campbell's Church and Parish of Kirk-
caldy, 152-160.]
PATHHEAD (Q.S.).
[The parish of Pathhead was disjoined
from Dysart 16th March 1859.]
CHARLES JAMESON, born Kincar-
1840 <^ne"on -Forth 1807, son of Charles
J., shipowner, and Janet Anderson ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; assistant
at Kirkintilloch ; elected 10th Sept., and
ord. 29th Oct. 1840. Joined the Free Church
in 1843 ; min. of Pathhead Free Church,
1843-70; died 1st Feb. 1870. He marr.
in 1851 Grace Pratt, daugh. of Alexander
Chalmers, M.D. (brother of Thomas
Chalmers, D.D.), and Helen Pratt, and
had issue — Charles, District County Judge,
Northern Queensland, born 1853; Alex-
ander Chalmers, C.E., died at sea ; Thomas
Chalmers, died in America ; Helen Pratt ;
Adam, M.D., commissioner of lands,
member of Executive and Legislative
Councils, Pretoria, born 1860, killed in
railway accident in South Africa, 12th
March 1907; Janetta, born 1863 (marr.
John Charles Griffith Foulkes); Frederick
Pratt ; Arthur Pratt ; Patrick Chalmers,
surgeon. New York. — [Cowan Family
Pedigrees.]
1844
WILLIAM KIKTON, born about 1808
educated at Univ. of St Andrews
licen. by Presb. of Chirnside ; ord
to Glanton, Northumberland, in 1834
adm. here 12th Dec. 1844; went to New
Zealand, and was adm. min. at Wellington
16th Feb. 1850 ; min. at Kaiapai Feb. 1863 ;
died 27th Aug. 1871. He marr. (2) Mary
Blackett. — [Hist, of iV Z. Presbyterian
Church, 48, 175, 425, 446.]
JAMES BEVERIDGE HAXTON.born
1850 1822, son of Archibald H, teacher,
and Janet Beveridge ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Kirkcaldy in 1850 ; ord. 18th April 1850 ;
elected first min. of parish in 1859; res.
in 1873 ; died 16th Aug. 1895. He marr.
Isabell Mitchell or Bogie, of Balbie, Burnt-
island.
JOHN CLEGHORN BELL,
187„ born Symington, Lanarkshire, 1836,
son of John B., schoolmaster, and
Susan Cleghorn ; educated at Symington
School and Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by
Presb. of Biggar ; assistant at Tranent and
Invertiel ; ord. to Milton of Balgonie 8th
April 1870; trans, and adm. 14th May
1873; res. 14th Dec. 1908; died unmarried
7th Jan. 1914.
JOHN YUILL WALKER, born Larbert,
1909 10th Sept. 1876, son of John W. and
Margaret Yuill ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Stirling in
1903 ; assistant at St Leonards, Perth ;
ord. to Glenisla 10th Feb. 1905 ; trans,
and adm. 17th May 1909 ; trans, to Inner-
leithen 9th March 1917. Marr. 7th Dec.
1905, Mary, daugh. of Peter M'Owan, Perth,
and has issue — John Yuill, born 13th Sept.
1906; Noreen Christian May, born 19th
July 1910.
ALEXANDER S ALMOND SMITH,
born Arbroath, 27th Dec. 1889, son
of Andrew Kyd S. and Elizabeth
Lindsay Salmond ; educated at High
School, Arbroath, and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (1912), B.D. (1915); licen. by Presb.
of Arbroath May 1915; assistant at St
Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, and St Mungo's,
Glasgow; ord. 8th Aug. 1917; trans, to
1917
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107
Douglas 20th April 1922. Marr. 26th Dec.
1917, Susan May Mill, eldest daugh. of
William Kobertson, Arbroath, and has
issue — Alexander Salmond, born 3rd Feb.
1920.
THOMAS GILLESPIE SNODDY.born
1922 Greenock, 24th Sept. 1885, son of
James S. and Elizabeth Whitehead
Roper ; educated at Greenock Higher
Grade School, and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Greenock 24th Jan. 1921;
assistant at Polmont ; ord. 15th Aug. 1922.
Marr. 8th Oct. 1919, Catherine Pattison,
Greenock.
RAITH (Q.S.).
[A church was purchased at Linktown
in 1875 and mission services begun. The
parish of Eaith was disjoined from Abbots-
hall on 25th Feb. 1884.]
THOMAS SCOTT, adm. 24th July 1878 ;
18„„ adm. first min. of parish in 1884 ;
trans, to Half-Morton 17th May 1888.
DAVID LAWRENCE FRANCIS, born
1888 Glasgow, 14th Dec. 1856, son of
William F. and Isabella M'Lean ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1882) ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow in 1885 ;
assistant at High Church, Paisley; ord.
20th Sept. 1888. Marr. 27th March 1894,
Katherine Anne (born 3rd June 1860),
elder daugh. of John Pollock, Greaghglass,
Monaghan, and has issue — William Pollock,
lieut. 12th Royal Scots, born 30th Aug.
1897, killed in action, Ypres, 22nd Oct.
1917 ; Rachel Gault Maclean, born 2nd
Sept. 1899.
ST JAMES'S (Q.S.).
[Formerly Cowan Street or Port Brae.
This parish was disjoined from Kirkcaldy
24th June 1872.]
ROBERT MACINDOE, born Partick,
183g 12th Dec. 1804, second son of Adam
M., artificer, and Jean Miller ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow and Burgher
Synod Hall ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
19th Jan. 1830; ord. min. of Original
Secession Church, Kirkcaldy, 16th Aug.
1831. Joined the Church of Scotland in
1839, and was instrumental in the erection
of Port Brae Church at a cost of £2000.
Joined the Free Church in 1843 ; adm. min.
of Free Church, Galston, 28th Feb. 1844;
died 10th March 1877. He marr. 27th
April 1837, Janet Jamieson (died 27 th Nov.
1891), only daugh. of William Willis, min.
of the Associate (Burgher) Congregation,
Stirling, and sister of Professor Michael W.,
D.D., LL.D., sometime min. of Renfield
Church, Glasgow, and had issue — Jane
Jamieson, born 7th March 1838, died 27th
March 1860 ; Jessie Willis, born 2nd Feb.
1840; Isabella, born 5th June 1842, died
27th April 1874; Agnes Eliza, born 5th
March 1844, died 4th Aug. 1889. Pub-
lication — Communion Address (Scottish
Christian Herald, 1841). — [Annals of
Original Secession Church, 507.]
JAMES SIMPSON, LL.D. ; elected 3rd
la_7 April 1856; ord. in 1857; trans, to
Second Charge, Dysart, 26th Jan.
1860.
CHARLES GRANT M'DONALD, born
i860 Keith; educated at Univ. of Aber-
deen ; M.A. (1855) ; schoolmaster at
Rosemarkie ; licen. by Presb. of Chanonry ;
ord. 6th June 1860 ; res. 21st July 1869 to
go to Colonies.
'•ALEXANDER FYFE BURNS, M.A. ;
1869 orc*' ^ ^ct' 18^9 ' a^m- first min.
of the parish 24th June 1872 ; trans,
to Lady Glenorchy's Parish, Edinburgh,
17th May 1877.
JOHN SPARK, M.A.; ord. 18th Oct.
1877 1877; trans, to Clyne 13th Aug.
1889.
JOHN JOHNSTONE, born 29th Sept.
1890 1864, son of Robert J., min. of
Leuchars ; educated at Madras Col-
lege and Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A.
(1885), B.D. (1888); licen. by Presb. of
Forres in 1888 ; assistant at High Church,
Inverness ; ord. 29th Jan. 1890 ; died 5th
Jan. 1896. He marr. 21st Oct. 1891, Jessie,
daugh. of Alexander Mann, Nairn (she
marr. (2) 28th Sept. 1897), and had issue —
Isobel Nancy, Medaille Militaire, born 13th
108
ST JAMES'S— ST JOHN'S— SINCLAIRTOWN [presb. of
Aug. 1892 (marr. 21st May 1917, Captain
J. T. Goldsworthy, King's African Rifles) ;
Eric Alexander, lieut. 17th Royal Fusiliers,
in Diplomatic Service, born 10th March
1894 ; John, A.S.C., born 27th Jan. 1896,
killed in France, April 1916.
ROBERT JOHNSTONE, brother of
1896 Preceding; M.A., B.D. ; ord. 15th
April 1896 ; trans, to Murrayfield,
Edinburgh, 16th Dec. 1901.
DAVID BRUCE MILLAR [now
1902 MILLARD], born Kincardine O'Neil,
7th March 1871, son of Alexander
M. and Elizabeth Anna Bruce ; educated at
Torphins Public and Aberdeen Grammar
Schools and Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A.
(1891) ; licen. by Presb. of St Andrews May
1894 ; assistant at Dunfermline, Dunbar,
and Dalziel ; ord. 23rd April 1902 ; res.
17th Oct. 1906, and went to Canada;
min. at Pense, Presb. of Regina, Sas-
katchewan, in 1923. Marr. 19th March
1907, Frances, daugh. of Louis William
Wiber, and has issue — Maxwell Bruce,
born 29th Sept. 1917.
NEIL MACLEOD ROSS, M.A, B.D. ;
lgo7 ord. 13th March 1907; trans, to
Rosemount, Aberdeen, 10th Aug.
1911.
ALEXANDER ANDERSON, M.A.,
1912 B.D. ; ord. 24th Jan. 1912 ; trans.
to Mains and Strathmartine 20th
Feb. 1918.
DAVID GRANT MILNE, born 23rd
Aug. 1873, son of James M'Vicar M.,
draper, Wishaw ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Hamilton
in 1907 ; assistant at Abbotshall ; ord. to
"Whiteness, Shetland, 11th Aug. 1909;
trans, and adm. 1st May 1918.
ST JOHN'S (Q.S.).
[The parish was disjoined from Kirkcaldy
and erected 3rd Nov. 1916.]
AUGUST JOHN KESTING, M.A.,
B.D. ; formerly missionary at Blan-
tyre, British Central Africa ; app. in
1903 ; trans, to St Fittick's, Aberdeen, 8th
Oct. 1908.
1909
ROBERT BROWN WISEMAN, born
Faskine, 5th June 1871, son of
William Reid W., schoolmaster, and
Mary Armour Brown ; educated at Calder-
cruix School and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Hamilton 11th May 1897;
assistant at Scone in 1897, Dean, Edin-
burgh, 1900 ; ord. to Largoward 22nd Aug.
1902 ; trans, and adm. 6th Jan. 1909 ; adm.
first min. of the parish in 1916.
SINCLAIRTOWN (Q.S.).
[A chapel was opened here 3rd Nov. 1878.
The parish of Sinclairtown was disjoined
from Dysart on 9th Feb. 1912.]
ALEXANDER AYTOUN YOUNG,
ord. 29th March 1881 ; trans, to
Methil 1st May 1883.
JOHN DAVIDSON HAY, missionary at
Newton-upon-Ayr ; ord. 5th Sept.
1883; res. 1909; died 21st Aug.
1911. He marr. Jessie M'Laren, who died
at Kirkcaldy 18th Jan. 1922.
ROBERT CHALMERS ANDERSON,
M.A. ; trans, from Greengairs and
adm. 18th May 1910; adm. first
min. of the parish in 1912 ; trans, to Steven
Memorial Church, Glasgow, 17th Aug. 1915.
JOHN REEVIE JOHNSTON
1915 MERRY, M.A.; ord. 29th Dec.
1915; trans, to Calderhead 16th
May 1918.
^ENEAS NELSON CRAIG, born New-
1918 castle-uPon-Tvne> 5tu Jan- 1867> sou
of Rev. James C. and Agn es G. Craig ;
educated at Torryburn, New York, and
Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A. (1897) ; licen. by
Presb. of St Andrews in 1904 ; assistant at
Lerwick ; ord. to Deerness 7th Nov. 1906 ;
trans, and adm. 26th Sept. 1918; died 9th
Jan. 1922. He marr. 1901, Edith Grace,
daugh. of George H. Kennard, manu-
facturer, and Mary Howard, and had issue.
DUNCAN SMITH HENDERSON,
1922 born sPrmSburn> Olasgow, 22nd
Aug. 1892, son of Daniel H., and
Isabella Smith ; educated at Hermitage
H.G. School, Helensburgh, and Univ. of
1910
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LESLIE IN FIFE
109
Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of Dunbarton
29th June 1920 ; assistant at Campsie ;
ord. 6th June 1922. Marr. 20th Sept.
1921, Jane Frances, daugh. of Frank
Eddie M'Combie and Jeanie Shaw
Macadam, and has issue — Sheina Frances
Macadam, born 13th June 1923.
LESLIE in FIFE, of old
FETTYKIL.
[The church of Fettykil was dedicated
to St Mary. It belonged to the Abbey of
Inchcolm. A Michaelmas fair was held at
Leslie.]
ANDREW ANGUS, reader from 1567
1567 to 1591.
THOMAS POWSTIE [or POWTIE],
lsgl M.A. (St Andrews 1588) ; born 1561 ;
adm. 1591 ; pres. by James VI. before
3rd Dec. 1592 ; died 1641. He had issue
— Thomas, apprenticed to a baker in St
Andrews 4th May 1615. — [Beg. Assig.;
Tombst. ; Records of Dysart.]
JOHN POWTIE, mentioned as minister
1617 22nd Aug. 1617 ; probably same as
above. — [Records of Dysart.]
JAMES POWTIE, probably son of above
1630 Thomas (assistant) ; absolved on his
own confession of immorality by the
Presb. 3rd June 1630.
1632
ANDEEW FAIRFOUL, M.A.; adm.
before 10th April 1632; trans, to
North Leith in 1636.
JOHN SMITH, M.A. ; ord. before 27th
1634 ■^0V" an(* a<^m- (assistant) 11th Dec.
1634; trans, to Burntisland 18th
Oct. 1643.
v THOMAS BLACK, M.A. (St Andrews
1645 1635); adm. 17th April 1645; was
charged by the Privy Council to
remove from the manse and from the
bounds of the Presb. and not to exercise
any ministerial function 24th March 1663.
He was min. of Newtyle under indulgence
3rd March 1670.
PATRICK MIDDLETON, born 1662;
168S educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (24th July 1680); had testi-
monial for licence 7th Aug. 1684 from
Presb. of St Andrews ; adm. about 1685 ;
deprived by Privy Council, 22nd Aug. 1689,
for neither reading the Proclamation of the
Estates, nor praying for William and Mary
but for James VII. He was prohibited from
exercising the ministry by the Privy Council
Dec. 1692 and became factor to Lord
Kinnaird at Dundee 28th May 1702. With
his wife he gave an annual rent of 400
merks Scots to the Professors of Philosophy
in the Univ. of St Andrews 25th May 1702.
He had a meeting-house in Skinner's Close,
Edinburgh, in 1716, and was prosecuted
before the Lords of Justiciary, convicted
19th June 1717 a second time for not
praying for King George in terms of the
Act of Toleration and discharged from
preaching or exercising the ministry. He
died at Bristol in 1736. He marr. (1)
Margaret Orme : (2) pro. 24th Aug. 1721,
Margaret Crawford, widow of John Forbes
of Knaperny. Publications — A Dissertation
upon the Power of the Church (London,
1733) ; A Short Vieiv of the Evidences of
the Christian Religion (London, 1734). —
[Edin. Tests. ; P. R. Fife Sas. ; Chambers's
Domestic Annals."]
WILLIAM MITCHELL, formerly of
1688 Footdee Chapel, Aberdeen; adm.
1688; trans, to Dundee Third
Charge 20th May 1691.
JOHN ANDERSON, M.A., formerly of
16gl Perth; called in April and adm.
30th June 1691 ; trans, to St
Leonard's (St Andrews) 1st Sept. 1697.
JOHN SHAW, trans, from Newton and
adm. 29th Nov. 1698 ; trans, to South
Leith 22nd April 1708.
MATTHEW WOOD, only son of Gavin
1709 ^-' wrisnt> burgess of Glasgow;
called 26th Sept. 1708; ord. 3rd
Feb. 1709; adm. burgess of Glasgow 9th
Aug. 1709 ; trans, to Old Greyfriars, Edin-
burgh, 18th March 1711.
110
LESLIE IN FIFE
[PRESB. OF
PATRICK CLOW, M.A. (St Andrews,
1713 11th July 1701); licen. by Presb.
there 24th Jan. 1711 ; pres. by John,
Earl of Eothes in Aug., and ord. 26th Nov.
1713 ; died Nov. 1731, aged about 50. He
marr. (1) Ann Marshall, and had issue —
John, born 1720 ; Jean (marr. John Spence,
min. of Orwell) : (2) pro. 19th March 1731,
Elizabeth Cranston, widow of James
Farquharson, lieutenant in Lord Shannon's
Regiment. — [Dunheld Tests. ; Canongate
Marr. Reg.~\
ROBERT YOUNG, son of William Y.,
17S2 regent °f Philosophy in St Leonard's
College, St Andrews ; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (3rd May
1721); licen. by Presb. there 12th Sept.
1728 ; pres. by commissioners for John,
Earl of Rothes in May and ord. 6th Sept.
1732; elected Synod clerk 3rd Oct.. 1752;
died 26th Oct. 1758. He marr. (1) 2nd Jan.
1735, Rachel Haliday, who died 31st May
1746, and had issue — Mary, born 28th Aug.
1738, died 11th May 1813 : (2) 18th May
1747, Jean (died 5th June 1781), daugh. of
Thomas Newton, merchant, and had issue —
David, born 7th April 1748; Margaret,
born 7th May 1749 (marr. John Bruce,
surveyor of Customs, Alloa) ; William,
born 1st Aug. 1750 ; John, born 24th Jan.
1752, died 10th Nov. 1755; Hannah Howard,
born 21st May 1753 (marr. Captain John
Bruce, 79th Regiment) ; Jane, born 21st
Feb. 1755; Thomas, born 18th May 1756,
died in Jamaica ; Anne, born 9th May 1757
(marr. Alexander Kincaid, Lord Provost of
Edinburgh).
GEORGE WILLIS, born 1726; licen.
1759 ky Presb- °f Edinburgh 27th Nov.
1754 ; pres. by John, Earl of Eothes,
6th March, and ord. 20th Sept. 1759; died
1st May 1808. He marr. 4th April 1770,
Ann (died 21st April 1779), daugh. of
Thomas Arnot of Chapel, and had issue —
Agnes, born 28th March 1772 ; Katherine,
born 9th Sept. 1773, died 17th March 1774;
Thomas, born 23rd March 1775 ; George,
collector of Customs, Hull, born 10th Oct.
1776 ; Margaret, born 25th March 1778, died
31st Jan. 1780; Robert, born 11th April
1779, died 12th April 1800. Publication-
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, vi.).
CHRISTOPHER GREIG, M.A. ; trans.
180_ from Second Charge, Dysart; pres.
by Jane Elizabeth, Countess of
Rothes, with consent of Sir Lucas Pepys,
her husband, Nov. 1808; adm. 26th Jan.
1809 ; trans, to St Ninians 15th April 1824.
JAMES NICOL, born 1799, son of
1825 William N., min. of Scots Church,
Swallow Street, London ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow; B.A. (1818), M.A.
(1819); licen. by Presb. of Lanark 25th
June 1823 ; pres. by George William, Earl
of Rothes, 7th Aug. 1824; ord. 27th Jan.
1825 ; died 6th Aug. 1854. He marr. 16th
Jan. 1827, Eliza Hunter, who died at
Ormiston 26th July 1857, and had issue
—William, born 8th Dec. 1827, died at
Auckland, New Zealand, 2nd Dec. 1855 ;
Andrew Hunter, born 1st March 1829;
Susanna Cumming, born 9th May 1830;
Janet and Ann (twins), born 7th Sept.
1831 ; Eliza Hunter, born 13th Feb. 1833 ;
James, born 14th Feb. 1835. Publication —
Account of the Parish {New Stat. Ace, vs..).
ALEXANDER MACLAREN, pres. by
1855 George, Earl of Rothes, Nov. 1854 ;
ord. 1st March 1855 ; trans, to
Mertoun 16th June 1864.
DAVID WILLIAMSON RUNCIMAN,
born 26th June 1837, son of David
R., D.D., min. of St Andrew's,
Glasgow ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1860) ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow ;
pres. by Henrietta, Countess of Rothes ;
ord. 1st Sept. 1864; res. 5th Dec. 1877;
went to New Zealand ; adm. to St
Stephen's Presbyterian Church, Ponsonby,
Auckland, 1878-89 ; app. registrar, Univer-
sity College, Auckland, 1894 ; res. in 1907 ;
died at Auckland 24th June 1910. He
marr. 24th April 1866, Isabella Agatha
(died 13th Aug. 1917, aged 69), daugh. of
Matthew Leishman, D.D., min. of Govan,
and had issue — Jane Elizabeth, born 15th
Feb. 1867 ; David, born 30th Sept. 1868,
died 10th Jan. 1887 ; Matthew Leishman,
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LESLIE IN FIFE— LOCHGELLY
111
born 9th Aug. 1869, died at Buenos Aires
4th Sept. 1920; William Aitchison, born
9th Aug. 1871, died 30th Oct. 1917;
Robert Leishman, born 9th June 1873 ;
John Leslie, born 12th April 1875 ; Janet
Aitchison, born 17th July 1876 (marr.
Thomas Scott, min. of Laurencekirk);
James Bruce, born 20th Aug. 1878, died
27th Feb. 1879; Isabella Ruth, born 27th
Dec. 1879 (marr. George Haydon); Alex-
ander Ewing, born 6th March 1882, died
28th Sept. 1882; Elizabeth Anderson,
born 6th June 1883 (marr. 11th April
1917, William George Andrews, min. of
St Bride's, Edinburgh) ; Hugh Inglis, born
23rd Dec. 1885; Mary Russell, born 27th
Dec. 1887, died 25th July 1889.
1878
ANDREW RUSSELL, born Maryhill,
3rd Oct. 1844, son of John R. and
Jeanie Gillies; educated at Mary-
hill Parish School and Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1866) ; assistant at St James's
Parish, Glasgow, and Carluke ; ord. to
East Parish, Brechin, 7th Dec. 1871;
trans, to North Church, Stirling, 17th
Sept. 1874; trans, and adm. 14th May
1878; died 14th April 1914. He marr.
6th Dec. 1883, Emily Cecilia, fourth sur-
viving daugh. of Joseph Davies, Kensing-
ton, and had issue — Edith Cecilia, born
8th Oct. 1884 (marr. 29th June 1910, Arthur
Cuthbertson Ponsford); Beatrice Irene,
born 15th July 1888.
JOHN ROBERTSON MACGREGOR,
1BOw born Strathtay, 20th Sept. 1864, son
of John M. and Grace Robertson ;
educated at Hutcheson's Grammar School
and Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow May 1898 ; assistant at Holburn,
Aberdeen, 1898-9, Arbroath Parish, 1899-
1902 ; ord. to Hutchesontown, Glasgow,
23rd June 1902 ; trans, and adm. (assistant
and successor) 31st Jan. 1907. Marr. 16th
Oct. 1889, Mima, daugh. of James Grandi-
son and Eleanora Reid, and has issue —
Eleanora, born 23rd July 1890; Grace
Robertson Holburn, W.R.N.S., born 22nd
Nov. 1898 (marr. 3rd June 1924, Herbert
Walker Hay worth, B.L., Stranraer) ; Gladys
Grandison, born 19th Aug. 1901.
LOCHGELLY (Q.S.).
[A chapel was built here in 1855. The
parish of Lochgelly was disjoined from
Auchterderran and Ballingry on 12th
Feb. 1868.
ANDREW WILSON, M.A. ; ord. 4th
1856 July 1856 ; trans, to Fern 25th April
1861.
WILLIAM MAIR, M.A. ; ord. 24th
1861 Oct. 1861 ; trans, to Ardoch 6th
April 1865 (c/. Vol. II., 150). Publications
— A Digest of Laws and Decisions Ecclesi-
astical and Civil [supplementary edition
prepared by a Committee of the Associa-
tion of General Assembly, Synod and
Presbytery Clerks] (Edinburgh, 1923)
(second edition, 1895 not 1875, fourth
edition, 1912 not 1914 as in Vol. II.);
Speaking, 5th edition (Edinburgh 1923).
MUNGO REID, M.A. ; ord. 17th May
-86_ 1865 ; adm. first min. of the parish ;
trans, to Mearns 30th July 1868;
died 19th Jan. 1924.
THOMAS DEWAR, born 15th June
186_ 1846, eldest son of Thomas D., min.
of South Parish, Aberdeen ; edu-
cated at Grammar School and Univ. of
Aberdeen; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen
May 1867 ; assistant at South Parish,
Aberdeen ; ord. 2nd Dec. 1868 ; res. 28th
Oct. 1912. Marr. 22nd Nov. 1870, Cather-
ine (died 12th March 1918), eldest daugh.
of James French, min. of Dunfermline, and
had issue — Thomas, born 13th Sept. 1871 ;
Ann Macdonald, born 25th Dec. 1873;
Grace Catherine Edmonston, born 7th
July 1882.
DAVID FINLAY CLARK, M.A., B.D. ;
lgl3 ord. 12th March 1913 ; trans, to
John Knox Parish, Aberdeen, 9th
March 1918.
ROBERT NICOL PATON, born Staly-
1918 bria1Se> lst Feb. 1886> son °* Jolm
P. and Annie Eliza Nicol ; educated
at Grammar School and Univ. of Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1907), B.D. (1910); licen. by Presb.
of Aberdeen May 1910 ; assistant at Fernie-
gair, Hamilton ; ord. to New Byth 21st
112
MARKINCH
[PEESB. OF
March 1913 ; trans, and adm. 24th July
1918. Marr. 30th Aug. 1913, Catherine,
daugh. of George Henry Gray, and has
issue — Esther Margaret, born 8th April
1915 ; Nigel David, born 2nd March 1919.
MARKINCH.
[Markinch and Kirkforthar. — These
parishes were united in 1641.
Markinch. — The church of Markinch was
dedicated of old to St Drostan, but there
was a later dedication to St John the
Baptist. The church belonged to the
Priory of St Andrews.
Kirkforthar. — Kirkforthar was a parson-
age. Its ruined church still stands.]
PETER WATSON, trans, from Ballingry
1564 before 10th Nov. 1564, with Kin-
glassie, Leslie, Portmoak, and Kirk-
forthar also in his charge ; trans, to Dumfries
about 1574. — [Constit. Proc. Consist. St
Andrews.']
v WILLIAM BRAIDFUTE, trans, from
15„. Kilgour in 1576 ; pres. to the vicar-
age by James VI. 13th Sept. 1583;
trans, to Ballingry after 1st Jan. 1581 ;
returned before 1585 ; trans, to Portmoak
in 1590.
JOHN MICHAELSON, M.A. ; trans,
from Auchtertool in 1590 ; trans, to
1590
Burntisland 25th Jan. 1616.
WILLIAM WATSON, adm. to High
,61a Kirk, Edinburgh, 18th April 1585 ;
trans, to South East or Old Kirk
18th April 1598 ; trans, to Burntisland in
1601 ; pres. by James VI. 1st March 1616 ;
died 16th May 1619. He marr. (1) before
12th Sept. 1589, Barbara, daugh. of John
Craig, min. of the Chapel Royal, Stirling,
and had issue — William, bapt. 27th July
1595 ; James, bapt. 29th March 1598, died
young ; Janet (marr. David Phin, sailor,
Burntisland); Rebecca: (2) Mawsia Thom-
son, widow of Adam Boswell, Burntisland.
— [Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Edin. Guild Reg. ; Edin.
Bapt. Reg. ; St Andrews Tests. ; G. R.
Inhib., xxix., 206 ; Reg. of Deeds, ccccviii.,
411 ; Coioan Ped. Table, xxi.]
ANDREW LAMONT, son of Alan
16lg L., min. of Scoonie; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (22nd
July 1608) ; was an " expectant " 20th Aug.
1615 ; pres. by James VI. 1st June 1619,
and to Kirkforthar by Charles I. 16th
May 1626 ; D.D. ; dep. 7th Feb. 1639 for
contumacy, and refusing to acknowledge
the lawfulness of the General Assembly
preceding, or to intimate the sentence of
deposition against the bishops, till it should
be confirmed by Parliament. He went to
England, but returned to Scotland Sept.
1650 in consequence of an edict of Parlia-
ment in Aug. that year, commanding all
Scots people to remove out of England
under pain of death. He again went to
England 27th Oct. 1651 ; was inst. parson
of Thwinge in Yorkshire, where he died in
June 1663, aged about 75. He marr.
Margaret, daugh. of Robert Howie, Princi-
pal of St Andrews, and had issue — Alan of
Northburton,Yorkshire,born 1628; Andrew,
D.D., rector of Beesby, Surrey ; James ;
Janet (marr. Robert Constable, vicar of Mus-
ton, Yorkshire) ; Jean ; Agnes ; Margaret. —
[Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Lamont's Diary, 5, 36, 166 ;
Burntisland Sess. Reg. ; Wodroio MSS.~\
FREDERICK CARMICHAEL, M.A.,
le40 eldest son of John O, min. of Kil-
conquhar ; pres. to Kirkcaldy 21st
April 1627 but not settled ; ord. to
Kennoway that year ; trans, and adm.
11th June 1640 ; pres. by Charles I. 14th
Sept., and coll. 28th Oct. 1641 ; received a
protection from the Marquess of Montrose
20th Aug. 1645, had a thanksgiving service
for General Leslie's victory at Philip-
haugh ; was one of the Commission for
visiting the Univ. of St Andrews 16th
Jan. 1649 ; died 3rd May 1667, aged about
70. He marr. 4th Dec. 1623, Mary (died
Feb. 1669), daugh. of John Gillespie, min.
of Kirkcaldy, and had issue — John, min.
of Traquair ; Alexander, min. of Pettinain ;
Frederick ; Lilias ; Anna ; Cecil (marr.
Robert Honeyman, min. of St Andrews.)
—[Kirkcaldy Sess. Reg. ; Reg. Sec. Sig. ;
Mem. of Montrose ; Lamont's Diary, 199 ;
Wodrow's Hist. ; Inq. Ret. Gen., 6133 ;
Balfour's Hist. Wm-ks.]
kikkcaldy]
MARKINCH
113
JOHN RAMSAY of Duniface; M.A.
1668 ^* Andrews I640); adm- to Cares-
ton before 1st May 1645; trans, to
Scoonie 14th Aug. 1662 ; trans, and adm.
6th May 1668 ; died Feb. 1685, aged about
65. He acquired the lands of Duniface,
which he bequeathed in 1681 to one of the
United Colleges, St Andrews, to found
bursaries. He marr. Isobel Guthrie, who
died s.p. before 19th Jan. 1687.— [Lamont's
Diary, '153, 205; St Andrews Tests.;
Fountainhall's Dec. ; Inq. Ret. Fife,
1267 ; Gen., 6544 ; Sc. Warrant Book,
iii., 434; Fife Sas., xiv., 55.]
JOHN MIDDLETON, M.A. (King's
College, Aberdeen, 1644); licen. by
Presb. of St Andrews before 4th July
1650 ; ord. by the First Presbyterian Classis
in the province of London as min. of a
congregation in England ; adm. to Leuchars
4th Dec. 1661; D.D. (St Andrews, 30th
Dec. 1683) ; trans, and adm. after 24th
March 1684 ; accused before Privy Council
10th Sept. 1689 of not reading the Pro-
clamation of the Estates, nor praying for
William and Mary but for James VII. ;
he was acquitted ; dem. in 1695 ; died
in 1696, aged about 72. He marr. (1)
Margaret Wemyss, and had issue — John ;
Robert, rector of St Mary's, Colchester ;
served heir to his father 21st Dec. 1711 ;
Isobel : (2) Ann Forrester, and had issue —
Alexander; John; George; Margaret: (3)
Janet Hume, who died 28th Nov. 1773.—
[Services of Heirs ; lnq. Eet. Fife, 129 ;
Fife Sas., xiii., 188.]
WILLIAM MACKIE, was a min. at the
first meeting of ministers in Lothian
6th July 1687 after Toleration had
been granted ; adm. to Portmoak in 1687,
and preached at Scotland Well in a small
house built of stone and turf ; called
Dec. 1697; trans, and adm. 10th Feb.
1698; died 24th May 1699. He marr.
(1) Christian Ayton of Burntisland, and
had issue — Charles, professor of Civil
History in Univ. of Edinburgh, 1719-65 ;
Jean : (2) pro. 16th Dec. 1690, Margaret,
daugh. of John Carstairs, min. of St
Mungo's, Glasgow, who survived him and
VOL. V.
marr. (2) pro. 15th Sept. 1706, Major James
Colt, Edinburgh Castle. — [Edin. Marr.
Reg. ; St Andrews Tests. ; Ferrie's Life of
Carstairs ; Colt Family.}
JOSEPH DREW, trans, from New
Monkland; called 13th Oct. 1700;
adm. 30th April 1701 ; trans, to
St Leonards 6th Oct. 1708.
JAMES DICKSON, M.A. (Edinburgh,
7 „ 11th July 1696) ; licen. by Presb. of
Earlston 23rd Nov. 1699; ord. to
Second Charge, South Leith, 16th July
1700 ; called 20th Nov. 1711 ; trans, and
adm. 23rd Jan. 1712; died between 16th
July and 20th Aug. 1730, aged about 54.
He marr. 26th Dec. 1700, Theodosia,
daugh. of Thomas Gibson, surgeon, burgess
of Edinburgh, who survived him, and had
issue — Theodosia ; Isobel ; Ann ; Mary ;
Margaret ; Thomas ; Janet ; Eupham ;
James ; Agnes ; George ; Josepha. Publica-
tion — Practical Discourses (Edinburgh,
1731).— [Edin. Marr. Reg.]
THOMAS TULLIDELPH, trans, from
Dron; called 28th April, and adm.
7th Oct. 1731 ; dem. on appointment
as Professor of Divinity, St Mary's College,
St Andrews, 17th Oct. 1734 (q.v.).
GEORGE PRESTON, licen. by Presb.
of Cupar 1st Jan., pres. by George II.
9th April, called 27th May, and ord.
21st Aug. 1735 ; died 24th Aug. 1757. He
marr. 5th Oct. 1737, Susan Maclaren, who
died 20th May 1768, and had issue— Janet,
born 27th Nov. 1738 ; Eupham, born 15th
Jan. 1740 ; Margaret, born 18th Dec. 1741 ;
Alexander, W.S., born 29th Dec. 1742, died
26th Dec. 1820; Susanna, born 19th Dec.
1743, died 17th April 1744.
JOHN PINKERTON, born 9th Aug.
1717, son of James P., schoolmaster
of Lasswade ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh; licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith
24th March 1741 ; ord. to Dalziel 7th
Feb. 1744; called 30th March, trans, and
adm. 7th Sept. 1758; died suddenly at
Balfour House 17th June 1784. He marr.
9th Aug. 1748, Anne (died 21st April 1787),
fourth daugh. of William Drummond of
H
114
MARKINCH— KIRKFORTHAR— METHIL
[PEESB. OF
1818
Hawthornden, and had issue — Francis,
captain 98th Foot, born 27th July 1749;
Archibald, born 1752. — [Douglas's Baron.,
574 ; St Andrews Tests.]
JOHN THOMSON, D.D. ; trans, from
ll785 Sanquhar ; pres. by George III. 9th
Nov. 1784; adm. 5th May 1785;
trans, to New Greyfriars, Edinburgh, 18th
Oct. 1800.
GEOEGE WRIGHT, D.D., trans, from
. _nl Kilmarnock Chapel-of-Ease ; pres. by
George III. 17th March, and adm.
7th May 1801 ; trans, to First Charge,
Stirling, 21st Jan. 1818.
JAMES SIEVWRIGHT, bapt. 19th
March 1783, son of James S., Drum-
delgie, Parish of Cairnie ; educated
at Marischal College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1st April 1807); became tutor in family
of Alexander Stewart, D.D., Dingwall ;
licen. by Presb. of Perth 25th Nov. 1812 ;
ord. by Presb. of Edinburgh 25th Jan.
1815 min. of Presbyterian congregation at
Gateshead-on-Tyne ; pres. by George, Prince
Regent, 6th Feb., and adm. 17th April 1818.
Joined the Free Church; min. of Mark-
inch Free Church, 1843-52 ; D.D. (Glasgow,
11th March 1846); elected Moderator of
Free Church General Assembly 20th May
1847 ; died 29th Nov. 1852. Dr Chalmers
died suddenly during the sittings of the
Assembly of 1847. At his funeral, Dr S.,
"walking a little apart, and alone, with
feeble and tottering steps, was an observed
figure. His bloodless and thoughtful
features, his keen eye, his jet-black wig,
and his moderator's dress, suggested an
old-world cut of a grave divine of the
seventeenth century. He looked as if he
had stepped out of a picture-frame to join
in the sable gathering." He marr. 15th
June 1815, Jessie (died s.p. at Edinburgh
24th Oct. 1864), daugh. of James Mellis of
Newhall. Publications — Five Occasional
Sermons (Newcastle, 1816; Edinburgh, 1849);
Memoirs of Rev. Alexander Stewart, D.D.
(Stewart's Sermons, Edinburgh, 1822);
Thoughts on Sanctification (Edinburgh,
1325); Sermons (1826); A Protestor's Apology
for Quitting the Established Church (Edin-
burgh, 1843); Memorials of a Ministry
(Edinburgh, 1856) ; Account of the Parish
{Neiv Stat. Ace, ix.); Sermon I. {Free Church
Pulpit, i.) ; Two Articles {Christian Herald,
i.). — [Taylor's Hist. Notices of Markinch,
244.]
JAMES LANDEL [or LANDELL]
1843 E0SE> born 28tn June 1811> eldest
son of William K., collector of taxes,
Berwickshire, and Harriet, daugh. of David
Landel, min. of Coldingham ; educated at
Academy and Univ. of Glasgow ; pres. by
Queen Victoria 30th Aug., and ord. 9th
Nov. 1843 ; died unmarr. 18th June 1900 —
[Tombst.]
v-JAMES HENDERSON BKYDEN,
1889
born The Birches, Morton, Dumfries-
shire, 13th Aug. 1859, son of Thomas
B. and Elizabeth Henderson ; educated at
Gair,Chapelknowe,and Lochmaben Schools,
and Univs. of Glasgow and Edinburgh ;
M.A. (1883), B.D. (1886); licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh 14th May 1886 ; assistant at
Ladhope, Crailing, and Kinghorn ; ord.
(assistant and successor) to Holywood 4th
July 1889 ; trans, and adm. (assistant and
successor) 26th July 1899. He marr. 10th
April 1894, Georgina (died 5th Feb. 1920),
daugh. of George Weir, min. of Humbie.
Publications — A Memorial Sermon on Rev.
J.L. Rose (Markinch, 1900); "The Bights
of Baptized Children " {Teachers' Magazine).
KIRKFORTHAR.
[United to Markinch by the Plat before
4th Nov. 1641.]
DAVID DONALDSON, reader in 1573
1573 and 1577. — [Acts and Dec, lv., 5.]
METHIL (Q.S.).
[A chapel opened here on 1st April
1838, had a constitution from the General
Assembly 18th May 1839. The parish was
disjoined from Wemyss and Markinch on
6th Ma'rch 1876.]
JOHN WILSON, ord. 21st Nov. 1839 ;
res. in 1843 on presentation to Port-
1889 moak, but owing to opposition of
congregation was not admitted there ;
KIRKCALDY]
METHIL— MILTON OF BALGONIE
115
1855
1883
adm. to North Church, Aberdeen, 27th
Sept. 1843.
[Vacant 1843-55.]
JAMES DUFF, educated at King's
College, Aberdeen; MA. (1831);
ord. (assistant) at New Spynie in
1847 ; app. here in 1855.
THOMAS MOKISON, born 29th
1857 April 1825, son of Walter M., min.
of Morebattle ; educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Kelso ;
ord. to Melbourne, Montreal, Canada,
March 1853; dem. in 1855; adm. to this
charge 21st Oct. 1858 ; adm. first min. of
parish in 1876; died 26th Dec. 1882. He
marr. Elizabeth Christian (died 16th April
1908), daugh. of James Donaldson, min. of
Canonbie.
ALEXANDEK AYTOUN YOUNG,
trans, from Sinclairtown Chapel and
adm. 1st May 1883 ; trans, to Clunie
15th May 1891.
THOMAS MUIE, M.A., B.D.; ord.
1891 24th Sept. 1891 ; trans, to Skirling
25th Sept. 1906.
ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, born
Galston, 29th Nov. 1864, son of
Alexander R. and Elizabeth Paton ;
educated at Galston School and Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr 7th Dec.
1898 ; assistant at Strathaven, Larbert, and
Kilwinning; ord. 28th Feb. 1907; died 18th
Sept. 1923. He marr. 23rd April 1907,
Annie, daugh. of William and Susannah
Shepherd.
GEORGE OMOND M'KENZIE, born
27th Aug. 1893, son of John M.,
solicitor, and Janet Omond ; edu-
cated at George Watson's College and Univ.
of Edinburgh; MA. (1921); licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh 20th Dec. 1922 ; assistant at
Kirkintilloch ; ord. 27th Dec. 1923. Marr.
19th Sept. 1914, Isabella Jopp, daugh. of
Thomas Spence and Jane Christie, and has
issue — Ian Gordon, born 1st July 1916;
Thomas Spence Seaforth, born 11th July
1917, died 19th Feb. 1923 ; George Fingal,
born 27th April 1920 ; Gilbert Omond, born
20th May 1921 ; Kenneth Macbeth, bom
6th June 1923.
1907
1923
MILTON OF BALGONIE (Q.S.).
[A chapel was opened here in 1836,
and had a constitution from the General
Assembly 29th May 1837. The parish
was disjoined from Markinch and erected
21st Feb. 1876.]
JOHN MURRAY, elected 1st Sept.,
and ord. 26th Oct. 1837 ; trans.
1837
to Dunbog 11th May 1838.
JOHN M'EWEN, elected 1st Nov. 1838 ;
ord. 31st Jan. 1839; dem. 3rd
Aug. 1843, to go to Canada under
Colonial Committee, but became assistant
at St Andrews ; adm. to Dyke 23rd Nov.
1843.
vWILLIAM BAIN, born 1793, only son
of William B., schoolmaster, Glas-
1848 gow ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
ord. 7th Dec. 1843; died 26th Jan.
1870. He marr. a daugh. of Archibald
Fleming, Anderston, Glasgow, and had
issue— Isabella, born 1831, died 16th Sept.
1915.
JOHN CLEGHORN BELL, ord. 8th
April 1870 ; trans, to Pathhead 14th
1870
May 1873.
1873
JAMES FORBES, trans, from Low
Meeting, Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1873;
adm. first min. of parish in 1876 ;
trans, to Cranshaws 7th Sept. 1876.
ALEXANDER GALLOWAY, M.A.,
B.D. ; ord. 28th Dec. 1876 ; trans.
1876 to Minto 19th June 1878.
JOHN MITCHELL MONCREIFF,
born Arbroath, 1850, son of Thomas
1878 Reid M., stationer, and Caroline
Campbell Mitchell, and brother of Robert
K. M., D.D., min. of Arngask ; educated
at Parish School and Univ. of St Andrews ;
ord. 14th Nov. 1878 ; died unmarr. 9th
March 1883.
JAMES CLARK, born Laigh Crook,
Sorn, 5th Dec. 1851, son of William
1883 C. and Elizabeth Lindsay; edu-
cated at Sorn Parish School and Univ.
of Glasgow ; M.A. (1878) ; licen. by Presb.
116
PRINLAWS— SCOONIE
[PEESB. OF
of Ayr 4th May 1881 ; assistant at West
St Giles, Edinburgh ; ord. 22nd Aug. 1883 ;
died unmarr. 10th May 1921.
1921
JOHN FAULDS, born Ardrossan, 26th
Feb. 1870, son of James F. and Jane
Gillies ; educated at Moray House,
Daniel Stewart's College, and Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
29th Nov. 1899; assistant at North Esk,
Ayr, and Hamilton; ord. to Kandy, Ceylon,
12th Sept. 1909; res. in 1920; adm. 25th
Aug. 1921. Marr. 30th Sept. 1909, Jeanie
Naismith, daugh. of Thomas Minto and
Jeanie Naismith Shearer.
PRINLAWS (Q.S.).
[The parish was disjoined from Leslie
and erected 16th Nov. 1891.]
JAMES NTVEN HILL, born Milton
1884 °^ Balgonie 28th Aug. 1845, son of
Colin H. and Janet Niven ; edu-
cated at Milton of Balgonie School, Univ.
of St Andrews, and Theological Seminary
of Chicago ; licen. by Presb. of Chicago,
Illinois, U.S.A.; ord. to Belleville, Wis-
consin, U.S.A., 1878 ; trans, to Dwight,
Illinois, Oct. 1878 ; app. here July 1884 ;
adm. first min. of the parish 2nd Dec.
1891 ; res. 8th June 1919 ; died 12th April
1922. He marr. 6th April 1874, Marion
Josephine, daugh. of Charles Hatch, and
had issue — Janet Theresa, born 24th March
1875 ; Charles Thompson, born 15th Oct.
1878, died 18th May 1901 ; Colin Cecil
Pitcairn, M.A., chaplain at Secunderabad,
India, born 17th July 1887. Publications —
The Cycle of Life and other Poems (Edin-
burgh, 1893) ; First Communion Lessons
(two editions, Kirkcaldy, 1899).
ARNOLD [SPENCE] GRAY SMITH,
1920 k°rn 1866> son of James Spence S.,
min. of Eday ; educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh; M.A. (1889); licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh in 1S92 ; assistant at
Lady Yester's, Edinburgh, 1892-8, and at
Inverkeithny ; app. to Finzean 4th Nov.
1900; ord. there 4th April 1903; trans.
and adm. 12th Nov. 1920. Marr. 3rd June
1903, Jane (died 30th Jan. 1921), younger
daugh. of John Gray of Roeberry, Orkney,
and has issue — Margaret Euphemia
Mortimer.
SCOONIE.
[The church of Scoonie was dedicated to
St Modwenna. It belonged to the Priory of
St Andrews. In 1775 the church was re-
moved from Scoonie to Leven.]
1566
JOHN SYMSON, min. in 1566; with
Markinch and Methil in the charge
in 1574; removed to Kennoway about
1580.
1580
ALAN LAMONT, born 1550, son of
Alan L. and Margaret, daugh. of
Sir William Moncreiff of that Ilk :
became regent in St Leonard's College 1577 ;
adm. in 15S0; pres. to vicarage by James
VI. 9th Feb. 1602; died 1630. He marr. (1)
Margaret Nairn, who died 1st Sept. 1581,
and had issue — Alan, reader at Dysart 1610-
23 ; Margaret : (2) Janet, daugh. of James
Cockburn of Treaton, and had issue —
Thomas, his colleague in the parish ; An-
drew, min. of Markinch ; James, min. of
Kinnettles; Walter, assistant in the parish;
John, apprentice to Alexander Telpher,
merchant, Edinburgh, 18th Dec. 1616,
afterwards min. of Templepatrick ; chased
out of Ireland by the rebels in 1642, died
21st Jan. 1652. — [Beg. Assig. ; Inscriptions
on Communion Cups; Canongate Sess. Reg. ;
Fife Sas., vi., 351 ; Fife Inhib., 26th March
1611 ; Lamont Papers, 286, 298, 317, 348,
349.]
THOMAS LAMONT, son of preceding ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (1606); was an "expectant"
4th Sept. 1611 ; adm. (colleague) May
1614; still min. 5th Oct. 1624; died before
1643. He marr. Margaret Cockburn, who
died before 1643, and had issue— Alan.—
[Lamont Papers, 645; Fife Sas., vi., 351.]
[WALTER LAMONT, younger brother
of preceding ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews; M.A. (161S); passed trials
before Presb. of St Andrews and Kirk-
1614
KIRKCALDY]
SCOONIE
117
caldy ; sometime reader at Dysart ; app.
assistant, but his settlement was opposed
by the laird of Durie and William Kig
of Athernie. On 2nd Oct. 1627 he was
allowed to remain assistant till next
Synod ; pres. by Charles I. 22nd May 1631,
but not settled ; went to Ireland and was
min. at Temple Patrick in 1643 ; preached
in Yorkshire between June 1649 and 8th
Nov. 1667. He marr. Cecil, daugh. of
James Holburn of Menstrie, and had issue
— Colin. — [Lamont Papers, 643, 656 ;
Lamont's Diary, 5, 202; Reg. Sec. Sig.~\
1632
ROBERT CRANSTOUN, son of William
O, min. of Lathrisk (Kettle) ; edu-
cated at Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A.
(29th July 1609); pres. to Lathrisk 6th
May 1626, and to this charge by Charles
II. 11th Nov. 1632 ; was a member of
Assembly of 1638 ; had his chamber in
Durie burned by a fire during sermon
28th Feb. 1641, when the Session Records
also perished; died in 1643. He marr. and
had issue — Edmund ; Sarah (marr. John
Ramsay, min. of Kettle). — [St Andrews
Tests.; Reg. of Deeds, 29th April 1663;
Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Baillie's Letters ; G. R.
Inhib., 14th Feb. 1637.]
1643
ALEXANDER MONCREIFF, bapt.
16th Dec. 1613, second son of
Matthew M. of Kintillo, parish of
Dunbamey; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh; M.A. (1635); was on a leet for Kirk-
caldy 23rd Dec. 1641 ; pres. by Charles I.
14th June, and adm. 26th Sept. 1643 ;
was one of the commissioners for visiting
the Univ. of St Andrews 16th Jan. 1649 ;
gave in a protest to the Presb. against the
public Resolutions 3rd Dec. 1651 ; named
by Cromwell one of the commissioners for
authorising mins. to enjoy their benefices,
etc., in the provinces of Perth, Fife, and
Angus. He presented a petition from him-
self and other mins. of Fife against the
Toleration and other encroachments, and
having thus made himself obnoxious to the
Government was imprisoned on a charge of
praying for the King. He along with nine
other mins. who had met to draw up an
address to the King were arrested and con-
fined in the Castle of Edinburgh 23rd Aug.
1660. On 12th July 1661 he was inhibited
by the King and Parliament from exercising
any office within the parish, to which he
was confined. A decreet was passed against
him for hoi ding conventicles, 16th July 1674,
and on 23rd the magistrates of Perth were
appointed to arrest him. He died 6th Oct.
1688, after having several times eluded the
search of his persecutors, and was buried
in Greyfriars, Edinburgh. He marr. Anna
(died 25th Oct. 1704, aged 84), daugh. of
Robert Murray of Woodend, min. of
Methven, and had issue — Matthew, who
succeeded his uncle in estate of Culfargie ;
William, min. of Largo ; John, min. of
Trinity Parish, Edinburgh ; Robert, clerk
to the Privy Council 1689 ; Anna (marr.
1681, Hugh Cunningham, Lord Provost of
Edinburgh) ; Margaret (marr., cont. 1st
Dec. 1691, Alexander Swyne, bailie of
Dysart) ; Elizabeth (marr. Andrew Ward-
roper, min. of Ballingry). Publication —
Letter while in Confinement to Mrs Mon-
creiff (Christian Mag., vii.). — [St Andrews
Sess. Reg. ; Greyfriars Burials ; Playfair's
Baronetage, iii. ; Lamont's Diary ; Reg.
Sec. Sig.; G. R. Inhib., 22nd Dec. 1662;
Monteith's Mort., 55; Fleming's Fulfill,
of Scriptures, 343 ; Seton's House of Mon-
creif, 84.]
JOHN RAMSAY, M.A. ; trans, from
Careston, and adm. 14th Aug. 1662 ;
trans, to Markinch 6th May 1668.
GEORGE WOOD, born Crail, 1648,
son of Robert W., portioner of
Sauchope, and Catherine Moncrieff ;
M.A. (St Andrews, 19th July 1664);
passed trials before Presb. of St Andrews
and recommended for licence 11th Dec.
1667 ; pres. in Aug., and adm. 18th Nov.
1669 ; app. Synod clerk 25th April 1677 ;
accused of adultery, he deserted his charge
and went to England about 8th Feb. 1680,
the parish being declared vacant 16th May
that year. He marr., and had issue-
Robert; James; Alison.
GEORGE LANDAL, M.A. ; trans,
from Kemback, and adm. 16th June
1669
1680
1680 ; trans, to Cupar-Fife in 1682.
118
SCOONIE
[PEESB. OF
" JOHN BLAIK, M.A. (St Andrews 1662)
1RR„ adm. to Auchtertool about 1672
trans, and adm. 10th May 1682
accused before the Privy Council 3rd Sept.
1689 of neither reading the Proclamation of
the Estates, nor praying for William and
Mary, etc., but was acquitted ; dep. (by a
committee of Synod) when he was over
seventy - eight years of age, after 11th
April 1717. He petitioned the Assembly,
which on 14th May following referred the
case to its commission. He marr. Margaret
Dewar, and had issue — David ; Catherine ;
Christian ; Margaret ; Jane ; Eupham ;
Helen. — [<?. R. Sas., xcv., 344; Case of
Greenshields ; Morrison's Dec, xviii.]
1718
THOMAS MELVILLE, M.A. (Glasgow,
10th Feb. 1708) ; licen. by Presb. of
Kirkcaldy 9th Aug. 1716; became
chaplain to the laird of Raith ; called 9th
Oct. 1717 ; ord. 5th March 1718 ; dem.
owing to age and infirmity 12th Oct. 1763 ;
died 12th Nov. 1766. He marr. 7th Oct.
1719, Ann (died 20th March 1752), daugh.
of Alan Lamont, merchant, Leven, and had
issue — Elizabeth ; Andrew ; Margaret, born
28th Nov. 1722 ; Lottie ; Thomas ; Helen,
died 15th May 1751 ; Alan, born 7th Dec.
1727, died at Boston, Mass., 2nd Jan. 1760 ;
Marie ; Sophia ; John, born 24th June
1732, admitted to Middle Temple, 11th
July 1777; Ann, born 9th June 1734, died
27th May 1747.— {Fife Sas., xxv., 112.]
DAVID SWAN, born 1736; M.A. (St
17fi4 Andrews 1753) ; licen. by Presb. of
Kirkcaldy 26th March 1760 ; became
assistant in the parish ; pres. by George
III. 31st Jan., and ord. 10th May 1764;
elected Synod clerk 8th April 1777 ; D.D.
(Marischal College, Aberdeen, 25th Sept.
1802) ; died 22nd Oct. 1812. He marr. (1)
16th Dec. 1765, Susanna (died 28th Feb.
1800), daugh. of Robert Spears, min. of
Burntisland, and had issue — Jean, born
27th Sept. 1766, died 17th Oct. 1767;
Elizabeth, born 9th Dec. 1767, died 6th
March 1770; Katherine, born 26th Dec.
1769, died 1st April 1789 ; James, born 1st
Oct. 1771, died at London, 17th Aug. 1788 ;
Robert, min. of Abercrombie, born 9th May
1773; Alexander, born 11th March 1775,
1813
died 1862 ; William Dalgleish, min. of
Ferryport-on-Craig, born 27th Oct. 1780 :
(2) 16th March 1801, Helen Landale, who
died 6th Sept. 1833. Publication — Account
of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace., v.). —
{Genealogy of James Young, 101.]
, GEORGE BREWSTER, born 1784,
second son of James B., Rector of
the Grammar School of Jedburgh,
and Margaret Key, and brother of Sir
David B. ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; became tutor in the family of
Christie of Durie ; licen. by Presb. of Kirk-
caldy 24th Aug. 1809; pres. by George,
Prince Regent, 9th Nov. 1812; ord. 25th
Aug. 1813; D.D. (St Andrews, 10th June
1848); died 20th June 1855. He marr.
27th Oct. 1815, Jane (died 13th April
1869), eldest daugh. of Thomas Haddaway,
Stirling, and had issue — James, born 30th
Nov. 1816, died 4th Feb. 1817 ; Mary Ann,
born 21st Jan. 1818, died at Leith, 5th June
1830 ; Margaret Key, born 12th May 1819 ;
Thomas Haddaway, born 26th March 1822,
died 21st June 1850 ; George, M.D., surgeon,
R.N., born 8th Nov. 1823, died at Port
Royal, Jamaica, 5th April 1850 ; John,
born 14th Nov. 1825, died 24th Dec.
1826; Jane, born 19th April 1827 (marr.
28th June 1853, James Cornfute, M.D.,
H.E.I.C.S.) ; David, min. of Kilmany, born
28th Sept. 1833. Publications — Several
Articles in the Edinburgh Encyclopaedia ;
Account of the Parish {Neiv Stat. Ace, ix.).
— {Home Life of Sir David Brewster, 41.]
DAVID BROWN, pres. by Queen
Victoria 11th Aug., trans, and adm.
from St Bernard's, Edinburgh, 15th
Nov. 1855 ; trans, to St Enoch's, Glas-
gow, 3rd Feb. 1859.
JAMES BLACKWOOD, born 19th Aug.
1860 1831, son of William B., bleacher,
and Mary Millar ; educated at Univ.
of St Andrews ; M.A. ; pres. by Queen
Victoria, 22nd Aug., and ord. 20th June
1860 ; died unmarr. 16th May 1866.
JOHN DUNCAN, born Auchterderran,
1828 ; educated at Parish School and
Univs. of St Andrews and Edin-
burgh ; during divinity course was secre-
1855
1866
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119
tary to Dr Woodford, H.M. Inspector of
Schools ; chaplain to Blind Asylum ; ord.
(assistant and successor) to Abbotshall 4th
June 1857; trans, to St Michael's, Dumfries,
30th June 1865 ; pres. by Queen Victoria
13th June, trans, and adm. 11th Oct. 1866 ;
D.D. (St Andrews 1876); died unmarr.
18th Sept. 1880.
CHAELES DUKWAED, born Aber-
1881 ^een, 6tn June 1850, son of Charles
D. and Jane Eobbie ; educated at
Fettercairn School, Montrose Academy,
Aberdeen Grammar School, and Univ. of
St Andrews; M.A. (1871), B.D. (1874);
licen. by Presb. of St Andrews May 1874 ;
assistant at St Mungo's, Glasgow ; ord. 21st
Sept. 1875 to South Parish, Greenock ;
trans, and adm. 5th May 1881 ; D.D. (St
Andrews 1899). Marr. 13th June 1882,
Christina Jane Grieve (died 13th June
1915), youngest daugh. of Walter Thorburn,
banker, Peebles, and Jane Grieve, and has
issue — Eric Stanley, oilfield superintendent,
California, born 29th May 1883 ; Colin
Thorburn, East India merchant, served as
captain in Eoyal Scots, European War,
born 29th Sept. 1885 ; Jeanie Alison, born
14th Feb. 1887 ; Charles Walker, student
in medicine, Edinburgh, served in European
War as captain, Highland Cycle Brigade,
born 10th Jan. 1890.
THORNTON (Q.S.).
[A chapel was built here in 1837, and had
a constitution from General Assembly 28th
May 1838. The parish was disjoined from
Markinch, Dysart, and Kinglassie on 18th
Feb. 1878.]
JOHN LINDSAY ADAMSON, elected
1838 19th April 1836 ; ord. 16th Aug.
1838 ; trans, to St David's Parish,
Dundee, 1st Feb. 1844.
EICHAED EAMSAY, ord. 9th July
1844 1844 ; trans, to Ehynd 7th Jan. 1847.
GEOEGE M'CULLOCH, born 1807,
1847 fourth son of John M., artificer,
Glasgow ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. there ; ord.
15th July 1847; res. in 1854; died at
Glasgow 24th Oct. 1861.
GEOEGE EODDICK, ord. 3rd May
,„„ 1855; trans, to Aberdour 26th March
1855 _ '
1857.
JAMES MILLAE LOWE, son of John
185>7 M. L., dyer, Dunfermline ; educated
at Univ. of St Andrews; M.A.
(1854) ; ord. 10th Sept. 1857 ; res. 2nd June
1869. He marr. 13th Oct. 1857, Barbara,
only daugh. of Andrew Gray, manufac-
turer, Perth, and had issue — Jessie Millar
(marr. George Beale, min. of Torphichen) ;
a daugh. (marr. Donald Murchiston, Inver-
leith Eow, Edinburgh).
ANDEEW IEVING, trans, from Hex-
j ham 17th Nov. 1869 ; trans, to
Gartmore 28th Dec. 1871.
JAMES BEUNTON, ord. 2nd May
1872
1872; trans, to Middle Church, Perth,
16th Oct. 1874.
PETEE M'QUEEN, missionary, Lady-
187s burn, Greenock ; ord. 29th April
1875 ; res. 1st Nov. 1876 on app. to
Eef ormed Presbyterian Church, St Thomas ,
West Indies.
DUNCAN MACFAELANE WILSON,
187„ born Paisley, 2nd Feb. 1850, son of
William W. and Isobel Macfarlane ;
educated at Paisley School and Univ. of
Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of Paisley 12th
Nov. 1874 ; assistant as Campsie ; ord. to
Thornton 8th March 1877 ; adm. first min.
of the parish 18th Feb. 1878; app. clerk
to Presbytery 4th Dec. 1878 ; app. clerk
to Synod of Fife 12th April 1898.
WEMYSS.
[The church of Wemyss was dedicated
to St Cuthbert. It belonged to the college
of the Holy Trinity at Edinburgh. In the
church there was a chapel of St Katherine,
and a croft not far off was called St
Katherine's Land.]
120
WEMYSS
[PRESB.
OF
v JOHN BOWSIE, reader from
1576 1576-80.
JOHN TULLOS, maternal nephew of
Andrew Bennet, min. of Monimail,
1585 and reader at Foulis Wester in 1580 ;
adm. about 1585 ; died June 1636, "a most
weak minister." He marr., and had issue-
James.— [Beg. Assig. ; Baith Papers ; Beg.
Mag. Sig., viii., 623 ; Baillie's Letters.]
PATRICK MEARNS, M.A. (St
Andrews 1623) ; was on the Exercise
1636 21st March 1633; pres. by Town
Council of Edinburgh 15th June, and adm.
8th Sept. 1636; died unmarr. Dec. 1637,
aged about 35.—[Edin. Council Beg. ; St
Andrews Tests.]
GEORGE GILLESPIE, M.A; pres.
by Town Council of Edinburgh 5th
1638 Jan., and adm. 26th April 1638;
pres. to parsonage of Methil by David,
Lord Elcho, in Oct.; coll. 1st, and inst.
8th Nov. 1638 ; elected one of the mins. of
Aberdeen, but his translation was refused
by General Assembly 2nd Aug. 1641 ; trans,
to Greyfriars Parish, Edinburgh, 23rd Sept.
1642.
HARRY WILKIE, son of John W,
min. of Portmoak; had testimonial
1642 for licence 13th Feb. 1631 ; pres. by
Charles I. 14th June 1632; ord. before
14th, and adm. 24th Feb. 1633 ; pres. by
Town Council of Edinburgh 19th Oct., and
adm. 30th Nov. 1642; died 7th Oct. 1664,
and is described as "a little knackety
body." He marr. 30th Jan. 1634, Janet,
daugh. of James Ramsay of Corstoune, and
had issue — John, min. of Auchtertool ;
Janet (marr. Andrew Hedderwick, writer,
Edinburgh), and several others.— [Strath-
miglo Sess.. Beg. ; Edin. Council Beg. ;
Lamont's Diary ; Inq. Bet. Gen., 4940;
Muir's Cleanings, 77.]
JAMES NAIRN, M.A. (Edinburgh, 15th
July 1650), born 1629; elected
1665 librarian to Univ. of Edinburgh
23rd July 1652 ; res. 28th Dec. 1653 ; adm.
to Second Charge, Holyroodhouse, 17th
April 1656 ; trans, to First Charge in 1657 ;
trans, to Bolton 10th Nov. 1662 ; trans, and
adm. 31st May 1665; was one of those
termed ironically "the Bishop's Evangel-
ists"; selected in 1670 to preach to the
Presbyterians in the West ; was offered a
Bishopric in 1671 but declined ; app. one
of His Majesty's Chaplains - in - Ordinary
31st July 1675; dem. his charge about
May; died 18th July 1678. He is said to
have been " the most eloquent of all our
preachers, and a person of very considerable
learning and gifts, but inclinable to the
Pelagian tenets." He founded two bursaries
for students of divinity, and bequeathed his
library, amounting to 1743 volumes, to the
Univ. of Edinburgh. The catalogue, Cata-
logus librorwm quibus Bibliothecam . . .
adauxit J.N., was printed at Edinburgh in
1678.— [Lamont's Diary, 172 ; Grant's Hist,
of the Univ., ii., 177; Beg. Sec. Sig.;
Wodrow's Hist.]
ALEXANDER MONRO, D.D. ; trans.
from Kinglassie ; pres. by the Town
1678 Council of Edinburgh; adm. 5th June
1678 ; dem. in 1682 on app. as Professor of
Divinity in Univ. of St Andrews (q.v.).
ALEXANDER LUNDIE, M.A. ; trans.
from Carnbee ; elected by the Town
1683 Council of Edinburgh 16th March
and adm. 4th May 1683 ; trans, to Cupar
July 1686.
ALEXANDER KER, M.A., born 1649 ;
Regent of Humanity in St Leonard's
1686 College, St Andrews ; elected by the
Town Council of Edinburgh 9th April;
pres. in Aug. and adm. 8th Sept. 1686;
dep. by Privy Council for neither reading the
Proclamation of the Estates, nor praying
for William and Mary but for James VII. ;
died 30th March 1705. He marr. Aug.
1679, Janet Balfour, and had issue— James.
—[Kirkcaldy Sess. Beg.; Greyfriars
Burials; Peterkin's Constitution of the
Church.]
WILLIAM TULLIDELFF, M.A. ;
formerly of Kilbirnie ; adm. in
1688 1688; trans, to St Leonard's, St
Andrews, in 1691.
KIRKCALDY]
WEMYSS— WEST WEMYSS
121
AECHIBALD RIDDELL, M.A. ; trans.
legl from Kippen ; called in Aug. and
adm. 28th Sept. 1691 ; trans, to
Kirkcaldy 20th May 1697.
v THOMAS BLACK, trans, from Strath-
miglo ; called 7th June and adm.
14th Oct. 1697 ; trans, to Second
Charge, Perth, 5th April 1698.
1697
JAMES GRIERSON, called 1st Aug.
1698 anc* or<*" 22n(^ Sept. 1698 ; trans, to
Trinity Parish, Edinburgh, before
1st Aug. 1710.
JOHN CLEGHORN, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1711 21st Oct. 1699) j licen. by Presb. of
Peebles 7th Aug. 1700; ord. to
Burntisland 7th May 1701 ; called 8th Dec.
1710 ; trans, and adm. 7th Feb. 1711 ; died
22nd Feb. 1744, aged about 65. He marr.
Janet Selkrig, and had issue — Matthew,
min. of Dryfesdale ; Elizabeth (marr. Sir
James Clerk of Penicuik, Bart.) ; David ;
Charles ; Ann ; Christian. — [Douglas's
Baronage, 423.]
HARRY SPENS, D.D.; called 2nd
1744 Aug. and ord. 28th Nov. 1744 ; dem.
18th Oct. 1780 on app. as Professor
of Biblical Criticism, St Andrews (q.v.).
WILLIAM GREENFIELD, M.A. ; pres.
1781 kv Town Council of Edinburgh 1st
Nov. 1780 ; ord. 6th Sept. 1781 ;
trans, to St Andrew's Parish, Edinburgh,
25th Nov. 1784.
GEORGE GIB, born 1751 ; educated at
178g Marischal College, Aberdeen; licen.
by Presb. of Kirkcaldy 4th Sept.
1776 ; pres. by Town Council of Edinburgh
1st Nov. 1784 ; ord. 31st March 1785 ; died
unmarr. 11th April 1818.
JOHN M'LACHLAN, born near Perth
1819 in 1785 ; licen. by Presb. of Linlith-
gow 29th June 1810; ord. to Alva
22nd April 1813; elected 22nd April and
pres. by Town Council of Edinburgh July
1818 ; trans, and adm. 4th Feb. 1819 ; died
13th Feb. 1850. He marr. 8th April 1814,
Christian (died at Edinburgh 3rd March
1863), daugh. of John Reoch of Forthbank,
Stirling, and Martha Jamieson, and had
issue — Mary, born 2nd Dec. 1815 (marr.
Dr James Drummond, Campfield, Comrie) ;
Christian, born 19th Feb. 1818, died 23rd
Aug. 1848; Jane, born 25th Sept. 1819
(marr. John Steele, min. of Portmoak) ;
Robina, born 12th July 1821, died 2nd
May 1822; John, born 29th Aug. 1823,
died 30th Aug. 1824. Publications — On
Infidelity, a sermon (Edinburgh, 1823);
Account of the Parish {New Stat. Ace, ix.).
WILLIAM POLSON, born Aberdeen in
1850 1811, son of John P. and Jane Dow ;
educated at Aberdeen Grammar
School; King's College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(April 1830) ; licen. by Presb. of Alford ;
ord. to Cluny in 1849 ; trans, and adm. 5th
Sept. 1850; died 23rd Nov. 1893. He
marr. 18th Sept. 1851, Catherine (died 11th
March 1884), daugh. of James Scott, and
had issue — William David Scott, born 21st
March 1853, died 1915 ; Catherine Elizabeth,
born 24th Sept. 1854 (marr. John Waugh
Gibson, min. of Dysart).
JOHN KENNEDY, born Saltcoats, Ayr-
1894 shirei 13th -Dec. 1867, son of David
K. and Ann Fleck ; educated at
Kilmarnock Academy and Univs. of Glas-
gow (M.A. 1889) and Edinburgh (B.D. 1892);
licen. by Presb. of St Andrews 4th May
1892; assistant at Kirkcaldy Parish 1892-4;
ord. 23rd May 1894. Marr. 1st June 1898,
Elizabeth Blyth (born 29th Dec. 1872), only
daugh. of Captain George Rollo, Newport-
on-Tay, and has issue — David, lieut. R.A.F.,
born 22nd March 1899 ; George Rollo, born
23rd Aug. 1901.
WEST WEMYSS (Q.S.).
[The parish of West Wemyss was dis-
joined from Wemyss on 1st March 1875.
There is a mission chapel within the bounds
at Coaltown of Wemyss.]
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WEST WEMYSS
[PKESB. OF KIRKCALDY
JOHN THOMSON, born 1834, son of
1869 J°hn T-, farmer, and Mary Wilson ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
tutor to the family of Captain Wemyss of
Wemyss ; app. missionary in 1869 ; ord.
12th Nov. 1874 ; adm. first min. of parish,
1st March 1875; died 18th Sept. 1905.
He marr. Caroline Murray, and had issue
— John Eonald.
SAVILLE MIDDLEMASS, born Edin-
1906 burgh, son of Thomas M., jeweller ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (1894) ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
in 1896 ; assistant at Falkland, St Michael's,
and Lady Yester's, Edinburgh ; ord. 21st
March 1906; died 8th May 1921. He
marr. 1st June 1906, Jessie Baxter, daugh.
of William C. Stark, Portobello.
GEORGE M'LEOD DUNN, born Glas-
1921 gow 6th Aug- 1888' son of William
D. and Catherine M'Leod ; educated
at Allan Glen's School and Univ. of
Glasgow ; served in Eoyal Artillery during
European War, and as education officer
19th Fire Com., E.G.A. ; licen. by Presb.
of Hamilton 29th March 1921 ; assistant
at Cambuslang ; ord. 8th Sept. 1921 ;
trans, to Kelvinhaugh, Glasgow, 1924.
Marr. 26th Aug. 1919 Grace Tryphena
Agnes, daugh. of Walter and Mary Daw,
and has issue — George William Cowan,
born 31st Aug. 1920 ; Mary Gascoigne,
born 24th Feb. 1922.
1924 WILFRED R. SIEVWRIGHT.
PEESBYTEEY OF CUPAK
[In April 1581 there was before the General Assembly a proposal to establish a
Presbytery at Falkland. That plan was not carried out, but, on 9th Sept. 1591, the
new Court was erected with its seat at Cupar-Fife. In a letter from Archbishop
Gledstanes to King James VI., dated 9th June 1611, the Prelate suggests "that your
Majestie give directione and charge to me that the Exercise at Cupar be dissolved, and
out the breach thereof ane other be established at Falkland ; specially since, in the first
erectione of Presbyteries, Anno 1581, Falkland was appointed ane special place for ane
Presbyterie, swa that there sal be ane gude warrant thairfor." On 5th Aug. 1611, King
James wrote to the Archbishop in the terms desired, and then, in obedience to the royal
wish, the Presbytery removed its sittings to Falkland. The Synod of Fife met on
4th of Sept. following, and the Presbytery's change of seat was fully considered. In the
end the Synod instructed the Lord Archbishop "to deal with the King's Majestie" that
the Presbytery be brought back to Cupar. " Sundry gude causses and considerationnes "
are stated in behalf of this course, notably that "in Winter, or efter greit weittes in
Summer," Falkland was not accessible. The Kegister of the Presbytery begins at 15th
Oct. 1646. There is a gap from 20th Sept. 1660 to 5th April 1693. During the five or
six last years of that time the Presbyteries of St Andrews and Cupar were united.]
ABDIE, of old LINDORES.
[The church of Lindores was dedicated
to St Adrian. It belonged to the Abbey of
Lindores. In the parish church there was
an altar of St Ninian.]
WILLIAM SYMSON, min. in 1561,
when Andrew, Earl of Rothes,
"fermorar of the fruits of the
Abbey of Lindores" obliged himself to
pay £80 to him ; was still min. 18th June
1565. — [Maitland Miscell. ; Beg. of Deeds.]
ALEXANDER SCROGGIE, pres. to
the vicarage pensionary by James VI.
28th Jan. 1586 ; trans, to Flisk in
1594.
JOHN COLDCLEUCH, third Master in
1594 ®* Mary's College, St Andrews ; min.
in 1594; app. constant Moderator of
Presbytery in 1606 until the return of Mr
Scott from Court at London ; summoned
before Court of High Commission and con-
fined to his parish, for giving with three
1686
others admission to the min. of Strathmiglo
in 1611, without acknowledging the Arch-
bishop; was a member of Assembly in
1600-2, 1608, and 1610, and generally sup-
ported the measures proposed by the Court.
He died between 30th April and 1st Oct.
1612, and is described by James Melvill as
"a daft wousten man" (a vain boasting
fool). — [Beg. Priv. Coun. ; Melvill's Autob.,
123; Wodrow's MS. Biog.,iii.; Calderwood's
Hist., vii., 106; Pitcairn's Grim. Trials,
ii., 317.]
1622
Sir ANDREW MURRAY of Balvaird,
second son of David M. of Binn,
and Agnes, daugh. of Sir William
Moncreiffe of Moncreiffe ; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (1618);
pres. by his grandfather David, Viscount
Stormont, in May, and adm. 1st Oct.
1622 ; succeeded his grandfather in the
baronies of Arngask and Kippo 27th Aug.
1631 ; was knighted at the Coronation
of Charles I. 18th June 1633; signed the
124
ABDIE
[PEESB. OF
National Covenant in 1638 ; attended
(though not a member) the Glasgow
Assembly of that year and was so useful
in settling differences, that on the report
of the Lord High Commissioner (James,
Marquess of Hamilton), the King created
him Lord Balvaird 17th Nov. 1641. As a
peer he attended the Convention of the
Estates, which the Assembly, 10th Aug.
1643, decided was wrong and ordered him
to desist attending Parliament under pain
of deposition. He succeeded to the barony
of Stormont, but not to the title, on the
death of the second Viscount in March
1642. He died 24th Sept. 1644, aged about
47. He marr. (cont. dated 30th April 1628)
Lady Elizabeth Carnegie, daugh. of David,
first Earl of Southesk, and Margaret Lind-
say, and had issue— David, second Lord
Balvaird, who succeeded as fourth Viscount
Stormont and Lord Scone, died 14th July
1668 ; Sir Andrew of Murrayshall, died
Dec. 1705 ; James, M.D., Perth, died 1682 ;
John of Drumcairne, Lord Drumcairne,
app. Senator of the College of Justice,
14th Oct. 1681, died about 1704; William,
advocate, buried 8th Feb. 1685 ; Katherine ;
Marjory (marr. 10th June 1651, Sir Alex-
ander Gibson of Durie) died at Perth, 6th
Aug. 1661 ; Barbara (marr. Patrick, eighth
Lord Gray). — [Scots Peerage, viii., 200-3;
St Andrews Tests. ; Baillie's Letters ; Diet.
Nat. Biog.]
^Sik ALEXANDEB BALFOUR of
16S4 Denimm in the parish, second son
of Sir Michael B. of Denmiln, and
Joanna, daugh. of James Durham of Pit-
kerrow, and brother of Sir James B.,
historian, and Lord Lyon King-of-Arms ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews, M.A.
(1626) ; adm. (assistant or colleague) before
Aug. 1634; still min. 11th May 1673, in
which year he succeeded his nephew Sir
Robert B. as fourth Baronet of Denmiln ;
died about 22nd July 1675. He had a
promise of a bishopric from James, Arch-
bishop of St Andrews, and was a man not
more respected for the dignity of his appear-
ance than the wisdom and piety of his
life. He marr. (1) Euphame Carstairs, who
died in Aug. 1634, and had issue — Jean
(marr., cont. 17th May 1648, James MacGill
of Flasshill); Sir Michael, fifth Baronet,
M.P. for Fife, in the Scottish Parliament
of 1685. [In the spring of 1709 Sir M. rode
away from Denmiln with the expressed
intention of visiting some friends, and
never returned. No clue to his fate was
ever obtained.] (2) Katherine, daugh. of
David Pitcairn of that ilk, and had issue —
David, M.D.; James; Alexander; William,
probably his successor in the parish ; Grizel ;
Anna : (3) Janet, daugh. of Peter Hay of
Leys. — [Balmerino Sess. Bee. ; St Andrews
Tests. ; G. R. Jnhib. ; Perth Sas., x., 405 ;
Fife Sas., xviii., 168; Fountainhall's
Decisions, ii., 554 ; Laing's Xewburgh, 375.]
* WILLIAM BALFOUB, probably son of
_,., preceding ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews; M.A. (28th July 1666);
had a testimonial from Presb. of St
Andrews 26th April 1671 for licence; adm.
prior to 7th Oct. 1674; died 1685, aged
about 39. He marr. Feb. 1677, Margaret
Keir, who survived him, and had issue —
Duncan ; Catherine, served heir 29th Jan.
1 720. — [Kingsbarns and Dunbog Sess. Begs. ;
St Andrews Tests. ; Services of Heirs.]
WLLLIAM AENOTT, M.A. (St
Andrews, 25th July 1668); min. of
Tundergarth in 1684 ; trans, and
adm. before 8th Nov. 1685 ; deprived by
Privy Council 4th Sept. 1689 for not read-
ing the Proclamation of the Estates, etc. ;
died May 1696, aged about 48. He marr.
Jan. 1687, Anna Foullar, who survived him,
and had issue — David ; Anna ; Marjorie ;
Eupham ; Elizabeth. — [Jlonimail and Ein-
nouLl Sess. Regs. ; St Andrews Tests. ; Acts
of Pari., x., 221.]
JOHN CABSAN, M.A. (Edinburgh
1670) ; had a charge at Longford in
Ireland ; adm. before 7th April 1691 ;
died 18th May 1719, aged about 69. He
marr. Isobel Barklay, who died 10th Dec.
1724. — [Reid's Ireland, ii., 520 ; Cupar
Sess. Beg. ; St Andrews Tests.]
JOSIAS WALKER, bapt. 11th Jan.
1695, son of David W., min. of
Temple ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh; M.A. (18th June 1713); licen.
CUPAR]
ABD1E
125
by Presb. of Dalkeith 5th April 1720;
called 11th Jan., and ord. 27th April 1721 ;
died 17th May 1745. He marr. 14th June
1723, Margaret (died at Cupar 8th July
1775, aged 74), eldest daugh. of Sir Michael
Balfour of Denmiln, Bart., and Jane Boss,
and had issue — David ; Michael ; John. —
[Edin. Tests. ; Temple Sess. Beg.]
JAMES GILLESPIE, called 18th Sept.
1747 1746; ord. 18th March 1747; trans,
to Dunbarney 21st March 1751.
KOBEBT WING ATE, born 1720 ; edu-
17s2 cated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen.
by Presb. of Dunblane 18th Nov.
1746; app. preacher at Norrieston Chapel-
of-Ease; called 6th Dec. 1751; ord. 26th
June 1752; died 8thl Feb. 1788. He
marr. 4th Dec. 1755, Janet (died at Perth
17th Feb. 1810), daugh. of James Fenton
of Milearn, and had issue — Margaret, born
3rd April 1757 (marr. 20th Nov. 1778,
William Marshall, merchant, Auchter-
muchty); Beatrix, born 29th April 1759,
died 18th Feb. 1765; Grizel, born 13th
April 1761 (marr. 20th Nov. 1787, Oliver
Thomson of Leckiebank), died 24th Aug.
1843; James of Milearn, born 29th
Oct. 1762 ; Janet Agnes, born 18th Nov.
1764 (marr. Bobert Cleland, jeweller,
Edinburgh).
THOMAS MILLAB, born 21st March
1788 1^65> son °f John M., min. of Inch-
ture ; educated at Univ. of St An-
drews ; licen. by Presb. of Dundee 7th Feb.
1787 ; assistant at Perth ; pres. by David,
Viscount Stormont, in May, and ord. 18th
Sept. 1788 ; died 13th Nov. 1792.
WILLIAM AITKEN, pres. by commis-
-„„_ sioner for David, Viscount Stormont,
8th Jan., and ord. 29th Aug. 1793 ;
trans, to Scone 19th Nov. 1795.
EOBEET THOMAS, licen. by Presb. of
Perth 28th March 1787; assistant
at Perth ; pres. by commissioner for
David, Earl of Mansfield, 10th Dec. 1795 ;
ord. 12th May 1796; died 2nd Dec. 1811.
A dispute as to his glebe and the anxiety
of the litigation are said to have shortened
his days. He marr. 12th Nov. 1799, Eliza-
beth Bennet, Perth, who died 25th Nov.
1813, and had issue — Ann, born 28th Oct.
1801. Publications— The Cause of Truth
(Dundee, 1797) ; The Sufferings of Christ,
the Effect of Envy, a sermon (Edinburgh,
1805) ; Accounts of Forgandenny and of
Scone (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, iii., xviii.).
LAUBENCE MLLLAB, born 1767,
1812 e^est son °f Adam M., Forgan-
denny; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow; licen. by Presb. of Ayr 29th Feb.
1792 ; assistant at Perth ; ord. to Ardoch
16th March 1803; pres. by William, Earl
of Mansfield, in May, and adm. 15th Oct.
1812; diedunmarr. 25th Jan. 1839. Pub-
lication—Account of the Parish (Hew Stat.
Ace, ix.).
JOHN DUNCAN, born Cargill 1814, son
18S9 °^ James D., farmer, and Ann Boss ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews;
licen. by Presb. of Dunkeld ; ord. 21st June
1839; D.D. (St Andrews, Oct. 1901); died
Father of the Church 2nd March 1902.
He marr. 4th Jan. 1843, Margaret Walker
(died 28th Feb. 1904, aged 80), daugh. of
William Bisset, Fernie, and had issue —
James, born 7th Nov. 1843 ; Euphemia
Catherine, born 21st Nov. 1844 ; Ann
Boss, born 2nd Sept. 1852 (marr. William
Oliver, min. of Greyfriars, Aberdeen) ;
Agnes Bos well Walker, born 19th Dec.
1855 ; Eliza Margaret Jane, born 22nd
April 1858 (marr. 3rd July 1885, David
Dickie, mason, Edinburgh).
ALEXANDEB ALLISON, born
1897 Balgray, Irvine, 7th April 1868,
son of Bobert Dunlop A. and Mary
Faulds ; educated at Kilmarnock Academy
and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Irvine in 1893; assistant at Coltness;
ord. (assistant and successor) 16th Dec.
1897. Marr. 28th June 1899, Annie, daugh.
of Arthur Dingwall, Blackhouse, New Deer,
and Barbara Peters, and has issue — Arthur
Alexander, born 2nd June 1900; Thomas
Ian, born 17th June 1903 ; Bonald Dunlop,
born 6th Feb. 1905; Andrew Maxwell,
born 7th Feb. 1911.
126
AUCHTERMUCHTY
[PEESB. OF
AUCHTERMUCHTY.
[The church of Auchtermuchty was
dedicated to St Serf. It belonged to the
Abbey of Lindores.]
GEOEGE LESLIE, min. of Strathmiglo,
1563 had tiso charge here.
ALEXANDER FAIENY, reader, 1567
1567 to 1574.
GEORGE LESLIE, reader, 1576 to
1576 1578.
JAMES LESLIE, reader, 1579 to
1579 1591.
HENRY LEITCH, was reader at Logie
Murdoch, 1571 to 1580, and at Cupar;
adm. to Crail before 12th Jan. 1586 ;
elected 6th Dec. 1590; adm. in 1593; was
summoned before the Court of High Com-
mission and confined to his parish during
His Majesty's pleasure in 1611 for giving
with three others admission to the min.
of Strathmiglo without authority from the
Archbishop; died 21st Aug. 1613. — [St
Andrews Tests.]
- JAMES BENNET, son of Andrew B.,
lels min. of Monimail ; adm. in 1615 ;
was accused at the Synod 3rd April
1627 of being "ane frequent hunter with
dogs, ane player at cards, and a runner of
horss upon courses," for which "he was
gravelie rebuikit, and expressly inhibite to
frequent any of the former games in tyme
coming " ; died about 1640. He marr.
(cont. 27th Aug. 1619) Geills, daugh. of
George Moncrieff of Reidie (she survived
him, and marr. (2) Sir James Oliphant of
Newton, Bart., Lord of Session, and (3)
James Pettygrew of Southouse, merchant
at Kerdone, Lithuania), and had issue
— Stephen ; Andrew ; David ; William ;
John, died before 1682. — [Reg. Mag. Sig.,
viii., 1701; G. R. Sas., xiv. 140, xxii. 40,
xlviii. 390; Reg. of Deeds, Mack., 18th
Nov. 1672, dlxi., 354 ; Fife Sas., xviii., 99 ;
Prot. Booh Pat. Carrail ; Records of Com.
of Estates, 2nd Nov. 1648; G. R. Inhib.,
30th Sept. 1675.]
JAMES MARTIN, M.A. ; trans, from
,„,, Cults in 1641; suspended in 1649
1641 ' K
for neglecting to give communion
for two years and for " somethings in-
sert in the Session Book wrongouslie, and
afterwards blotted out " ; trans, to Ballingry
8th Dec. 1669.
JAMES DEMPSTER, born about 1644,
son of Henry D., dyer in Cupar ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (25th July 1663); adm. in 1670;
deprived by Privy Council, 29th Aug. 1689,
for not reading the Proclamation of the
Estates, etc. ; died prior to 17th Sept.
1708. He marr. Margaret Turnbull, who
survived him, and had issue — Anna. —
[Edin. and St Andrews Tests.']
1691
ALEXANDER GLAS, M.A; adm.
before 29th Sept. 1691 ; trans, to
Kinclaven 30th April 1700.
1701
THOMAS THOMSON, born 1677,
second son of William T. of Newton
of Collessie and Jane Brodie, and
brother of James T., M.D., translator of the
Commentaries of the Emperor Antoninus ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A.
(23rd July 1697) ; called 6th Aug., and ord.
24th Sept. 1701 ; died 1st Jan. 1733. He
marr. 2nd June 1715, Margaret, second
daugh. of Hugh Craig, min. of Galashiels,
and had issue — John, died young ; Hugh ;
James ; William, master of a vessel trading
between London and America ; Laurence ;
Thomas, min. of Dailly ; Francis ; John ;
Christian (marr. Robert Traill, D.D., Pro-
fessor of Divinity, Glasgow) ; Helen ;
Agnes. — [Tombst. ; Innes's Mem. ; Laing's
Notice of Thomas Thomson ; Napier's John
Thomson of Dwddingston, 395.]
1734
MATTHEW MONCREIFF, pres. by
the laird of Newark and Captain
George Moncrieff of Reidie; called
(but by a minority) 17th July 1733; ord.
by a committee of Commission of Assembly
19th April 1734, but settlement reversed by
General Assembly 10th May that year. M.
was afterwards min. of Bressay.
cupak]
AUCHTERMUCHTY
127
1734
PATRICK MAXTON, called 17th July
1733, and corroborated by Presb.
jure devoluto 25th June 1734, who
ordered his settlement, but though his
induction was interdicted by the Court of
Session, the Presb. ord. him on 16th July
1734. The Presb. having apologised, the
Court deemed this satisfactory so far as
they were concerned but allowed the patron
to retain the stipend till that date. He
died 16th July 1750. He marr. 7th Dec.
1742, Elizabeth Colvill, who died 19th
May 1757, and had issue — Alexander,
born 6th Jan. 1745 ; Margaret, born 28th
July 1746 ; Jean, born 8th May 1749.
1751
LAURENCE GILLESPIE, bapt. 28th
Oct. 1725, son of James G., min.
of Arngask ; educated at Univ. of
St Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of Perth
28th Feb. 1750 ; pres. by commissioner for
Major George Moncrieff of Reidie Dec.
1750 ; ord. 27th June 1751 ; died 18th
Nov. 1760. He marr. 20th March 1760,
Martha Gray, who died 10th Aug. 1791.
1762
THOMAS MUTTER, trans, from
Leswalt ; pres. by commissioner for
Lieut.-Colonel George Moncrieff of
Reidie May 1761; adm. 28th Sept. 1762
(delay being occasioned by Presb. refusing
to sustain call, which Assembly reversed) ;
trans, to Dumfries 4th July 1765.
CHARLES WILSON, called 19th Dec.
1765; ord. 6th Feb. 1766; elected
Presb. clerk 13th Oct. 1772; trans,
to Scone 29th Oct. 1777.
1766
1778
JAMES LISTER, born 1750, son of
James L., farmer, Pitlessie Mill ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (1770); pres. by Patrick Moncrieff
of Reidie in April, and ord. 3rd Sept. 1778 ;
died 17th Jan. 1832. He marr. 23rd Nov.
1791, Janet Jaffray, who died 12th June
1805, and had issue — Margaret Shiells,
born 20th Oct. 1794, died 29th May 1805;
James, born 21st Aug. 1796, died 12th
March 1805 ; Henry Jaffray, born 28th
May 1798, died 12th Aug. 1821; David,
born 23rd Jan. 1800, died 6th April 1891 ;
Lucy Hay, born 10th May 1803, died 20th
Oct. 1820. Publications — Sermon preached
on the Death of the Rev. George Lyon
(Lyon's Sermons) ; Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, vi.).
1832
ROBERT JOHN JOHNSTONE, M.A. ;
pres. by Mrs Tyndal Bruce of Falk-
land, with consent of her husband,
in May, and adm. 17th Aug. 1832 ; trans.
to Logie (Dunblane) 4th April 1844.
JOHN FERRIES, ord. to Torryburn
28th Sept. 1843; trans, and adm.
27th Sept. 1844; res. 13th Nov.
1852 ; died 7th Dec. 1860.
1844
JAMES MACNAIR, M.A. ; trans, from
Legerwood 1st July 1853 ; trans.
1853
to Canongate 23rd Dec. 1869.
1870
DAVID NASMYTH HOGG, born
Newton-upon-Ayr, 7th May 1842,
son of David H., min. of Kirkmahoe ;
educated at Dunfermline School and Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Dumfries ;
assistant at Govan ; ord. to Beath 16th
Aug. 1866 ; trans, and adm. 22nd July
1870 ; died 9th April 1905. He marr. 24th
Sept. 1867, Lizzie Eveline Beatrice (born
19th Oct. 1848, died 4th April 1913), daugh.
of John Clarke, surgeon, Belfast, and Mar-
garet Gray Burns, and had issue — Martha
Andrea Burns Clarke, born 28th April 1869,
died 9th Dec. 1914 ; Margaret Gray Burns,
born 5th June 1870 (marr. 9th Feb. 1898,
William Lambert, manufacturer, Auchter-
muchty); David Nasmyth Clarke, M.B.,
LL.D., in Canada, born 14th Feb. 1872;
Lizzie Ann Hamilton Bruce, born 1st Aug.
1875 (marr. David M'Hardy Hampton, min.
of Culross).
JOHN GILMOUR, born 6th July
1876, son of James G., Blackford,
1905 Perthshire an(j Margaret Campbell ;
educated at Univs. of St Andrews and
Glasgow ; M.A. (1900), B.D. (1903) ; assist-
ant at Hillhead and St George's, Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Auchterarder April 1903;
ord. 21st Sept. 1905.
128
BALMERINO
[PEESB. OF
BALMERINO.
[The church of Balmerino was dedicated
to St Marnoch. It belonged to the Abbey
of Balmerino. The Cistercian Abbey of
St Edward the Confessor at Balmerino was
founded in 1227 by Queen Ermengarda,
widow of William the Lion. In 1234 its
royal foundress was buried in the Abbey
church. The monastery was burned by
the English in 1547, and its ruins are now
scanty. They show that the buildings
have been spacious and elegant. The
church has been 240 feet long. There was
in this parish a chapel of St Ayle. There
were also Wells of Our Lady, St John,
St Bride, and St Aidan.]
ARCHIBALD KEITH, min. of Logie ;
had this parish also in his charge
1562
in 1562.
1571
1578
PATRICK AUCHENLECK, entered
Aug. 1571 with Logie also in the
charge ; app. min. to the household
of the Regent, James, Earl of Morton, 25th
Nov. 1577 ; afterwards min. of Alves.
THOMAS DOUGLAS of Stanypath,
min. in 1578, with Logie also in
his charge to 1589; pres. to the
vicarage by James VI. 21st March 1580-1 ;
was assaulted coming from his church on
Sunday, 10th May 1584, to the loss of
blood, by John Forrest, brother to the
laird of that ilk ; and was nearly assassi-
nated on 22nd June 1603 in Edinburgh
by Walter Grahame, who struck him
"twa straikis upone the heid behind the
right lug" to the effusion of blood in
great- quantity. His assailant was sen-
tenced to be "scurgit fra the Castel-hill
to the Nether Bow, and his richt hand to
be strickin af at the Nether Bow " and
to be banished. On 10th March 1619 D.
was charged before the Justiciary Court
of being art and part in the slaughter of
Thomas Crichtoun of Boddamcraig, be-
tween Balmerino and Cupar on 13th Feb.
that year, but the case was not proceeded
with. He died 2nd April 1634. He marr.
Maria Kinnear, and had issue — James of
Ardit, served heir to his father 14th Aug.
1621
1634 ; Jean (marr., cont. 29th Sept. and
2nd Oct. 1618, David Kinnear of that ilk).
— [Beg. Assig. ; Inq. Ret., Edin. 751, Fife
510, Haddington 150, Peebles 101 ; St
Andrews Tests. ; Reg. Mag. Sig., viii., 22,
2221 ; Pitcairn's Grim. Trials, ii., 416 ;
Campbell's Balmerino, 334.]
WALTER GREIG, adm. (assistant) in
1621 with consent of Archbishop, who
in 1635 objected to him because of
non-conformity and non-collation, for which
G. was ordered to remove before Easter.
He remained, however, and was a member
of Commissions of Assembly, 1642, 1645,
1646, 1648 ; was chaplain to Lord Balcarres'
Regiment of Horse in 1644 ; gave up duty
from ill-health 24th Sept. 1671 ; died 31st
Jan. 1672, leaving £20 to the poor. He
marr. Mary, probably daugh. of Peter Hay
of Naughton, she died the day preceding
him, so they were buried together in one
grave. They had issue — James, bursar in
theology 1659; Margaret, born 1647 (marr.
3rd March 1672, Thomas Stark of Ballin-
dean) ; Jean (marr. Alexander Wilson, min.
of Cults); Mary (marr., cont. 18th and 19th
Jan. 1655, Simeon, son of William Jack,
merchant citizen of St Andrews). — [Fife
Sas., xix., 334; Campbell's Balmerino, 356.]
ANDREW BRUCE of Pittarthie, son of
Andrew B. of Pittarthie and Eliza-
beth Bruce of Earl shall ; educated
at Marischal College, Aberdeen ; became
chaplain to James, Archbishop of St
Andrews ; adm. 11th May 1673 ; died
before 10th March 1682. He marr. 25th
Dec. 1674, Mary, second daugh. of Sir John
Leslie of Birkhill (who survived him and
marr. (2) Laurence Aytoun of Drumcarrow),
and had issue — Andrew ; Helen ; Jean. —
[Carnbee Sess. Reg. ; Dunino Sess. Reg. ;
Edin. Tests. ; Campbell's Balmerino, 417,
658.]
JAMES GARDEN, MA.; trans, from
,676 Maryculter; pres. by Charles II.
22nd March 1676 ; trans, to Carnbee
6th Sept. 1678.
GEORGE HAY, adm. before 22nd Sept.
1678; trans, to Coupar-Angus 26th
1673
1678
Nov. 1682.
CUPAR]
BALMERINO
129
JOHN OCHTEELONIE, M.A. ; trans.
1682 from Kilmaurs and pres. by Charles
II. 7th Dec. 1682; dem. before
21st March 1690 ; intruded afterwards at
Fordoun.
v ANDREW BOWIE, M.A. ; adm. 24th
1690 Sept. 1690 ; trans, to Ceres 7th July
1692.
JAMES HAY, born about 1679, son of
1696 Thomas H. of the King's Scots
Guards and nephew of Peter H.
of Naughton ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews; M.A. (22nd July 1696); licen.
by Presb. of Cupar 31st Dec. 1695 ; ord.
7th May 1696 ; died non compos mentis
12th Jan. 1752. He marr. 25th Feb. 1697,
Christian (died March 1715), eldest daugh.
of Thomas Stark of Ballindean, and grand-
daugh. of Walter Greig, min. in 1621,
and had issue — Peter; James; Margaret;
Christian ; Mary, and seven others who
died young. — [Spec. Ret. Fife, 181 ;
Campbell's Balmerino, 441.]
THOMAS KER, M.A. (St Andrews, 9th
1722 May 1706), brother to John K., min.
of Mains ; licen. by United Presb. of
Dundee and Forfar 5th Dec. 1711 ; called
17th Nov. 1721 ; ord. (colleague and suc-
cessor) 1st May 1722 ; died Nov. 1741, aged
about 56. He marr. 1726, Margaret, daugh.
of George Oliphant of Prinlaws, and had
issue — Mary ; Robert, served heir 6th April
1745, and another. — [Services of Heirs ;
Campbell's Balmerino, 452.]
THOMAS STARK of Ballindean and
1742 Newbigging, son of John S., min.
of Logie ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews ; M.A. (4th May 1726) ; licen. by
Presb. of Cupar 24th July 1733 ; called 10th
March, and ord. (assistant and successor)
27th May 1742 ; died 5th March 1772, aged
about 66. He marr. 27th Nov. 1746, Helen
(died 18th Oct. 1800), daugh. of James Bruce
of Kinloch, parish of Creich, and had issue
— John, his successor ; James of Kingsdale,
born 11th Jan. 1749 ; Elizabeth, born 3rd
July 1750 (marr. Charles Wilson, D.D.,
min. of Auchtermuchty) ; Andrew, born
31st Dec. 1751, died 23rd Feb. 1753;
VOL. V.
Catherine, born 2nd Feb. 1753 (marr.
Colonel Dean, Indian Army) ; Harry of
Teasses, born 4th April 1754 ; Margaret,
born 1st Oct. 1755 (marr. pro. 1st Nov.
1782, William Barron, Professor of Phil-
osophy, St Andrews) ; Ann Barbara, born
21st Sept. 1757, died 2nd April 1766;
Steuart. — [Campbell's Balmerino, 469, 655.]
JOHN STARK of Ballindean, born 31st
1773 Aug. 1747, son of preceding; edu-
cated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (1766); licen. by Presb. of Cupar
16th July 1772 ; pres. by George III. 24th
March, and ord. 22nd April 1773 ; dem. 30th
Oct. 1781 ; studied medicine (M.D. Edin-
burgh 1783); became physician at Bath;
went to Paris and was taken prisoner by
the French, but escaped as an American
citizen, through the intervention of the
American Consul ; died in Paris 8th Aug.
1809. He assumed the name of Robertson.
He marr. 1790, Susannah (died in Paris 31st
May 1838), only daugh. of General John
Reid (originally Robertson) of Straloch,
who left his estate, amounting to more
than £50,000, subject to her liferent, to the
Univ. of Edinburgh for the foundation of
a Chair of Music, etc. (The Reid Chair).
Publication — Dissertatio Medico, Inaugur-
alis De malo Hypondriaco (Edinburgh,
1783).— [Grove's Diet, of Music ; Diet. Nat.
Biog.]
ANDREW THOMSON, born 1746; licen.
1782 ky Presb. of St Andrews 5th April
1775 ; pres. by George III. 31st Oct.
1781 ; ord. 5th Sept. 1782 ; died 7th March
1836. He marr. 22nd March 1793, Janet
Brown, who died 21st Jan. 1805, and had
issue — John, his successor. Publication — ■
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, ix.).
JOHN THOMSON, born 13th Jan. 1797,
1824 son °^ Preceding ; educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh; licen. by Presb. of
Cupar 19th Dec. 1820 ; pres. by George IV.
in May and ord. (assistant and successor)
8th July 1824; died 22nd May 1857. He
marr. 25th Nov. 1846, Eliza (died at Edin-
burgh 16th Aug. 1871), daugh. of Charles
130
BALMERINO— CERES
[PEESB. OF
Munro of Berryhill, Kincardineshire, and
had issue — Isabella Morison, born 5th Jan.
1848 (marr. Robert Paterson Paterson of
Montgomerie), died 1916; George Munro
of Berryhill, W.S.,born 12th Feb. 1851, died
20th Dec. 1904 ; Mary Janette, born 12th
July 1852 (marr. George Robertson Gillespie,
advocate). Publication — Account of the
Parish (New Stat. Ace).
JAMES CAMPBELL, born Clunie, 1828,
lfiV7 son of John C, schoolmaster, and
Janet Robertson ; educated at Univ.
of St Andrews ; assistant at St Mary's,
Dundee ; ord. by Presb. of Dundee 22nd
March 1854 chaplain to Highland Brigade
in Crimea ; assistant at St George's, Edin-
burgh ; pres. by Queen Victoria 15th Sept.
and adm. 10th Dec. 1857 ; D.D. (St Andrews
1908) ; died unmarr. 27th June 1914. Pub-
lications— Mediaeval Scotland ("St Giles'
Lectures," 1st ser.) (Edinburgh, 1881);
History of the Celtic Church in Scotland
(being vol. i. of Story's Church of Scotland
(London, 1890); Balmerino and its Abbey
(Edinburgh, 1867 and 1899).
JOHN THOMAS ARNOTT, born 17th
Dec. 1877, son of John A., school-
master, Kinloch, and Isabella Allison;
educated at Kinloch School and Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (1900), B.D. (1903); licen.
by Presb. of Dunkeld 5th May 1903;
missionary at Mallaig; assistant at Wilton;
ord. (assistant and successor) 26th Dec.
1907; died 5th April 1920. He marr.
7th Aug. 1912 Peterina Lumsdaine, daugh.
of Peter Lumsdaine Ballingall, Newton,
Wormit, and had issue — Christine Isobel
Syme, born 4th July 1913.
PETER CARMICHAEL MILLAR,
born 7th Aug. 1867 ; son of James
M., schoolmaster, Airdrie, and Jane
Carmichael ; educated at Airdrie Academy
and Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1909), B.D.
(1912); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow in
1912; Mission Study Secretary in 1912;
assistant at Barony Parish, Glasgow,
1913-14 ; served as chaplain with Egyptian
Expeditionary Force, 1914 ; O.B.E. ; ord. to
Lowson Memorial Parish, Forfar, 17th Sept.
1914 ; trans, and adm. 14th Sept. 1920.
1920
CERES.
[The rectory of Ceres belonged to the
collegiate church of St Mary on the Kirk
Heuch at St Andrews.]
PATRICK COUSTUN [or COUS-
1560 TANCE], afterwards ADAMSON,
M.A. ; min. in 1560 ; dem. in 1564,
but Assembly refused consent and ordered
that he should not pass out of the country.
He accepted the post of tutor to James,
son of Sir James M'Gill, Lord Clerk
Register, and travelled with him into
France and other parts, where he studied
law and assumed the name of Adamson ;
became an advocate, but not being success-
ful, returned to the ministry; adm. to
Paisley Aug 1572.
WILLIAM LAING, formerly of
1S6„ Moneydie ; min. here in 1567 ; trans,
to Cupar before 1574, but returned
here in 1576 with Auchtermoonzie and
Tarvit also in his charge ; trans, to Carnbee
in 1579.
1578
THOMAS BUCHANAN, son of Thomas
B. of Drummakill and Giles Cunning-
ham, and nephew of George Buch-
anan, the historian ; became Regent in St
Salvator's College, St Andrews ; was elected
joint Rector of the High School of Edin-
burgh 26th Aug. 1568, entered 14th Feb.
1568-9, and was approved by James VI.
soon after ; app. Master of the Grammar
School of Stirling in 1571 ; pres. to
Provostry of Kirkheuch (attached to the
church of Ceres) by James VI. 1st April
and 30th Aug. 1578 ; had a gift of £200
from the surplus of thirds of benefices
from James VI. 14th Oct. 1573, having
been a member of the Royal Household
for a number of years. He was nominated
by the Assembly one of the Masters of
the New College, St Andrews, Oct. 1582,
but this was not carried out ; elected by
Assembly commissioner for Fife Feb. 1587;
elected Moderator of General Assembly 6th
Aug. 1588 ; was app. by Privy Council 6th
March 1589 a commissioner for the Preser-
vation of True Religion in Fife, and in June
cdpak]
CERES
131
1599
1598 was on a leet of three chosen by the
Synod from whom the King was to elect
a " commissioner of the Kirk " for Parlia-
ment. In consequence of being thrown
from his horse he died 12th April 1599,
aged about 79. He was a member of
twenty-six out of thirty-one Assemblies,
and had a considerable influence in the
management of the Church. He marr.
(1) Elspeth, daugh. of John Traill, younger,
of Magask, widow of Eobert Hamilton,
Principal of New College, St Andrews,
she died 9th Dec. 1595, and had issue —
a daugh. (marr. Thomas, son of Henry
Philip, min. of Creich) : (2) Eupham Hay,
who survived him. — [Steven's High School ;
Melvill's Autob., 442 ; Edin. Tests.; M'Crie's
Melville ; Calderwood's Hist., ii. 46, iii. 463
et seq., iv. 549, vi. 706 ; Hist, of Strathen-
drick, 313.]
KOBEKT BUCHANAN, son of Walter
B. of Drummakill, and Agnes Kin-
ross, and nephew of preceding min. ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A.
(1583) ; adm. to Forgan 15th March 1590 ;
pres. to the Provostry of the College Kirk
of St Mary of the Heuch, St Andrews, by
James VI. 12th and 13th April ; adm. be-
tween 7th and 30th June 1599 ; supported
the measures of the Court in the Assemblies
of 1602, 1606, and 1610; died Feb. 1618,
aged about 55. He marr. Elizabeth Blair,
and had issue — Walter, min. in 1624 ;
Robert; John; Thomas; Andrew; Margaret;
Cecil. — [St Andrews Tests. ; Calderwood's
Hist., vi. 626, vii. 106 ; Miscell. Scot., iv. ;
Hist, of Strathendrich, 315.];
DAVID KINNEAR, son of Henry K.,
16ls Abbot of Balmerino; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A. (1599) ;
min. of Creich in 1608 ; pres. 12th July
1617 ; trans, and adm. 1618 ; died April
1624, aged about 45. He marr. Katherine
Thomson, widow of James Rankin, mariner,
burgess of Dundee. — [Fife Sheriff-Court
Books, 16th May 1615.]
^WALTER BUCHANAN, eldest son of
1624 Robert B., min. of this parish ; edu-
cated at Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A.
(1617) ; ord. and adm. by Archbishop 29th
June 1624; member of Assembly in 1638,
and of Commission for visiting Univ. of
St Andrews 16th Nov. 1641; died 22nd
Aug. 1642, aged about 46. He marr.
Margaret Melvill, and had issue — Robert ;
John; George; Elspeth; Margaret; Janet;
Christian ; Jean ; Elizabeth ; Catherine. —
[St Andrews Tests. ; Baillie's Letters ;
Stevenson's Hist. ; Acts of Pari., v., 109,
413.]
WILLIAM ROW, fourth son of John
1644 ^"' m'n" °^ Carnock ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (26th
July 1634) ; became assistant to his father
in 1641 ; pres. by Ludovic, Earl of Crawford,
in 1643; adm. 4th July 1644; was a
member of Commission of Assembly in
1649 ; was seized by a party of English
in Nov. 1653 at his own house, carried
to Cupar and Burntisland, and obliged
to bind himself to do nothing prejudicial
to the Commonwealth under a penalty of
£1 stg. ; suspended in April 1664, and dep.
in Oct. 1665 for refusing submission to
Episcopacy ; had decreet passed against
him 16th July 1671 for keeping con-
venticles ; was indulged by Privy Council
19th Sept. 1679, but this was withdrawn
8th July 1680; returned in 1689; died
in 1698, aged about 84. He marr. 6th
May 1647, Jean (buried 15th Dec. 1700),
daugh. of Robert Blair, min. of St
Andrews, and had issue — Robert, chaplain
to the Earl of Haddington ; John, Pro-
fessor of Philosophy, Univ. of Edinburgh ;
James ; William, buried 10th June 1689 ;
Thomas, apprenticed to Hugh Blair,
merchant, Edinburgh ; David ; Margaret ;
Grisell ; Elizabeth (marr. Giron) ;
Katherine (marr. Melville) ; Margaret ;
Jean ; Agnes (marr. Andrew Bowie, min. of
North Leith). Publication— " Supplement
and Continuation of the Autobiography of
Mr Robert Blair" {Edin. Wodrow Soc,
1847).— [Lamont's Diary, 60, 177; Blair's
Autob. ; Edin. Guild Feg.]
ALEXANDER LESLIE, M.A. ; trans.
166„ from Anstruther Wester, and adm.
17th Oct. 1667; trans, to Crail 22nd
Oct. 1684.
132
CERES
[PEESB. OF
1679 WILLIAM ROW, above mentioned.
JOHN MATHERS, MA. (St Andrews,
19th July 1664); recommended by
Presb. there for licence 29th April
1668; adm. to Cults in 1673; trans, and
adm. 12th March 1685 ; deprived by com-
mittee of Estates 16th May 1689 for not
reading their Proclamation, etc. He there-
after intruded at Alyth. In 1701 he had
a meeting-house in Hart's Close, Edin-
burgh. He marr. (1) Janet Carstairs, who
died before 31st March 1680, and had
issue — John : (2) Isobel Blair, and had
issue — William, born 1687. — [St Andrews
Tests.; Acts of Pari., ix., App. 27, 28; G.
R. Jnhib., 4th May 1680 ; Fife Sas., xiii.,
229.]
1689 WILLIAM ROW, above mentioned.
1692
1700
1711
ANDREW BOWIE, M.A. ; trans, from
Balmerino ; adm. 7th July 1692 ;
trans, to North Leith 31st March
1697.
THOMAS HALYBURTON, called 16th
Nov. 1699 ; ord. 1st May 1700 ; app.
Professor of Divinity in New College,
St Andrews, 5th April 1710 (q.v.).
WILLIAM GREENLEES, licen. by
Presb. of Dumfries 17th Nov. 1696 ;
ord. to Second Charge, Cupar, 4th
May 1698 ; called 7th Aug., and adm. 20th
Sept. 1711 ; died Aug. 1737.
THOMAS SCOTT, born 1709; M.A.
1740 (St Andrews, 3rd Mav l727) ; licen-
by Presb. of Edinburgh 31st July
1733; called 15th June 1738; ord. 11th
Sept. 1740 ; died 24th Jan. 1752.— [Tombst.]
JOHN TROTTER, born Edinburgh,
„ 1726, son of Thomas T., a magistrate
of the city ; educated at Univ. there;
pres. by trustees for the creditors of
William, Earl of Crawford, in June, and ord.
21st Sept. 1752; D.D. (Edinburgh, 24th
Oct. 1769); dem. 14th Nov. 1769 on
appointment to the Scots Church, Swallow
Street, Piccadilly, London; died at Knights-
bridge 14th Sept. 1808, and was buried in
Bunhill Fields. He marr. (1) 28th June
1754, Elizabeth Oswald, who died 29th
April 1771, and had issue — John, born
12th May 1755 ; Thomas, born 5th May
1756 ; Susanna, born 27th April 1758, died
1st March 1761 ; Amelia, born 25th June
1759, died 29th July 1766; William, born
12th Feb., and died 15th March 1761 ;
Elizabeth, born 10th June 1763 ; James,
born 10th Nov. 1764, died at London, 19th
Jan. 1770 ; Richard, born 15th April 1766 ;
Edward, born 23rd July 1768 ; Albert, bom
21st Oct. 1769; Margaret, born 21st April,
and died 8th May 1771 : (2) 17th Aug.
1775, Margaret Warden, who died at
Knightsbridge 1st Dec. 1815. Publications
— Sermons (three sermons at his admission,
London, 1770) ; A Brief Narrative of Jfrs
Elizabeth Trotter (1771). — [Black's Scots
Churches in England, 223 ; Jones's Bunhill
Memorials, 289.]
ROBERT ARNOT, pres. by George,
17„0 Earl of Crawford, in April, and
ord. 30th Aug. 1770; elected Presb.
clerk 9th Dec. 1777 ; dem. on appoint-
ment as Professor of Divinity, St An-
drews, 16th Oct. 1792 [afterwards niin.
of Kingsbarns].
JOSEPH CRICHTON of Kirkland,
17g3 born 1754; licen. by Presb. of Glas-
gow 2nd Oct. 1776 ; ord. to Carstairs
5th July 1786 ; pres. by trustee for the
creditors of George, Earl of Crawford, 19th
March, trans, and adm. 6th Aug. 1793 ;
died Fathee of the Church 15th Feb.
1849. He marr. 13th March 1787, Ann
Lindsay Fyffe (died 8th Feb. 1851, aged 88),
natural daugh. of George, Earl of Crawford,
and had issue — John Hepburn of Kirkland,
born 29th Dec. 1788; Fullarton, born 22nd
Sept. 1790, died 2nd Nov. 1791.
JOHN DUNCAN, born Kirkcaldy, 1802 ;
1837 was a pupil of Edward Irving at Kirk-
caldy Academy ; educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Dunferm-
line 27th July 1825 ; app. to Renton Chapel
in 1832 ; ord. to Houndwood 15th Dec. 1836;
pres. by George, Earl of Glasgow, in July,
and adm. (assistant and successor) 7th Nov.
1S37. Joined the Free Church in 1843;
min. of St Boswells Free Church, 1843-67 ;
died at Edinburgh 4th May 1867.
CUPAR]
CERES— COLLESSIE
133
1852
ROBERT COOK, born 1793, son of
1844 William C, farmer, Khynie ; edu-
cated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (2nd April 1813) ; ord. to Clatt
2nd Aug. 1820 ; trans, and adm. (assistant
and successor) 19th July 1844 ; died 20th
Dec. 1851. He marr. 6th Dec. 1831,
Christina (died 31st Aug. 1876), youngest
daugh. of John Wilson of Thornley,
Renfrewshire, and had issue — Elizabeth
Swanston, born 9th April 1835 (marr.
John Caldwell Cochran Brown, min. of
this parish) ; Margaret Christina Wilson,
born 3rd June 1841 (marr. C. Thomson
Glover, London) ; John Robert Wilson,
born 25th April 1843. Publications —
Sermon preached on the abundant Harvest,
to tohich are subjoined Metrical Para-
phrases (Aberdeen, 1831); The Catechist's
Poetical Manual (Aberdeen, 1834) ; The
Young Communicants Manual (Edinburgh,
1849 ; 2nd edition, 1851) ; Account of Parish
of Clatt {New Stat. Ace., xii.).
' JOHN CALDWELL COCHRAN
BROWN of Carbeth Guthrie
[which he bought in 1861 and sold
in 1872], born 1837, youngest son of Hugh
B., merchant, Beith, Ayrshire, and Mar-
garet Caldwell ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; assistant at the Barony Parish,
Glasgow ; ord. 22nd April 1852 ] died 25th
April 1878. He marr. 14th Feb. 1854,
Elizabeth Swanston, daugh. of Robert
Cook, min. of this parish, and had issue —
Margaret Caldwell, born 23rd Nov. 1854;
Christina Wilson, born 21st April 1856 ;
Hugh, born 5th Nov. 1857, died at Irvine
25th May 1864; Robert, born 26th March
1859, died at Irvine 24th May 1864 ; James
Caldwell Cochran Cook, Border Regiment,
born 28th Nov. 1860 ; Elizabeth, born 11th
May 1863 (marr. 18th Dec. 1884, Francis
James Robertson, W.S.). — [Guthrie Smith's
Strathblane, 45.]
JOHN NASMYTH, born Auchterderran,
3rd April 1853, son of James Arm-
strong N., coalmaster, Millbank, Dun-
fermline, author of the ballad, The Lassie
that's My Ain, and Isabella Chisholm ; edu-
cated at Donibristle School, private school,
Burntisland, and Univ. of Edinburgh; licen.
by Presb. of Dunfermline 14th July 1875 ;
assistant at Markinch ; ord. to Mossgreen
28th Dec. 1876; trans, and adm. 26th
Sept. 1878 ; died unmarr. at Newhaven
Manse, 30th April 1894. Publications —
Glendronachy Papers, and miscellaneous
Articles. — [Memoir by the Rev. George
Johnston, Flisk (Edinburgh, 1895).]
JOHN HENRY DICKIE, M.A. ; adm.
1st Nov. 1894 ; trans, to Springburn
24th Sept. 1896.
• ANDREW BROWN, M.A. ; ord. 8th
April 1897 ; trans, to West Aberdeen
1897
1st June 1901.
1901
ANDREW WATT, M.A. ; ord. 5th Dec.
1901 ; trans, to Balshagray, Glasgow,
5th Oct. 1909.
GEORGE WILLIAM WALKER, born
1910 C1yne' llth Nov- 1879, son of Alex"
ander W., min. at Foyers, and Isa-
bella Jamieson ; educated at Robert
Gordon's College, Aberdeen, and Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (1904), B.D. (1907); licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow May 1907 ; assistant
at Eastwood and Springburn ; ord. 7th
April 1910. Marr. 30th April 1913, Jessie
Jane Forbes, youngest daugh. of Thomas
Donald of Parkieston, Newmilns, Ayrshire.
COLLESSIE.
[The church of Collessie belonged to the
Abbey of Lindores.]
JOHN WEBSTER, exhorter in 1561;
1561 reader in 1567.
1574 JOHN KILGOUR, reader in 1574.
THOMAS ROBERTSON, reader in
1576 1576.
ALEXANDER JARDEN, removed from
Monimail in 1578, having Auchter-
muchty and Abdie also in charge ;
returned to Monimail in 1579.
1 HENRY BALFOUR, reader at Moni-
mail from 1574 to 1579; adm. in
1580 ; pres. to the vicarage on death
of Thomas Scott by James VI. llth Aug.
134
COLLESSIE
[PRESB. OF
1586 ; the Presb. were enjoined by the
Synod, 7th Oct. 1628, to prohibit him from
preaching on account of his weakness and
great age ; died before 20th Sept. 1629. He
marr. and had issue — Henry. — [Reg. Assig.;
Edin. Gomrniss. Dec, 13th March 1621.]
JOHN MONCREIFF, M.A. ; adm.
(assistant) before 7th Oct. 1628 ;
pres. by Charles I. 20th Sept. 1629 ;
trans, to Kinghorn 11th April 1639.
JOHN LITTLEJOHN, born about
i64i 1604; M-A- (St Andrews 1624);
was on the Exercise at Kirkcaldy
12th May 1631 ; reader at Dysart 28th
Feb. 1633 ; adm. before 6th April 1641 ;
conformed to Episcopacy in 1662 ; died
before 1680. He marr. Marion Cuningham,
who survived him, and had issue — Charles.
— [Baillie's Letters ; G. R. Sas., liv., 9th
June 1680.]
1683
JOHN OGILVIE, son of George O.,
min. of Kirkcaldy ; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (19th
July 1664) ; licen. by George, Bishop of
Edinburgh, 8th March 1667 ; adm. before
4th April 1683 ; deprived by Privy Council
3rd Sept. 1689, for not reading Proclama-
tion of the Estates, etc. ; retired to Edin-
burgh where he was accused 20th March
1706 of celebrating irregular marriages;
died 30th July 1708, aged about 64. He
marr. Anna Cunningham, who died in
Edinburgh 18th Sept. 1724, and had
issue — George ; Alexander ; John ; Anna.
\_Monimail Sess. Rec. ; Edin. Tests. ; Grey-
friars Burials.']
WILLIAM PITCAIKN, M.A. (St An-
1696 drews, 14tn ^ly 1694) ; licen. by
Presb. of Cupar 17th March 1696;
called 4th June, and ord. 9th Sept. 1696;
died 14th May 1722, aged about 49. He
marr. (1) Jean (buried 30th Jan. 1704), daugh.
of Thomas Mitchell, min. of Kilmaronock,
and (2) Mary, daugh. of John Bethune of
Blebo, and had issue — John ; Harry, died
before 30th May 1730 ; Helen ; Alison ;
Susanna; Janet (marr. 29th April 1730,
William Campbell, merchant, Edinburgh) ;
Katherine.
THOMAS THOMSON, born 1697;
.„„„ licen. by Presb. of Kirkcaldy 20th
Oct. 1720; called 11th April, and
ord. 17th Sept. 1723; died 9th May 1728.
He marr. Katherine Thomson, who died
2nd April 1728, aged 27. — [Tombst. ;
Collessie Churchyard, by Henry Rae-Arnot,
LL.D. (Cantab.)j (1912).]
- JOHN BALLINGAL, M.A. ; called
172g 13th Nov. 1728; ord. 29th March
1729 ; trans, to Second Charge,
Cupar, 29th Aug. 1738.
GEORGE KAY, M.A. ; called 7th June,
7 and ord. 13th Sept. 1739 ; trans, to
Minto 23rd Oct. 1741.
^HUGH BLAIR, M.A. ; called 28th May,
1742 and ord' 23rd Sept. 1742 ; trans, to
Second Charge, Canongate, Edin-
burgh, 14th July 1743.
JOHN MATHIE [or MATHEW], licen.
1744 ky Presb. of Haddington 5th March
1739 ; called 31st Jan., and ord. 13th
Oct. 1744 ; died unmarr. 11th April 1755.
■y JAMES BALLINGAL, pres. by tutors
„ „ of David Hay of Leys ; ord. 22nd
Sept. 1757 ; trans, to Third Charge,
Dundee, 22nd Nov. 1759.
WILLIAM WALKER bapt. 2nd Sept.
1760 1736, youngest son of Alexander W.
of St Fort, and Isobel Millar ; edu-
cated at Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A. (1756);
licen. by Presb. of St Andrews 30th Jan.
1760 ; pres. by tutors for David Hay of
Leys in May, and ord. 24th Sept. 1760 ;
died 14th Nov. 1771, and "was buried
in the kirk of Collessie under the seat
he built." He marr. 2nd Nov. 1762,
Margaret (died in Edinburgh 2nd Dec.
1810), daugh. of Patrick Manderston,
merchant, Edinburgh, and had issue —
Alexander of Bowland, governor of St
Helena, brigadier-general, H.E.I.C.S., born
12th May 1764, died in Edinburgh 5th
March 1831. [He formed a valuable collec-
tion of Oriental manuscripts, which was
presented by his son, Sir William W., to the
Bodleian Library, Oxford.] Patrick, lieut.-
colonel, H.E.I.C.S., born 24th March 1766,
cupae]
COLLESSIE
135
died in 1816; William, attorney, Jamaica,
born 15th Jan. 1768, died in 1799 ; Magdalen,
born 5th Jan. 1770 (marr. 17th April 1798,
William Walker, W.S., of Pitlair), died 20th
Nov. 1812; Isobel, born 4th Sept. 1771
(marr. 29th Oct. 1799, Paul Stevens
Samuels, M.D., Jamaica), died 9th Feb.
1853.— [Douglas's Baronage, 481 ; Tombst. ;
Burke's Landed Gentry ; Diet. Nat. Biog.~\
ANDREW WALKEK, born 1742, son of
.„„„ Andrew W., feuar in Castle Heggie,
Kennoway; educated at Univ. of
St Andrews ; M.A. (1761) ; became assist-
ant in this parish ; pres. by John Hay
Balfour of Leys, with consent of his
curators in April, and ord. 24th Sept. 1772;
died "much lamented," 16th May 1820.
He marr. 14th June 1781, Sophia (died
13th Nov. 1820, aged 62), daugh. of James
Duddingston of St Fort, and had issue —
Margaret, born 6th June 1782 (marr. 26th
Aug. 1806, Captain John Wilkie, Bengal
Infantry), died Oct. 1828 ; Helen, born 4th
Jan. 1784 (marr. 29th Dec. 1807, Henry
Buist of Berryhill), died 25th Dec. 1847;
Sophia, born 6th Nov. 1785 (marr. William
Herdman, min. of Rattray) ; Andrew, born
5th Jan. 1788 ; Elizabeth, born 12th March
1790; Fanny, born 6th March 1792, died
16th Nov. 1880; James, ensign, 93rd
Regiment, born 8th June 1794, died 19th
Aug. 1815 ; Ann, born 16th June 1796, died
13th Nov. 1828 ; Mary, born 18th Dec. 1799
(marr. 16th Nov. 1821, George Russell of
Hayston), died 31st July 1828. Publication
— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, ii.). — [Dr Rae-Arnot's Collessie, 19.]
DAVID OGILVIE, bapt. 16th March
1821 l783' son °^ Philip O., Auchter-
muchty ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of Cupar 23rd
Sept. 1813 ; pres. by William Johnston of
Lathrisk Dec. 1820 ; ord. 9th May 1821 ;
died 26th July 1832. He marr. 25th Dec.
1827, Barbara Livingstone, who died in
Edinburgh, 28th April 1888, aged 83, and
had issue — Barbara, born 13th March 1829
(marr. Andrew Aitken), died 30th Nov.
1871 ; Jessie, born 10th June 1830, died
24th Feb. 1837.
JOHN MACFARLANE, born Edin-
18S3 burgh, 1798> son °f J°nn M. ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen.
by Presb. of Linlithgow 26th Dec. 1821 ;
ord. to Ardoch 28th Aug. 1823; pres. by
William Johnston of Lathrisk in Jan., and
adm. 15th March 1833. Joined the Free
Church in 1843; adm. to Free Church,
Dalkeith, 19th Jan. 1844 ; D.D. (Princeton,
U.S.A., 1853); died 2nd June 1875. He
marr. (1) 24th Nov. 1826, Janet Marshall
(died 20th Jan. 1852), daugh. of George
Gray, merchant, Dundee, and had issue —
John, born 29th Nov. 1827; Catherine
Balfour, born 19th Feb. 1829 ; George, born
2nd July 1830 ; Jane, born 4th June 1832 ;
Jessy, born 28th Dec. 1834 ; Robina, born
28th Aug. 1835; William Francis, born
19th June 1837 ; Margaret Ann, born 26th
Nov. 1839 : (2) 4th July 1854, Louisa
Cecilia (died 25th Sept. 1884), third daugh.
of Rear-Admiral John Rouett Smollett,
R.N., of Bonhill, and Elizabeth, daugh. of
the Hon. Patrick Boyle, son of second Earl
of Glasgow. Publications — The Jubilee of
the World: an Essay on Christian Missions
to the Heathen (Glasgow, 1842) ; The Great
Stone under the Oak, a sermon (Edinburgh,
1844); Account of the Parish {New Stat.
Ace., ix.) ; Sermon {Free Church Pulpit, i).
ROBERT WILLIAMSON, born
1843 Anstruther, 28th Oct. 1803, son of
Alexander W., M.D., and Beatrice,
daugh. of Archibald Johnstone of Pittowie,
Crail ; educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
licen. by Presb. of St Andrews 1st Dec.
1830 ; became tutor in families of Sir
Robert Calder and William Johnston of
Lathrisk ; pres. by the latter ; ord. 27th
Sept. 1843 ; D.D. (St Andrews, 13th Dec.
1862); died unmarr. 6th Nov. 1887. He
was largely instrumental in the erection of
the parish of Ladybank, to whose endow-
ment he contributed £2000. He also
founded a school at Ladybank.
JOHN HENDERSON, born Leven,
24th Nov. 1863, son of James H.
and Elizabeth Coutts ; educated at
Scoonie Parish and Leven Schools and Univ.
1888
136
CREICH
[PRESB. OF
of St Andrews ; M.A. (1882), B.D. (1885) ;
licen. by Presb. of Kirkcaldy 24th May
1885 ; assistant at Inverkeilor May to July
1885, and in this parish Nov. 1885 to Nov.
1887 ; ord. 3rd May 1888.
CREICH.
[The old church of Creich, now ruined,
was dedicated to St Serf. It belonged to
the Abbey of Lindores. The ruined church
is about sixiy feet long. It contains a fine
monument to David Barclay of Luthrie,
who died in 1400, and Helen Douglas his
wife, who died in 1421.]
JOHN SETON, reader ; deprived in 1562
156_ and excommunicated. — [St Andrews
Kirk-Session Rec, xiii.]
ROBERT WILLIAMSON, reader in
1S67 1567 ; died before Nov. 1571.
ROBERT PATERSON, min. of Flisk,
1567 also in charge here.
JAMES CARIE, reader from Nov. 1571
1571 to 1580.
ANDREW BENNET, pres. to vicarage
158S ky James VI. 25th Feb. 1583 ; trans,
to Monimail before 1585.
J THOMAS BAXTER, min. in 1585 ; had
1585 DunD°g also in his charge in 1586 ;
pres. by James VI. before 11th Dec.
1592 ; removed to Dunbog about 1593.
HENRY PHILIP, min. in 1594; trans.
1594 to Arbroath in 1601.
JOHN KINNEAR, younger son of
1601 Henry K., Abbot of Balmerino, and
Christian, daugh. of Robert Betoun of
Creich ; educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (10th Aug. 1595); adm. in 1601 ; died
Jan. 1603, aged about 27.— [Edin. Tests.]
ALEXANDER STRACHAN, was on
the Exercise at St Andrews 28th
June 1593 ; adm. to Second Charge,
Cupar, before 1599 ; trans, and adm. about
1605 ; was one of those who constituted
the Assembly at Aberdeen, 2nd July 1605,
against the King's wishes, for which he was
denounced 18th July, and imprisoned at
1605
Blackness 3rd Aug. ; tried before the Lords
of Justiciary 10th Jan. 1606 ; banished for
life; died of ague in Middleburg in 1607,
after petitioning the King in vain for
liberty to return on account of his health.
— [Calderwood's Hist., vi. 284, 289 et seq. ;
Pitcairn's Crim. Trials, ii., 494, 503 ;
Melvill's Autob. ; P. C. Reg., xiv., 422.]
ADAM MITCHELL, trans, from Cupar
. 0„ and adm. in 1607 ; trans, to Moonzie
in 1608.
DAVID KINNEAR, min. in 1608; pres.
1608 by James VI- 12tl1 Julv 1612 > trans,
to Ceres in 1618.
v ANDREW BENNET, son of Andrew
iei8 ■^"' m*n- °^ Monimail ; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (1614);
app. to this parish Jan. 1618 ; was a
member of Commission for visiting the
Univ. of St Andrews 16th Jan. 1649 ; died
after 1st April 1651, aged about 57. He
marr. Margaret (died 13th June 1675, aged
78), daugh. of Alexander Wedderburn of
Pittormie, and had issue — David ; Eupham
(marr., cont. 25th July 1670, William
Wemyss, burgess of Cupar). — [The Wedder-
burn Booh, i., 49 ; 6. R. Inhib., 14th June
1669 ; Fife Sas., vi., 117 ; Reg. of Deeds,
cccvi., 404 ; Balfour's Hist. Works, iii., iv.]
JOHN ALEXANDER, third son of
1654 Thomas A. of Skeddoway, and
Alison Orrok ; educated at Univ.
of St Andrews; M.A. (1632); adm. to
Cults in 1643 ; called in Oct., and adm.
28th Dec. 1654 ; conformed to Episcopacy ;
died unmarr. Feb. 1684, aged about 72.
He left the ann to Gilbert his brother's
son, but the Lords of Session found, 18th
March 1686, that it could not be gifted
away, but belonged to his sister as nearest
of kin. — [St Andrews Tests. ; Morrison's
Diet.]
JAMES SETON, son of John S. of
1685 Lathrisk, and Agnes Beaton ; edu-
cated at Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A.
(24th July 1679) ; adm. in 1685 ; deprived
by Privy Council 4th Sept. 1689 for not
reading the Proclamation of the Estates,
etc., and impeding the contribution for the
cupak]
CREICH— CULTS
137
French and Irish Protestants. — [Monimail
Sess. Reg. ; Macfarlane's Geneal. Coll.,
i., 16.]
JOHN LAW, had been a Presbyterian
1693 m*n' before 8th Sept. 1689; adm.
to Second Charge, Kirkcaldy, 1691 ;
trans, and adm. 28th Dec. 1693 ; died 9th
June 1694. He marr., and had issue,
Christian. — [St Andrews, Tests.]
DAVID PITCAIRN, ord. 27th Aug. 1695;
16„ suspended by General Assembly 15th
Sept. 1700 ; adm. to First Charge,
Dysart, 8th Jan. 1708.
JAMES HENRY, M.A.; called 11th
1702 JuneJ corroborated by Presb. jure
devoluto 11th Aug.; ord. 23rd Sept.
1702; trans, to Kinghorn 13th Dec. 1716.
- JAMES BRUCE, studied at Univ. of
1719 Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Cupar
25th Feb., and called 11th July 1718 ;
ord. 10th March 1719 ; died 21st Dec. 1746.
He marr. 8th Feb. 1734, Jean (died s.p. 7th
Sept. 1747), daugh. of John Oliphant of
Carpow.
FRANCIS ADAMS, son of James A.,
174„ min. of Kinnaird; licen. by Presb.
of Cupar 6th Oct. 1741 ; called 30th
June, and ord. 23rd Dec. 1747 ; died 16th
Sept. 1754, aged about 38.
MICHAEL GREENLAW, born Sept.
.„„_ 1722 ; licen. by Presb. of Haddington
24th Dec. 1754 ; pres. by Alexander
Baillie and his curators in Feb., and ord. 8th
May 1755; D.D. St Andrews (30th July
1782); died 5th April 1815. He marr.
22nd Sept. 1766, Jean Wilson, who died
13th Feb. 1813, and had issue — George,
W.S., born 7th May 1769, died 12th Dec.
1834; John, merchant, Glasgow, born 3rd
March 1771, died before 1800; Adam, in
Glasgow, born 30th Sept. 1772, died 30th
Sept. 1794. Publications — Accounts of
Creich and Dunbog (Sinclair's Stat. Ace,
iv., xxi.).
ALEXANDER LAWSON, born 1st
April 1788, son of Thomas L. of
Pitlethie ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of St Andrews
3rd May 1809 ; pres. by William Grant of
Congalton 15th May; ord. 14th Sept. 1815 ;
died 6th May 1875. Publication— Account
of the Parish {New Stat. Ace, ix.).
JOHN RITCHIE, born 2nd May 1846,
„ son of William R., D.D., min. of
Longforgan ; educated at Univ. of
St Andrews ; M.A. ; licen. by Presb. of
Dundee 24th June 1869; assistant in this
parish, Maxwell, Glasgow, and Oldham-
stocks ; ord. 10th Sept. 1875 ; clerk to
Presb. 1900-18; died 26th Jan. 1918. He
marr. 24th March 1880, Andrewina Bell
(died 17th Aug. 1905), younger daugh. of
Andrew Clark, Airdrie, and had issue —
William Andrew, born 2nd March 1881 ;
Christina Carstairs, born 6th May 1882
(marr. 5th March 1919, Peter Scott
MacLellan, Glasgow) ; John, born 20th
April 1884 ; Margaret Bower, born 5th
Sept. 1885; Robert Bower, born 10th
Dec. 1886; Elizabeth Clark, born 27th
June 1888; Frederick Johnston, A.S.C.,
born 26th June 1892.
JAMES LAMONT FYFE SCOTT, M.A.;
ord. 28th June 1918 ; trans, to Rhynd
11th May 1922.
THOMAS BARR VALLANCE, born
19th Aug. 1890, second son of James
V., Burnside, Strathaven, and Mary
Barr ; educated at Strathaven School,
Hamilton Academy, and Univ. of Glasgow;
served as a private in R.A.M.C. for three
and a half years during European War;
M.A. (1919); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
June 1920 ; assistant at St Marnoch's,
Kilmarnock; ord. 28th Sept. 1922. Marr.
18th Oct. 1922, Mary Graham, youngest
daugh. of John Paterson, tweed merchant,
Peebles.
CULTS.
[The church of Cults belonged to the
College of St Salvator at St Andrews. At
Pitlessie in the parish three fairs were held
in honour of St Malrubh, St Katherine, and
St Philip.]
138
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[PEESB. OF
JOHN BALFOUR, believed to be the
1563 " vicar °f Qniltis " wno witnessed a
charter on 8th Dec. 1550. Having
embraced the Reformed faith he retained
the living without any formal recognition ;
removed by General Assembly 25th June
1563 and placed in "an obscurer congrega-
tion according to the measure of his gifts."
He probably became reader in a parish
(unidentified). — \_Booke of the Kirk ; Beg.
Mag. Sig., iv., 1277 ; Porter's Cults and
its Ministers, 2.]
JOHN BUTHERFOBD [or RUTHER-
FURD], born about 1520, was a native
of Jedburgh and probably belonged
to the same family as Samuel Rutherford
(also born near Jedburgh). He studied
under Nicolaus Gruchius at Guienne,
Bordeaux, where George Buchanan was
Professor of Latin. In 1547 R. accom-
panied Gruchius and Buchanan to the new
University of Coimbra in Portugal, where
he spent some years. In 1552 he proceeded
to Paris. His scholarship brought him under
the notice of Archbishop Hamilton, who
appointed him to the Chair of Humanity
at St Andrews. In 1555 he declined an
invitation to return to Bordeaux and in
1557 he became Dean of the Faculty of
Arts at St Andrews, where he was entrusted
with the chief part of the education of the
Admirable Crichton. Having espoused the
Reformed faith while abroad, he was de-
clared by the General Assembly 20th Dec.
1560 "one of those most qualified for
ministering and teaching," and on 25th
June 1563 he was ord. to this charge, which
was a parish in the gift of his college. He
served on various committees of the
General Assembly. By the Assembly 5th
March 1570, for "not serving his cure at
least certain tymes in the year " (probably
winter), he was admonished " to amend the
said fault in tymes coming, otherwise the
Kirk will proceed against him as ane
neglector of dewtie." He died between
20th Sept. and 18th Dec. 1577, "at this
time the most celebrated master of schol-
astic philosophy in Scotland." He marr.
Christian Forsyth, and had issue— John,
min. of St Andrews, and probably others.
Publications — Prcefationes Solennes, Par-
isiis et Conimbrice habitos, lib. i. ; Com-
mentariorum de Arte Disserendi, lib. iv.
(Paris, 1557; Edinburgh, 1577); Beply to
John Davidson's Dialogue betwixt a Clerk
and a Courteour (n.p.) ; Collatio Philoso-
phiai Platonica et Aristotelicce ; Collatio
Divi Thomce Aquinatis et Scoti in Philoso-
phicis.— [M'Crie'a Melville, l, 107-110, 127,
249; Beg. Sec. Sig., 1569-78, p. 208; Jeffrey's
Boxburghshire, iv. 356 ; Calderwood's Hist.,
ii. 45, iii. 310 ; Diet. Fat. Biog.]
JAMES MARTIN, born 1543, son of
John M., Dean of Guild, St Andrews,
and Margaret Ramsay ; became third
Master in St Salvator's College; adm. min.
of Dunino 30th Nov. 1570 ; trans, to Kem-
back in 1574 ; trans, and adm. 1578 ; was
Principal of St Salvator's College, which he
held in conjunction ; D.D. (St Andrews,
29th July 1616) ; died unmarr. March 1620.
— [Macfarlane's General Coll., ii., 190; St
A)id7-eivs Tests. ; Calderwood's Hist., iii.
592, 732, iv. 479, v. 701, vii. 58, 106, 222.]
PATRICK PEAT, adm. (assistant) 15th
1595 Dec. 1595.— [Laing Charters, 1303.]
ANDREW MORTON (probably assist-
ant), min. in 1608; died 31st Jan.
1635. He marr. Euphemia Morton,
who died 27th Jan. 1619,' aged 48. — [St
Andrews Tests.; Tombst. ; P. C. Beg.,
ix., 332.]
EDMOND CRANSTOUN, M.A. (St
Andrews 1625) ; ordered by the
Synod to cease from preaching 7th
Oct. 1635, "because the Provost of the Old
College has the title and charge of plan-
tation." He was on the Exercise at
Kirkcaldy 3rd June 1641.
JAMES MARTIN, M.A. ; adm. before
26th Dec. 1636; trans, to Auchter-
1635
1636
muchty in 1641.
1641
WILLIAM GLASFURD, brother of
Patrick G. of Bodamcraig ; educated
at Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A.
(1632) ; adm. in 1641 ; still min. 4th Oct.
1642 ; died before 1654. He marr. Eliza-
beth, daugh. of Robert Cheape in Scotland-
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well, and had issue— Jean. — [Fife Horn.,
xxvi., 197 ; G. R. Sas., 18th Dec. 1702 ;
Perth Sas., 20th Feb. 1645.]
JOHN ALEXANDER, M.A. ; adm.
(probably colleague) in 1643 ; trans.
164S
to Creich 28th Dec. 1654.
1656
GEORGE DISHINGTON, M.A. (St
Andrews 1640); called July 1655;
adm. 1st May 1656 ; deprived by
Act of Parliament 11th June, and Decreet
of Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662; suspended
Oct. 1665 ; dep. 1st April 1668 ; purchased
the lands of Lochmalony in 1669 ; died
Feb. 1673, aged about 53. He marr. 9th
Sept. 1656, Anna Hamilton (died Jan.
1708), widow of David Barclay of Easter
Touch, and had issue— George, town clerk
of Crail in 1693; Margaret (marr. 1692,
Andrew Robertson, min., residing in Crail) ;
David ; Thomas.— [Kirkcaldy Sess. Reg. ;
Lamont's Diary, 177, 204, 213 ; Fife Sas.,
v., 151 ; Reg. Mag. Sig.~\
[The parish vacant five years.]
JOHN MATHERS, M.A.; adm. in 1673;
1673 trans, to Ceres 12th March 1685.
ALEXANDER SKENE, D.D., Principal
leas °^ ^* Salvator's College, which he
held in conjunction; took temporary
charge here in 1685 ; died in 1707, aged
about 68. (Cf. Vol. IV., 234.)
JOHN KEIR, M.A. (St Andrews, 24th
July 1679) ; min. in 1686 ; deprived
by Privy Council 10th Oct. 1689, for
not reading Proclamation of the Estates,
etc. ; died March 1707, aged about 48. He
marr., and had issue — Elizabeth ; Margaret.
— [Monimail Sess. Reg.]
[The parish vacant four years.]
ALEXANDER WILSON, born 1620;
M.A. (Edinburgh, 3rd April 1640) ;
was on the Exercise of the Presb.
18th April 1649 ; adm. to Cameron 24th
April 1650; deprived 11th June 1662 and
went to Holland ; returned to Cameron
in 1687 ; adm. here 26th Jan. 1693 (when
he was aged 73); died April 1697. He
marr. Jean, daugh. of Walter Greig, min.
of Balmerino, and had issue — Walter, min.
1686
1693
1726
of Kilconquhar ; Katherine, died 1693 ;
Euphan (marr., pro. 24th July 1710, David
Jarvie, brewer in Canongate) ; Marie (marr.
1691, John Bayne, treasurer of Cupar) ;
Margaret (marr. 22nd Oct. 1712, William
Braidwood, brewer, Canongate) ; and two
others. — [Tombst. ; Canongate Marr. Reg. ;
Wodrow's Hist., ii., 483.]
THOMAS BURRELL, M.A. (St An-
drews, 21st July 1683) ; passed as a
probationer under Episcopacy ; had
a testimonial from Presb. of Kirkcaldy, 4th
Nov. 1692, that he had acquitted himself
well on trials, but had not satisfied them
that he would be faithful to the govern-
ment ; probably he did so 24th Aug. 1695 ;
called 22nd March, and ord. 12th May 1699;
died 24th March 1726, aged about 63.
ANDREW MELVILL, M.A. (St An-
drews, 5th May 1714); licen. by
Presb. there 20th April 1720 ; called
26th May, and ord. 20th Sept. 1726 ; died
8th May 1762, aged about 71. He marr.
6th Oct. 1730, Margaret, daugh. of Thomas
Martin, St Andrews, but had no issue.
ANDREW HUTTON, M.A. ; trans.
from Glenisla; pres. by United
1762 College, St Andrews, 10th July, and
adm. 28th Oct. 1762 ; trans, to Kilmany 8th
June 1773.
DAVID WILKIE, born 1738, only son
of John W.,! tenant in Ratho-byres,
Midlothian, and Helen Robertson ;
educated at Univs. of Edinburgh and St
Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of St Andrews
9th May 1770; assistant at Glamis and
at Rescobie ; pres. by United College of
St Andrews 24th Nov. 1773; ord. 14th
April 1774 ; elected Presb. clerk 16th Oct.
1792, died 1st Dec. 1812. His son Sir
David placed a monument by Chantrey
in the church. He marr. (1) 18th
Oct. 1776, Mary (died 8th Feb. 1777),
daugh. of George Campbell, schoolmaster,
St Andrews, sister of George C, D.D.,
min. of Cupar-Fife, and aunt of Lord
Chancellor Campbell : (2) 3rd Nov. 1778,
his cousin Margaret (died in childbirth,
28th March 1780), daugh. of James Wilkie,
Edinburgh: (3) 4th Oct. 1781, Isabella
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[PRESB. OF
(died at her son's house, Lower Phillimore
Place, Kensington, 11th Nov. 1824, aged
61), daugh. of James Lister, farmer, Pit-
lessie Mill, and sister of James L., min.
of Auchtermuchty, and had issue — John,
captain H.E.I.C.S., born 13th Aug. 1782,
died in India, in the course of a severe
and fatiguing march with his regiment,
10th Aug. 1824 ; James, in Ordnance
Department, born 3rd July 1784, died in
1824 ; Sir David, R.A., celebrated artist,
born 18th Nov. 1785, died unmarr. 1st
June 1841 ; Thomas, merchant, London,
born 31st Oct. 1787, died 1865; Rachel,
born 17th Oct., and died 25th Nov. 1791 ;
Helen, born 21st May 1793 (marr. 18th
June 1844, William Hunter, M.D., of Wood-
bank, Largo, surgeon - major, Coldstream
Guards), died 1870. Publications — The
Theory of Interest, Simple and Compound,
derived from First Principles, and applied
to Annuities of all Descriptions (Edinburgh,
1794) ; Tables of Mortality in the Parish of
Torihorwald ; Account of Cults (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, i., ii.). — [Allan Cunningham's
Sir David Wilkie; Some Old Families,
246 ; Sutherland Gower's Sir David
Wilkie. For a Bibliography of Sir David
Wilkie, see William Bayne's Sir David
Wilkie, R.A. (London, 1903).]
THOMAS GILLESPIE, born Dunn's
Yett, Gilchristland, Closeburn, 21st
1813 Feb. 1778 ; educated at Wallacehall
Academy there, Dumfries Academy, and
Univ. of Edinburgh ; became tutor in
family of Sir James Hay of Dunragit;
licen. by Presb. of Stranraer 4th Jan.
1810 ; pres. by United College, St Andrews,
in March, and ord. 23rd Sept. 1813 ; LL.D.
(Glasgow 1824) ; dem. 30th Sept. 1828 on
appointment as assistant and successor to
the Professor of Humanity in Univ. of
St Andrews ; died in Dunino 11th Sept.
1844. He marr. (1) 24th Sept. 1809, Eliza-
beth (died 14th Oct. 1821), daugh. of Dr
John Hunter, Professor of Humanity, St
Andrews, and had issue — Elizabeth Muir-
head, born 1811 ; John, born 8th Jan.
1813; Catherine, born 30th July 1814;
George M'Cheyne, born 17th Feb. 1816;
Helen Watson [see her father's poem,
"Elly Pie"], born 28th Nov. 1817, died
23rd May 1839; Margaret, born 4th June
1819 : (2) 31st March 1823, Janet (died
27th Dec. 1866), eldest daugh. of George
Campbell, D.D., min. of Cupar, and sister
of Lord Chancellor Campbell. Publications
— The Seasons contemplated in the Spirit
of the Gospel, six sermons (Edinburgh,
1822); The Professor's Tales and Gleanings
of the Covenant (Wilson's "Tales of the
Borders ") ; Contributions to Blackwood's
Magazine and the Scots Magazine.—
[Watson's Closeburn, 126-31 ; Ramage's
Drumlanrig and the Douglases, 250, 265 ;
Porter's Cults and its Ministers.}
GEORGE CRAWFORD, born Straiton
Manse, 1802, son of William O,
D.D., min. of Straiton, afterwards
Professor of Moral Philosophy at St
Andrews ; educated at Univ. there ; licen.
by that Presb. 5th April 1826 ; pres.
by Principal and Professors of United
College, Dec. 1828; ord. 5th May 1829;
died unmarr. 5th Nov. 1831. Publication —
Miscellaneous Discourses (Edinburgh, 1832).
JOHN COOK, M.A. ; pres. by Principal
and Professors of United College,
1832 St Andrews, in March, and ord.
1st June 1832 ; trans, to Second Charge,
Haddington, 19th Dec. 1833.
THOMAS JACKSON CRAWFORD,
M.A. ; pres. by Principal and Pro-
fessors of United College, St Andrews,
in April, and ord. 13th June 1834 ; trans.
to Glamis 20th Sept. 1838.
JAMES ANDERSON, born Muthill,
1804, son of James A., farmer;
1839 originally bred a miller; became
teacher of a private school ; educated at
Univs. of Glasgow and Edinburgh; tutor
at Ormiston to the family of Earl of
Hopetoun; licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith
4th Feb. 1830; officiated as missionary
at Largoward; pres. by the Principal
and Professors of the United College, St
Andrews, Dec. 1838; ord. 22nd Feb. 1839;
elected Presb. clerk in 1843 ; died from the
effects of a fall from a gig, 30th Sept. 1863.
He was an authority on ecclesiastical law,
and was much consulted on the subject.
1834
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He marr. 23rd Oct. 1838, Maria (died 30th
Nov. 1892, aged 79), daugh. of William
Ferrie, D.D., min. of Kilconquhar, and
had issue — Elizabeth Ann, born 21st April
1840 (marr. 29th Sept. 1859, Alexander
Forbes, missionary at Madras), died 26th
Sept. 1862; Maria Jane, born 14th Sept.
1841, died 12th Feb. 1863 ; James Lindsay
Ferrie, born 20th April, and died 7th May
1843 ; William Ferrie Gentle, shipowner,
Glasgow, born 7th July 1844, died 24th
Nov. 1907; Kobert, born 10th Jan., and
died 5th April 1846 ; James, manager of
Oriental Bank, Colombo, born 13th June
1848 ; Henrietta Jemima, born 27th Jan.
1851 ; Julia Sinclair Margaret, born 4th
July 1852, died in London, 4th April 1891.
Publications — A Catechism on the Sacra-
ments of the Old and New Testaments
(Edinburgh, 1851); The Minister's Directory
(Edinburgh, 1856) ; Light in Darkness ; or
Comfort to the Sick and Afflicted (Edin-
burgh, 1858). He edited The Family
Altar; or a Guide to Devotion (Edinburgh),
and had almost ready for publication
a volume on Church Law, but was fore-
stalled by the issue of Dr Cook's Styles.
JAMES KOBERT CHRYSTAL, M.A.,
1864 B.D. ; ord. 8th April 1864; trans.
to Coltness 21st Jan. 1879.
JAMES FORBES, born Duns, son of
. 7fl Thomas F., painter, and Elizabeth
Dewar; educated at Duns School
and Univ. of Edinburgh ; ord. to Low
Meeting, Berwick-upon-Tweed, in 1864 ;
adm. to Milton of Balgonie in 1873 ; trans.
to Cranshaws 7th Sept. 1876 ; trans, and
adm. 4th July 1879, died 9th June 1900. He
marr. 29th Nov. 1866, Agnes Knox (died
11th June 1915), daugh. of Archibald
Haswell, London, and had issue — Thomas
Dewar, M.D., London, born 2nd June 1868 ;
Agnes Hope, born 7th Nov. 1878.
WILLIAM HENRY PORTER, born
lgoo 9th July 1865, son of William P.,
Falkland, and Euphemia Galloway ;
educated at Falkland School and Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
12th June 1894 ; assistant at Hallside and
St Paul's, Leith; ord. 1st Nov. 1900.
Marr. 1st June 1903, Margaret Andrewina,
younger daugh. of Andrew Dickson, Rose-
bank, Haddington, and Grace S. Cunning-
ham, and has issue — William Bruce, born
12th April 1904; Andrew Dickson, born
30th Oct. 1906 ; James Galloway, born
19th Jan. 1909, died 29th Oct. 1913
Douglas Hunter, born 17th Jan. 1911
Alexander Gordon, born 21st Sept. 1912
Norman Cunningham, born 29th May
1914; Thomas Forrest, born 10th July
1916. Publications — Cambuslang and its
Ministers, 1560-1843 (Glasgow, 1897) ; Cults
and its Ministers, 1560-1843 (Cupar-Fife,
1906).
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[Cupar-Fife and Tarvit. — These parishes
were united in 1618.
Cupar-Fife. — The church of Cupar was
dedicated to St Christopher. It belonged
to the Priory of St Andrews. A Second
Charge for this parish was founded in
1625. The Black Friars had a convent in
Cupar, dedicated to St Katherine. Fairs
of St James and St Martin were held in
this parish.
Tarvit. — The church of Tarvit was
dedicated to St Michael. It belonged to
the Abbey of Cambuskenneth.]
ROBERT MONTGOMERY, settled in
1S62 *^e mmistry (perhaps here) in 1562.
He was requested by the Assembly
26th June 1564, to supply Largo every
alternate Sunday until other provision
should be made. A Commission was app.
by the Assembly 27th Dec. that year re-
garding mutual complaints from him and
the magistrates of Cupar; trans, to
Dunblane in 1567.
ALEXANDER SPENS, min. of Kil-
1567 conquhar in 1560; trans, and adm.
about 1567 ; died Nov. 1568.
ROBERT WILKIE, entered at Lammas
in 1569, Auchtermoonzie [Moonzie]
being also in his charge ; trans, to
Loudoun about 1573.
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[PRESB. OF
ADAM MITCHELL, entered at Beltein
. „„ in 1573, but his name is not found
in the Register of Assignations till
1576 ; adm. to Creich in 1607.
WILLIAM LAING, trans, from Ceres
t_4 (with Auchtermoonzie, Tarvit, and
Ceres, also in the charge) in 1574 ;
re-trans, to Ceres about 1576.
WILLIAM SCOTT, son of Eobert S. in
1R04 Mylnedene, and grandson of William
S., portioner of Kininmonth, de-
scended of the family of Balwearie ; edu-
cated at Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A. (26th
Nov. 1586) ; min. of Kennoway in 1593 ;
app. by the General Assembly in 1602 to
remain with the Marquess of Huntly, one
of the Catholic Lords ; trans, and adm. in
1604 ; signed the Protest against intro-
duction of Episcopacy 1st July 1606 ;
was summoned to London by the King's
Letter 21st May that year, where he
stoutly defended the lawfulness of the
Aberdeen Assembly in a speech against the
Lord Advocate, Sir Thomas Hamilton.
After being detained a month, he was
committed in charge to Dr Dove, bishop
of Peterborough, but with five of his
brethren obtained permission from the
English Privy Council to return to his
parish 8th March 1607. He was nominated
constant Moderator of Presbytery in 1606 ;
was a member of Assembly in 1608, and of
the Conference at Falkland in 1609, and
shortly after was confined to his parish,
but this restraint was taken off by the
Privy Council 28th July 1614. On 27th
June 1617 he signed the Protestation for
the Liberties of the Kirk, opposed the Five
Articles in the General Assembly of 1618
which were then agreed to, was app.
a min. of Edinburgh that year ; was
unsuccessfully accused before the High
Commission 20th Aug. 1619, of being the
author of a book entitled Perth Assemblie,
or having a hand in it, and his removal
to Edinburgh was refused 15th Oct. 1620 ;
died 20th May 1642, aged about 76. He
raised the spire of the church from the
battlements at his own expense and be-
queathed a sum of money for the benefit
of the poor and for the education of poor
1642
children. He marr. Janet Smyth, who
survived him, and had issue — Barbara
(marr. David Dalgleish, min. of this parish).
Publications — The Course of Conformitie
(1622) ; Apologetical Narration of the State
and Government of the Kirk of Scotland
(Wodrow Society, Edinburgh, 1846) ; Two
Letters to Mr James Melvill (Calderwood's
Hist., v. 420, vi. 23 et seq , vii. 27 et seq.);
Two Sonnets (Melvill's Spiritual Propyne)
(1598).— [Book of the Kirk ; Wodrow's MS.
Biog., iv. and Biog., i. ; Monteith's Mort.,
235 ; Melvill's Autob., 386 et seq.]
DAVID DALGLEISH, son of David D.,
maltster, St Andrews ; educated at
the Univ. there ; M.A. (1599) ; was an
"expectant" in 1608 ; appears as colleague to
preceding min. 2nd May 1614 ; was directed
by the Synod 7th Oct. 1617 to address him-
self to the Archbishop for ordination and
admission to the ministry ; pres. to Aberdour
16th Nov. 1636, but did not accept ; was a
member of Assembly in 1638 ; pres. to
Dundee in 1641, but not settled ; pres. to
First Charge by Charles I. 27th May 1642 ;
was laid aside from duty in 1644 through
an accident to his leg while travelling to a
meeting of Commission in Edinburgh. At
the entry of Charles II. to Cupar on 6th July
1650, he made a speech of congratulation ;
died 7th May 1652, aged about 73. He
marr. Barbara, daugh. of William Scott,
his colleague, and had issue — an only son,
David. — [Beg. Sec. Sig. ; St Andreivs Tests. ;
Fife Sas., v. 443-4, xi. 447; Lamont's
Diary, 41.]
JOHN MAKGILL of Kemback, third
..,-. son of James M. of Rankeillour,
and Katherine Clephane; educated
at Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A. (1640) ; on
Exercise there 7th Dec. 1642; ord. to
Dunbog in 1646; called 19th Oct., trans,
and adm. 14th Dec. 1654, having charge
of the whole parish ; had a sharp attack
of fever in Feb. 1657 ; deprived by Act of
Parliament 11th June and Decreet of Privy
Council 1st Oct. 1662 ; studied medicine ;
went abroad for his health with George,
Lord Melville, 10th Feb. 1663; had leave
from the Privy Council 24th May that
year to return on giving satisfaction for
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his peaceable behaviour j graduated M.D.
at the Univ. of Angiers (1663); returned
to Scotland ; purchased the estate of
Kemback in 1667 ; died 24th April 1673,
aged about 52. He marr. (1) 25th April
1647, Helen (died 20th July 1665), daugh.
of James Forbes of Kilmany, and had
issue — James, born 19th Feb. 1648, died
13th July 1649; David, born 15th July
1649, died 13th July 1656 ; John of Kem-
back, born 3rd Sept. 1651, died before 6th
Oct. 1677 ; Arthur of Kemback, born 15th
Dec. 1652, died 31st Jan. 1725 ; William,
born 20th March 1655, died 17th March
1657 ; James, born 5th March 1658, died
29th Dec. 1659; Helen, born 18th July
1659 (marr. 1678, Thomas Nairn of
Baldovan); David, born 25th Jan. 1661,
died May 1663 ; James, born 5th Nov.
1662 : (2) 22nd Jan. 1668, Euphane Pater-
son, widow of Gavin Wemyss of Unthank.
— [Reg. of Geneal. Lyon Office; Fife Sas.,
iv., 416 ; St Andrews Tests. ; Lamont's
Diary, 82, 159, 166, 199, 203; Inq. Bet.
Gen., 5789 ; Scots Peerage, vi. 590.]
EOBEET HONYMAN, M.A. ; trans,
from Second Charge, Dysart, and
adm. 6th Aug. 1663; trans, to St
Andrews 7th July 1681.
GEOEGE LANDAL, M.A. (St
1682 Andrews, 25th July 1668) ; adm. to
Kemback 4th June 1674; trans, to
Scoonie 16th June 1680 ; trans, and adm.
in 1682; died 18th Oct. 1685, aged about
38. He marr. 15th June 1682, Alison,
daugh. of Sir Alexander Gibson of Durie,
who survived him, and had issue— John ;
Alexander, born 1684. — [St Andrews Tests. ;
Scoonie Par. Peg.']
ALEXANDEE LUNDIE, second son
of John L. of Strathairlie ; edu-
cated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (24th July 1669) ; passed trials before
Presb. of Glasgow and had a testimonial
for licence 5th June 1672 ; ord. to Orwell
before 3rd Oct. 1677 ; trans, to Carnbee
27th April 1681 ; trans, to Wemyss 4th
May 1683; pres. by Arthur, Archbishop
of St Andrews, July 1686 ; deprived by
Privy Council 29th Aug. 1689, for not
reading the Proclamation of the Estates,
etc. In 1692 he was imprisoned in the
Tolbooth for not praying for William and
Mary, but was liberated in four days,
being " far from the means of subsistence,
and his wife lying dangerously ill at home
with a family of small children." Having
begged the Council's pardon, he was pro-
hibited from exercising the ministry until
he qualified himself by Act of Parliament.
He died 23rd June 1696, aged about 47.
He marr. Crawfurd, and had issue —
Anna; Mary; James, born 1687.— [Wemyss
Sess. Peg. ; Inq. Pet. de Tut., 1157.]
THOMAS AENOT, M.A. (St Andrews,
1690 26th July 1646) ; licen. by Presb. of
Perth 15th Dec. 1654; became
assistant 17th April 1657, but on 28th
May 1658 purposed to accept a call to a
church in Ireland ; called to Second Charge
11th June, and adm. 18th Nov. 1658;
deprived by Act of Parliament 11th June,
and Decreet of Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662 ;
was permitted by David, Earl of Wemyss,
to occupy the house of Elcho 13th Oct.
1663, and was outlawed 9th June 1682
for holding conventicles ; attended first
meeting of Synod 22nd July 1690 as min.
of this charge; died May 1694, aged
about 68. He marr. 17th March 1659,
Eupham Inglis, Cupar, and had issue —
Alexander, born 1659; Isabel; Helen
(marr., cont. 20th Jan. 1698, George
Menzies, Master of the Grammar School,
Dundee).— [Fife Sheriff-Court Deeds, 15th
May 1710; Fife Sas., i., 366; Cupar
Marr. Peg.]
JAMES HADOW, trans, from Second
1694 Charge ; called 27th June, and adm.
30th Oct. 1694 ; trans, to Professor-
ship of Divinity in St Mary's College, St
Andrews, 5th April 1699 (q.v.).
WILLIAM DICK, eldest son of Alex-
1702 ander D., portioner of Pitquhan-
atrie ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews; M.A. (19th July 1690); became
schoolmaster of Orwell; licen. by Presb.
of Kirkcaldy 12th March 1695 ; ord. to
Forgandenny 4th Sept. 1695; trans, and
adm. 30th July 1702 ; died 9th Oct. 1736,
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[ PRESB. OF
aged about 67. He marr. (1) Sept. 1698,
Eupham Carmichael, in the parish of Aber-
nethy, and had issue — Cecilia, born 1699 :
(2) 1724, Isobel (died 12th Jan. 1787),
daugh. of David Makgill of Rankeillour,
and had issue — Ensign James of Colluthie,
born 21st Dec. 1726 ; Isobel, born 29th June
1730 (marr. James Gillespie, Principal of
St Andrews Univ.) ; William, born 1st
May 1732 ; David, born 29th Dec. 1733 ;
Robert (twin), born 29th Dec. 1733. His
widow succeeded to the estate of Ran-
keillour on the death of her sister Catherine,
wife of Alexander Christie, writer, Edin-
burgh.— [Retours Spec. Fife, 502 ; Perth
Sas., xiii., 436.]
GEORGE BOES, born 1702, son of
._ „ Robert B., min. of Rattray; edu-
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A.
(11th June 1713) ; elected schoolmaster in
George Heriot's Hospital 17th April 1721 ;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 29th Dec.
1725 ; ord. to Second Charge 21st Feb.
1728; was elected representative elder
by the burgh of Cupar to the General
Assembly which on 6th May 1732 refused
to sustain his commission as being contrary
to the Acts of Assembly ; pres. to this
charge by George II. 23rd March 1737 ;
adm. 3rd Jan. 1738 ; died 11th Jan. 1775.
He marr. 21st Nov. 1732, Agnes Bruce,
who died 24th March 1775, and had
issue — Elizabeth, born 24th Sept. 1733 ;
Margaret, born 30th Nov. 1734 (marr. 28th
Jan. 1769, David Young, dancing master,
Dundee) ; Ann, born 15th Feb. 1737 (marr.
19th Jan. 1760, William Foster, lieutenant
of Marines) ; Susanna, born 16th Aug. 1738
(marr. 13th May 1765, Henry Ralph, mer-
chant, London) ; Crawford, born 1st Jan.
1740, died 4th Jan. 1767 ; Frederick, born
2nd April 1746.
Sir ROBERT PRESTON, Bart, of
Airdrie, born 1706; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (6th
May 1724) ; licen. by Presb. of Dundee
29th Oct. 1729; ord. to Arbirlot 18th
Feb. 1731 ; trans, to Second Chaige 9th
Nov. 1758 ; pres. by George III. 21st Feb.,
and adm. 16th May 1775 ; was served heir
to his grandfather, Sir John P., fourth
Baronet, 17th July 1782, and assumed the
title ; died Father of the Church 1st
Sept. 1791. He marr. (1) 9th Nov. 1749,
Jean (died 30th Dec. 1750), daugh. of Andrew
Melville, min. of Monimail, and had issue —
Alexander, born 22nd Oct. 1750, died 22nd
July 1761 : (2) 11th Sept. 1755, Margaret
(died at Dundee Aug. 1794), daugh. of Robert
Speid of Ardovie, and had issue — Robert,
born 9th June 1756 ; James, born 29th July
1757, died 2nd March 1790; George, born
1st March, and died 23rd July 1759.
GEORGE CAMPBELL, born 1747, son
17gl of George C, schoolmaster, St An-
drews ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of Lorn 11th
Dec. 1770 ; ord. to Second Charge 1st July
1773 ; pres. by George III. 4th, and adm.
25th Oct. 1791 ; D.D. (St Andrews, 4th
Feb. 1794); died 25th Nov. 1824. He
marr. 5th Dec. 1775, Magdalene (died 12th
March 1793), only daugh. of John Hally-
burton of The Fodderance, and had
issue — Janet, born 19th Dec. 1776 (marr.
Thomas Gillespie, LL.D., min. of Cults) ;
Sir George of Edenwood, born 7th March
1778, died 20th May 1854 ; John, Lord High
Chancellor of Great Britain, created Baron
Campbell, 1841, author of Lives of the Lord
Chancellors,boTn 17th Sept. 1779, died 23rd
June 1861 ; Jane, born 21st March 1782
(marr. 10th Feb. 1809, James Greig of
Balbairdie) ; Elizabeth, born 7th Dec.
1785, died 13th March 1874 ; Lindsay, born
29th March 1789 (marr. 27th April 1807,
David Johnston of Overton) ; Magdalene,
born 13th Oct. 1792 (marr. Charles Grace,
M.D., Cupar). Publication — Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xvii.). — [Diet.
Nat. Liog.]
LAURENCE ADAMSON, born 7th
,825 Aug. 1767, son of James A., min. of
Abernyte; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of St Andrews
21st Oct. 1789 ; ord. to Second Charge 8th
May 1794 ; elected Presb. clerk 15th Dec.
1812 ; D.D. (St Andrews, 16th May 1814) ;
pres. by George TV. 21st Jan., trans, and
adm. 16th May 1825; died 8th Jan. 1837.
He marr. 28th April 1795, Isobel Robertson,
who died 2nd Nov. 1826, and had issue —
oupar]
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Isobel Stevenson, born 5th Jan. 1796, died
22nd Dec. 1817 ; James, D.D., min. of a
congregation at Cape Town, South Africa,
1828, and Professor in South African
College, 1841, born 22nd Jan. 1797, died
1875; Anna, born 25th May 1798 (marr.
Alexander Kid, D.D., min. of Moonzie);
Wilhelmina, born 13th Jan. 1800, died 11th
March 1806; Jane, born 4th March, and
died 26th April 1801 ; Laurence, born 29th
June 1802; John, born 26th July 1803;
Robert Key, born 14th Oct. 1804, died
at Kingston, Jamaica, 20th Dec. 1827 ;
Margaret, born 2nd Nov. 1805 ; Mary
Bruce, born 17th June 1807 (marr. 29th
May 1841, James Young, Moonzie) ;
Christina, born 29th Jan. 1809 ; Elizabeth,
born 11th May 1811 ; Frederick, born 14th
Oct. 1812, died 4th May 1813. Publications
— A Discourse on the Fiftieth Anniversary
of His Majesty's Accession (1809) ; Substance
of a Discourse on the Public Thanksgiving
(Edinburgh, 1816); Sermons (1838). He
edited Sir Robert Sibbald's History of Fife
and Kinross (Cupar, 1803).
ADAM CAIRNS, born 30th Jan. 1802,
1837 son °^ Adam C-> min. of Longforgan ;
educated at Longforgan School and
Univ. of St Andrews; licen. by Presb. of
Cupar 5th Oct. 1824 ; assistant at St
Cuthbert's, Edinburgh ; ord. to Manor
21st Aug. 1828 ; trans, to Dunbog 3rd
May 1833; pres. by William IV. 20th March,
trans, and adm. 1st Sept. 1837. Joined
the Free Church in 1843; min. of the
Free Church, Cupar, 1843-53. On account
of his health he went as a missionary to
Gibraltar; D.D. (St Andrews, 9th April
1853) ; dem. his charge and went to
Australia ; min. of Chalmers Church,
Melbourne, 1853-76 ; Moderator of General
Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of
Victoria 1st Nov. 1859 ; first Principal
of the Theological Hall of the Presby-
terian Church of Victoria and Professor
of Divinity 1865-73; died 30th Jan.
1881. He marr. 11th Feb. 1834, Jessie
(died 26th Aug. 1906), daugh. of
Ballingall, Ayton, and had issue — Mar-
garet, born 26th Aug. 1835 ; Elizabeth,
born 25th Feb. 1837 ; Jessie, born 5th
VOL V.
Sept. 1840; Ebenezer Adam, born 8th
Jan. 1843. Publications — Some Objections
to Universal Atonement Stated and the
Current Objections to a Particular and
Efficacious Atonement considered, two dis-
courses (Cupar, 1844) ; On the Origin and
Obligation of the Sabbath, being No. 1,
Sermons on the Sabbath (Dundee, 1847) ;
The Second Woe (Edinburgh, 1852) ; Account
of Dunbog {New Stat. Ace, ix.) ; Sermon
LXIII. {Free Church Pulpit, ii.).— [Philips's
Longforgan, 247-59 ; Disruption Worthies,
ii., 117-24; Annals of the Disruption, 572-6 ;
A Jubilee Hist, of Presbyterian Church of
Victoria, 78 et seq., 401 ; Fifty Years of
Presbyterianism in Victoria (portrait) 132.]
1843
JAMES COCHRANE, born Alloa 1805,
son of John C. and Catherine Ander-
son ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; M.A. (1828) ; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 28th April 1830; private secre-
tary to Dr Thomas Chalmers and librarian
to Theological Library, Univ. of Edinburgh ;
ord. to Second Charge 13th May 1842 ; pres.
by Queen Victoria 3rd, trans, and adm.
18th Aug. 1843; D.D. (Edinburgh 1871);
died 21st May 1877. He marr. 22nd Oct.
1841, Jane (died 3rd April 1850), daugh. of
James Church, Park House, Canonbie, and
had issue — Henry John, born 2nd Jan. 1843,
died 14th April 1850 ; Jane Margaret, born
28th Oct. 1844 (marr. William Little, Burn-
foot, Langholm) ; Catherine Mary, born
27th Nov. 1846 (marr. Ernest William Peto
Betts, Rector of Drayton - Beauchamp,
Bucks) ; Eleanor Christian, born 26th
Jan. 1848 (marr. Henry M. Church, M.D.,
Edinburgh); James Church, Indian Civil
Service, born 4th March 1850. Publica-
tions— Manual of Devotion (Edinburgh,
1836) ; The Protestant's Manual (Edin-
burgh, 1839); The Works of H. Binning,
with a Life of the Author (1839) ; The
Present State of the Church (Cupar-Fife,
1843); Manual for Sabbath School Teachers;
Communicant's Companion ; The World to
Come (Edinburgh, 1847, 2nd Ed. 1852);
Discourses on Peculiar Texts of Scripture
(Edinburgh, 1848) ; Companion to the
Sacrament of the Lord's Supper (Edin-
burgh, 1850) ; Discourses on Difficult Texts
K
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[PRESB. OF
1879
of Scripture (Edinburgh, 1851) ; Discourses
on the Last Things (Edinburgh, 1855) ; The
Temple of God and how to Build it (Cupar,
1861) ; The Resurrection of the Dead (Edin-
burgh, 1869).— [The Fife Pulpit, 118-128.]
JOHN RICHARD SCOULAR, born
Sunderland 17th Aug. 1841, eldest
son of John Greenshields S., min. of
Kingarth ; educated at Eothesay Parish
School and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Dunoon May 1866 ; ord. to Milton,
Glasgow, 18th Dec. 1868 ; trans, and adm.
30th April 1879 ; died 21st July 1915. He
marr. 15th June 1869, Ann Marr (died 21st
June 1923), only child of James M'Ewen,
Glenbog, Rothesay, and Elizabeth M'Indoe,
and had issue— Elizabeth M'Indoe Eilley,
M.A., B.Sc, born 16th Nov. 1881 ; Ann
Marr, born 5th March 1883 (marr. George
Frederick Cox, min. of Harray); John
Greenshields, min. of Glasserton, born
25th Sept. 1884 ; Mary Helen, born' 10th
July 1886 ; Agnes Black, born 16th April
1892.
ROBERT FRIZELLE, born Crewe,
lgl5 Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, 8th Feb.
1851 ; son of James F. and Mary
Shillington ; educated at Royal School,
Dungannon ; B.A. Trinity College, Dublin
(June 1875) ; licen. by Presb. of Dungannon
12th May 1879 ; ord. 19th May 1881 min. of
Second Presbyterian Church, Donaghedy ;
trans, and adm. to Second Charge here 21st
July 1892 ; trans, and adm. 11th Nov. 1915.
Marr. 27th Nov. 1913, Katherine Shaw
Heys, only daugh. of William Young, min.
of South U.F. Church, Barrhead, and has
issue — Kathleen Jessie Heys, born 15th
June 1918.
1924
ANSON, ROBERTSON CRAIK
WOOD, M.A., B.D., O.B.E. ; trans,
from Stranraer (q.v.) (assistant and
successor) 1924.
Second Charge.
JOHN RUTHERFURD, M.A.; inst.
lsgo after 6th and app. by Presb. to teach
until further order March 1590; trans,
to Kilconquhar 21st July 1594.
ALEXANDER STRACHAN, min. in
1599 ; trans, to Creich before 2nd
1599
July 1605.
1665
1692
DAVID DALGLEISH, MA. ; appears
„. . as min. 2nd May 1614 ; trans, to
First Charge in 1642.
THOMAS ARNOT, M.A. ; adm. 18th
1658 Nov. 1658 ; deprived 11th June 1662
(afterwards min. of First Charge).
WILLIAM WILSON, son of Andrew W.
of Enderdivett ; educated at Univ.
of St Andrews; M.A. (23rd July
1658) ; adm. Nov. 1665 ; deprived by Privy
Council 29th Aug. 1689 for not reading the
Proclamation of the Estates, etc., was alive
16th Feb. 1698, when he was accused of
intemperance and marrying persons irregu-
larly. He marr. 30th Dec. 1669, Margaret
Wemyss, in Dairsie, and had issue — David,
Robert ; Robert ; Elizabeth, born 1673 ;
Alexander, born 1679 ; William, born 1684 ;
William, born 1685 ; Anna ; and Cecil. —
[Lamont's Diary, 184.]
JAMES HADOW, ord. before 31st July
1692; trans, to First Charge 30th
Oct. 1694.
WILLIAM GREENLEES, called 10th
Nov. 1697 ; ord. 4th May 1698 ; trans,
to Ceres 20th Sept. 1711.
JAMES GREIG, M.A. (St Andrews, 19th
„ July 1700) ; licen. by Presb. of Kirk-
caldy 20th Sept. 1711 ; called 19th
March and ord. 10th Sept. 1712 ; died 14th
May 1727, aged about 46. He marr. (1) Oct.
1718, Mary, daugh. of John Anderson, Princi-
pal of St Leonard's College, St Andrews,
and had issue — Ann, born 1720 : (2) Janet
Hedderwick, who died 18th Nov. 1748.
v GEORGE BOES, M.A. ; called 27th
1728 July 1727' ord' 21st Feb- 1728;
trans, to First Charge 3rd Jan. 1738.
-JOHN BALLINGAL, a native of Fife;
1738 M.A. (St Andrews, 22nd Sept. 1720);
licen. by Presb. of Cupar 7th Nov.
1727 ; ord. to Collessie 29th March 1729 ;
called 15th March, pres. by Town Council
in June, and adm. 29th Aug. 1738; died
25th April 1758, aged about 58. He marr.
1698
cupak]
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1st Nov. 1739, Jean (died 8th March 1759),
daugh. of Lachlan M'lntosh, D.D., min. of
Errol, and had issue — Margaret, born 12th
July 1742, died 31st March 1808 ; Eupham,
born 1st July 1744, died April 1753 ; Jean,
born 20th Nov. 1745, died July 1746;
James, born 28th Aug. 1747, died 16th
April 1753 ; Lachlan, born 14th Jan. 1749 ;
Elizabeth, born 26th July 1750, died 10th
May 1752 ; Jean, born 14th Oct. 1752 ;
Eupham, born 26th Nov. 1755 ; Elizabeth,
born 31st Oct. 1757.
Sir ROBERT PRESTON, Bart., MA. ;
175„ trans, from Arbirlot ; pres. by George
II. 30th June and adm. 9th Nov. 1758;
trans, to First Charge 16th May 1775.
GEORGE CAMPBELL, pres. by George
vrjs III. 29th Jan. and ord. (assistant and
successor) 1st July 1773; trans, to
First Charge 25th Oct. 1791.
LAURENCE ADAMSON, pres. by
1794 George III. 3rd Dec. 1791 ; ord. 8th
May 1794; trans, to First Charge
16th May 1825.
1 JOHN BIRRELL, born Newburn 16th
1Ras April 1788 ; educated at Univ. of
St Andrews ; MA. (Edinburgh, 24th
Feb. 1814) ; sometime teacher in George
Watson's Hospital and tutor in the family
of James Home, M.D., of Cowdenknowes,
Earlston, Professor of Materia Medica,
Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 29th Nov. 1815 ; ord. to West-
ruther 23rd Sept. 1819; pres. by George
rV. 18th Feb., trans, and adm. 28th Sept.
1825 ; elected Presbytery clerk 16th Dec.
1834 ; died suddenly at a meeting of Presby-
tery 1st Feb. 1842. He marr. 30th March
1826, Isabella (died 12th April 1866, aged
66), daugh. of John Turnbull of Abbey St
Bathans, and had issue — Margaret, born
9th Feb. 1827 ; John Turnbull, born 11th
Dec. 1827, died 20th May 1846 ; Elizabeth,
born 10th March 1829, died 18th Dec. 1847;
George, born 29th Sept. 1830, died 24th
July 1856 ; Jean, born 19th Jan. 1832 (marr.
Captain Charles Dempster), perished with
her husband and four sons at Cawnpore in
the mutiny of 1857; Patrick Cochrane,
born 30th Oct. 1833, died 4th Feb. 1835;
Alexander Christie, born 20th Aug. 1835,
died 11th Feb. 1836; Isabella Turnbull,
born 6th Feb. 1838; Anne Home, born
11th Nov. 1839, died 27th March 1849;
James Duncan, born 15th May 1842 (pos-
thumous), died 12th Aug. 1866. Publica-
tions— A Discourse on the Causes of the
Pestilence and its Remedy (Cupar, 1832) ;
Account of the Parish (New Stat. Ace, ix.).
JAMES COCHRANE, M.A.; pres. by
1842 Queen Victoria 5th Feb., and ord.
13th May 1842; trans, to First
Charge 18th Aug. 1843.
JAMES WORDIE, born 1799, third son
1844 °^ Thomas W., Denny ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. in 1826 ;
ord. to Scots Church, Kingston, Jamaica,
1826 ; pres. by Queen Victoria 3rd Nov.
1843 ; adm. to this charge 5th Jan. 1844 ;
died 8th March 1862; D.D. He marr.
4th Dec. 1826, Mary Henderson (died 24th
June 1880), and had issue — Mary Bow,
born 21st Nov. 1827 (marr. 22nd April
1857, James Potter, Grahamston) ; James
William, born 22nd Nov. 1830; Thomas
Henderson, born 10th May 1835 ; John
Cater, born 21st May 1837, died 30th
March 1922 ; Henderson, born 12th July
1844 ; Christina Isabella Henderson, born
13th Aug. 1846 (marr. 18th July 1888,
William S. Storie, chaplain, Barlinnie
Prison, Glasgow) ; Margaret Ann Hill,
born 15th April 1853.
WILLIAM LECKIE MACFARLAN,
1862 Pres' ky Queen Victoria 14th July,
and trans, from Tongland 16th Oct.
1862 ; trans, to Lenzie 2nd July 1879.
1880
THOMAS PEARSON, M.A, B.D.
trans, from Hurlford 7th Jan. 1880
trans, to Newhaven 13th Oct. 1887
died 20th July 1920.
DUNCAN DAVID FARQUHARSON
1888 MACDONALD, M.A; ord. 12th
April 1888; trans, to Swinton 6th
Feb. 1892.
ROBERT FRIZELLE, B.A. ; adm. 21st
1892 ^U^y 18^2 > trans- t° First Charge
11th Nov. 1915.
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[PRESB. OF
EOBERT ALEXANDER, born Ayr, 5th
lgl6 Feb. 1878, son of Andrew A. and
Jane Roy ; educated at Newtonhead
School and Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1902),
B.D. (1905); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
10th May 1905 ; assistant at St Stephen's,
Glasgow, 1905-8 ; ord. to St Andrew's, Kil-
marnock, 26th Nov. 1908 ; trans, and adm.
11th May 1916. Marr. 6th Sept. 1910,
Anne Campbell, daugh. of James Steven,
and has issue — Andrew Roy, born 7th
March 1912; Helen Campbell, born 18th
Dec. 1915 ; Jane Roy, born 1st Oct. 1919.
ST MARY'S.
"WILLIAM ELDER, adm. in 1839; trans.
1839 to Tealing 27th Sept. 1843.
DAIRSIE.
[The church of Dairsie was dedicated to
St Mary. It belonged to the Priory of St
Andrews. The present church was built
in 1615 by John Spottiswood, Archbishop
of St Andrews. It is a building of some
architectural interest. There was in the
parish a chapel of St Leonard.]
PETER RAMSAY, brother of Thomas
lse R., portioner of Kingsbarns ; had
been a member of the Chapter of
St Andrews prior to the Reformation ; was
min. here 18th Jan. 1565-6 ; died in the
place of Brickmouth 6th March 1580. —
\Edin. Tests. ; Wodroiv Miscell.}
1585
JAMES YULE, min. in 1585; died
before 22nd Feb. 1611. He marr.
Janet Balfour, who survived him,
and had issue — Robert. — [Records of
Dysart, 42 ; Fife Sas., i., 148.]
JOHN RUTHERFURD, formerly of
Kilconquhar ; pres. by James VI.
22nd Feb., and adm. between 3rd
April and 3rd May 1611 ; trans, to
Monifieth in 1626.
DAVID BARCLAY of Touch, eldest
son of John B. of Touch and
Joanna, daugh. of David Barclay of
Collairnie ; adm. to Dailly in 1590 ; trans.
1630
to Maybole in 1599; trans, to Dumfries after
13th June 1601 ; trans, to Kilwinning about
1605 ; trans, to Second Charge, St Andrews,
1614; D.D. (St Andrews, 29th July 1616);
suspended from preaching within the diocese
by Court of High Commission 21st April
1620; adm. before 5th Oct. 1630; died
before 12th Jan. 1655. He marr. (1) Alison
(died s.2>. before 1627), daugh. of John
Melville of Raith and niece of Robert,
first Lord Melville : (2) Isobell or Helen
Morris, and had issue — David of Touch,
born 1629 : (3) 1642, Marie Barclay, in-
dweller in Kirkcaldy, and had issue —
Robert; Marie, born 4th Dec. 1644; (4)
Anna Hamilton, who survived him, and
had issue — James, bapt. 4th March 1654 ;
John, surgeon, London, bapt. 12th Jan.
1655. — [Hist, of Scottish Barclays, 81 ; Reg.
Mag. Sig., viii., 173, 1562.]
PATRICK SCOUGALL, M.A.; adm.
16<?9 before 2nd April 1639 ; trans, to
Leuchars 20th March 1645.
DAVID RAIT, M.A. ; trans, from New-
1646 burgh in 1646 ; trans, to Kinnaird
(Brechin) in 1664.
GEORGE PATERSON, M.A. (St
65 Andrews, 18th May 1654); licen.
16th Aug. 1660; became school-
master of Creich ; adm. 15th June 1665 ;
deprived by Privy Council 4th Sept. 1689,
for not reading the Proclamation of the
Estates, etc. — [Lamont's Diary, 180 ;
Peterkin's Constitut. of the Church.]
ANDREW GEDDIE, M.A.; called by
lfi__ the Presb. jure devoluto 20th Aug.
1695; ord. 3rd March 1696; trans,
to Farnell 5th Oct. 1703.
WILLIAM KNOX, born about 1678,
117n4 only son of Simon K., min. of
Girthon ; became chaplain to George,
Earl of Melville ; called 18th July, and ord.
13th Dec. 1704 ; died 25th April 1746. He
marr. 19th March 1707, Elizabeth (died
22nd Dec. 1763), daugh. of John Bethune
of Blebo, and had issue — John, surgeon,
H.E.I.C.S., bapt. 10th Jan. 1708; Alison,
bapt. 13th Feb. 1709 ; Henry, merchant,
Dunbar, bapt. 22nd Dec. 1710 ; James,
cupak]
DAIRSIE
149
min. of Scone, bapt. 13th April 1712 ;
William, merchant, Dunbar, bapt. 5th
March 1714 ; George, physician, Bichmond,
Surrey, bapt. 8th Feb. 1716 ; Christian,
bapt. 6th July 1718 ; Elizabeth, bapt. 23rd
Sept. 1721, died young ; Eobert, bapt. 26th
Feb. 1722, died young ; David, bapt. 3rd
Nov. 1723 ; Margaret, bapt. 7th Oct. 1725 ;
Elizabeth, bapt. 15th Dec. 1727.— [Geneal.
Memoirs of Family of Knox, 65.]
THOMAS CONDIE, licen. by Presb.
y-.~ 6th Oct. 1741 ; called 2nd Jan., and
ord. 24th Sept. 1747; died 28th June
1767, aged 50. He marr. 28th June 1754,
Mary Oswald, who died 6th Aug. 1769.
GEOKGE HENDEBSON, born 1741;
176a pres. by Charles, Earl of Elgin,
Dec. 1767; ord. 12th May 1768;
died 14th July 1771. He marr. 25th Oct.
1770, Christian, daugh. of Thomas Wilson
of Transy (who marr. (2) 15th March 1774,
John Stocks, brewer, Kinghorn), and had
issue — George, born 27th Aug. 1771.
EOBEET M'CULLOCH, born 21st
1772 July 1740, only child of William M.,
min. of Cambuslang ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 15th Nov. 1768 ; pres. by tutors
of Thomas, Earl of Elgin, in 1771; ord.
7th May 1772; D.D. (St Andrews, 7th
Sept. 1811); died 2nd Sept. 1824. "For
twelve years previous to his decease, he
had his coffin prepared that he might not
be forgetful of his latter end." He marr.
18th June 1772, Janet (died 28th Nov.
1811), daugh. of John Campbell, writer,
Maybole, and had issue — William, of East
India House, London, born 15th June 1773;
Janet, born 31st March 1776 (marr. 7th
July 1801, Eobert Coutts,min. of Brechin);
John, licentiate, born 4th Oct. 1777, died
13th July 1801 ; Eobert, born 17th Oct. 1779,
died in 1816; Jane, died 28th Nov. 1811.
Publications — The Established Church of
Scotland Vindicated, a sermon (Glasgow,
1776) ; Lectures on the Prophecies of Isaiah,
4 vols. (London, 1791 ; Edinburgh, 1804) ;
Sermons Preached on Interesting Subjects,
2 vols. (Edinburgh, 1803-6); Account of
the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, iii.).
ALEXANDEE MACAETHUE, born
1825 1^'78' eldest son of John M., school-
master, Inishail ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Selkirk
2nd April 1805 ; became tutor in the
family of Thomas, Earl of Elgin ; ord. to
Eow 24th Sept. 1812 ; pres. by Thomas,
Earl of Elgin, in Jan. ; trans, and adm.
22nd April 1825 ; died 4th Feb. 1841. He
marr. 10th Jan. 1838, Isabella (died 28th
Aug. 1870), youngest daugh. of John Allison,
St Andrews.
1841
ANGUS MACKINTOSH MACGIL-
LIVEAY, born at Achness Manse,
8th Jan. 1805, son of Duncan M., min.
of Lairg ; educated at Univs. of Aberdeen
and Glasgow ; became schoolmaster of
Golspie ; licen. by Presb. of Dornoch 27th
Nov. 1827; ord. to Strathy 25th Sept.
1828; trans, and adm. 10th Sept. 1841.
Joined the Free Church in 1843 ; min.
of Dairsie Free Church, 1843-73; died
8th Dec. 1873. He marr. 26th Dec. 1861,
Emma Mackenzie (died 30th Nov. 1881),
daugh. of William Christie, banker, Dundee,
and Agnes Hamilton, daugh. of James
Burn, min. of Forgan, and had issue —
Agnes, born 10th Feb. 1863 (marr. Colonel
Garforth Tottie of Coniston Hall, York-
shire ; Duncan, solicitor, Edinburgh, born
15th July 1864, died 26th April 1924 ; Jean
Gordon of Highlands, Co. Down, born 10th
Sept. 1866 ; Emma Augustina, born 4th
Feb. 1869, died May 1875. Publications—
The Perpetuity of the Sabbath connected
ivith the Change of the Bay, sermons on
the Sabbath (Dundee, 1847) ; Account of
Dairsie {New Stat. Ace, ix.); Sermon
LXXXVII. {Free Church Pulpit, ii.);
Revival of Religion in the Highlands.
JOHN STEWAET, assistant at St
1844 Andrew's Church, Dundee ; ord.
15th March 1844; died 8th June
1850. [Mr Stewart, about a year after
induction, was unable from ill-health to
perform his duties, and these were dis-
charged by John Burns and afterwards by
Patrick Gilruth.]
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DAIRSIE— DUNBOG
[PRESB. OF
1850
GEORGE SCOTT, born Calfhill,
Melrose, 12th Dec. 1796, son of
James S., farmer, Clackmae, Earl-
ston, and Janet Pringle ; educated at
Earlston School and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Earlston ; became
classical master in Academy at Cupar in
1S33 ; editor of the Fifeshire Journal ; app.
chaplain of prison, Glasgow, in 1841 ; ord.
to St Thomas's, Leith, 12th Dec. 1844;
trans, and adm. 12th Sept. 1850; died
18th Jan. 1861. He was a considerable
linguist and a keen student of natural
history and geology. He marr. 8th Dec.
1847, Mary (died 25th July 1896), daugh.
of Robert Forsyth of Eedhouse, advocate,
author of the Beauties of Scotland, and
had issue— Sir Eobert Forsyth, LL.D. (St
Andrews), Master of St John's College
and Vice-Chancellor of Univ. of Cam-
bridge, born 28th July 1849; Sir James
George, K.C.I.E., war correspondent, Bar-
rister of the Middle Temple, superinten-
dent and political officer, Southern Shan
States, novelist, and author of various
books on Burma, born 25th Dec. 1851 ;
Jacobina Pringle, born 2nd Aug. 1853,
died at Edinburgh 13th May 1862. Publica-
tions — Contributions to The Christian
Instructor and to The Scripture Gazetteer.
—[The Border Almanac, 1862.]
ROBERT WRIGHT, born Walls,
1861 Orkney, 1823, son of James W.,
merchant, and Janet Wright ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; taught a
school at Davidson's Mains, missionary
at West St Giles' Parish and Grassmarket
Mission ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh ;
pres. by Captain Macdonald of Sandside ;
ord. 19th July 1861 ; died 20th Feb. 1900.
He marr. 3rd Aug. 1876, Margaret, eldest
daugh. of William Anderson, min. of
Walls, s.p.
DAVID GRAHAM WEBSTER, born
Helensburgh, 19th July 1873, son
of Robert W. and Mary Graham
Waddell ; educated at Larchfield School
and Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1894), B.D.
(1897); Black Fellowship, 1897-8; licen.
by Presb. of Dunbarton 1st Feb. 1898;
assistant at Dean, Edinburgh; ord. 13th
Sept. 1900.
DUNBOG.
[The church of Dunbog belonged to the
Abbey of Arbroath. In this parish stood
the Cistercian Priory of Cadvan, a cell
of Balmerino.]
1574
WILLIAM THOMSON, reader 1574-8 ;
called vicar 14th March 1580 and
24th May 1597.— [Reg. House Cal. ;
Reg. of Deeds, xxiii., 37; Reg. Mag. Sig.,
v., 231.]
ROBERT PATERSON, min. of Flisk ;
15a7 had also charge here. — [Acts and
Dec, lxxxvii., 209.]
PETER WATSON, min. 30th March
1588 1588.— [Excheq. Boole.']
■- THOMAS BAXTER of Baltullie, son
of David B., burgess of Cupar ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (1581) ; adm. to Creich in 1585 with
this parish also in his charge ; removed
here about 1594; died before 7th Sept.
1641, aged about 80. He marr. Jean
Forret, and had issue — David, burgess of
Cupar ; Beatrix (marr. George Fleming,
younger, in Kilconquhar) ; Eupham (marr.
David Elyston in Lathallan) ; Margaret. —
[Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Reg. Mag. Sig., vi. 2157,
viii. 2151 ; Fife Sas., xii., 274 ; Reg. of
Deeds, ccii., 401 ; G. R. Sas., xxvi., 323.]
WILLIAM LIVINGSTONE,
M.A. ; pres. by Charles I. 7th
Sept. 1641 ; trans, to Falkland 25th
Dec. 1645.
JOHN MAKGILL, M.A. ; adm. in
1646 ; trans, to Cupar 14th Dec.
1646
1654.
WILLIAM TULLIDEFF, M.A. ; called
1657 8th March, and adm. 30th July 1657 ;
deprived by Act of Parliament 11th
June, and Decreet of Privy Council 1st
Oct. 1662 [afterwards min. at Kilbirnie],
CUPAP]
DUNBOG
151
1666
1698
ALEXANDER MARTIN, M.A. (St
1664 Andrews 1630) ; pres. by Charles II.
4th June 1663 ; adm. about Candle-
mass in 1664; died Sept. 1665, aged about
55. — \JReg. Sec. Sig. ; Lamont's Diary,
169, 183.]
ALEXANDER AUCHENLECK,
second son of Andrew A., min. of
Dundee ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews ; M.A. (14th July 1660) ; passed
trials before the Presb. there, and re-
commended 28th June 1665 for licence ;
adm. 13th Sept. 1666 ; deprived by Privy
Council 4th Sept. 1689, for not reading
the Proclamation of the Estates, etc. ;
died Oct. 1711. He marr. the heiress
of Cunnochie, and had issue — Alexander
of Cunnochie. Publication — A Sermon
preached on the 30th Jan. 1703 - 4 at
Cupar of Fife. — [Lamont's Diary, 192 ; St
Andrews Tests. ; Brechin Tests. ; Services
of Heirs ; Sibbald's Fife.]
GEORGE ANDERSON (primus), son
of James A., meal dealer, Dundee ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1682) ; adm. to Second Charge, Dundee,
prior to 2nd Nov. 1690; trans, to Logie
before 7th April 1691; called 17th Jan.,
trans, and adm. 12th July 1698. He
marr. and had issue — George, his successor.
GEORGE ANDERSON (secundus), son
of preceding; educated at Univ. of
St Andrews ; M.A. (7th May 1706) ;
licen. by Presb. of Cupar 27th Feb. 1711 ;
called 8th June, and ord. (assistant and
successor) 19th Oct. 1716 ; died 22nd April
1746, aged about 58. He marr. 13th Nov.
1716, Marion, daugh. of George Campbell,
Professor of Divinity, Edinburgh, who sur-
vived him, and had issue — George ; James ;
William; Agnes, died young ; Mary; May;
Margaret, born 28th Nov. 1731 ; Rosina,
born 29th May 1734 ; Jean, born 15th Sept.
1736.— [St Andrews Tests.]
v JAMES BRUCE, born 21st Nov. 1714,
son of Robert B. of Grangehill, and
Margaret Shaw ; educated at Univ.
of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of Kirk-
caldy 17th Dec. 1741 ; pres. by George II.
10th July 1746 (settlement was delayed
owing to opposition, but ordered by
Assembly 13th May 1747) ; ord. 2nd March
1748 ; died 5th July 1795. He marr. 29th
Aug. 1758, Elizabeth Inglis, who died 7th
Nov. 1769.
JAMES KEYDEN, born 16th Oct.
1763; licen. by Presb. of Cupar
25th July 1786; pres. by George
III. in Jan., and ord. (assistant and suc-
cessor) 6th March 1794; died 26th Sept.
1832. He marr. 30th April 1784, Margaret,
daugh. of Robert Johnston of Overtoun, and
had issue— James, min. of Fettercairn, born
11th Oct. 1785 ; John Belsches of Pitton,
licentiate, born 14th March 1791, died 3rd
May 1837.— {Reg. of Deeds, dkxi., 639.]
ADAM CAIRNS, trans, from Manor;
pres. by William IV. in Feb., and
adm. 3rd May 1833 ; trans, to First
Charge, Cupar, 1st Sept. 1837.
JOHN MURRAY, born Cademuir,
Manor, Peeblesshire, 1808, son of
William M., and Margaret Charles ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by
Presb. of Peebles 28th March 1832 ; ord. to
Milton of Balgonie 26th Oct. 1837; pres.
by Queen Victoria 7th Nov. 1837; trans,
and adm. 11th May 1838. Joined the Free
Church in 1843; min. of Abdie and New-
burgh Free Church, 1843-82; died 29th
April 1882. He marr. 3rd April 1861,
Mary Ann (died 26th Sept. 1907), daugh.
of John Pitcairn of Kinnaird.
JOHN GILCHRIST, pres. by Queen
Victoria 17th July, trans, from
Orwell 21st Sept. 1843; trans, to
Clackmannan 7th Aug. 1862.
JAMES PITT EDGAR, born Eccles,
Berwickshire, 1826, son of Mark E.,
farmer, and Jessie Heriot ; edu-
cated at Peebles School (his parents having
removed to Glenormiston), and Univ. of
Edinburgh; assistant at Old Greyfriars,
Edinburgh ; ord. to Low Meeting, Berwick-
upon-Tweed in 1859; pres. by Queen
Victoria 29th Sept. 1862 ; trans, and adm.
10th July 1863 ; died at Nethy Bridge 29th
Aug. 1896. His appointment to Dunbog
was contested with great bitterness and
1843
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DUNBOG— FALKLAND
[PEESB. OF
determination by the people of the parish,
and an outrage at the manse led to a series
of memorable civil and criminal trials.
The bush of a cartwheel was filled with
gunpowder and exploded under cloud of
night in front of one of the manse windows.
Happily, no one was injured, but the offence
led to a trial before the High Court of
Justiciary at Perth, in which many pro-
minent persons were implicated. Though
the culprit was not convicted, a young
woman, well known in the parish, was
sentenced to five years' penal servitude for
libel. All this had such a nerve-shattering
effect upon E. that ever afterwards he was
obliged to hold his head with his hand while
preaching. By kindly ways and the quiet
yet faithful discharge of his duties, he over-
came the local animosity and gained the
general esteem of his parishioners. He was
a man of wide reading and cultured tastes.
He marr. 29th Sept. 1891, Janet Robert-
son, daugh. of Seath Martin, farm grieve,
Higham, Dunbog, and Margaret Simpson ;
she survived him and marr. (2) 15th Dec.
1903, William Cartwright. — [The Border
Almanac (1897), 95.]
WILLIAM MIDDLETON TOCHEE,
born Buddon House, Barry, 20th
Nov. 1864, son of Andrew T., Barry,
and Mary Middleton ; educated at High
School, Dundee, and Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (1887), B.D. (1890) ; licen. by Presb.
of Arbroath May 1890 ; assistant at St
Mary's, Dumfries, and in this parish ; ord.
17th Dec. 1896. Marr. 15th April 1903,
Mary Agnes (decree of nullity 12th Dec.
1903), daugh. of Rear-Admiral Maitland
of Lindores.
FALKLAND, of old KILGOUR.
[The church of Falkland belonged to the
Priory of St Andrews. In it there was an
altar of St Ninian. A place of worship in
the parish was known as the Chapel of
Our Lady on the Hill. Near the manse are
Our Lady's Well and St John's Well. Both
are upon land which of old belonged to the
Order of the Knights of the Temple. A
fair of St Angus was held at Falkland.
David, Duke of Bothesay, the elder son
of Robert III., was imprisoned in the Castle
of Falkland, and there he died in 1402.
The assertion that he was murdered stands
upon but slender foundation. Not long
after the Duke's death, the lands of Falk-
land became royal property, and the castle
was at times the residence of James I.
James II. dwelt frequently here, and he
appears to have been the first builder of
Falkland Palace, to which his successors
made additions and alterations at various
times. James V. especially much improved
the Palace. In it, in 1461, Margaret of
Anjou, the exiled Queen of Henry VI. of
England, and her son, Edward, Prince of
Wales, dwelt as the guests of James IV.
It was at Falkland, too, that James IV.
entertained in 1496, Perkin Warbeck, the
Flemish pretender, who posed as Richard,
Duke of York, brother of Edward V.
James VI., a great lover of the chase, was
fond of Falkland. When Charles I. came
back to Scotland, he did not omit to visit
his Palace here. Charles II., too, made
this his headquarters for a time. It was
in his reign that a great part of the
noble structure was burned down.]
ALEXANDER MURE, a member of
the Chapter of St Andrews prior to
Reformation ; min. on 18th Jan.
1565-6 ; exhorter at Lathrisk in 1567 ;
removed to Strathmiglo before 1574.
WILLIAM BRAIDFUTE, min. in. 1567;
1567 pres. to Strathmiglo 27th Jan. 1572.
WILLIAM BRAND, adm. before 18th
1E84 July 1584 when he was decerned to
appear before the Lords of Council
and Session. — [Remarkable Decisions of the
Court of Session, 34.]
JAMES PITCAIKN, second son of
1589 -Andrew P. of Innernethy and Janet
Chalmer; adm. to Strathmiglo in
1585 ; trans, to Lathrisk in 1588 ; trans,
and adm. in 1589 ; pres. to the vicarage by
James VI. before 10th Nov. 1595 ; incurred
the royal displeasure and was confined to
his parish for taking part in the admission
of a minister to Strathmiglo without the
CUPAR]
FALKLAND
153
Archbishop's authority in 1611 ; dem. before
26th Aug. 1624.— [Beg. Assig.]
WILLIAM SCHETHOIS, M.A. (St
1624 Andrews 1619) ; pres. by James VI.
26th Aug. 1624 ; dep. 7th Oct. 1635
for drunkenness. He marr., and had issue
— Bobert — {Reg. Sec. Sig. ; G. R. Horn.,
Ixvi., 20th Oct. 1635.]
" WILLIAM BAECLAY, son of William
1635 B., bailie of St Andrews ; educated
at Univ. there; M.A. (1623); pres.
by Charles I. 14th Oct. 1635 ; dep. 8th
Jan. 1645 for malignancy in supporting
Montrose. He resided thereafter in St
Andrews, and on a change in the govern-
ment reported a sermon of Mr Blair's to
Archbishop Sharp ; had a gift of the
vacant stipend of Leuchars allowed him
by Parliament 30th May 1661 ; accompanied
Sharp on his consecration to St Andrews
16th April 1662; was re-adm. 27th Sept.
1663; died between 26th Nov. 1672 and
29th March 1673. He marr. (1), and
had issue — John, min. of Kettle : (2) cont.
19th Dec. 1640, Annas, daugh. of John
Arnot of Friarton, and had issue — David,
min. of Strathmiglo ; Elizabeth (marr.
William Oliphant of Provost Mains). — [Inq.
Ret. Fife, 1357 ; Edin. Sas., 3rd April 1706;
Acts and Dec, Dal., 25th July 1694.]
WILLIAM LIVINGSTONE, M.A. ;
164g trans, from Dunbog; called 13th
Oct., and adm. 25th Dec. 1645 ; pres.
by Charles I. 7th March 1646 ; trans, to
Burntisland 10th Sept. 1663.
^WILLIAM BAECLAY, M.A. ; above
1663 mentioned.
JOHN HAY of Wester Condland, son of
1673 George H. of Naughton; promoted
from being regent in St Leonard's
College, St Andrews; adm. 11th Sept.
1673; D.D. (St Andrews, 27th Sept.
1683); dep. by Privy Council 15th Aug.
1689 for not reading the Proclamation
of the Estates. He acquired the estate
of Wester Condland; was prohibited by
the Privy Council from exercising any
clerical function under a severe penalty in
Dec. 1692; was alive in 1709. He marr.
Margaret Lundie. Publications — Sound
and Solid Reasons against the Presbyterian
Prints anent Patronages (Edinburgh, 1703);
Imparity among Pastors (Edinburgh, 1703) ;
Self-condemnation (Edinburgh, 1703); The
Stone Returning (Edinburgh, 1703). —
[Campbell's Balmerino, 518 ; Fife Sas.,
xii., 444.]
HENEY HAMILTON, M.A. ; called in
1690 1690 ; removed to Currie in 1691.
JOHN FOEEEST, M.A. ; trans, from
16gl Tulliallan ; called unanimously and
adm. 7th April 1691; trans, to
Prestonkirk 14th April 1692.
WILLIAM SELKEIGG [SELCEAIG,
1692 SELKIEK]; M.A. (Glasgow 1662);
adm. to Koberton, Lanarkshire, after
16th Aug. 1666; trans, to Glenholm in
1679; dem. in 1690<; having signed the
Confession of Faith and Larger and Shorter
Catechisms, was received into communion
26th Jan. 1692 by the Assembly; called
unanimously; adm. 21st Sept. 1692; died
Aug. 1701, aged about 60. He marr.
Eachel Purdie, and had issue— William,
writer, Edinburgh; Elizabeth; Henrietta
(marr. 22nd Feb. 1711, Eoger Eobertson,
bookbinder, Edinburgh) ; Janet (marr. 25th
Aug. 1714, Andrew Waddell, merchant,
Edinburgh) ; Eachel (marr. George Browne,
merchant, Edinburgh).— [St Andreios Tests.;
Acts and Dec, Dal., 16th July 1696; Edin.
Marr. Reg. ; Services of Heirs.]
ALEXANDEE ANDEESON, M.A. ;
1?02 trans, from Kemback ; called 25th
March, and adm. 13th May 1702 ;
trans, to St Andrews 14th April 1725.
ALEXANDEE STODDAET, M.A. (St
1726 Andrews, 22nd April 1712); ord. to
Dunkeld 5th Feb. 1719 ; called 24th
May, and adm. 18th Aug. 1726; took an
active part in the disputed settlement at
Auchtermuchty in 1734, and was cited before
the Court of Session for proceeding in face
of its interdict; died 28th Sept. 1745,
aged about 54. He marr. 22nd Jan. 1735,
Barbara (died 4th March 1770), third
daugk of the Hon. James Melville of
Balgony, and had issue— Mary ; James,
born 22nd Feb. 1737 ; Elizabeth.
154
FALKLAND
[PRESB. OF
1784
GEORGE SIMSON, brother of James
S. of Edenshead; called 17th July
1746 j ord. 14th May 1747 ; died 31st
Jan. 1770. He marr. 24th April 1765,
Marion Lizars, who died at Edinburgh
19th Jan. 1814.
THOMAS SPANKIE, born 1743 ; pres.
1770 ky George Thomson of Nuthill in
May and George III. 12th May, and
ord. 20th Sept. 1770 ; died 9th May 1783.
He marr. 30th April 1772, Margaret (died
at Edinburgh, 29th May 1811), daugh. of
Robert Bryce, min. of Dron, and had issue
—James, born 30th March 1773, died 26th
June 1778 ; Robert, born 17th April 1774 ;
John, born 7th April 1777 ; William, born
6th Sept. 1778 ; Margaret, born 26th Nov.
1779 ; James Shiells, born 28th July 1782.
ANDREW BROWN, D.D.; pres. by
Miss Rachel Thomson of Nuthill,
with consent of her curators, Nov.
1783 ; adm. 10th June 1784 ; trans, to
Tranent 29th April 1802.
VGEORGE BUIST, pres. by Alexander
Thomson of Balneil, M.D., 27th
July, and ord. 28th Sept. 1802;
trans, to Second Charge, St Andrews, 1st
Sept. 1813.
WILLIAM THOMSON, educated at
Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by
1814 Presb. of St Andrews 30th Sept.
1801 ; became sub-librarian to Univ. there ;
pres. by Mrs Sandilands of Nuthill, with
consent of her husband, Dec. 1813 ; ord.
5th May 1814; died 2nd Jan. 1840. He
marr. 5th Aug. 1814, Lilias Johnstone, who
died at Edinburgh, 25th Oct. 1863, and
had issue — Ann, born 9th Feb. 1816 (marr.
John Crawford, min. of Crichton) ; Agnes.
GEORGE SMEATON, born Greenlaw,
Berwickshire, 8th April 1814, grand-
nephew of John S., the engineer ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh (where
he committed to memory every word in
a great folio Greek lexicon, and was a
favourite student of Dr Chalmers) ; licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh 28th March 1838 ;
missionary in parish of North Leith ; ord. to
Morningside 14th March 1839; pres. by
1802
Tyndall Bruce of Falkland ; trans, and adm.
18th Sept. 1840. Joined the Free Church in
1843 ; min. of Auchterarder Free Church,
1843-53 ; app. Professor of Divinity in
Free Church College, Aberdeen, 1853, and
of Exegetical Theology in Free Church
College, Edinburgh, 1857 ; Cunningham
Lecturer in 1882; died 14th April 1889.
He marr. 24th Nov. 1840, Janet Helen
(born 19th Jan. 1814, died 1st March
1893), younger daugh. of William Goold,
min. of the Reformed Presbyterian Church,
Edinburgh, and had issue — George, Bengal
Civil Service, born 7th Sept. 1841, died
19th Dec. 1870 ; Isabella Burrell, born 23rd
April 1843, died 12th Aug. 1862 ; William
Henry Oliphant, M. A., miscellaneous writer,
novelist, and editor of Famous Scots Series,
etc., born 24th Oct. 1856, died at Edin-
burgh, 31st March 1914. Publications—
Doctrine and Spiritual Life, Basis of
Christian Doctrine : The Meal Presence
of Christ in the Midst of His People, a
sermon (Aberdeen, 1856) ; The Doctrine
of the Atonement as taught by Christ
H imself (Edinburgh, 1868, 1871); Memoir
of Alexander Thomson of Banchory (Edin-
burgh, 1869); The Doctrine of the' Atone-
ment as taught by the Ajjostles (Edinburgh,
1870) ; National Christianity Spiritual
Union, or an Exposition on the Union
Question (Edinburgh, 1871) ; The Doctrine
of the Holy Spirit (Cunningham Lecture,
Edinburgh, 1882; 2nd edition, 1889);
editor of the British and Foreign Evan-
gelical Review. — [Life of James Halley ;
Who ivas Who (1920) ; Diet. Nat. Biog.]
ANDREW WILSON, ord. 20th Sept.
1843 ;~trans. to Paisley Abbey, 19th
1843
Aug. 1852.
1853
ROBERT CHARLES HENRY MAC-
DUFF, ord. 10th March 1853; trans.
to Ratho 19th July 1866.
1867
JOHN BARRACK, born Javersta,
Easter Gothland, Sweden, 19th Jan.
1828, son of William B. and Ann
Hector ; educated at Old Aberdeen
Grammar School and Univ. of Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1847); ord. to Cookney 25th Jan.
1853; pres. by Mrs Tyndall Bruce; trans.
CUPAR]
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155
1898
1912
and adm. 3rd Jan. 1867 ; died in London,
17th Dec. 1903. He marr. 30th Jan. 1872,
Margaret Jane, only daugh. of James
Dunn, farmer, Kincraigie, Lumphanan,
and Janet Petrie, and had issue — Ann,
born 3rd Nov. 1872 (marr.) ; James William,
born 30th Oct. 1874, killed by Chinese
pirates.
ALEXANDER LYON JOHNSTON,
born Selkirk, 18th March 1862, son
of John J. and Janet Lyon j edu-
cated at Dollar Academy and Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Selkirk
13th April 1892 ; . assistant at Cambus-
nethan ; ord. (assistant and successor) 30th
June 1898; died 22nd Oct. 1911. He
marr. 23rd Jan. 1900, Anne Smith, daugh.
of John Currie, Wishaw, and Jane Thorn.
Publication — Selected Sermons (private cir-
culation [1912]).
JAMES KEDDIE EUSSELL, born
Glendevon, 8th March 1884, son
of Walter Nicol R., schoolmaster,
Glendevon, and Elizabeth Sarah Smith
Keddie ; educated at Dollar Academy and
Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A. (1904), B.D.
(1907) ; licen. by Presb. of Auchterarder
5th May 1908 ; assistant at Peebles and
Hamilton ; ord. 16th April 1912 ; Chaplain
to the Forces. Marr. 29th Oct. 1919, Dolina,
nursing sister, T.F., 1st General Hospital,
Aberdeen, daugh. of Neil Maclnnes and
Mary Mackinnon.
FLISK.
[The church of Flisk was dedicated to
St Adrian. There was a chapel in the
parish at Glenduckie, probably dedicated
to St Duthac]
ROBERT PATERSON, one of those
1Sfl4 whom the first General Assembly
20th Dec. 1560 thought most quali-
fied for ministering and teaching, was
min. here 10th Feb. 1564-5 ; had Dunbog
and Creich also in his charge in 1567 ;
pres. to vicarage of Creich by James VI.
21st Oct. 1570 ; and to that of Dunbog 2nd
Sept. 1570; died March 1574. He marr.
Margaret Geddes, who survived him, and
had issue — Steven; Robert; John; Isobel;
Margaret ; Katherine. — [Edin. Tests. ; Reg.
Mag. Sig., iv., 2666; Fife Sheriff- Court
Booh, 12th Jan. 1576-7, 31st May 1576,
22nd June 1577.]
JOHN DURHAM, min. in 1576 ; trans.
1576 to Monikie before 1585.
PETER WATSON, a member of the
lga5 Chapter of St Andrews previous
to the Reformation ; min. of Ballin-
gry in 1561 ; trans, to Markinch before 18th
Jan. 1565-6 ; trans, to Dumfries in 1574 ;
complained that the town there on Yule
1575, as neither he or the reader would
officiate, had brought in a reader of their
own, "with tabron and whissle" and had
caused him to read prayers; was charged
with celebrating a private marriage of
the laird of Garlies and ordered by the
Assembly, Oct. 1577, to confess his fault in
the church of Durisdeer in presence of the
congregation ; trans, and adm. in 1585 ;
died 17th Jan. 1585. He marr. Christian
Stanehouse, who survived him, and had
issue — John, min. of Kirkton ; William,
min. of St Giles, Edinburgh ; George ;
Janet ; Margaret ; Elizabeth. — [Beg. Assig.;
Edin. Tests. ; Acts and Dec, 1., 299 ; Proc.
Register House.]
PATRICK THOMSON, coll. prior to
lg87 1587 ; still min. in 1589.— [Booke of
the Kirk.]
JOHN WEMYSS, pres. by Andrew,
Earl of Rothes, 6th, inst. after 17th
Sept., and coll. 1st Oct. 1590;
probably became min. of Kilbucho in
1597.
ALEXANDER SCROGGIE, educated
at Univ. of St Andrews ; became
min. of Abdie in 1585 ; trans, and
adm. in 1594; died 14th Jan. 1607. He
marr. Grissel Learmonth, who survived him,
and had issue — Robert; Andrew; Mar-
garet; Elspeth; Janet; Isobel. — [Reg.
Assig. ; Edin. Tests.]
JOHN MAKGILL, born 1583, son of
James M. of Rankeillour and Jean
1609 Wemyss; min. in 1609; died 22nd
March 1659. He marr. Euphame Inglis,
and had issue — Alexander ; John ; James,
1590
1594
156
FLISK
[PRESB. OF
min. of Largo ; Agnes (marr. 14th Jan.
1653, Andrew Anderson, schoolmaster,
Cupar). — [Beg. of Gen. Lyon Office ;
Tombst. ; Lamont's Diary, 114, 118; Bal-
four's Hist. Works, iv.]
WILLIAM MYLES, M.A. (St Andrews
1651); became schoolmaster of
Leslie, and afterwards chaplain to
John, Earl of Eothes ; called July 1659;
adm. 3rd May 1660; deprived by Privy
Council, 4th Sept. 1689, for not reading
Proclamation of the Estates, etc. ; died
1694, aged about 63. He marr. 4th June
1663, Christian Potter (died 11th June
1670), daugh. of a seaman in Leven,
and Alison Touch : (2) Helen Moir, who
died at Moonzie 29th Jan. 1724, aged 76,
and had issue — William, min. of Moonzie ;
David ; James ; Andrew ; Helen (marr.
David Thomson, min. of Meigle) ; and
probably John, farmer, Easter Pitcorthy.
— [Lamont's Diary, 122; Tombst.; Services
of Heirs ; Fife Sheriff-Court Deeds, 23rd
Aug. 1716.]
WILLIAM THOMSON, born 1675;
licen. by Presb. of Lanark 1st Sept.
1697 1696 ; called 10th March, and ord. 6th
May 1697 ; died 8th April 1752. He marr.
27th Oct. 1699, Agnes (died 11th Feb. 1753,
aged 75), daugh. of Andrew Young, min. of
Moonzie, and had issue — Andrew, min. of
Laurencekirk ; John ; William ; Robert ;
James ; Margaret.— [Tombst.]
WILLIAM GOURLAY (primus), born
1 710, son of James G., glover, Dundee;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (31st May 1736) ; licen. by Presb. of
Dundee 6th Oct. 1742; called 6th Oct.
1752 ; ord. 6th March 1753 ; died 16th
Oct. 1780. He marr. (1) and had issue —
Jean, born 18th July 1747 ; William, his
successor: (2) 24th April 1755, Christian
Myles, who died 5th Aug. 1771, and had
issue — Margaret, born 4th July 1756 :
(3) 11th June 1772, Mary Imrie, who died
31st May 1779.
WILLIAM GOUELAY (secundus), born
20th June 1749, son of preceding
educated at Univ. of St Andrews
licen. by Presb. of Cupar 28th June 1774
pres. by Sir Laurence Dundas, Bart., in
March, and ord. 20th Sept. 1781 ; died 2nd
March 1810. He marr. 2nd July 1782,
Jean Miller, who died 11th Sept. 1825.
Publication — Account of the Parish (Sin-
clair's Stat. Ace, iii.).
JOHN FLEMING, D.D. ; trans, from
Bressay; pres. by Thomas, Lord
Dundas, Aug. 1810; adm. 18th
April 1811 ; trans, to Clackmannan 27th
Sept. 1832.
GEORGE MARSHALL, born 1775,
son of James M., leather merchant,
Edinburgh ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
2nd Nov. 1796 ; assistant at Renton Chapel
(Coldingham) ; ord. to Bressay 14th May
1811 ; pres. by Thomas, Lord Dundas, in
March, trans, and adm. 7th June 1833 ;
died 12th Oct. 1842. He marr. 8th May
1801, Jane Lauriston, who died 3rd Feb.
1859, and had issue— Andrew, born 26th
Oct. 1802; Jane, born 24th Oct. 1804;
Janet Esther, born 6th Dec. 1806 (marr.
James Gardiner, min. of Quarff) ; George,
born 27th Sept. 1808, died Aug. 182—;
Robert, born 23rd Nov. 1811. Publica-
tions— Sermon on Isaiah LV., 10-11
(Edinburgh, 1817); Admonitions prepara-
tory to the Lord's Table (Edinburgh, 1819) ;
On the Word " Virtue," and Practical
Sermon C XVIII. {Edin. Chr. Inst., xxv.) ;
Account of Bressay {New Stat. Ace, xv.).
JAMES WILLIAM TAYLOR, born
Perth, 1813, eldest son of William
T., min. and Professor of Theology
and Biblical Criticism, Original Secession
Church, Perth; educated at O.S. College
and Univ. of Glasgow. Joined Church of
Scotland ; licen. by Presb. of Perth 27th
Dec. 1837 ; ord. to Grangemouth 7th May
1839; trans, and adm. 14th April 1843.
Joined the Free Church in 1843; min. of
Flisk and Creich Free Church, 1843-94;
died at Grangemouth 14th Oct. 1894.
He marr. 7th Aug. 1846, Magdalene
Rachel (born 3rd Sept. 1807), daugh. of
William Walker of Pitlair. Publications
—.4 Few tvords to the Parishioners of
Flisk, in Reply to Dr Anderson's [New-
CUPAR]
ELISK— FREUCHIE
157
burgh] Induction Address (Cupar, 1843) ;
Considerations for the Conscientious : " Can
I remain in connection with the Church
presently Established in Scotland ? " (Cupar,
1843) ; Hints for the Considerate (Cupar,
1844); What Shall be the End of those
Things^. [An Inquiry as to the probable
Results of the Disruption] ; A Word for the
Way: or Hints for Travellers and Tourists ;
Mr Faithful and his Family : A Disruption
Story for the Young; Household Tracts on
Popery; A Brief Memoir of George Waddell
of Rashiehall ; Plain Persuasives for the
Peasantry, or Something for the Plough-
man ; Sermon III. : " On the Sabbath "
(Dundee, 1847) ; Sanctuary Service (Bir-
mingham, 1847) ; A Month's Visit to Con-
naught and its Mission Stations (Edin-
burgh, 1849) ; Biographical Notices of the
Rev. William Taylor of Perth (Cupar-
Fife, 1852); Memoir of David Maitland
Makgill Crichton of Rankeillour (Edin-
burgh, 1853) ; In a Country Manse :
Reminiscences of Life and Work (London,
1890)'; Historical Antiquities of Fife,
chiefly Ecclesiastical, 2 vols. (Cupar, n.d.) ;
An Historic Plea for Ecclesiastical and
Educational Unity ; The Broad School ;
The Religion of Scotland, the Religion
of the Bible, and of Sanctified Common-
Sense ; Thoughts for Church Attenders
and for Church Neglecters ; The Establish-
ment Principle demanding Disestablishment
in Scotland; Boys and Girls at Play in
the Streets of Jerusalem ; Contributions
to the Scottish Christian Herald, Free
Church Record.— [Scott's Original Seces-
sion Church, 514.]
EOBERT FINDLAY FISHEE, born
1843 18°9> son °f John F., spinner and
manufacturer, and Helen Hender-
son ; educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
ord. 28th Sept. 1843 ; died 30th June 1885.
He marr. Catherine (died 23rd Dec. 1852),
daugh. of James M'Laren, and had issue
— Jane, born 20th Feb. 1844; John, calendar
manager, Dundee, born 12th Jan. 1846 ;
Helen Henderson, born 17th Aug. 1847 ;
Margaret, born 26th July 1849; James
M'Laren, born 3rd April 1851 ; Catherine
M'Laren, born 22nd Dec. 1852.
GEORGE JOHNSTON, born Letham,
1 „ 3rd April 1843, son of George J.,
M.D., and Agnes Johnstone ; edu-
cated at Madras College and Univ. of St
Andrews ; M.A. (1867) ; licen. by Presb. of
Cupar 15th Oct. 1867; assistant at Kirk-
caldy, Collessie, Fossoway, and Mortlach ;
ord. 13th May 1886 ; died 15th May 1908.
He marr. 16th Dec. 1886, Agnes Madeline
Lawson, eldest daugh. of John Sharp,
Leaston, East Lothian, and Jessie Wallace
Johnstone. Publication — Memoir of John
Nasmyth \min. of Ceres], Selections from
his Writings (Edinburgh, 1895).
CHARLES ROBB M'MURRAY, born
1908 Greenock, 14th Aug. 1873, son of
James M. and Margaret Mathers ;
educated at Greenock Academy and Univ.
of Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of Greenock
in 1891 ; assistant at Port-Glasgow, Tully-
nessle, Lerwick, Coatbridge, and Alex-
andria ; ord. to Wormit 5th Dec. 1906 ;
trans, and adm. 23rd Sept. 1908. Marr.
6th Aug. 1894, Catherine Manson, daugh.
of John Hardie and Elizabeth M'Guire, and
has issue — Charles Robb, apprentice paper
manufacturer, A.S.C. ; James, student,
Dundee, R.A.F., born 16th July 1899 ;
John, apprentice engineer, R.A.F., born 9th
Sept. 1901 ; Catherine Margaret, student
of music, Dundee, born 5th Jan. 1903 ;
Robert, apprentice engineer, born 26th
Aug. 1904.
FREUCHIE (Q.S.).
[The church was opened for worship 15th
Oct. 1876. The parish of Freuchie was
disjoined from Falkland on 15th March
1880. This remained long a moorland
neighbourhood. Hence comes its name,
Freuchie {Fraochach = heathery).]
CHARLES FRASER, born Croy, 29th
.„„„ Aug. 1839, son of John F. ; educated
at Univ. of Aberdeen; M.A. (1879)
licen. by Presb. of Nairn 16th May 1866
assistant at Forfar; ord. 21st Feb. 1877
adm. first min. of the parish 30th March
1880; died 13th Oct. 1914. He marr.
29th Dec. 1880, Janet Balfour, daugh. of
158
FREUCHIE— KETTLE
[PEESB. OF
Alexander Matthew, Forret, Cupar, and
had issue — John Alexander, born 27th
Jan. 1882 ; Charles, born 15th Aug. 1884 ;
Harold James, 2nd lieut. Black Watch,
born 14th Dec. 1889.
ROBERT WILSON FORBES, born
lgl5 26th April 1887, son of James F.,
min. of St Mary's, South Ronaldshay ;
educated at Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1910); licen. by Presb. of Forres 29th
April 1913 ; assistant at Irvine ; ord. 3rd
May 1915 ; trans, to Kirkmichael, Dum-
friesshire, 11th Oct. 1918. Marr. 11th
July 1916, Alice Victoria, daugh. of
George Dickie, C.A., Aberdeen, and has
issue — Lesley Lumsden Wilson, born 31st
Oct. 1917; Maitland Moir Wilson, born
30th Aug. 1921.
■ DONALD MACASKILL BEGBIE,
1919 born Edinburgh, 13th Dec. 1886.
son of David B. and Annie Macas-
kill, Edinburgh ; educated at Church of
Scotland Normal School and Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Free Church Presb.
of Edinburgh 13th May 1913 ; ord. to Free
Church, Lairg, 16th Sept. 1913; trans, to
Assynt 5th Sept. 1917 ; trans, and adm.
4th April 1919 ; trans, to St John's, Leith,
23rd Nov. 1921. Marr. 30th April 1919,
Malvina, elder daugh. of William Suther-
land, min. of Lochbroom, and has issue —
George Hugh, born 7th Nov. 1920 ; Donald
William David, born 16th March 1922.
WILLIAM GEMMELL MITCHELL,
1922 son °^ Robert Darling M., commis-
sion agent, and Jeannie Gemmell,
Joppa ; educated at Royal High School,
Broughton Junior Student Centre, and
Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (July 1915);
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 30th June
1920 ; assistant at St Michael's, Edinburgh,
Sept. 1920 to March 1922 ; ord. 30th March
1922 ; served during European War in
Hospital Unit at Corfu and Serbia ;
received Serbian Order of St Sava. Marr.
16th May 1923, Annie Allan Berry, daugh.
of John Gall, senior min. of Rutherglen
U.F. Church, and Eliza Allan Berry, and
has issue — Elizabeth Berry, born 18th Nov.
1923.
KETTLE, of old LATHRISK.
[The church of Lathrisk was dedicated
to St Athernash. But there was a later
dedication to St John the Evangelist.
The church belonged to the Priory of
St Andrews.]
DAVID CUKE, formerly Canon of St
1565 Andrews ; reader 18th Jan. 1565-6.
— [Proc. in Reg. House, 71.]
~ JOHN BALFOUR, reader from 1574
15„. to 1588; called vicar 14th March
1580.— {Reg. Mag. Sig., v., 231.]
JOHN PITCAIRN, removed from
1S8_ Strathmiglo, having Kilgour also in
charge, to which he removed in 1589.
WILLIAM CRANSTOUN, born 1556,
158g son of Robert C., citizen of St An-
drews and Margaret Myllis; some-
time Regent in St Salvator's College, St
Andrews ; app. by the Presb. 27th Nov.
1589 ; was a member of Assembly in 1590,
May 1597, March 1597-8 and 1602; sub-
scribed protest against introduction of
Episcopacy in 1606 ; officiated as Moderator
at the Synod 9th June 1607, after its meet-
ing had been forbidden by Royal Letter,
and opened next meeting 18th Aug. in
presence of the Royal Commissioner and
against his will. He was outlawed Sept.
that year ; deprived by Court of High Com-
mission 10th March 1620, but again pres.
by James VI. 10th Dec. 1623 ; dem. before
6th May 1626; died Jan. 1633. He marr.
(1) Agnes Rutherfurd, who died 23rd Nov.
1593, and had issue— Robert, his successor ;
Edward ; Walter ; Margaret ; Elspet (marr.
1612, John Brown, skipper, burgess of
Dysart) ; Agnes (marr. David Ramsay,
brother to John, min. of this parish) : (2)
Margaret Balcanquall, who died 28th Nov.
1595, and had issue — Janet : (3) Janet Alex-
ander, and had issue — Sarah (marr. John
Ramsay, min. of this parish). — [St Andrews
Tests. ; Fife Sas., xii., 146 ; Reg. of Deeds,
cciii. 342, xxxiii. 324; G. R. Inhib., 13th
Dec. 1617, 18th Nov. 1637, 2nd Nov.
1664; Tombst.; Gleanings from Records of
CUPAR]
KETTLE
159
Dysart, 52 ; Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Calderwood's
Hist, iv. 354, v. 684, vi. 679, vii. 277, 443 ;
Melvill's Autob., 716.]
KOBEKT CRANSTOUN, M.A., son of
1626 Preceding; pres. by Charles I. 4th
March, and ord. April 1626 ; trans,
to Scoonie in 1630.
JOHN RAMSAY of Corstoun, brother
16_„ to David R. of Corstoun, promoted
from Regent in St Salvator's College,
St Andrews ; pres. by Charles I. 4th March,
and ord. April 1633 ; died Dec. 1666, aged
about 64. He marr. (1) Sarah, daugh. of
William Cranstoun, min. of this parish,
and had issue — James of Corstoun : (2)
17th April 1656, Anna, daugh. of James
Stewart of the Rosyth family and widow
of William Ged, fiar of Baldridge. — [Beg.
Sec. Sig. ; Tombst. ; Reg. Mag. Sig., xi.,
138, 150, 224 ; Fife. Sas., xix., 281 ; Fife
Horn., xxviii., 22 ; Reg. of Deeds, Durie,
ix., 213; G. R. Inhib., 14th Feb. 1637;
Stephen's Inverheithing, 191.]
v JOHN BARCLAY, eldest son of William
1667 •^•' m*n' °^ Falkland ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1649);
passed trials before Presb. of St Andrews,
and had testimonial 25th Nov. 1663 for
licence and 19th Oct. 1664 for ordination ;
ord. to Dunino 15th Dec. 1664 ; trans, and
adm. July 1667, deprived by Privy Council
29th Aug. 1689 for neither reading the Pro-
clamation of the Estates, nor praying for
William and Mary but for King James.
He was found dead in a well in Edinburgh
in July 1691, aged about 62. — [Lamont's
Diary, 199 ; Greyfriars Burials ; St
Andreios Tests. • Acts and Dec, Dal.,
25th July 1694.]
JAMES PITCAIRN, bapt. 26th Jan.
1648, son of William P. of Forthar
and Ann, daugh. of Sir David
Crichton of Lugton ; licen. by Presb. of
St Andrews ; ord. Presbyterian min. at
Ballymena, Ireland, in 1676; returned to
Scotland in 1687 ; adm. to Burntisland in
1688 ; called Feb., trans, and adm. 15th
April 1691; died 28th April 1712. He
marr. 26th Dec. 1670, Elizabeth (buried
13th July 1731), daugh. of Sir Francis
1691
Ruthven of Freeland, and had issue —
Alexander, bapt. 29th Aug. 1671 ; Janet,
bapt. 25th March 1673 ; David, min. of
Dysart ; Margaret. — [The Fife Pitcairns,
409 ; Tombst. ; Hist, of Presbyterian Congs.
in Ireland, 39 ; Fife Sheriff-Court Books,
13th March 1714.]
JAMES MONRO, called 22nd Feb.;
1W7 ord. 25th April 1717; trans, to
Third Charge, Dundee, 11th Dec.
1729.
HUGH GLAS, M.A. (St Andrews, 4th
1731 May 1720), born 1701 ; became
schoolmaster of Markinch ; licen.
by Presb. of Kirkcaldy 28th Nov. 1728;
called 16th Sept. 1730; ord. 23rd Sept.
1731 ; died 7th June 1777. He marr. (1)
Elizabeth, daugh. of William Arnot of
Dalginch, and had issue — William, born
8th Nov. 1732 ; Agnes, born 15th July
1734, died young; Robert, born 18th Feb.
1736, died .young ; George, born 23rd June
1741 : (2) 16th June 1743, Jean (died 4th
March 1777), daugh. of Sir Michael Balfour
of Denmill, Bart., and had issue — Mar-
jory, born 28th March 1744 (marr. 2nd
Sept. 1762, Robert Colvill, min. of
Dysart); Margaret, born 23rd Jan. 1746,
died young ; Helena, born 7th Dec. 1747,
died 22nd Feb. 1762 ; Margaret, born 29th
Jan. 1750 (marr. 27th Aug. 1773, Robert
Stark, writer, Cupar); Catherine, born
28th Sept. 1752 (marr. 16th Sept. 1773,
Davidson M'Kain, grocer, Edinburgh). —
[Tombst. ; Weekly Mag., xxxvi.]
v PETER BARCLAY, bapt. 4th June
1749, son of James B. of Towie
Mills and Elizabeth Mitchell; edu-
cated at Marischal College, Aberdeen;
M.A. (1769); licen. by Presb. of Cupar
17th June 1777 ; pres. by George III. 5th
July that year ; ord. (under protection of
the military) 14th May 1778; D.D. (St
Andrews, 4th Oct. 1817) ; died Father of
the Church, 13th Dec. 1841. He marr.
(1) 13th March 1783, Margaret (died 6th
Aug. 1801), daugh. of James Duddingston
of St Fort, and had issue — James, M.D.,
born 16th Jan. 1784, died at Penang 22nd
Oct. 1811 ; Robert Herriot, Captain R.N.,
160
KETTLE— KILMANY
[PRESB. OF
born 18th Sept. 1785, died 8th May 1837 ;
Peter, born 25th April 1787; Margaret,
born 14th Nov. 1788 (marr. Eobert Ballin-
gall of Burnturk) ; Charles, born 30th July
1790, died at Guadaloupe 13th June 1819 ;
Elizabeth Cleland, born 12th Feb. 1792
(marr. 31st Aug. 1819, Thomas Martin,
merchant, Antigua), died 4th Dec. 1841 ;
Barbara, born 4th Dec. 1793, died 3rd Dec.
1863 ; John, educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh, ord. first min. of St Andrew's
Church, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 1821,
born 9th July 1795, died at Kingston 29th
Sept. 1826, "a man of great worth, eminent
for his gifts and piety " ; William Dudding-
ston, Captain H.E.I.C.S.,born 9th June 1797,
died at Madras 15th Sept. 1830; Mary
Ann, born 11th June 1799 (marr. 28th April
1823, James Barclay of Templand), died
1841 ; Helen Moncrieff, born 3rd June' 1801,
died 5th Nov. 1823 : (2) 12th April 1803,
Euphemia Macpherson, who died 20th
March 1841, and had issue — Archibald
Campbell of Middle Temple, born 19th
Aug. 1804, died 1860; George, born 18th
Dec. 1806, died at Calcutta 9th Aug. 1828 ;
Euphemia Bobina, born 25th April 1808,
died 1857. Publications — Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's, i., and New Stat. Ace,
iv.).
WILLIAM REID, born 1810, third son
1842 °^ Walter R., schoolmaster, Kincar-
dine, Perthshire ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of Dunblane
5th May 1835; ord. to Invertiel 11th Jan.
1838 ; pres. by Queen Victoria 11th Jan.,
trans, and adm. 16th Sept. 1842 ; died
at Stirling 2nd Feb. 1884. He marr. 8th
March 1841, Amelia (died 3rd Dec. 1890),
daugh. of Robert Carstairs, and had
issue— Walter, M.D., R.N., born 27th Dec.
1841 ; Christina Leslie, born 9th Aug. 1843,
died 14th June 1849 ; Robert Carstairs,
C.E., Edinburgh, born 6th Dec. 1845, died
4th March 1894 ; Ann Morrison, born 5th
Sept. 1848.— [Min. of Proc. of Instit. of
C.E., cxvi., 369-371 (1894).]
./ENEAS GUNN GORDON, born 4th
1878 Sep*- 1846, son of Gilbert G. and
Mary Ann Gunn; educated at Pictou
Academy, Univs. of Dalhousie, Glasgow,
Edinburgh (M.A. 1875), and Bonn ; licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh Oct. 1875; assist-
ant at Caputh, Stornoway, Cupar, and
Kettle ; ord. (assistant and successor) 12th
Dec. 1878. Marr. 25th Aug. 1905, Christina
Moncur, daugh. of James Stewart.
KILMANY.
[The church of Kilmany belonged to St
Salvator's College, St Andrews.]
WILLIAM RAMSAY, adm. 27th June
1564 1564; trans, to Kemback before 1570.
ROBERT HYNDSHAW, Regent in St
157. Salvator's College, which post he
held in conjunction, was also Pre-
bendary of Balbuthie in the College Kirk
of St Salvator from 1573 to 1576 ; pres. to
the vicarage by James VI. 1st Dec. 1579
and again 31st Jan. 1583 ; died 14th June
1601. He bequeathed £8 to the poor. —
[ Wodrow's Miscell. ; Edin. Tests.]
JOHN SHARP, M.A. (St Andrews
1601 1592); adm. in 1601. Was one of
those who, in opposition to the Royal
command, attended the Assembly at Aber-
deen 2nd July 1605, of which he was ap-
pointed clerk. For this he and five other
mins. were committed to the Castle of
Blackness 2nd Aug., brought before the
Privy Council at Perth 27th Aug. and
interrogated as to the constitution of the
Assembly. Not giving satisfactory answers
they were tried before the Justiciary Court
at Linlithgow 10th Jan. 1606, on a charge
of treason, found guilty, and banished for
life, 23rd Oct. S. went to Bordeaux, became
Professor of Theology in the Univ. of Die,
but would probably have returned to Scot-
land had honourable terms of reconciliation
been offered him. In 1630 he was compelled
to leave France at the instance of Cardinal
Richelieu, the Prime Minister, who had
grown jealous of S's. reputation as a Pro-
testant teacher ; app. Professor of Divinity
in the Univ. of Edinburgh 17th Nov. 1630 ;
died about 1647, aged 75. He marr. Agnes
Davidson, and had issue — Marie, bapt. 18th
Aug. 1640; John, bapt. 8th Aug. 1641.
Publications — Tractatus de Justificatione
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161
1611
hominis coram Deo (Geneva, 1609 and
1612); Tractatus de misero hominis statu
sub peccato (Geneva, 1610) ; Cursus Theo-
logicus (dedicated to James VI. (Geneva,
1618 and 1622); Symphonia Prophetarum
et Apostolorum (Geneva, 1625 and 1629).—
[Melvill's Autob., 571 et seq. ; Calderwood's
Hist., vi., 292, 332 ; Pitcairn's Grim. Trials,
ii., 494; Young's Life of Welsh, 169;
M'Crie's Melvill, ii., 253 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. ;
P. G. Reg., vii., 83 et seq. ; Murray's Some
Old Scots Authors u'hose Boohs were Printed
Abroad, 20.]
JAMES THOMSON, born 1568; M.A.
(St Andrews 10th Dec. 1586); was
on the Exercise there from 6th Oct.
1597 to 5th Dec. 1605 ; officiated as min.
and presided fourteen times in the Kirk-
Session of Anstruther from 12th Jan. to
25th Sept. 1608; adm. here in 1611, but
was non-resident for want of a manse ; was
the companion and friend of Alexander
Henderson, rnin. of Leuchars, who pre-
sented him with a copy of the Directory for
Worship at its publication in 1645 ; died
Oct. 1646, soon after Henderson. He marr.
Bessie Smith, with whom he lived forty-one
years, and had issue — James, min. of Kin-
nell ; George, his successor. — [Anstruther
Sess. Peg. ; Aiton's Life of Henderson.']
GEORGE THOMSON, son of preceding ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews;
adm. (assistant) in 1640 ; died 22nd
Nov. 1661, aged about 52. He marr. (pro.
26th Dec. 1640), Bessie Duncan, in the
parish of Culross, and had issue — John.
Publication— Probably author of A Treatise
on the Six Seals. — [Lamont's Diary, 142 ;
Lnq. Ret. Gen., 4925.]
THOMAS KINNINMONTH, M.A.;
adm. 20th Aug. 1663; trans, to
Second Charge, Dunfermline, 18th
July 1666.
ROBERT GLASFURD, M.A.; trans,
from Kemback in 1667; trans, to
Auchterderran after July 1687.
JAMES M'DOUGALL, adm. in 1692;
dem. 22nd Oct. 1695 ; died before
7th April 1697 leaving a widow,
who petitioned the Presb. for charity to
VOL. V.
1640
1663
1692
1703
defray her journey to her native country of
England.
ALEXANDER PITCAIRN, bapt. 13th
.__„ Jan. 1650, son of Alexander P.,
Principal of the New College, St
Andrews ; educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (22nd July 1692); licen. by Presb.
there 24th June 1696; called 29th July that
year ; ord. 23rd Feb. 1697 ; died between
22nd Oct. 1700 and 14th Sept. 1701. He
bequeathed £400 for behoof of the poor.
■ WILLIAM BROWN, a native of Eng-
land ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews; M.A. (20th July 1695)
licen. by Presb. of Jedburgh 7th Dec. 1698
called 28th June, and ord. 23rd Sept. 1703
died 2nd June 1720, aged about 45. He
marr. 25th April 1710, Catherine Mitchell,
who died before 10th July 1762.— [Brechin
Tests.]
WILLIAM SMIBERT of Lochmalony ;
1722 M.A. (Edinburgh, 9th April 1713) ;
became tutor to the laird of
Lundie ; licen. by Presb. of Dundee 27th
Sept. 1721 ; called 9th Aug., and ord. 4th Dec.
1722 ; elected Synod clerk 5th April 1726 ;
acquired estate of Lochmalony ; died 4th
April 1759, aged about 66. He marr. (1)
Margaret, daugh. of William Myles, min.
of Moonzie, and had issue — John, in 26th
Foot, born 20th Dec. 1731 ; Margaret, born
8th Aug. 1734 ; William, born 22nd March
1739 : (2) 22nd Jan. 1747, Helen (died at
Cupar, 27th July 1775), daugh. of Dr
James Bethune of Kingask, and had issue
—Ann, born 15th Dec. 1747.
JOSEPH M'CORMICK, M.A; pres.
1760 ^ United College, St Andrews,
July 1759; ord. 17th April 1760;
trans, to Temple 21st Nov. 1760.
WILLIAM GIB, pres. by United College,
1761 St Andrews, in March, and ord.
24th Sept. 1761; trans, to Uphall
27th Oct. 1763.
JOHN ADAMSON, M.A. ; pres. by
United College, St Andrews, 6th
Jan., and ord. 10th May 1764 ; trans.
to Second Charge, St Andrews, 5th Nov.
1772.
162
KILMANY— LADYBANK
[PEESB. OF
ANDREW HUTTON, M.A. (St Andrews
1~3 1750) ; licen. by Presb. of Dundee
4th Sept. 1754 ; ord. to Glenisla 24th
Nov. 1757 ; trans, to Cults 28th Oct. 1762 ;
pres. by United College, St Andrews, 7th
Dec. 1772 ; trans, and adm. 8th June 1773 ;
died 14th Sept. 1792. He was a zealous
antiquary. He marr. 18th Aug. 1760,
Cecily (died 18th March 1789), daugh. of
Thomas Tullidelph, Principal of St Audrews
Univ., and had issue — Thomas, born 1st
Aug. 1761 ; James, born 29th Jan. 1763,
died 10th Sept. 1766; Alison, born 20th
Sept. 1764, died 15th Oct. 1766; David,
born 25th March 1766 ; Elizabeth, born
4th May 1768, died 27th May 1771 ; George,
born 23rd May 1770 ; Cecil, born 8th Oct.
1772.
JOHN COOK, MA. ; pres. by United
17 „ College, St Andrews, 6th Nov. 1792 ;
ord. 9th May 1793 ; dem. on appoint-
ment as Professor of Hebrew, St Andrews,
12th Oct. 1802.
THOMAS CHALMEES, pres. by
1803 United College, St Andrews, 2nd
Nov. 1802 ; ord. 12th May 1803 ;
trans, to Tron Parish, Glasgow, 21st July
1815.
HENRY DAVID COOK, born 24th
Feb. 1791, youngest son of John C,
Professor of Moral Philosophy, St
Andrews ; educated at Univ. there ; M.A.
(1810); licen. by Presb. there 28th April
1813; pres. by United College; ord. 28th
Sept. 1815; died 19th Sept. 1857. He
marr. 28th Sept. 1836, Margaret Walker
(died 31st Jan. 1879), fourth daugh. of
John Buist, Perth, and had issue — John,
born 4th Sept. 1837, died 18th Sept. 1856 ;
Henry David, born 1st Aug. 1840, died
at Adelaide, Australia, 22nd April 1918 ;
Isabella, born 10th Sept. 1842, died 18th
June 1917. Publication — Account of the
Parish {New Stat. Ace, ix.).
DAVID BREWSTER, born 28th Sept.
1833, son of George B., D.D., min.
of Scoonie ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of St Andrews ;
ord. 18th Feb. 1858; D.D. (St Andrews
1896) ; clerk of Presb., 1863-98 ; died 13th
Jan. 1898. He marr. 24th April 1860,
Joanna (died 19th April 1906), third daugh.
of John Wood of Rosemount, Leith, and
had issue— George, born 10th July 1861;
John, born 30th Sept. 1862; David,
licentiate, born 21st May 1866 ; Patrick,
born 1869, died Kirkcaldy, 17th April 1924.
ROBERT THOMAS MARSHALL,..
1898 k°rn> Leslie, Fife, 18th Sept. 1857,
son of Robert M. and Euphemia
Lister ; educated at Leslie School, Church
of Scotland Normal School, and Univ. of
St Andrews; M.A. (1883); B.D. (1886);
licen. by Presb. of Kirkcaldy in 1886 ; assist-
ant at Boarhills and Ardwell and in this
parish; ord. 12th May 1898. Marr. 31st
Aug. 1904, Jeanie Thomson, youngest
daugh. of David Kirk, farmer, Forresthall,
and Margaret Peattie, and has issue —
Robert, born 22nd July 1905 ; Margaret
Peattie, born 28th Sept. 1906; Euphemia
Lister, born 6th April 1909; David, born
8th May 1911 ; Jeanie Thomson Kirk,
born 17th March 1913; Mary Lily, born
22nd Dec. 1914; William, born 16th May
1916 ; Helen Lister, born 21st March 1918 ;
Thomas, born 1st June 1919 ; Elizabeth
Frances, born 15th Aug. 1920 ; Alice Kirk,
born 3rd Oct. 1921 ; Gilbert, born 7th Dec.
1922.
LADYBANK (Q.S.).
[The parish of Ladybank was disjoined
from Collessie on 5th June 1882.]
ROBERT HAGART KERR, born' Fore-
lg82 hill, Caputh, 2nd May 1855, son of
Donald K. and Isabella M'Donald ;
educated at Caputh School and Univ. of
Edinburgh; M.A. (1878); licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh 13th May 1881; assistant
at West Parish, Perth ; ord. 5th Oct.
1882. Marr. (1) 27th Feb. 1890, Jessie
Gutzmer (died 16th Oct. 1899, aged 34),
daugh. of Donald Maclachlan, min. of
North Knapdale, and has issue — Isabella
M'Donald, born 10th Sept., and died 10th
Dec. 1890; Helen Johnstone, born 23rd
Sept. 1891 (marr. 12th June 1916, Albert
R. S. Fowler, sub-lieut. R.N.) ; Evelyn
Margaret, born 27th Aug. 1893, died 24th
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163
Feb. 1894; Ida Hagart, born 2nd March
1894, died 24th Aug. 1895; Thomas
Edward, Cyclists' Battalion, born 26th
June 1895; Florabel, born 27th Jan. 1897,
died 28th July 1906 : (2) 10th June
1913, Lizzie Leslie (died 14th Oct. 1918),
youngest daugh. of Adam Henderson,
Keedieleys, Auchtermuchty.
LOGIE, or LOGIE-MURDOCH.
[The church of Logie Murdoch was dedi-
cated to St Luag. It belonged to the
Abbey of Balmerino.]
AECHIBALD KEITH, brother of
William K. of Ludquhairn ; min.
in 1562, with Balmerino also in the
charge ; trans, to St Fergus before 1567.
1562
JOHN LOUTFUTT, M.A. (St Andrews
15g5 1589) ; reader at Foulis Wester in
1585; adm. in 1595; pres. to the
vicarage by James VI. 3rd Sept. 1600 ;
died before 14th April 1613, aged about 44.
He marr. Margaret Forrett, who survived
him. — [Beg. Assig.~\
JOHN DUEIE, M.A. (St Andrews 1591) ;
1613 a^m- to Pittenweem in 1611 ; trans.
and adm. after 5th Oct. 1613 ; died
April 1651, aged about 80. He marr. Agnes
Braes, who survived him, and had issue
— Elizabeth (marr. Oliphant) ; Mar-
garet.— [Lamont's Diary, 29 ; G. R. Inhib.,
12th March 1664 ; Fife Sas., xx., 290.]
HENRY PITCAIRN, son of James P.
at Treton ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews; M.A. (1635); called 27th
Aug. 1651 ; adm. 6th May 1652 ; deprived
by Privy Council, 29th Aug. 1689, for not
reading Proclamation of the Estates, etc.
He had been unable for about ten years
previously to ; perform his duties from age
and infirmity ; died before 23rd Nov. 1692,
aged about 77. He marr. (cont. 4th May
1653), his cousin Susan, daugh. of John
Pitcairn of Ounston, and had issue —
James ; William ; Alexander ; Anna ; Janet
Christian ; Jane ; Janet. — [Lamont;s Diary,
41, 54; Fife Sas., xii., 311, 313; Fife
Sheriff-Court Boohs, 15th Jan. 1669.]
1652
1685
DAVID BALFOUR, M.A. (St Andrews,
2nd Aug. 1684) ; adm. (assistant) in
1685 ; suspended from ministerial
functions within the parish by Privy
Council, 29th Aug. 1689, for not reading
Proclamation of Estates, etc. ; died before
13th Sept. 1723. He marr. (cont. April
1692), Catherine, daugh. of Simon Greig,
writer, Edinburgh, and had issue — Beatrix
(marr. Patrick Balbirnie, merchant, St
Andrews).— {Fife Sas., xv., 460.]
GEORGE ANDERSON, M.A.; trans.
from Dundee ; called 29th Dec.
1690 ; adm. before 7th April 1691 ;
trans, to Dunbog 12th July 1698.
1691
1700
JOHN STARK of Ballindean, born
about 1676, son of Thomas S. of
Ballindean and Margaret Greig ;
licen. by Presb. of Cupar 8th Nov. 1698;
called 24th Oct. 1699; ord. 30th April
1700; died 1st July 1748. He marr. 2nd
Dec. 1707, Katherine (died 29th Jan. 1770),
daugh. of John Bethune of Blebo, and had
issue — Thomas, min. of Balmerino ; John ;
Harry ; William ; James, tenant in Pease-
hills ; Margaret ; George. — [Campbell's
Balmerino, 566, 654.]
1751
SAMUEL WEST, born 1723 ; licen. by
Presb. of Dundee 3rd Sept. 1740;
called 12th Oct. 1749, which call
was set aside "from certain indecencies,
by stones being thrown at the electors " ;
again called 11th Jan., and ord. 14th May
1751 ; died 1st Dec. 1766. He marr. 15th
Aug. 1751, Margaret Mein, who died 19th
Jan. 1777, and had issue — Steuart, born
18th May 1752 ; Mary, born 25th June
1753 ; Elizabeth, born 14th Jan., and died
9th June 1755; John, born 10th April
1756; Maurice, born 22nd Sept. 1757;
Samuel, born 21st Jan. 1760; Margaret,
born 10th July 1762; Marjory, born 9th
Dec. 1763 ; Elizabeth, born 3rd July 1765.
X ROBERT BOGIE, born 1739, brother
l767 of James B., writer, Edinburgh,
Alexander B., tenant of Kettity,
and Margaret B., wife of John Swan of
Prestonhall ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews; M.A. (1758); licen. by Presb.
164
LOGIE— MONIMAIL
[PEESB. OF
there 7th May 1766; pres. by George III.
11th Dec. 1766; ord. 30th July 1767;
died 16th Sept. 1802. He marr. 26th Oct.
1769, Jean Cowan, who survived him, and
marr. (2) 1803. Publication — Account of
the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, viii.).
ANDREW MELVILL, born 1775, son
of Alexander M., farmer, Peasehills,
1803
Balmerino, Fife; educated at Univ.
of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of Cupar
26th Aug. 1800 ; pres. by George III. 15th
Oct. 1802; ord. 27th April 1803. Joined
the Free Church in 1843; min. of Free
Church, Logie, 1843-8; died 30th June
1848. He marr. (1) 11th Oct. 1803, Jane
Duncan, who died 15th Aug. 1809, and
had issue— Alexander, born 7th Aug., and
died 22nd Sept. 1804; Helen, born 30th
Jan. 1805 ; Alexander, min. of Falkirk,
born 28th July 1807 [not 1809 as in Vol. I.,
p. 208]; John, born 8th March, and died 17th
Aug. 1809: (2) 17th Dec. 1810, Ann Gordon
(died 8th Jan. 1854), widow of Peter Lums-
daine of Pittauchope. Publication — Ac-
count of the Parish {Neiv Stat. Ace, ix.).
WILLIAM RANKEN WATSON, born
21st Oct. 1814, son of David W.,
min. of Leuchars ; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb.
of St Andrews ; pres. by Queen Victoria
21st July, and ord. 22nd Sept. 1843 ; died
at Aberfeldy, 18th Oct. 1873. He marr.
(1) 1st March 1844, Janet (died s.p. 13th
Oct. 1867), daugh. of George Milligan,
D.D., min. of Elie : (2) 29th Dec. 1869,
Caroline Matilda (died s.p. 11th Feb. 1887),
second daugh. of George Naylor, rector of
Rougham, Suffolk.
DAVID PITCAITHLY FENWICK,
born Tibbermore, 31st Dec. 1836,
1874 son of David F. and Margaret
Pitcaithly ; educated at Perth Academy
and Univ. of St Andrews ; assistant at
St Vigeans, Monimail, Beyrout, and Alex-
andria ; pres. by Queen Victoria 17th Nov.
1873; ord. 12th Feb. 1874; clerk of Presb.
1898-1900 ; died 19th July 1900. He marr.
30th March 1876, Elizabeth Mary (died
11th July 1919), daugh. of John Sharp,
min. of Aberdalgie, and had issue— William,
born 11th Jan. 1877; John Sharp, born 2nd
April 1878, died 29th April 1919; Jane
Maxton, born 8th March 1880 ; David
Pitcaithly, Black Watch, born 27th April
1881 ; Elizabeth Mary, born 29th Sept.
1883, died 10th July 1903 ; Charles, lieut.
A. & S. Highlanders, born 17th April
1886 ; Francis (twin), captain 5th Cavalry,
Indian Army, born 17th April 1886.
DUNCAN CAMERON, M.A., B.D. ;
ord. 28th June 1901 ; trans, to Barr-
1901
head 3rd Oct. 1906.
WILLIAM JAMES JAMIESON, M.A. ;
ord. 11th April 1907 ; trans, to
1907 Dreghorn 15th May 1914.
EVELYN GALL, M.A., B.D. ; ord. 23rd
Sept. 1914 ; trans, to St Luke's,
1914 Lochee, 28th March 1917.
CHARLES ORFORD ALLAN, born
Bolton, East Lothian, 24th Dec.
1917 1888, son of John Gray A., teacher,
and Annie M'Ewan ; educated at Royal
High School and Univ. of Edinburgh;
M.A. (1910), B.D. (1913) ; licen. by Presb.
of Haddington 10th May 1913; assistant
at St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh ; ord. 19th
July 1917 ; trans, to Kirknewton 20th July
1922. Marr. 21st Nov. 1917, Ena Anderson,
daugh. of Alexander Mills, min. of Colliston,
and has issue — Charles Orford, born 1st
Dec. 1920.
ALEXANDER AITKEN MORTON,
born Dunfermline 22nd March 1893 ;
son of George M. and Christina
Spowart; educated at High School, Dun-
fermline, Univ. of St Andrews; M.A.
(1915), B.D. (1918); licen. by Presb. of
Dunfermline 1st May 1918; served in
European War in R.A.M.C. for eighteen
months; assistant at Markinch; ord. 17th
Nov. 1922. Marr. 17th July 1924, Jessie
Simpson, elder daugh. of James Brown,
Cowdenbeath.
MONIMAIL.
[The church of Monimail formed a pre-
bend of St Andrews, and was a mensal
kirk of the Archbishop. In the parish there
was a Well of St Curadan.]
1922
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165
DAVID SPENS, adm. before 1562;
1562 trans, to Carnbee about 1567.
ALEXANDER JARDEN, min. of Kil-
1568 sPindie in 1563 ; was suspended by
the General Assembly 31st Dec. 1563
for ante-nuptial fornication, but was in con-
sideration of his public satisfaction, restored
by it 29th July 1564; adm. Aug. 1568;
had Collessie, Auchtermuchty, and Abdie
in his charge in 1574 ; removed to Col-
lessie before 1578 but returned in 1579 ;
was a member of Assembly April 1581. —
[Wodrow Miscell. ; Calderwood's Hist., ii.
247, iii. 445.]
^ ANDREW BENNET, reader at Forgan
1585 1574 to 1580 ; adm. min. of Creich
in 1583 ; trans, and adm. in 1585 ;
was one of those called before the Court
of High Commission for admitting a min.
to Strathmiglo without the Archbishop's
sanction ; was still min. 1st Oct. 1639 ;
died before 14th Sept. 1641. He marr.
Margaret Beatton, who died 24th March
1618, and had issue — Andrew, min. of
Creich ; Robert, min. of Kilrenny ; James,
min. of Auchtermuchty ; William, his suc-
cessor ; Elizabeth ; Katherine (marr., cont.
26th Oct. 1627, John Kinloch, portioner of
Luthrie) ; Mary (marr. James Wedderburn,
min. of Moonzie); Grizel (marr. James
Shaw of Seggie). — [St Andreivs Tests. ;
Calderwood's Hist. ; Reg. of Deeds, lxxviii.
137, cccvi. 404, 29th Dec. 1637 ; Gen. Beg.
Sas. xxii., 40, 262; Prot.-Book Pat. Carrail;
G. R. Inhib., 21st Aug. 1622.]
v WILLIAM BENNET, son of preceding;
1626 M.A. ; adm. before 3rd Nov. 1626;
trans, to Trinity Parish, Edinburgh,
28th Oct. 1641 (cf. Vol. L, 132). He had
issue — Euphemia, who died before 16th
June 1640.
DAVID ORME, born 1602, son of David
1641 ®' (°^ ^ Mugdrum family), bailie
of Newburgh, and Elizabeth Philip ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews; M.A.
(1623) ; was on the Exercise at Perth 26th
April 1626 ; adm. to Newburgh in 1631 ;
trans, and adm. 30th Dec. 1641 ; was found
guilty by Commission of Assembly, 21st
March 1646, of maintaining the lawfulness
of treating with James, Marquess of
Montrose, and was ordered to declare on
his conscience in the churches of Monimail
and Cupar that he knew nothing but
soundness of judgment in the doctrine of
Mr Robert Blair and Mr Patrick Gillespie.
He was ordered by the Synod, 29th Sept.
1657, to cease from farming land he had at
Newburgh as it diverted him from his call-
ing. He died at Cupar, 29th June 1684. He
marr. Agnes, daugh. of Alexander Jamieson,
merchant burgess of Cupar, and had issue
— William, his successor ; Elizabeth. —
[Lamont's Diary, 100 ; Balfour's Hist.
Works ; Fife Sas., xi., 290 ; Fife Homings,
xxvi., 387.]
WILLIAM ORME, son of preceding;
16„Q educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (26th July 1670); adm. (col-
league) 23rd July 1679 ; still min. 4th
April 1683. He marr. Katherine, daugh.
of Alexander Campbell of Carsgownie,
and had issue — Alexander ; David. — [Mac-
farlane's Gen. Coll., ii. 170.]
JAMES ROSS, probably son of Alex-
1686 ander R-> min- °f Monymusk ; edu-
cated at Univ. of St Andrews 24th
July 1675 ; recommended for licence 10th
July 1678 by Presb. of Auchterarder ; adm.
20th May 1686 ; deprived in 1689 for not
reading the Proclamation of the Estates,etc;
was consecrated a bishop of the Nonjurant
Church at Edinburgh 29th Nov. 1726 ; died
at Cupar in April 1733, aged about 78. He
marr. (1) 5th June 1688, Euphemia (died
6th June 1704), daugh. of Mungo Car-
michael, brother to Sir David C. of
Balmadies, and had issue — James, born
1689 ; Barbara : (2) Ann Barclay, who died
5th Sept. 1737.— [Dunbog Sess. Reg. ; The
Rebuffer rebuffed ; Fife Sas., xiv., 262.]
EDWARD JAMESON, M.A. (Edin-
1690 burgh, July 1643) ; min. of Swinton
in 1647 ; dep. in 1661 ; again min. in
1687; adm. here in 1690; died 8th Feb.
1704. He marr. Catherine Congilton, and
had issue — George, min. of St Martins ;
William ; Grace (marr. Andrew Robertson,
surgeon, Edinburgh). — [St Andrews Tests. ;
Dunheld Tests. ; Wodrow's Anal. ; Reg. of
Deeds, Durie, 10th June 1673.]
166
MONIMAIL
[PRESB. OF
ANDREW MELVILLE, eldest son of
_ Thomas M., descended from the
family of Carnbee ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; called 20th June, and
ord. 18th Sept. 1705 ; died 29th July 1736.
He marr. Helen, youngest daugh. of Robert
Whytt of Bennochy, advocate, and had
issue — General Robert, LL.D., of Strath-
kinness, an eminent military officer and
antiquary, born 12th Oct. 1723, died 29th
Aug. 1809; Thomas, born 1726, died at
Geneva, Dec. 1753; Janet, born 1727
(marr. Sir Robert Preston, min. of Cupar) ;
Anne, born 1729. — [Douglas's Baronage,
529 ; Connolly's Fifeshire Biog., 328.]
FREDERICK CARMICHAEL, M.A. ;
m7 called 18th Nov. 1736; ord. 31st
March 1737 ; trans, to Inveresk 15th
April 1741.
GERSHOM CARMICHAEL, brother of
T742 Preceding; called 4th Dec. 1741;
ord. 22nd April 1742 ; trans, to
Second Charge, Dundee, 1st Aug. 1751.
DAVID HUNTER, M.A.; called 19th
7 „ March, and ord. 6th May 1752;
trans, to Second Charge, St Andrews,
17th Oct. 1765.
ROGER MOODIE, son of Roger M. ;
1766 M.A. (Edinburgh 1719); elected a
" doctor" (assistant master) in George
Heriot's Hospital, Edinburgh, 11th Nov.
1746; and schoolmaster there 6th Sept. 1749;
licen. by Presb. of Haddington 4th Aug.
1752; ord. to Gartly 11th May 1757; pres.
by David, Earl of Leven, in March, trans,
and adm. 24th July 1766 ; died 28th Nov.
1775. He marr. 10th June 1757, Margaret
(died 16th Oct. 1806), daugh. of William
Scott of Bavelaw, and had issue — William,
D.D., min. of St Andrew's, Edinburgh, born
2nd July 1759 ; Charles, born 8th July
1761 ; Barbara, born 14th May 1763 (marr.
James M'Cracken, servant to Colonel
Arbuthnot ; he divorced her in 1798) ;
John, born 14th April 1765, died 9th Aug.
1766 ; Leslie, min. of Inveresk, born 29th
Dec. 1766; Jean, bom 24th Oct. 1768
(marr., pro. 26th Nov. 1791, James Storrie,
surgeon) ; Nisbet, born 12th Aug. 1774,
died 13th March 1775. — \Consistorial Pro-
cesses, 1125.]
SAMUEL MARTIN, born 17th July
1776 1740, son of John M., schoolmaster,
of Anstruther Easter ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; tutor in the family
of Thomas Shairp of Houston ; licen. by
Presb. of Dalkeith 3rd Aug. 1762 ; ord. to
Balmaghie 29th Sept. 1768; pres. by
David, Earl of Leven, 11th May, and
app. 29th May 1775 one of the Assembly's
Paraphrase Committee, but did not take
much part in the actual work ; trans.
and adm. 24th Sept. 1776; D.D. (St
Andrews, 16th April 1798); died 12th
Sept. 1829. He was chaplain to Lord High
Commissioner, David, Earl of Leven and
Melville. He marr. 31st Oct. 1768, Eliza-
beth Lawson, who died 8th March 1818,
aged 79, and had issue — John, D.D., min.
of Kirkcaldy, born 16th Dec. 1769 ; Ann,
born 2nd July 1771 (marr. 4th Sept. 1799,
Walter Brodie, farmer, Pitarrow), died 31st
Aug. 1828; Mary, born 18th July 1773,
died 29th Nov. 1858; Elizabeth, born 8th
Dec. 1775, died 4th Nov. 1833 ; David, born
2nd Oct. 1777 ; Wilhelmina, born 7th June
1779, died 10th Oct. 1859 ; Jean, born 7th
July 1781 (marr. 2nd March 1808, John
Pitcairn of Kinnaird), died 14th Sept. 1847 ;
Barbara, born 11th Feb. 17S3 (marr. James
Miller, min. of Monikie). Publications —
He was author of the Twelfth Paraphrase
in the 1781 Collection. Religious Divisions
considered, and the Christian Use of them
pointed out, a sermon (Glasgow, 1768) ;
The Preservation and Transmission of the
Scriptures, Evidences of their Truth, a
sermon (Edinburgh, 1779) ; A Poetical
Epistle, addressed to the Princess of Wales
on her Reception in Britain (Edinburgh,
1795) ; An Epiistle in Verse, occasioned by
the Death of James Bosioell of Avchinleck
(Edinburgh, 1795) ; Sermons, chiefly occa-
sional,on Important Subjects (Cupar, 1804);
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace,
ii.). — [Reid's The Kirk above Dee Water
(portrait), 81-99 ; Maclagan's The Scottish
Paraphrases, 41.]
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167
JAMES BEODIE, grandson of preced-
1829 *n^' k°rn 26t^ June 1800, son of
Walter B., farmer, Pitarrow, and
Ann Martin ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1817) ; licen. by
Presb. of Ellon 27th March 1822; pres. by
David, Earl of Leven and Melville, Sept.
1828 ; ord. (assistant and successor) 14th
Jan. 1829. Joined the Free Church in
1843; min. of Bow of Fife Free Church
1843-78 ; clerk to the Free Synod of Fife ;
died 3rd Feb. 1878. He marr. 1st Nov.
1830, his cousin Margaret (died 22nd Feb.
1871), daugh. of John Martin, D.D., min.
of Kirkcaldy, and had issue — Walter, born
9th May 1832, died 1911 ; John Martin,
born 6th Nov. 1833, died 16th Sept. 1846 ;
James, born 21st June 1835, died 31st May
1837 ; Margaret, born 13th July 1837, died
27th Jan. 1844; Samuel Martin, born 9th
Jan. 1839, died 1869 ; James, born 9th Jan.
1843, died 11th March 1844. Publications
— A Memoir of Annie M'Donald [grand-
mother of Alexander and John Bethune], a
self-taught Cottager (1832 ; 3rd ed., 1849) ;
The Alphabet Explained, or the Science of
Articulate Sounds described, illustrated,
and viewed in connection with the Origin
and History of Nations (Edinburgh, 1840) ;
Remarks on the Headship of Christ and
the present Position of the Church of Scot-
land (Cupar, 1842) ; The Design for which
the Sabbath was Instituted and the Manner
the Day should be Observed (No. IV.,
Tracts on the Sabbath, Dundee, 1847) ;
The Rational Creation (Edinburgh, 1855) ;
An Inquiry into the Apocalypse, with an
Endeavour to ascertain our present Position
on the Chart of Time (Edinburgh, 1861);
Remarks on the Antiquity and Nature of
Man (Edinburgh, 1864) ; Papers offered for
Discussion at the Meeting of the British
Association at Dundee (London, 1867) ;
Our present position on the Chart of
Time as revealed in the Word of God
(Edinburgh, 1870); The True Text of the
Old Testament (Edinburgh, 1873) ; Science
and Scripture (Edinburgh, 1875) ; Account
of the Parish (New Stat. Ace., ix.) ;
Sermon LXXXI. (Free Church Pulpit,
ii.).— [The Fife Pulpit, 85-96; Connolly's
Fifiana, 52.]
WILLIAM LEITCH, born Eothesay,
la43 1814, second son of John L. ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; B.A.
(1837), M.A. (1838); licen. in 1839; assist-
ant to Professor of Astronomy, Glasgow ;
assistant at Arbroath and Kirkden ; pres.
by David, Earl of Leven and Melville ;
ord. 8th Sept. 1843; res. 5th Nov. 1861
on appointment as Principal and Primarius
Professor of Divinity, Queen's College,
Kingston, Canada ; D.D. (Glasgow, 1860) ;
Moderator of Synod of Church of Scotland
in Canada in 1862 ; died at Kingston 9th
May 1864, and was buried at Monimail.
He was a distinguished astronomer, natu-
ralist, and mathematician. He marr. 12th
May 1846, Euphemia (died 8th Aug. 1853,
aged 32), youngest daugh. of George
Paterson of Cunnoquhie, and had issue —
Moncrieff, born 19th Jan. 1848 ; John, born
10th July 1849; William, born 20th May
1851, died 16th March 1852; George, born
26th June 1853, died 27th April 1854.
Publications — God's Glory in the Heavens
(London and Edinburgh, 1862; 2nd
edition, 1863) ; The Missionary's Warrant,
a sermon (Church of Scot. Pulpit), (Edin-
burgh, 1845) ; Missions and Missionaries,
a sermon (Glasgow, 1881). — [Connolly's
Fife Biog., 268.]
JAMES MACGREGOR, trans, from High
Parish, Paisley, 7th Aug. 1862 ; trans,
to Tron Parish, Glasgow, 10th March
1864 (cf. Vol. I., p. 99). Publications—
The Church of the Present Day [St Giles
Lectures, 1st series] (Edinburgh, 1881) ;
Religion of Ancient Rome, 2nd series,
(Edinburgh, 1882) ; Disestablishment and
Disendowment, 6th series (Edinburgh,
1886) ; Reunion of the Scottish Church on
the lines of the Reformation [Assembly
Closing Address] (Edinburgh, 1891 ; a
translation into Gaelic by John Whyte,
published 1891).
DAVID SKINNER MAXWELL, born
Jamaica, 1829, son of James M.,
M.D., and Ann Giscombe ; educated
at Univ. of St Andrews ; ord. to Milngavie
20th Dec. 1855 ; trans, to Melville Parish,
168
M0NIMA1L— MOONZIE
[PRESB. OF
Montrose, 7th Dec. 1858 ; pres. by Lady
Elizabeth Leslie Melville Cartwright ;
trans, and adm. 12th May 1864 ; res. 17th
May 1875 ; went to Australia ; died 1st
May 1914. He marr. 7th Oct. 1856,
Margaret (died 12th June 1920), eldest
daugh. of George Arnott, collector of
Customs, Grangemouth, and Marion
Smith, and had issue — James Orman,
born 16th Aug. 1857 ; George Arnott,
born 30th April 1859 ; David Myles, born
15th June 1861 ; Eobert, born 1863 ; John
Kamsay, born 22nd May 1865.— [The Fife
Pulpit, 108-17.]
DAVID LAIKD ADAMS, M.A., B.D. ;
1875 ord. 23rd Sept. 1875; res. 17th Nov.
1881 on appointment as Professor
of Hebrew and Oriental languages, Univ.
of Edinburgh (q.v.).
JAMES BRUNTON, born Inverkip,
1882 1849, son of James Halle B., school-
master, and Ann Baird ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1866), B.D.
(1870) ; app. to Thornton in 1872 ; ord. to
Middle Parish, Perth, 16th Oct. 1874;
trans, and adm. 11th May 1882; died 12th
May 1905. He marr. 20th July 1887, Emily
Catherine Brown (born 5th Dec. 1860, died
s.p. 13th Feb. 1901), daugh. of Francis Brown
Douglas, Melville, Ladybank.
1905
ALEXANDER, JAMES MARSHALL,
born 5th Aug. 1864, son of Andrew
M. and Agnes Ford Hutton ; edu-
cated at Burgh School, Linlithgow, Daniel
Stewart's College, and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (1891) ; licen. by Presb. of Linlithgow
9th May 1894 ; assistant at Linlithgow,
St Stephen's, Edinburgh, and Blackfriars'
Glasgow ; ord. to Toward 27th April 1897 ;
trans, to Gillingham, Kent, Nov. 1900 ;
trans, and adm. here 27th Sept. 1905.
Marr. 12th Feb. 1913, Mildred Luscombe,
daugh. of Thomas Hutton, Cape Town, and
Mildred Eider Luscombe, and has issue —
Alexander George Waldie, born 6th Dec.
1913 ; Mildred Agnes, born 31st Aug. 1916 ;
Marjory Luscombe, born 9th April 1918 ;
David Waldie, born 30th April 1921.
MOONZIE, or AUCHTER-
MOONSIE.
[The church of Auchtermoonsie was
dedicated to the Holy Trinity. It belonged
to the ministry of the Red Friars at Scot-
landwell. From 1564 to 1625 the parishes
of Cupar-Fife and Auchtermoonsie were
united.]
Sir WILLIAM GEEG, reader from
1574 1574 to 1576; died before 2nd
March 1595-6.— [St Andrews Tests.]
GILBEET MEESCHELL, reader from
1578 1578 to 1579.
ADAM MITCHELL, educated at St
1608 Salvator's College, St Andrews;
became min. of Cupar May 1573;
app. by Privy Council 6th March 1589
one of the commissioners for the main-
tenance of the true religion within Fife ;
was falsely accused of adultery in 1601 ;
trans, to Creich before 1607 ; trans, and
adm. in 1608; died 30th Aug. 1620. He
marr. (1) Christian Christison : (2) (cont.
2nd Oct. 1604) Catherine, daugh. of Alex-
ander Forsyth of Nydie, who survived
him, and had issue — Janet ; Margaret. —
[St Andrews Tests. ; G. R. Inhib., xxvii.,
165 ; Fife Sheriff-Court Booh, 5th June
1596 ; Reg. of Deeds, cxix., 388.]
1623
JAMES WEDDEEBURN, son of Alex-
ander W. of Pittormie and Christian
Fairny ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews ; M.A. (22nd July 1608) ; adm.
before 24th Nov. 1623 ; joined Protesting
Party in 1651 ; died May 1661, aged about
73. He marr. (cont. 9th Oct. 1623)
Mary, daugh. of Andrew Bennet, min. of
Monimail, and had issue — Alexander, min.
of Kilmarnock; James, his successor;
Andrew, min. of Liff; Bessie, died Nov.
1675 ; Beatrice (marr. 1672, Patrick
Crombie, merchant, Cupar), died 1699. —
[Lamont's Diary, 24, 136 ; Prot. Book of
Pat. Carswell ; Reg. Mag. Sig., xi., 575 ;
Fife Sas., xii. 330, xix. 59, xx. 369;
Wedderburn Booh, L, xxxviii.]
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169
JAMES WEDDERBURN, born 1635,
second son of preceding; educated
at Univ. of St Andrews ; M. A.
(13th May 1658); called 8th May, and
adm. (colleague) 1st Sept. 1659 ; deprived
by Act of Parliament 11th June, and
Decreet of Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662 ;
further decreet of Council against him
and others 16th July 1671 for keeping
conventicles ; died of fever 23rd July 1687.
He marr. 11th Dec. 1660, Jean Inglis,
in the parish of Cupar, and had issue —
William, drowned 9th July 1687 ; David ;
Helen, bapt. 22nd Nov. 1663, died May
1666; John, died June 1671; Alexander,
died 22nd Aug. 1683; Isobel, died April
1666 ; Beatrix, died April 1671 ; Margaret,
died Oct. 1675; Mary, died 30th June
1690.— [Lamont's Diary, 118; Monteith's
Mort. ; Rogers's Scottish Monuments and
Tombstones, ii., 83 ; Reg. of Deeds, 10th
Feb. 1699; Wedderburn Book, L, xxxix.,
233.]
DAVID BAYNE, M.A. ; adm. before
17th Aug. 1675 ; trans, to Kinglassie
1675
29th Oct. 1678.
1685
WILLIAM MONCREIFF, eldest son
of George M., min. of Arngask ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (25th July 1663); adm. before 7th
Oct. 1685 ; died non compos mentis 4th
Sept. 1711, aged about 68. He marr. (1)
his cousin, Nicholas, second daugh. of
Archibald Moncreiff, min. of Abernethy,
and had issue — Archibald, min. of Black-
ford ; David, physician ; Mary (marr.
Andrew Ure, min. of Fossoway) : (2)
Euphemia (died at Edinburgh 1715),
daugh. of John Alexander, procurator-
fiscal of the Commissariot of St Andrews
and widow of John Corstorphine, third
son of John C. of Nydie).— [House of
Moncreiff, 142 ; Macfarlane's Gen. Coll.,
ii., 201 ; Edin. Tests. ; Greyfriars Burials.']
JAMES BOSS (probably min. of
Monimail and temporarily officiat-
ing); deprived by Privy Council
3rd Sept. 1689, for not reading Proclama-
tion of Estates, etc.
SAMUEL NAIRNE, M.A. ; ord. before
16go 22nd July 1690 ; trans, to Errol 12th
Jan. 1692.
ANDEEW YOUNG, said to have been
1698 Previ°usly a captain of dragoons
and to have officiated at Cupar ;
called in May, and ord. 21st Nov. 1693 ;
died after 26th Sept. 1699. He marr. and
had issue — Agnes (marr. William Thom-
son, min. of Flisk).
WILLIAM MYLES, born 1670, son of
1700 William M., min. of Flisk; M.A.
(St Andrews, 14th July 1694) ; licen.
by Presb. of Perth ; called 29th April, and
ord. 12th Sept. 1700; died 21st Dec. 1745.
He marr. June 1704, Margaret Dewar, in
parish of Pittenweem, who died 15th July
1731, aged 54, and had issue — Archibald,
his successor ; Thomas, dyer, Cupar, born
1714 ; Helen ; Christian ; Margaret (marr.
William Smibert, min. of Kilmany). —
[Tombst. ; Services of Heirs ; Pittenweem
Sess. Reg.]
ARCHIBALD MYLES, son of
1739 Prece(iing; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh; M.A. (19th March 1724);
licen. by Presb. of Cupar 1st June 1731 ;
called 3rd Aug., and ord. (assistant and
successor) 4th Sept. 1739 ; died 22nd Nov.
1754, aged about 46.
- DAVID BURN, pres. by David Kinloch
117__ of Gilmerton in May, and ord. 24th
July 1755; trans, to Largo 12th
Oct. 1769.
ROBERT SWAN, brother of John S.
117170 of Prestonhall ; educated at Univ.
of St Andrews ; M.A. (1755) ; licen.
by Presb. of Cupar 11th May 1762; pres.
by George, Earl of Crawford, in April, and
ord. 9th Aug. 1770; died 15th March 1776.
He marr. 20th Dec. 1771, Anne (died 14th
May 1776), daugh. of Andrew Pitcairn,
writer, Edinburgh. — [St Andrews Tests.]
ANDREW IRELAND, born 1746 ; licen.
17„„ by Presb. of Cupar 4th Sept. 1770 ;
pres. by George, Earl of Crawford,
Aug. 1776; ord. 12th March 1777 ; died
21st Nov. 1806. He marr. 14th June 1777,
170
MOONZIE— NEWBURGH
[PKESB. OF
1807
Isobel Hunter, who died 11th July 1813,
and had issue — James, born 25th May
1784, died 17th June 1804. Publication-
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace., viii.).
ALEXANDER KID, born Cupar, 1781 ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (1799); licen. by Presb. of
Fordoun 17th Dec. 1802; pres. by com-
missioner for William, Earl of Crawford,
25th Nov. 1806 ; lord. 3rd Sept. 1807 ;
D.D. (St Andrews, 30th Nov. 1837); died
24th Oct. 1846. He marr. 13th Dec. 1837,
Ann (died 17th June 1846), daugh. of
Laurence Adamson, D.D., min. of Cupar.
Publication — Account of the Parish {Neiv
Stat. Ace, ix.).
ALEXANDER FORBES, born 1802,
son of James F., land overseer, and
Janet Robertson ; educated at Univ.
of St Andrews; ord. 19th April 1847;
died 25th Nov. 1857. He marr. 1st Feb.
1848, Susan (died 14th Oct. 1902), youngest
daugh. of Lieut. Hugh M'Whinnie, R.N.,
and had issue— James, born 20th May 1849,
died 10th April 1857; Hugh Macgregor,
born 14th Oct. 1850; Barbara, born 20th
May 1852, died 19th Dec. 1856 ; Alexander,
born 15th Dec. 1853; a daugh., born 5th
March 1858 (posthumous).
JOHN MURRAY, born 1st Sept. 1810,
18Ka son of George M., min. of North
Berwick; ord. 6th May 1858; died
at Innerleithen 16th June 1875.
GERARD MIDDLETON, born Birse,
1871 10t^ ^ept" 1837' son °^ ^°'m ^"',
farmer, Midstrath, and Mary Harper ;
educated at Grammar School and Univ.
of Aberdeen; M.A. (1858); licen. by Presb.
of Kincardine O'Neil in 1862; assistant at
Kennethmont ; ord. chaplain to Badulla,
Ceylon, in 1865 ; returned home in 1870 ;
assistant at Cupar-Fife ; adm. assistant
and successor in 1871 ; died 24th Dec. 1880.
He marr. in 1872, Jane (died 23rd Dec.
1913), daugh. of Richard Haugh, Stainton,
Cumberland, and had issue — William
Gerard, born 1874; Annie Holmes, born
1878; Jessie, born 1880 (marr. a German
professor).
ANDREW PRINGLE HOGARTH,
born Cupar, 21st Sept. 1848, son of
George H., bank agent, Cupar, and
Mary Ogilvie Pearson ; educated at Madras
Academy and Univ. of St Andrews ; licen.
by Presb. of Cupar 3rd May 1870 ; assistant
at Monigaff, Penninghame, and Tron, Edin-
burgh ; ord. as Indian chaplain 7th May
1873 ; trans, and adm. loth July 1881 ;
died unman-. 17th Sept. 1908.
1909
SAMUEL SOMERVILLE SANDER-
SON, born Edinburgh, 19th Aug.
1873, son of David S. and Janet
M'Arthur ; educated at Royal High School
and Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (1895);
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh in 1899 ;
assistant at Scoonie, Maxton, Trinity, and
Lady Yester's, Edinburgh ; ord. 26th Feb.
1909.
NEWBURGH.
[The district now forming this parish was
of old part of Abdie, and was ministered
to by a chapel of St Katherine. In 1632
the parish of Newburgh was disjoined and
erected. A fair of St Katherine was held
in Newburgh, and also a Lammas fair.
There was a Well of the Nine Maidens in
this parish and, at Lindores beside the
Abbey, a Well of St Andrew. St Andrew's
Tironensian Abbey of Lindores was founded
here in 1178 by David, Earl of Huntingdon,
brother of Malcolm IV. and of William
the Lion. In its choir was buried the
Prince Alexander, elder son of Alexander
III. There too was laid David, Duke of
Rothesay, son of Robert III. He died at
the Castle of Falkland on 26th March
1402. The ruins of the Abbey are now but
scanty. The church has been about 180
feet long, and of stately proportions, with
wide transepts. Mugdrum Cross and Cross
Macduff are remarkable ancient monu-
ments in the neighbourhood.]
1610
ALEXANDER MACDUFF, M.A. (St
Andrews 1603); min. about 1610;
elected first min. of the Scottish Kirk
at Campvere 14th July 1613; died Sept.
1625, aged about 43.— [Stevens's Scottish
CUPAR]
NEWBURGH
171
Church, Rotterdam, 290-4 ; The Scottish
Staple at Veere, 274-7.]
JAMES LESLIE, natural son of John
1622 k- ™ Brechin ; educated at Univ.
' "' of St Andrews; M.A. (22nd July
1608); schoolmaster here 2nd Sept. 1611
to 1st Oct. 1622 ; adm. 1st Oct. 1622 ;
died in 1631, aged 43. He marr. Elizabeth
Winton, and had issue — Lieut.-col. Patrick,
died before 1st March 1648.— [Beg. Mag.
Sig., ix., 1933 ; Fife Sas., v., 189 ; Beg. Sec.
Sig. ; Lindores Abbey and Newburgh, 205.]
DAVID OEME, M.A.; pres. by Charles I.
._„- 8th June ; adm. and coll. in 1631 ;
trans, to Monimail 30th Dec. 1641.
DAVID RAIT, M.A.; adm. in 1642;
1642 trans, to Dairsie before 1646.
LAURENCE OLIPHANT, brother of
1646 William 0., min. of Dunfermline ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (1636) ; adm. before 7th April 1646 ;
conformed to Episcopacy in 1662 ; died
between 16th Oct. 1670 and 12th Feb.
1671. Two women were hanged at Cupar
in Nov. 1661 for burning his manse. He
marr. (1) pro. 7th April 1643, Janet, daugh.
of Henry Cheape of Ormiston, and had
issue — Henry of Hattonhill : (2) 16th July
1658, Janet Young, who died at Cupar 1st
Nov. 1713, and had issue — John ; James ;
Jean (marr. John Malcolm, writer, Cupar.
— [Lamont's Diary, 142; Inq. Bet. 'Gen.,
5490; Beg. Mag. Sig., 182, 4; Fife Sas.,
vi. 382, viii. 516, xviii. 33; Fife Sheriff-
Court Deeds, 5th Nov. 1688 ; Edin. Marr.
Beg.]
^ROBERT BAYNE, son of James B.
1672 °^ Findail, parish of Muthill; edu-
cated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (22nd July 1665) ; had a testimonial
for licence from the Presb. of Auchterarder
24th Feb. 1669; adm. 11th April 1672;
died June 1684, aged about 39. He marr.
Elizabeth Cunninghame, and had issue —
Robert ; Marion ; John ; James. His
widow marr. (2) 1687, John Fairfull — [St
Andrews Tests. ; Inq. Bet. de Tut., 1051.]
WILLIAM GRANT, son of John G.
of Ballindalloch ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (3rd July
1679) ; adm. 27th Aug. 1685 ; deprived by
Privy Council 4th Sept. 1689, for not read-
ing the Proclamation of the Estates, etc. ;
continued to reside in the parish till
26th March 1701, and was apparently re-
duced to great straits ; died at Edinburgh
21st Jan. 1715, aged about 56. He marr.
Anna, daugh. of George Lundy of Drums.
— [Greyfriars Burials ; Privy Covmcil
Decreets, 13th March 1694 ; G. B. Homings,
18th Feb. 1686 ; Laing's Lindores and New-
burgh, 266.]
THOMAS FERNIE, M.A. (St
16gs Andrews, 27th July 1692); licen.
by Presb. of Cupar 15th June 1697 ;
called by it jure devoluto 17th Aug. that
year; ord. 8th Feb. 1698; died May 1699,
aged about 27.
JOSEPH PITCAIRN, M.A. ; ord. 7th
„M May 1700; trans, to Kingsbarns
10th Sept. 1701.
JOHN SETHRUM, called 2nd Dec.
1702
1701; ord. 29th April 1702; trans,
to Gladsmuir 25th Jan. 1711.
ROBERT LAING of Lindores Abbey ;
711 licen. by Presb. of Biggar 4th Sept.
1707 ; ord. to Crawfordjohn 9th
March 1709 ; called 10th April, and adm.
17th July 1711 ; bought Lindores Abbey
from Sir Alexander Leslie ; died 2nd
June 1749. He marr. 6th Aug. 1716,
Margaret Gillespie, who died 19th Nov.
1749, and had issue — John ; Robert (who
sold Lindores in 1753 to Peter Hay of
Leys).
ROBERT WRIGHT, born 1723; called
,„ „ 11th Oct. 1750 ; ord. 21st Feb. 1751 ;
died 6th April 1762. He marr. (1)
29th April 1751, Mary, daugh. of John
Wright, merchant, Glasgow, and had issue
—Giles, born 3rd May 1752 ; Mary, bom
9th Aug. 1754 : (2) 20th April 1758,
Margaret Robertson, who died 20th March
1772, and had issue — Robert, born 27th
Nov. 1760.
172
NEWBURGH
[PRESB. OF
JOHN MILLAR, M.A. ; pres. by tutors
176„ of John Hay of Leys in Aug., and ord.
23rd Sept. 1762 ; trans, to Inehture
1st June 1774.
WILLIAM DUNCAN, M.A. ; pres. by
1775 John Hay Balfour of Leys Oct. 1774 ;
ord. 2nd March 1775 ; trans, to
Abernethy (Perth), 13th July 1780.
THOMAS STUAET, born 1751, son
178S of Alexander S., farmer, Gask (an
Appir Stuart who fought at Cul-
loden), and Margaret Dewar, whose sister,
Emily Dewar, hid the colours in the pump
at the "Auld Hoose o! Gask" when
Cumberland's soldiers came to search for
them ; while studying theology at Univ.
of Edinburgh, he became tutor to a boy
named Hawes at Bath (who was under
the charge of his relative, Frances Anna,
Viscountess Vane), receiving a large salary
and promises of promotion in the Church of
England. Discovering that the Viscountess
was the person whose immoralities had
been described by Tobias Smollett twenty
years before in chapter eighty-one of his
novel Peregrine Pickle, he gave up the
appointment. On his departure Lady
Vane, with whom was standing Charles
Fox, put a ring on his finger, remarking,
" Had these wan cheeks been twenty
years younger your Scotch pride might
have been vanquished." He was licen.
by Presb. of Kirkcaldy 14th May 1777 ;
pres. by John Hay Balfour of Leys Aug.
1780, but owing to much opposition and
a competing presentation by the Town
Council of Newburgh who objected to
Stuart because he wore silk stockings and
buckled shoes, the settlement was delayed.
His ordination on 1st Sept. 17S5 was carried
through under protection of the military,
and the parishioners in their contempt
smeared the pulpit with filth, and after-
wards erected a meeting-house in the parish.
By his prudence and perseverance, S. so
overcame the dislike of the people, that on
a vacancy in the meeting-house its ad-
herents consulted him in the choice of a
successor ; D.D. (Edinburgh, 27th March
1794); died unmarr. 5th May 1819. He
was affianced to Euphemia (who died
before the day fixed for their marriage),
daugh. of George Clephane of Carslogie.
Publication — Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat.' Ace, viii.). He is said
to have assisted in the composing of the
Paraphrases, and claimed authorship of
the ballad, Avid Robin Gray, commonly
attributed to Lady Anne Barnard. —
[Chambers's Life of Smollett ; An Old
Scottish Divine, the Rev. Dr Thomas Stua7-t,
Minister of Xeioburgh, by John Stirton,
minister of Crathie (Forfar, 1910).]
DAVID WILLIAMSON, born 1764;
1820 educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
licen. by Presb. of Cupar 10th Aug.
1790; ord. to Ferryport - on - Craig 7th
March 1795 ; pres. by the commissioner
for David, Earl of Mansfield, Sept. 1819;
trans, and adrn. 27th Jan. 1820 ; died 9th
Feb. 1833. He marr. 23rd July 1816, Agnes
Steel, who died 16th Oct. 1826, and had
issue — Agnes Geikie, born 25th July 1817 ;
Christian Isabella, born 30th April 1819;
Isabella Crichton, born 14th Nov. 1820;
Margaret, born 17th Aug. 1822 ; Sarah
Smith, born 30th July 1824.
JOHN ANDERSON, born 1796, son of
John A., merchant, and Provost of
Newburgh, and Margaret, daugh.
of Alexander Stuart, and sister of Thomas
Stuart, D.D., min. of this parish ; educated
at Parish School and Univs. of St Andrews
and Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Cupar
19th Dec. 1820; ord. to Dunbarney 9th
Aug. 1821 ; pres. by Capt. Hay of Leys in
July ; trans, and adm. 26th Sept. 1833 ;
D.D. (St Andrews 30th Nov. 1837) ; died
at Nice 16th March 1864, and interred in
the Church of England burying ground
there. An eminent archaeologist and
geologist, he had several fossils called after
him. Dr A. was a candidate for the office
of Principal of St Mary's College, St
Andrews. He marr. 6th Sept. 1821, Janet
(died 15th July 1873), daugh. of David
Thomson, Newburgh, who was descended
on her mother's side from the Clackman-
nanshire branch of the Haigs of Bemer-
syde, and had issue — John, D.D., min. of
Kinnoull, born 13th May 1822. Publica-
tions — The Pastoral Office of Christ, a
1833
cupar] NEWBURGH— SPRINGFIELD— STRATHMIGLO
173
sermon (Edinburgh, 1835) ; A Catechism
of the Lord's Prayer (Edinburgh, 1838);
Address to the Minister and Parishioners
of Flish (Cupar, 1843); The Course of
Creation (London, 1850) ; A Monograph of
the Yellow Sandstone and its remarkable
Fossils and Remains in Dura Den (Edin-
burgh, 1859) ; The Geology of Age : Man in
his Present Aspects; The Geology of Scot-
land (Pictorial History of Scotland : 1852) ;
Gold Medal Prize Essay, Geology of Fife-
shire (Trans. Highland Socy., 1838) ; Con-
flicts of Science (Christian Mag., Oct.
1854); Account of the Parish (New Stat.
Ace, ix.).
KOBEET EDGAR, born 1835, second
1864 son °^ J°nn E., merchant, Dumfries ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1855); pres. by the Earl of Mansfield ; ord.
(assistant and successor) to Gretna 10th
May 1860; trans, and adm. 22nd Sept. 1864;
D.D. (Glasgow, 1884) ; died 15th Sept. 1894.
He marr. 28th July 1868, Helen Mary, elder
daugh. of Oliver Russell, Edinburgh, and
had issue — Anna Margaret, born 11th June
1869 (marr. 20th July 1899, John Steel
Henderson) ; Maud Mary, born 20th April
1871 ; John, born 2nd Sept. 1872 ; Eleanor
Russell, born 24th Sept. 1876 ; Janie
Russell, born 6th June 1880.— [The Fife
Pulpit, 20-7.]
HUGH YOUNG ARNOTT, born Turriff
18g5 24th April 1868, son of John A.,
schoolmaster, Kinloch, Perthshire,
and Isabella Allison ; educated at Kinloch
School and Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1890),
B.D. (1893); Keen, by Presb. of Dunkeld
9th May 1893 ; assistant at Lady Glen-
orcliy's, Edinburgh ; ord. 12th April 1895 ;
app. clerk of Presb. in 1918 ; served as Chap-
lain to Forces during Great War (Colonel,
Liverpool Scottish). Marr. 8th June 1904,
Christina Dandie, daugh. of Robert Clerk,
Newburgh.
SPRINGFIELD (Q.S.).
[The church was opened for worship 27th
July 1862. The parish was disjoined from
Cupar-Fife on 19th July 1865.]
JAMES NIMMO, born Airdrie 17th
March 1839, son of Adam N. and
Jessie Geikie ; educated at Dollar
Academy, Madras College, St Andrews,
and Univs. of St Andrews and Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Cupar in 1862 ; assistant
at Abdie ; ord. 26th Jan. 1865 ; adm. first
min. of parish in 1865 ; died 4th March
1905. He marr. 31st July 1866, Jane
(born 14th Feb. 1841), daugh. of George
Provan, and had issue — Annie White
Provan, born 28th April 1867; Adam
Prentice, W.S., born 4th Sept. 1870 ; Jessie
Geikie M'Killop, born 6th June 1873 (marr.
John Stuart Gowans, C.A., Edinburgh) ;
Eliza Jane Provan, born 30th May 1878
(marr. Robert Cousin, shipbroker, Glas-
gow) ; George James, born 6th June 1881.
WILLIAM THOMSON, ord. 20th July
1905 1905; trans, to Kelty Chapel 7th
Aug. 1919.
DAVID LAIRD, born Cambuslang 20th
1919 ^C*- 1887, son °f Thomas Cowan L.
and Martha Moffat ; educated at
Kirkhill School, Cambuslang, Allan Glen's
School, Glasgow, and Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1915) ; student assistant at Dalziel,
Motherwell, and Strathbungo ; licen. by
Presb. of Hamilton April 1916 ; assistant
at Partick; ord. 12th Dec. 1919. Marr.
16th March 1920, Eliza Hamilton, elder
daugh. of George Gray, The Haugh,
Cambuslang, and Elizabeth Fleming.
STRATHMIGLO.
[The church of Strathmiglo was dedi-
cated to St Martin. Its parish was a
prebend of Dunkeld. At Gateside, within
the bounds, there was a chapel of St Mary,
with Our Lady's Well beside it.]
GEORGE LESLIE, min. in 1562;
trans, to Kilconquhar about 27th
1562
Dec. 1566.
v WILLIAM BRAIDFUTE, min. of Kil-
gour [Falkland]; also min. here,
1567-74; pres. to the vicarage by
James VI. 27th Jan. 1572.
174
STRATHMIGLO
[PRESB. OF
1574
ALEXANDER MURE, a member of
the Chapter of St Andrews prior
to the Reformation ; min. at Kilgour
[Falkland] and of this parish 18th Jan.
1565-6 ; exhorter at Lathrisk in 1567 ;
removed here in 1574, with Lathrisk,
Kilgour, and Kirkforthar also in his
charge ; still min. in 1581 when he was
accused of marrying persons divorced for
adultery. — [Booke of the Kirk ; Lyndesay's
Perth Assembly ; Wodrow MiscelL]
JAMES PITCAIRN, min. in 1585;
1585 removed to Lathrisk before 1588.
JAMES BALCANQUALL, min. in
1588 ; still min. in 1608 ; died before
1588 1624. He marr. Catherine Moncreiff
(who survived him, and marr. (2) Archibald
Graham in Strathmiglo), and had issue —
William, served heir 1626, died before
1633.— [Fife Sas., vi. 194, xi. 207; Beg.
of Deeds, ccclxxxix., 373 ; Laing Charters,
1989 ; Fife Horn., xxvi., 179 ; G. R. Sas.,
xxxii. 184, xxxvii. 117.]
ROBERT MURRAY, M.A.; pres. by
David, Lord Scone ; adm. (by three
mins., irrespective of the Arch-
bishop, as directed by the Presb.) in 1610 ;
trans, to Methven in 1615.
JOHN MURRAY, born 21st Jan. 1593,
son of William M. of Ochtertyre ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (22nd July 1608); pres. by James
VI. 10th Oct. 1615; adm. in 1616; died
30th Oct. 1653. He marr. Christian,
daugh. of James Haldane of Gleneagles
and Lady Margaret Murray, daugh. of
John, first Earl of Tullibardine, but had
no issue — [Rec. Sec. Sig. ; Playfair's
Baronetage, viii., app. vi. ; St Andrews
Tests.; Baillie's Letters; Reg. Mag. Sig.,
ix. 1756, viii. 1417 ; G. R. Sas., xxiv., 306.]
JOHN RIGG, son of William R., min.
of Inverarity ; educated at Univ.
1665 of St Andrews; M.A. (1646); was
on the Exercise there 13th March 1650;
adm. to Ferryport - on - Craig 15th Jan.
1651 ; called 24th May, and adm. 20th
Sept. 1655; conformed to Episcopacy;
died between 18th Aug. 1680 and 6th Oct.
1610
1686
1683. He marr. 29th Dec. 1657, Jean
(died July 1711), eldest daugh. of William
Moray of Bin in parish of Abernethy,
and had issue — William, died young;
David, born 1659, died 1682; Elizabeth,
born 1662 (marr. 1694, James, son of Robert
Balfour of Balbirnie) ; John, died young ;
Andrew ; Thomas ; James, born 1671,
served heir to his father 6th Oct. 1683,
apprenticed to Edward Marjoribanks, mer-
chant, Edinburgh, 15th Oct. 1690, died
1712; John, born 1673; Andrew; William
of Downfield, born 1677, died 1740;
Katherine ; Margaret.— [Lamont's Diary,
88 ; Wodrow's Hist., i., 329 ; Inq. Ret. Gen.,
6500, 6501.]
^ DAVID BARCLAY, born 1649, son of
William B., min. of Falkland ; edu-
cated at Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A.
(25th July 1671) ; recommended for licence
by Presb. there 11th Sept. 1672; adm. in
1686 ; deprived by Privy Council, 29th
Aug. 1689, for not reading Proclamation
of the Estates, etc. ; died at Edinburgh,
11th March 1702. He marr. Margaret
Calderwood, who died 28th April 1708,
aged 42. — [Alonimail Sess. Reg. ; Grey-
friars Burials ; Peterkin's Constitution of
the Church ; Acts and Dec, Dalr., 25th
July 1694.]
ALEXANDER AUCHMOUTIE, M.A.
(St Andrews 1645); was on the
Exercise there 14th Nov. 1655, and
a probationer at the General Meeting of
Presbyterian mins. 6th July 1687 ; adm.
in 1690; died before 15th Feb. 1694,
aged about 69. — [Dunkeld Tests.]
v THOMAS BLACK, called 30th July,
and ord. 12th Sept. 1695 ; trans.
1695 to Wemyss 14th Oct. 1697.
GEORGE GILLESPIE, born 1674, son
of Robert G., who was confined to
1699 the Bass Rock in 1673 for preaching
at conventicles, and grandson of George G.,
min. of High Kirk, Edinburgh; educated
at Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A. (9th July
1694) ; called 3rd Jan., and ord. 10th May
1699 ; died 30th Oct. 1755. He dissented
from the resolution of the General As-
sembly to depose the eight Seceding mins.
cupak]
STRATHMIGLO
175
15th May 1740. He marr. (1) Margaret
(buried 18th May 1725), daugh. of Gabriel
Semple, min. of Jedburgh, and had issue
— Eobert ; Gabriel ; George ; George ;
Margaret ; Janet, who all died young ;
Alison (marr. James Lyon, min. of Blair-
gowrie; Barbara: (2) 18th Nov. 1729,
Jean (died Dec. 1754), daugh. of Dr Adam
Freer, physician, Edinburgh, and had issue
— Jean, born 8th May 1733 (marr. James
Marshall, merchant, Perth) ; Margaret,
born 23rd Feb. 1737.
1754
GEOKGE LYON, born 17th Feb. 1729,
son of James L., min. of Blairgowrie,
and grandson of his predecessor ;
educated at Grammar School of Dundee
and Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. in 1752 ;
became assistant here ; was called 27th
Dec. 1753 ; ord. (assistant and successor)
16th May 1754; died of apoplexy, 16th Feb.
1793. He marr. 11th Nov. 1757, Sophia
(died at Dundee, 5th Feb. 1822), daugh.
of David Marshall, min. of Kirkcaldy, and
had issue — Mary, born 18th Jan. 1759 ;
James, born 20th Aug. 1761, died 1782 ;
David, born 7th Feb. 1763, lost at sea
1779 ; Alison, born 12th Dec. 1764 (marr.
2nd Nov. 1787, William Walker, tenant,
Demperston), died 2nd Oct. 1833 ; Thomas,
surgeon, E.I.C.S., born 24th Oct. 1766,
killed in the Baltic 1805 ; Barbara, born
5th April 1769 ; Jean, born 21st Feb., and
died 12th Nov. 1773 ; Jasper, merchant,
West Indies and Glasgow, born 17th
Feb. 1777. Publications — Sermons [it is
singular that the twenty-seventh is also
included in the Kev. R. Walker's Sermons,
iv.] (Edinburgh, 1794) ; Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, iv.). — [Lyons
of Cossins, 60.]
JOHN MAETIN, pres. by commissioner
for David, Earl of Mansfield, 27th
Feb., and ord. 5th Sept. 1793 ; trans.
to Kirkcaldy 25th June 1807.
1793
GEORGE BENNET.born Dysart, 1751;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
1807 licen. by Presb. of Dunkeld 3rd
Sept. 1782; ord. by Presb. of Duns as
min. of Lady Glenorchy's Chapel, Carlisle,
1st June 1791 ; pres. to this parish by
commissioner for William, Earl of Mans-
field, 1st July, and adm. 24th Sept. 1807 ;
died 20th Oct. 1835. He marr. 26th Oct.
1791, Ann Hutton, who died 17th March
1834, and had issue — Christina, born 21st
Sept. 1792 ; Andrew, D.D., min. of Close-
burn, born 21st Feb. 1794 ; Agnes, born
28th Oct. 1795 ; Jean, born 29th May 1797
(marr. David Forrester); David, min. of
Leswalt, born 8th Dec. 1800 ; Ann, born
10th May 1803, died 23rd April 1828.
Publications — A Display of the Spirit and
Designs of those who, under the Pretext of
a Reform, aim at the Subversion of the
Constitution and Government of this King-
dom, with a Defence of Ecclesiastical
Establishments (Carlisle, 1796) ; Olam
Haneshamoth : or a View of the Inter-
mediate State, as it appears in the Records
of the Old and New Testaments, the
Apocryphal Boohs, in Heathen Authors,
the Greek and Latin Fathers (Carlisle,
1800).
GEORGE MIDDLETON, born 3rd
1836 ^ec* 1807, son of Hodgson M.,
farmer, and Phyllis Smith ; edu-
cated at Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by
Presb. of Kirkcaldy 19th Oct. 1831 ;
became tutor in family of Robert Douglas
of Strathendry; pres. by William, Earl
of Mansfield, as assistant and successor
Oct. 1835 ; ord. 29th Jan. 1836 ; dem. 27th
June 1843 and became a timber merchant ;
died at Edinburgh 16th April 1897. He
marr. 8th July 1839, Helen (born 28th
March 1814, died 21st Oct. 1890), daugh.
of James Russell of Mansfield, and had
issue — Barbara, born 17th Dec. 1840, died
3rd Oct. 1857; George, born 20th April
1842, died 25th April 1844 ; James Russell,
born 2nd Nov. 1843; Phyllis, born 18th
April 1845, died 23rd Aug. 1847; Helen
Russell, born 6th Nov. 1846, died Sept.
1865 ; George Hodgson (twin), born 6th
Nov. 1846, died Dec. 1908; Isabella
Phyllis, born 27th June 1849 ; Euphemia
Russell, born 9th Nov. 1850; Alexander,
born 30th Nov. 1852; Phyllis Margaret,
born 12th Nov. 1854.
176
STRATHMIGLO
[PEESB. OF CUPAR
ANDEEW JAMES M'INTYEE, born
1843 21st 0ct- 1817' eldest Ron of John M.,
surgeon, Muthill ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of Auchter-
arder; ord. to Broughty Ferry 20th Sept.
1843 ; trans, and adm. 29th Dec. 1843 ;
res. 16th May 1853 ; died 22nd Jan. 1864.
He marr. 30th Nov. 1846, James (died
4th April 1892), eldest daugh. of James
Sturrock, R.N., and had issue — James
William, born 12th May 1848, died 18th
Feb. 1849 ; Andrew James, born 23rd
April 1849 ; John, born 23rd June, and
died 25th Sept. 1850 ; William, born 18th
April 1852.
DAVID HENDERSON, born 6th May
18_. 1829, son of Henry H., D.D., min.
of Kinclaven ; ord. 12th Jan. 1854;
res. 19th June 1866; died unmarr. 22nd
Sept. 1896.
JOHN ARCHIBALD DOW, born 1821.
186„ son of John D., W.S., and Margaret
Russel ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; pres. by William, Earl of Mans-
field ; ord. 10th Jan. 1867 ; died unmarr.
at Easdale, Argyllshire, 6th Dec. 1891.
WILLIAM M'BEATH, ord. in 1883;
_ _7 adm. (assistant and successor) in
1887; trans, to Halkirk 18th July
1888.
1911
JAMES RANKIN, born 1859, son of
1889 James R-> merchant, and Jand
Rankin ; licen. by Presb. of Edin-
burgh 17th June 1884; assistant at
Liberton ; ord. (assistant and successor)
7th March 1889; died 8th March 1911.
He marr. 25th March 1890, Elizabeth,
daugh. of William Ford, Fernyside,
Liberton, and had issue — James, born 3rd
Aug. 1893 ; Elizabeth Margaret Ford, born
24th March 1896; William Humphrey
Ford, born 29th Aug. 1900.
HUGH BROWN, born Gilford, Co.
Down, 2nd Dec. 1872, educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A., B.D.
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh in 1907
assistant at St Stephen's, Edinburgh
ord. 31st Aug. 1911; senior chaplain 33rd
Division in European War ; O.B.E. ; died
unmarr. 18th June 1923.
ROBERT FORRESTER VICTOR
1923 SCOTT, born 11th Aug. 1897, son
of William Frank S., min. of Logie-
Buchan ; educated at Morrison's Academy,
Crieff, and Royal High School and Univ.
of Edinburgh ; served with 13th Royal
Scots in European War ; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh Dec. 1922 ; assistant at Green-
side, Edinburgh ; ord. 11th Oct. 1923.
Marr. 18th March 1924, Phyllis Lee, daugh.
of F. S. Graves, Scone.
PRESBYTERY OF ST ANDREWS
[There is evidence that this Court was erected in 1581. The Register of the
Presbytery begins at 13th Oct. 1586. There are gaps in the Record from 20th April
1587 to 9th Oct. 1589, from 30th Oct. 1594 to 9th Oct. 1595, from 12th Dec. 1605 to 20th
Oct. 1641, and from 28th Sept. 1687 to 18th April 1693. This last blank covers the time
when the Presbyteries of St Andrews and Cupar were united.]
ABERCROMBIE,
ST MONANS.
[The church of Abercrombie, now ruined,
was dedicated to St Margaret. It belonged
to the Priory of St Andrews. Of old this
was a very small parish, but, on 21st
Oct. 1646, the Synod of Fife disjoined
St Monans church and the barony of
that name from the parish of Kilconquhar,
and added these subjects to Abercrombie.
At the same time, St Monans church was
made the church of this parish, instead of
the church at Abercrombie, which was
smaller, and less accessible to most of the
inhabitants. Abercrombie remains the
official name of the parish, but the church
is St Monans. The building, which is over
50 feet long, has a chancel, a tower, and
spacious transepts, but no nave has ever
been built. It was of old the church of
a little priory of the Black Friars dedicated
to St Monan, which King David II. erected
in or about 1369. Beside it there is a Well
of St Monan.]
JOHN FERGUSON, reader in
1563 1563.
THOMAS YOUNG, reader, 1576 to
1576 1578.
ALEXANDER BORTHWICK, reader,
1579 1579 to 1586.
VOL. V.
ROBERT DURIE, adm. in 1588 ; trans.
1588 to Anstruther 1st Feb. 1592.
ALEXANDER FORSYTH, adm. min.
1593 °^ Dumfries in 1585 ; trans, to
Craigie in 1588 ; deprived after 14th
Oct. 1590 ; pres. to the vicarage by James
VI. before 20th Oct. 1593 ; dem. after 4th
Nov. 1605 and went to England. He may
be the Alexander F. recommended for
charity by the Assembly and receiving
alms from the Kirk-Session of Tynning-
hame 8th Jan. 1654. He marr. Margaret
Forsyth, and had issue — James. — [Reg.
Assig. ; Tynninghame Sess. Rec. ; G. R.
Inhib., xv., 218 ; Reg. of Deeds, cxiii., 2nd
Dec. 1605.]
DANIEL WILKIE, son of Alexander
1605 ^■' maltman burgess of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (St Andrews) ; became a Regent
in St Leonard's College, St Andrews, and
was on the Exercise there 13th Nov. 1602 ;
ord. 3rd Nov. 1605 ; pres. to the vicarage
by James VI. 17th June 1606; dem.
before 3rd Oct. 1628. He marr. Agnes
Auchmoutie, and had issue — Robert, min.
of this parish; David, apprenticed to
William Dick, merchant, Edinburgh, 29th
July 1629; James, apprenticed to David
Wilkie, merchant, Edinburgh, 26th May
1641 ; Harry, apprenticed to John Joussie,
merchant, Edinburgh, 9th June 1641. —
[Reg. Sec. Sig. ; G. R. Inhib., xxxiii., 262 ;
Fife Sas., vii., 403.]
177 M
178
ABERCROMBIE
[PKESB. OF
KOBERT WILKIE, son of preceding ;
pres. by Charles I. 3rd Oct., and
adm. 15th Dec. 1628; opened the
priory of the Black Friars at St Monans
which had been declared the parish church
27th Dec. 1646. An Act of Parliament
was passed in his favour 20th June 1649 ;
was confined to his parish on the re-
establishment of Episcopacy ; died 20th
March 1663. He marr. 27th Aug. 1633,
Annas, probably sister or daugh. of John
Moncreiff of Balcaskie, and had issue
— Robert ; David ; Nathaniel ; Daniel ;
Harry ; Thomas ; Catherine ; Joan ; Jean ;
Agnes. — [Beg. Sec. Sig. ; Lamont's Diary,
62, 160 ; Wodrow's Hist., i., 329 ; Acts of
Pari., vi., 433.]
JAMES RATTRAY, born at Perth;
1664 M.A. (Glasgow 1659); licen. by
Presb. of Meigle, got a testimonial
18th May, and adm. 26th July 1664;
deprived 14th Dec. 1681 for refusing to
take the Test. He marr. 13th Aug. 1667,
Catherine Lindsay of the parish of Mark-
inch, and had issue — Patrick ; John ;
James ; William ; James; Jean. — [Lamont's
Diary, 174.]
ANDREW BURNET, pres. in March,
1682 adm. and inst. 24th May 1682;
deprived by Privy Council, 26th
Sept. 1689, for not reading the Proclama-
tion of the Estates, etc.
WALTER WILSON, called 2nd Nov.,
16gg and ord. 17th Dec. 1689 ; trans, to
Kilconquhar 3rd Dec. 1701.
1704
JOHN CRAIGIE, son of Lawrence C.
of Kilgraston, and brother of Robert
O, Lord President (1754) ; M.A. (St
Andrews, 23rd July 1697) ; licen. by Presb.
of Perth 28th Jan. 1702 ; called 30th May,
and ord. 20th Sept. 1704 ; died between
7th Feb. and 14th March 1733, aged about
56. He marr. Barbara, daugh. of Thomas
Forrester, Principal of the New College,
St Andrews, and had issue — James ;
Thomas, Professor of Moral Philosophy,
Glasgow, died at Lisbon 27th Nov. 1751 ;
John, apprenticed to a W.S., 1737, collector
of Customs at Lerwick ; Robert ; Charles,
merchant, Edinburgh ; David, min. of
Scone; Cecilia; Margaret.
1734
JOHN COOK, born about 1711, son
of Thomas O, merchant, Elie, and
Christian Gillespie ; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of
Haddington 4th Jan. 1732; called 12th
Aug., and ord. 31st Oct. 1734 ; died 24th
June 1751. He marr. 11th March 1738,
Anne (died 12th Feb. 1756, aged 48),
daugh. of Walter Wilson, min. of Kil-
conquhar, and had issue — John, Professor
of Moral Philosophy, St Andrews, born 1739,
died 1st July 1815; Thomas, died young;
Walter, died young; Walter, born 12th
March 1744 ; Peter ; James ; Ann, born
27th March 1747, died 15th Jan. 1813;
Thomas, born 10th Nov. 1748, died 1793.
WILLIAM TRAIL, born 1712, son of
1752 William T., min. of Benholme; edu-
cated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen; M.A. (1730); licen. by Presb. of
Fordoun 3rd Nov. 1736 ; ord. to Logic-
Pert 19th Nov. 1740; called 24th Dec.
1751 ; trans, and adm. 3rd June 1752 ;
died of fever, 3rd April 1756. He marr.
his cousin Mary, daugh. of Robert Trail,
min. of Panbride (she survived her
husband only a few hours), and had issue
—Jane, born 2nd Jan. 1745 ; William,
M.A., LL.D., appointed Professor of
Mathematics, Marischal College, Aberdeen,
at the age of 20, took orders in the
Church of England and was afterwards
Chancellor of Down and Connor, author
of Life of Robert Simson, born 23rd June
1746, died at Bath, 3rd Feb. 1831 ; Robert,
M.D., Savannah, Georgia, born 22nd Jan.
1748, died in 1780 from an illness caused
by fatigue in attending the sick and
wounded after the taking of Savannah ;
Marion, born 23rd April 1749 (marr., pro.
3rd June 1780, William Begg, supervisor
of Excise, Leith) ; James, barrister, and
M.P. for Orford, Suffolk, Deputy-Inspector
of Plays and Groom of the Privy Chamber,
born 19th Dec. 1750, died 18th Aug. 1808;
Christian, born 6th April 1753 ; Harry,
settled in London. Publication — Sermon
preached before the Synod of Angus and
st Andrews] ABERCROMBIE— ANSTRUTHER EASTER
179
Mearns (Edinburgh, 1749). — [Chalmers and
Trail Ancestry, 40, 121.]
JOHN CHEISLIE, pres. by George II.
1757 23rd Sept. 1756; ord. 21st April
1757; trans, to Corstorphine 23rd
Nov. 1768.
AKCHIBALD GILLIES, born 1733;
1769 pres. by George III. 7th Dec. 1768 ;
ord. 28th Sept. 1769 ; died 24th May
1803. He marr. 30th Jan. 1770, Elizabeth
(died 11th Feb. 1811), eldest daugh. of
Henry Thomson, merchant, Dysart, and
had issue— William, born 20th Oct. 1771,
died 12th June 1783 ; Henry, writer, Edin-
burgh, born 26th June 1773 ; Elspeth, born
23rd April 1775 ; Isabella, born 15th March
1779. died 17th Aug. 1782; Archibald;
Helen St Leger, born 18th Oct. 1781 (marr.
25th April 1809, Matthew Fortune of the
Tontine Tavern, Edinburgh). Publication
— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, Ik.). — [Jack's Hist, of St Monance, 114.]
ROBEET SWAN, born 9th May 1773,
1804 second son °f David S., D.D., min.
of Scoonie ; educated at Leven
School and Univs. of St Andrews and
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Kirkcaldy
30th Sept. 1795 ; pres. by George III. 21st
June 1803; ord. 10th May 1804; some-
time clerk of Presb. and of Synod ; died
16th Nov. 1849. He marr. 31st Oct.
1804, Marion (died 12th Oct. 1852, aged
75), youngest daugh. of Robert Hamilton,
LL.D., Professor of Mathematics, Marischal
College, Aberdeen, and Ann Mitchell, and
had issue — David, a student, born 29th
July 1805, died 28th Jan. 1821 ; Ann
Mitchell, born 25th March 1807, died 13th
May 1814; Susan Spears, born 8th Jan.
1809, died 14th May 1814; Robert Hamilton,
licentiate and classical tutor, born 3rd May
1810, died at Edinburgh ; Alexander, born
16th Aug. 1811, died 2nd Sept. 1816;
Helen Thomson, born 8th Aug. 1813 ; Jane
Morison, born 30th Nov. 1814 ; Alexander,
born 4th Nov. 1816; Elizabeth Hamilton,
born 2nd May 1819 ; William Abercrombie,
planter, Ceylon, born 23rd July 1823.
Publication — The Sabbath, a poem (Edin-
burgh, 1884) ; Account of the Parish {New
Stat. Ace, ix.).
CHARLES FOWLER, ord. (assistant
1843 an<^ successor) 20th April 1843 ;
trans, to Auldearn 21st Sept. 1843.
DAVID LINDSAY FOGGO, born
1844 Leith, 1808, son of John F., school-
master, and Margaret Lindsay ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; ord.
(assistant and successor) 19th July 1844 ;
died 10th May 1883. He marr. (1) 3rd
July 1850, Jane (died 14th Nov. 1851),
daugh. of Andrew Robertson, min. of
Inverkeithing : (2) 8th April 1861, Anna-
bella Grant or Bell, a widow, who died
16th Aug. 1875.
JOHN TURNBULL, born Whitsome,
1882 Berwickshire, 29th Sept. 1854, son
of John T. and Elizabeth Walker ;
educated at Wellfield Academy, Duns, and
Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 16th May 1877; assistant at
Portobello and St Stephen's, Edinburgh ;
ord. (assistant and successor) 19th May
1882; elected clerk of Presb. 17th June
1907. Publication— The Parish Church of
St Monans (Trans. Aberdeen Eccles. Soc,
1897, 180-201).
ANSTRUTHER EASTER.
[A church was built here in 1634. In
1641 the parish of Anstruther Easter was
disjoined from Kilrenny. Until 1713 there
was no manse. The house then secured for
the purpose is a picturesque one, and has
an interesting history. It was built in
1590 by James Melville, min. of Kilrenny,
the famous autobiographer. The house
was his own property, and was sold by
his son Ephraim Melville. A fair of
St Carran was held in this parish.]
COLIN ADAM, brother of Patrick A.
1641 *n Auchleish > M.A. (St Andrews,
1623); pres. to Kilrenny 30th Sept.
1634 ; trans, and adm. 24th Feb. 1641 ; was
one of the commission for visiting the
Univ. of St Andrews 16th Jan. 1649 ; was
180
ANSTRUTHER EASTER
[PEESB. OF
challenged by the English soldiers in July
1652 for praying for the King, and carried
prisoner to Edinburgh in Sept. for con-
tinuing to do so. He declined to conform
to Episcopacy and was confined to his
parish ; died March 1677, aged about 74.
He marr. Margaret Hepburn, and had
issue — James, min. of Olrig ; a son, Regent
of Humanity in Old College, St Andrews ;
Jean ; Catherine (marr. 29th April 1673,
James Chalmers, advocate) ; Margaret
(marr. David Guthrie, min. of Anstruther
Wester) ; David, died before 1673 ;
Christian ; John ; Eachel (marr. Alexander
Pitcairn, min. of Dron). — [Blair's Autob. ;
Lamont's Diary, 44, 59, 163 ; Wodrow's
Hist., i., 329 ; Acts of Pari., vi., 139, 503 ;
Apology for the Clergy ; Forfar Inhib., 1st
May 1651 ; Fife Sas., vii. 97, ix. 123, x.
155 ; Beg. of Deeds, Mack.. 12th June 1672;
Gourlay's Anstruther, 72.]
EDWARD THOMSON, said to be the
le7„ son of a min. by whom he was "bred
in the knowledge of the truth and
profession of godliness," and who on his
death -bed abjured him not to disown the
Covenant ; studied at St Andrews ; M.A.
(about 1658) ; was Regent in Old College,
St Andrews ; had a testimonial for licence
from Presb. of St Andrews 24th Oct., ord.
11th, and adm. 14th Nov. 1677. After the
death of his wife he became ''very sad and
heavy," and on Saturday, 19th Dec. 1685, he
went to make a visit at night and stayed
late. "As he returned, the servant girl that
bore his lantern affirmed it shook as they
passed a bridge, and that she saw some-
thing like a black beast pass before him."
He rose early next morning and threw him-
self into the Dreel, where he was found
dead, aged about 44. He marr. 25th April
1673, Mary Balfour, and had issue — James ;
Philip; Mary; Susanna; Helen; Christian.
— {Reg. Sec. Sig.; Kirkton's Hist., 188-9;
Wodrow's Hist, i., 334.]
WILLIAM MONCRIEFF, Regent
of Humanity in Old College, St
Andrews, 1674, son of William M.,
chamberlain of the earldom of Orkney,
and Margaret Nisbet ; adm. 5th Aug. 1686 ;
dem. voluntarily in 1689, after disobeying
the proclamation enjoining prayer for
William and Mary, and went to Orkney.
He was tutor in 1695 to Thomas Moncrieff,
afterwards second baronet, in London, and
to Colin Campbell, son to Earl of Bread-
albane, and travelled abroad with them.
He is still called min. here in a bond
dated Dec. 1707.
WILLIAM WODDROP, educated at
1688 Univs. of Glasgow and Edinburgh ;
M.A. (1669) ; was a preacher in 1679,
and was then assaulted at Douglas by
three men for not preaching against the
Indulgence ; adm. in 1688 ; met with a
serious accident in 1711 which necessitated
the appointment of a colleague ; died be-
tween 16th April and 28th May 1717, aged
about 68. He marr., and had issue — Janet
(marr. William Vilant, min. of Ferryport-
on-Craig). — [Glasgow Bajit.]
HENRY KING, called 20th Dec. 1711 ;
t„12 ord. (colleague and successor) 15th
July 1712; trans, to Ferryport-on-
Craig 16th June 1715.
JAMES NAIRNE, born 1680, son of
,717 James N. of Claremont, skipper,
Elie, and Janet Small ; educated
at Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A. (23rd July
1697); Keen, by Presb. there 17th June
1702 ; ord. to Forgan 2nd Feb. 1703 ; called
(colleague and successor) 16th April, and
adm. 7th Aug. 1717 ; died Father of the
Church 12th May 1771. He marr. 14th
March 1706, Anne (died 16th Jan. 1729),
daugh. of John Anderson, Principal of
St Leonard's College, St Andrews, and
had issue — John, his successor in the parish,
and three others died young. — [Tombst. ;
Wood's East Neuk, 201 ; Connolly's Fife-
shire Biog.y 347 ; Wodrow's Corresp., iii.,
255.]
JOHN NAIRNE of Claremont, born
1741 20th Jan. 1711, son of preceding ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (7th May 1729); licen. by Presb.
there 9th June 1736; called 30th Dec.
1740 ; ord. (colleague and successor) 18th
June 1741 ; died Father of Synod 15th
Feb. 1795. He marr. 5th April 1749,
Elizabeth (died 16th March 1780), daugh.
ST ANDEEWS]
ANSTRUTHER EASTER
181
of Alexander Gordon, writer, Edinburgh,
and had issue — James, D.D., min. of
Pittenweem, born 30th Aug. 1750; Helen,
born 6th Jan. 1752 (marr. 17th July 1780,
George Hall, merchant, Dundee) ; Alex-
ander, accountant, Edinburgh, born 27th
Aug. 1753; Ann, born 16th Feb. 1755
(marr. 25th Dec. 1780, Alexander Wood,
merchant, Elie) ; Mary ; Jean, born 22nd
Jan. 1759 (marr. 27th Jan. 1779, James
Forrester, min. of Anstruther Wester) ;
Peter, born 17th June 1761, died 6th Aug.
1786.— [Tombst. ; Wood's Hast Neuk, 201 ;
Connolly's Fifeshire Biog., 347.]
ROBERT WILSON, born 25th Feb.
1796 1764, son of Peter W., tenant in
Dunino; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of St Andrews
6th April 1791 ; pres. by Sir John
Anstruther, Bart., 12th Oct. 1795; ord.
5th May 1796 ; died 12th Jan. 1839. He
marr. 25th June 1821, Rachel (died at
St Andrews 8th Dec. 1847, aged 67). daugh.
of Andrew Johnstone of Pittowie, Crail. —
[Gouriay's Anstruther, 75.]
WILLIAM FERRIE, born 8th March
1839 1815' eldest son of William F-. D.D.,
min. of Kilconquhar, Professor of
Civil History in Univ. of St Andrews;
educated at Univs. of St Andrews, Glas-
gow, and Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
St Andrews 15th June 1836; ord. 18th
July 1839. Joined the Free Church in
1843; min. of Free Church, Anstruther,
1843-50; of St David's Church, St John,
New Brunswick, 1851 ; of Fourth Associate
Reformed Presbyterian Church, New York,
1861 ; of Prescott and Spencerville, Canada,
1863 ; of Associate Reformed Presbyterian
Church, Mongaup Valley, Sullivan Co.,
New York, 1869 ; of Marticello there, 1897 ;
died 29th Dec. 1903. He marr. 4th Feb.
1845, Jessie Falconer Steer Taylor, and
had issue — a son, born 28th Nov. 1845 ;
Elizabeth, born 11th Jan. 1849; Jessie
Henderson, born 21st Sept. 1851, died
26th Sept. 1852. Publications— Notices of
the Life of the Rev. John Ca?-stairs, with a
number of his Unpublished Letters (Edin-
burgh, 1843) ; The Cream of Scottish His-
tory ; The Relation that Puseyism bears to
Popery.
THOMAS CUTLAR, born 12th Oct.
1843 1800, son of James O, manufacturer,
and Catherine Thomson ; educated
at Univ. of St Andrews ; sometime school-
master at Scoonie ; ord. 28th Sept. 1843 ;
died in Edinburgh 25th May 1857. He
marr. Ann Balfour, who died 2nd March
1868.
JOHN WEBSTER, M.A. ; trans, from
1857 Strichen 29th Oct. 1857; trans, to
Cameron 10th March 1864.
DAVID MILLAR; trans, from Bridge
1864 of Allan 22nd Sept. 1864 ; trans, to
Abernethy, Perthshire, 16th Nov.
1865.
ANDREW CAMERON, born 1833, son
1866 °^ William O, Gartsherrie; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; ord. 19th
April 1866; died 16th Nov. 1875. He
marr. 12th June 1866, Christina Mack,
who survived him and marr. (2) 25th Jan.
1877.
THOMAS MURRAY, born Kelburn,
1876 Millport, 29th Oct. 1834, son of
Thomas M., farmer, and Catherine
Miller; educated at Millport Public
School and Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1854) ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow June
1858 ; assistant at Alloa ; ord. to Strath-
kinness 15th Feb. 1866; trans, and adm.
16th May 1876; clerk of Presb. of St
Andrews from 24th June 1891 till his
death on 3rd Sept. 1903. He marr. 11th
Sept. 1872, Mary Jane, only daugh.
of David Christie, Alloa, and had issue
— Thomas David, solicitor, Anstruther,
colonel Black Watch, D.S.O., born 3rd
Dec. 1873, died 16th March 1923; James
Christie, born 19th Feb. 1877, died 11th
Jan. 1889.
JAMES WOODSIDE ROBINSON,
lg04 B.A. ; ord. 20th Jan. 1904 ; trans.
to Cadder 19th Dec. 1911 (cf. Vol.
III., 375). Publication— Sunlight Hopes
(London, 1923).
182 ANSTRUTHER EASTER— AXSTRUTHER WESTER [presb. of
JOHN" WILSON ANDERSON, MA.,
1912 B-D- ; ord- 9tlt May 1912 > trans- t0
South Parish, Aberdeen, 18th Feb.
1917.
THOMAS SMITH, bom Glasgow, 3rd
lgil? Dec. 1883, son of John S. and Agnes
Simpson ; educated at West Coats,
Cambuslang, Allan Glen's School, Glas-
gow, and Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1906),
B.D. (1910); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
May 1910 ; assistant at St Clement's,
Glasgow, 1910-13, St Andrew's, Glasgow,
1913-17 ; ord. 21st May 1917.
ANSTRUTHER WESTER.
[The church of Anstruther Wester was
dedicated to St Ethernan. It belonged to
the Priory of Pittenweem. Two fairs were
held in this parish, that of Our Lady in
Lentron and St Nicholas' fair in December.
The Isle of May forms part of the parish.
In it stand the ruins of St Adrian's Priory.
There was on the Isle an early Celtic
monastery of small size. This David I.
converted into a Benedictine Priory, and
later Alexander III. changed that into an
Augustinian foundation. The ruins are
interesting, and the ancient Well of Our
Lady remains.]
WILLIAM CLERK, son of Alexander
_565 C, burgess of Dysart, adm. before
1565 ; had Kilrenny also in charge
in 1567, and Abercrombie in 1574 ; died
Feb. 15S3. He marr. Margaret Anstruther,
widow of Thomas Wood, burgess of St
Andrews, she survived him, and had issue
— a daugh. (marr. Alexander Martin); a
daugh. (marr. George Adamson). — [Muir's
Becords : and Gleanings of Dysart ;
Melvill's Autob. ; Zurich Letters ; Edin.
Tests. ; Knox's Works ; Calderwood's Hist.,
iii., 210.]
ROBERT WOOD, formerly of Kenno-
1584 way ' " °btrudit " by Bishop Adamson
in 1584 ; trans, to Kilrenny in 1586.
JAMES DAES; app. in 1585; adm. to
Earlston 29th March 15S6. He again
officiated here 4th July 1588 and
returned to Earlston. — [Acts and Dec., lv.
322, cxviii. 188.]
JAMES MELYILL, M.A. ; proposed in
15gQ July and ord. 17th Nov. 1586 ; pres.
to vicarage of Abercrombie by James
VI. 8th May 1587; the charge. was reduced
to Anstruther and Kilrenny in 1589;
removed to Kilrenny 6th Oct. 1590.
ROBERT DURIE, born 1555, second
son of John D., min. of Edin-
burgh ; studied at St Mary's College,
St Andrews ; went to Rochelle, and from
thence visited his sister and brother-in-law,
James Melvill, and accompanied the latter
to the Parliament at Linlithgow 1st Dec.
1585, and also to Berwick Sept. 1586. He
became assistant to the schoolmaster of
Dunfermline; was adm. to Abercrombie in
1588 ; pres. to the vicarage by James YT. ;
trans., adm. and coll. 1st Feb. 1592 with the
office of portership of the outer port of the
Abbey of Dunfermline for life. He accom-
panied the association of adventurers to the
Lewis in Oct. 1598 to further a scheme
for colonising that island, and in May
1601 was commissioned, along with Robert
Pont, by the Assembly to visit Orkney and
Shetland, of which he gave a report to the
following General Assembly. On 2nd
July 1605 he attended, as a member, the
Assembly at Aberdeen after it had been
forbidden by the King. For this he was
charged before the Privy Council on 2nd
Aug., and with three others imprisoned at
Blackness. He and five others were tried
at Linlithgow on 10th Jan. 1606 for treason-
ably declining the jurisdiction of the
Council and holding the Assembly as afore-
said, and on 23rd Oct. he was found guilty
and sentenced to banishment for life from the
King's dominions. He embarked at Leith
7th Nov., landed at Bordeaux, proceeded to
Holland, where the magistrates of Leyden
endowed a church for him and the Scottish
exiles there. He died Sept. 1616. He marr.
Elizabeth Ramsay, who survived him, and
had issue — Andrew ; Eliezer ; John, min.
of the English Merchants' or Court Kirk at
Rotterdam, well known for his endeavours
to accomplish a union between the Lutheran
and other reformed churches, author of
various works, born at Edinburgh 1596,
died at Cassel 28th Sept. 1680; James;
ST ANDREWS]
ANSTRUTHER WESTER
183
Margaret ; Nanse ; Jean ; Eobert, pre-
sented for baptism 8th March 1607 by
George Eamsay of Langraw. Publication —
" Sonnet " commending the work, MelvilPs
Spirituall Propyne (1598). — {Reg. Assig. ;
Reg. of Deeds, xli. ; Booke of the Kirk ;
M'Crie's Melville, i. 328, ii. 119, 122;
Forbes's Records ; Pitcairn's Grim. Trials,
ii., 494, 503; N. Archief vour Kietel Geschied,
viii. ; Steven's Scot. Church, Rotterdam,
312, 315 ; Fischer's Scots in Germany,
175-85 ; Diet. Nat. Biog.]
JOHN FAIEFOUL, studied at St
Salvator's College, St Andrews, in
1569 ; exhorter at Aberdour Feb.
1571 ; was schoolmaster of Dunfermline
before 1582 ; pres. to vicarage of Dalgety
and Beath by James VI. before 4th Feb.
1594; trans, to Dunfermline 1598; nomin-
ated by General Assembly, 14th May 1601,
a min. for the King's and Queen's house,
but was not accepted ; app. Master of the
Grammar School of Culross by the King
2nd Feb. 1603; nominated Constant
Moderator by the Presbytery in 1606 ;
charged before Privy Council with praying
for the mins. banished in 1606 for holding
the Assembly at Aberdeen, found guilty
and confined to Dundee during the Koyal
pleasure ; adm. here 19th Aug. 1610 ; pres.
by James VI. 1st March 1613 ; died between
29th Jan. and 25th Feb. 1626, aged 80. He
marr. Margaret Preston, and had issue —
James, bapt. 19th Aug. 1582 ; Isobel, bapt.
1st July 1584 ; Norman, bailie of Anstruther
and M.P.; Patrick, bapt. 22nd Sept. 1585 ;
David, bapt. 5th April 1587 ; Frederick,
bapt. 18th Nov. 1600; Nans, bapt. 31st
July 1604; Andrew, Archbishop of Glas-
gow (q.v.), bapt. 14th Dec. 1606. — [Dun-
fermline Bapt. Reg. ; Wodrow's Biog.; Reg.
Sec. Sig. ; Tombst.]
GEOEGE DEWAE, M.A. (St Andrews,
July 1612) ; adm. to Second Charge,
St Andrews, in 1624; pres. by
Charles I. 25th Feb. 1626; dep. for
disaffection to the reformed religion 21st
Nov. 1644, and received charitable sums
from several Kirk-Sessions in the Presby-
tery. He marr. Anna Mearns, and had issue
— David; John; Eobert; Hannah; Agnes;
Katherine ; William, born 1638. — {Reg.
Sec. Sig. ; Burntisland, Pittenweem, Elie,
and Kilconquhar Sess. Regs.]
DAVID GUTHEIE, M.A. (St Andrews
1645 1633)' adm- 23rd July 1645J was
carried prisoner to Edinburgh with
three of his co-presbyters by the English
soldiers 12th Sept. 1653 charged with pray-
ing for Charles II., but liberated after eight
days on condition they should do so no more.
At the Eestoration he was confined to his
parish, suspended 5th April 1664 for refus-
ing to conform to Episcopacy. He was alive
23rd Feb. 1672. He marr. (1) 14th Jan.
1647, Isobel Lindsay of the parish of Kil-
conquhar, who died in 1649, aged 31, and
had issue — Alexander; Anna: (2) Margaret,
daugh. of Colin Adam, min. of Anstruther
Easter, and had issue — Colin ; David,
apothecary, Dundee ; Andrew ; John,
writer, Edinburgh ; Margaret ; Agnes ;
Susanna. — [Brechin Tests. ; Lamont's
Diary, 59, 177 ; Tombst. ; Inq. Ret. Gen.,
8738,8739.]
ALEXANDEE LESLIE, M.A.; ord.
12th and adm. 17th Jan. 1666 ; trans,
to Ceres 17th Oct. 1667.
1666
1668
DAVID TAYLOE, fourth son of James
T., one of the bailies of St Andrews ;
educated at Univ. there ; M.A.
(1662) ; had a testimonial for licence from
that Presb. 4th Jan. 1666, and for ordina-
tion 18th Feb. 1668; ord. before 29th
April, and adm. 13th May 1668 ; died 18th
April 1688, aged about 46. He marr. 24th
June 1675, Isobel, daugh. of Alexander
Edward, D.D., min. of Crail, she was
alive 1697, and had issue — David ; Mary ;
Beatrix ; Elizabeth ; Helen ; Isabella. —
{St Andrews Tests.; Inq. Ret. Fife, 1420;
Services of Heirs.]
THOMAS AUCHINLECK, brother of
James A., merchant, Dundee ; M.A.
(St Andrews, 18th July 1682); had
a certificate for licence from Presb. of St
Andrews 2nd June 1686 ; adm. 21st Jan.
1689 ; deprived by Privy Council 8th Sept.
that year, for neither reading Proclamation
of the Estates, nor praying for William and
Mary. While chaplain to Lord Panmure
1689
184
ANSTRUTHER WESTER
[PEESB. OF
lie intruded at Monifieth in 1715 until
the failure of the Eebellion forced him
to quit. He died in Edinburgh, 19th Feb.
1745, aged 90. — [Dundee Presb. Reg. ;
Brechin Tests.]
1695
THOMAS BLACK, son of William
B., min. of Closeburn ; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (22nd
July 1692) ; called 3rd Oct. 1694 ; ord. 1st
May 1695, but on his becoming mentally
deranged the parish was declared vacant
17th June 1702; died Jan. 1730, aged
about 58. He marr. Anna Durham, and
had issue— Thomas, born 1696. — [Dumfries
Sas., vii., 285 ; Spec. Bet. Fife, 48 ; Services
of Heirs ; P. C. Decreta, 9th March 1703.]
ANDREW BURN, born 1676; M.A.
(St Andrews, 22nd July 1693); licen.
by Presb. of Cupar 8th Nov. 1698 ;
called 30th Dec. 1702 ; ord. 1st April 1703 ;
died Father of the Synod 4th Oct. 1760.
He marr. 18th Aug. 1708, Janet (died 15th
April 1771, aged 87), daugh. of Patrick
Couper, min. of Pittenweem, and had issue
— Elizabeth, born 6th June 1709 ; George,
born 24th Jan. 1712 ; Patrick, licentiate
of the Church, died 21st March 1746;
Janet ; John ; Andrew ; Jean ; Andrew ;
John ; David ; Janet. — [Tombst.]
1761
ANDREW WADDELL, born 1735;
M.A. (St Andrews 1755); licen.
by Presb. of St Andrews 16th April
1760 ; pres. by Sir John Anstruther of
Anstruther, Bart., in March, and ord. 17th
Sept. 1761 ; died unmarr. 12th Jan. 1767.
— [Tombst.]
JAMES FORRESTER, pres. by Sir
John Anstruther Aug. 1767 ; ord.
12th May 1768 ; trans, to Kilrenny
16th Aug. 1798.
1768
JAMES MACDONALD, born Paable,
17g9 North Uist, 1772, eldest son of
Hugh M., tacksman ; educated at
Univ. of Aberdeen; M.A. (1789); licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh 29th April 1795 ;
pres. by Sir John Anstruther, Bart., 18th
Dec. 1798 ; ord. 18th April 1799 ; dem. 3rd
Oct. 1804. In the company of Macdonald
of Clanranald he made a tour of the
Continent, and also travelled with Sir
Evan Macgregor, but was shipwrecked
on the coast of Jutland 20th Nov. 1808,
and received injuries from which he never
fully recovered ; died in Edinburgh, 18th
April 1810. He marr. Janet (born 24th
Aug. 1778, died s.p. 20th Oct. 1864), daugh.
of James Playfair, D.D., Principal of St
Andrews Univ. Publications — Travels
through Denmark and part of Sweden,
2 vols. (London, 1809) ; General View of
the Agriculture of the Hebrides (Edinburgh,
1811); Translation — Part of Carswell's
Forms of Prayer, 1567 (Leyden's Scot.
Descrip. Poems, 214-28, Edinburgh, 1803) ;
Articles in Brewster's Edinburgh En-
cyclopedia.
1805
ANDREW GEORGE CARSTAIRS,
born 1780, son of Thomas C, por-
tioner of Kingsbarns ; educated at
Grammar School and Univ. of St Andrews;
became tutor in the family of Lundin of
Auchtermairny ; licen. by Presb. of St
Andrews 29th Sept. 1802 ; pres. by Sir
Philip Anstruther of that ilk Dec. 1804;
ord. 9th May 1805; D.D. (St Andrews,
5th Feb. 1831); died at Devon Grove,
Dollar, 11th Oct. 1838. He marr. (1) 11th
Oct. 1804, Mary (died 14th Oct. 1817,
aged 31), daugh. of William Dickson of
Prestonpans, and had issue — Catherine
Grant, born 22nd Aug. 1805, died Aug.
1834 ; Thomas, lieutenant 29th Native
Infantry, Indian Army, born 11th Jan.
1807, died 11th Oct. 1829 ; William Dick-
son, wine merchant, Leith, born 27th July
1808; George Andrew Francis, born 6th
May 1812, died 18th April 1813 ; Andrew,
born 17th Jan., and died 20th Aug. 1815 ;
George Andrew, went to Australia, born
7th Oct. 1817 : (2) 5th Aug. 1822, Helen
(died 25th Dec. 1854, aged 69), daugh. of
John Maclellan, merchant, Kirkcudbright,
and had issue — Elizabeth Campbell Janet,
born 31st May 1824 ; John Campbell, born
5th Aug. 1826, died 1st Feb. 1827 ; John
Robert, born 26th Nov. 1827, died 20th
Jan. 1828 ; Maclellan, born 26th May 1829,
died 4th March 1834; Janet, born 24th
Dec. 1830; Andrew, born 8th Aug. 1834.
st Andrews] ANSTRUTHER WESTER— BO ARHILLS
185
Publications — The Scottish Communion
Service (Edinburgh, 1829); Sermon XVI.
(Gillan's Scottish Pulpit).
1839
HEW SCOTT, born Haddington, 5th
Feb. 1791, son of Eobert S., Excise
officer, and Catherine Dunbar ; edu-
cated at Haddington Public School and
Univ. of Edinburgh 1813-14 to 1819-20;
M.A. (King's College, Aberdeen, 2nd Dec.
1816) ; Keen, by Presb. of Haddington 24th
Oct. 1820, and ord. in 1829 (by same
Presb.) for service abroad, but changed
his mind at the last moment and be-
came an assistant in the General Register
House, Edinburgh, taking pulpit supply
on Sundays; assistant at Garvald, Lady-
kirk, Cockpen, and Temple ; pres. by Sir
Windham Carmichael Anstruther, and
adm. 12th June 1839 ; D.D. (St Andrews
1867); died 12th July 1872. He marr.
3rd Feb. 1859, Sarah (died s.p. 1st May
1874), daugh. of James Kennedy, farmer,
Colmonell, and widow of Alexander
M'Dougall, schoolmaster. Dr Scott will
always be remembered as the originator
and chief compiler of the first edition of
Fasti Ecclesioz Scoticance. Publications —
The above monumental work — Vol. I
Part I. (Edinburgh, 1866) ; Part II. (1867)
Vol. II., Part I. (1868) ; Part II. (1869)
Vol. III., Part I. (1870) ; Part II. (1871)
Reflections on the Death of Job : A Sermon
Preached at Crail (Edinburgh, 1827);
Sermon Preached at Temple [on the death
of an heritor] (1835). — [Biographical Sketch
prefixed to the revised Fasti (portrait),
Vol. I. (Edinburgh, 1915); Gourlay's
Anstruther, 159-63 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. ;
Connolly's Eminent Men of Fife ; Dr
Charles Rogers's Autobiography, 81.]
1872
v JAMES BUTCHART.bornDrumsturdy
Muir, 23rd April 1844, son of William
B. and Isabel Crighton ; educated at
Monifieth and Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A.
(1868); licen. by Presb. of St Andrews
24th June 1868 ; assistant at Arbroath ;
pres. by William Baird of Elie and ord.
29th Nov. 1872; died unmarr. 28th Aug.
1907.
1908
JAMES ALEXANDER PATERSON,
born Montrose, 25th April 1883, son
of John Anderson P. and Jeannie
M'Manus ; educated at Montrose Academy
and Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (1903),
B.D. (1906) ; licen. by Presb. of Cupar 8th
May 1906 ; assistant at Arbroath June
1906 to Feb. 1908; ord. 12th Feb. 1908.
Marr. 6th Oct. 1915, Christian Gordon,
daugh. of John Cargill, Anstruther, and
has issue — John Cargill Sievwright, born
16th July 1916 ; James Galloway Thomson,
born 29th Oct. 1917 ; Anne Chalmers, born
6th March 1919 ; Jeannie Isobel Sievwright
M'Manus, born 18th May 1921 ; William
David, born 18th Dec. 1922.
BOARHILLS (Q.S.).
[Boarhills chapel dates back to the ninth
century or the tenth. When the church
was built in 1865 it is said that remains
of a Culdee chapel were found. There are
references to such a building as the chapel
of Kinglassie. From about 1840 onwards
services were conducted in Boarhills school.
The foundation stone of the present church
was laid on 23rd May 1866, and on 20th
March 1903 the parish of Boarhills was dis-
joined from St Andrews and St Leonards.]
DAVID STEWART, app. in 1857 ; ord.
1857 to Strathkinness 13th Dec. 1860.
WILLIAM WEIR TULLOCH, M.A.,
„0 B.D. ; app. 1870 ; afterwards of Max-
well Parish, Glasgow.
CHARLES G. FORRESTER, born
- „. Leuchars, 1838; educated at Univ.
of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb.
of St Andrews; app. to Boarhills Mission
in 1871 ; afterwards of Port Elizabeth,
South Africa.
DAVID LUNDIE, M.A. ; app. Nov.
1872 1872; afterwards of Kinlochbervie.
JOHN FAWNS CAMERON, afterwards
1880 of Blairingone.
PETER DOW,
1882 Penicuik.
afterwards of
186
BOARHILLS— CAMERON
[PRESB. OF
ROBERT THOMSON, M.A., B.D.;
1885 afterwards of Penicuik.
1886
1890
ROBEKT THOMAS MARSHALL,
M.A., B.D.; afterwards of Kil-
many.
JAMES ROBB, MA., B.D., LL.B.
(Edinburgh, 1909) ; afterwards
secretary to the Carnegie Trust.
ALBERT TARBETT, M.A., B.D. ;
1894 afterwards of Kirkcolm.
GEORGE SPEED THOMSON, M.A.,
1896 B.D. ; afterwards of Carnbee.
JOHN OWEN STAFFORD, MA. ;
1897 afterwards of Gretna.
JOHN GORDON STEVENSON ; app.
in 1900 j ord. to Dunnett 26th Sept.
1900
1901.
1901
EDMOND STEUART RUSSELL,
._-. MA. ; app. missionary in 1900 ; res.
in 1901 ; [min. of Poolewe in 1920].
ALEXANDER CHRISTIAN
WILLIAM SAUNDERS, MA. ;
app. in 1901 ; ord. to Scots Church,
Cairo, 12th April 1903 ; [min. of Braemar
in 1907].
ROBERT HENRY MACKAY, born
Dundee, 13th Dec. 1874, son of
James M., min. of Brechin ; edu-
cated at Brechin, Gordon's College, Aber-
deen, and Univ. of St Andrews ; MA.
(1897) ; licen. by Presb. of St Andrews
May 1898 ; assistant at Inversnaid, Both-
well, and Wallacetown (Dundee) ; ord.
18th June 1903 ; served as Chaplain to the
Forces in France during the Great War.
Marr. 5th Sept. 1916, Elizabeth, daugh. of
James Lawrence, Forres.
CAMERON.
[An Act of Parliament was passed on
5th June 1592 for building an additional
church on the south side of St Andrews.
The purpose of that Act was not carried
out, but on 7th April 1646 it was reported
to the Provincial Assembly at St Andrews
that another Act had been obtained, and
" that thair is ane young man who hath
passed his tryals, and is to be admitted to
the new erected kirk, immediatelie after the
dissolving of this Assembly." The present
church was built in 1808.]
GEORGE NAIRNE, adm. 6th May
1646 "^4^ » trans, to Burntisland 15th
Aug. 1649.
ALEXANDER WILSON, M.A. ; adm.
24th April 1650 ; deprived by Act
of Parliament 11th June, and De-
creet of Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662 ; letters
of intercommuning passed against him 16th
July 1674 for holding conventicles at Cupar.
In Nov. 1678 he fled to Holland but re-
turned after 1683 and resided in Burnt-
island ; returned in 1690. — [Lamont's
Diary, 50 ; Wodrow's Hist., ii., 483.]
JAMES WILLIAMSON, M.A.; adm.
24th June 1668 ; trans, to Kirkcaldy
7th Nov. 1677.
1650
1668
ANDREW FLOORER, son of Ninian F.,
1R7a Dean of Guild, St Andrews ; educated
at St Salvator's College, St Andrews ;
M.A. (28th July 1666); had a testimonial
for licence 30th Nov. 1670 from that Presb.,
and for ordination 5th Dec. 1677 ; adm.
30th June 1678; deprived by Privy Council
for not reading Proclamation of the Estates,
etc., 4th Sept. 1689, and by Act of Parlia-
ment 25th April 1690. He marr. Dec. 1681,
Jean Taylor, who died 26th April 1736,
and had issue — Ninian ; Cecil. — [Fife Sas.,
xiii., 290.]
ALEXANDER WILSON, M.A., above
mentioned ; restored by Act of
Parliament 25th April 1690 ; trans,
to Cults 26th Jan. 1693.
JOHN OLIPHANT, M.A. (St Andrews,
25th July 1676) ; called jure devoluto
in July, and ord. 13th Dec. 1694;
died March 1716, aged about 60. He marr.
Eupham Wilson, who died 1717, and had
issue — Isobel ; Anna ; Andrew ; Thomas,
buried in Greyfriars, Edinburgh, 20th
March 1731, aged 21 ; David, bookbinder,
Edinburgh ; John; Agnes, buried 31st May
1733 ; Margaret.— [St Andrews Tests.]
ST ANDREWS]
CAMERON— CARNBEE
187
1752
JOHN STEWAET, M.A. (St Andrews,
1717 18th April 1707); licen. by Presb.
of St Andrews 9th Sept. 1715 ; called
7th Aug. 1716; ord. 17th Jan. 1717; died
7th April 1751, aged about 64. He marr.
16th May 1718, Elizabeth Kerr, parish of
Whitekirk, who died 18th June 1767.
JOHN MAIR, born 1722 ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb.
of Cupar 9th Jan. 1750 ; pres. by
George II. 6th June 1751 ; ord. 24th March
1752 ; died 29th April 1798. He marr. 2nd
Dec. 1754, Margaret, only daugh. of William
Forbes, surgeon, Methil, and had issue —
James, surgeon R.N., born 14th Dec. 1755,
died 21st Aug. 1788 ; Alexander, licentiate
of the Church of Scotland, born 4th Oct.
1757, died 24th Sept. 1781 ; Peter, born
5th May 1759, died 27th July 1789 ; Kather-
ine, born 6th Oct. 1761 ; Helen, born 25th
May 1764, died 25th Jan. 1765; Walter,
born 5th Feb., and died 10th Aug. 1766;
Bruce, born 3rd Feb. 1771, died 23rd Sept.
1789. Publication — Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xi.).
THOMAS ADAMSON, born 1762, son
of the bedellus of the United
College, St Andrews ; educated at
that Univ. ; licen. by Presb. there 27th Sept.
1785 ; assistant at Dunfermline Abbey ;
ord. by Presb. as chaplain to St Andrews
volunteers 27th Sept. 1797 ; pres. by George
III. 18th June, and adm. 31st Aug. 1798 ;
died 25th Feb. 1839, and was interred in
the Cathedral burying-ground, St Andrews.
He marr. 20th Dec. 1798, Elizabeth Mackie,
Dunfermline, who died 29th Sept. 1849,
aged 83, and had issue — Christian, born
20th May 1803, died 17th Sept. 1806 ; John
William, born 14th Nov. 1805; Elizabeth
Katherine, born 27th March 1807 (marr.
Alexander Hill of Stony wynd). Publication
— Account of the Parish (New Stat. Ace, vs..).
—[Tombst.']
V ANDREW BROWN, born 1805, son of
1838 ■^•» wri§ht> Pathhead ; educated
at Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by
Presb. of Kirkcaldy 8th Sept. 1831 ; became
assistant schoolmaster at Kilconquhar and
tutor in the family of Graham Bonar of
1798
Greigston; pres. by Queen Victoria; ord.
(assistant and successor) 12th April 1838 ;
died of fever 11th Dec. 1843— [Tombst.]
WILLIAM MILLIGAN, M.A. ; pres. by
Queen Victoria 28th Feb., and ord.
30th May 1844; trans, to Kilconquhar
18th Oct. 1850.
WILLIAM PURDIE DICKSON, M.A.;
pres. by Queen Victoria 23rd June,
and ord. 9th Sept. 1851 ; ind. Pro-
fessor of Biblical Criticism, Glasgow Uni-
versity, 2nd Oct. 1863 (q.v.) ; dem. this
charge 21st Oct. 1863.
JOHN WEBSTER, M.A. ; pres. by
Queen Victoria 25th Nov. 1863 ;
trans, from Anstruther Easter, 10th
March 1864 ; trans, to St John's, Edinburgh,
28th Dec. 1876.
V~WILLIAM LANG BAXTER, born Muir-
la7„ field, Arngask, 23rd Jan. 1841, son
of Rev. Daniel B. and Beatrix Burt ;
educated at Aberdeen Grammar School
(Dux and Medallist 1855), King's College,
Aberdeen (Huttonian Prizeman 1859); M.A.
(1859); licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen in
1863 ; assistant at Fordyce and St James's,
Glasgow ; ord. to Arngask 18th Sept. 1867 ;
trans, and adm. 17th May 1877 ; D.D. (St
Andrews, 3rd March 1888). Publications—
The Sabbath not for the Jew but for Man
(£100 Prize Essay, by Lord's Day Observ-
ance Society, Edinburgh, 1880) ; Sanctuary
and Sacrifice : A Reply to Wellhausen
(vol. iv. of " The Bible Students' Library,"
London, 1896) ; Smooth Stones out of the
Brook, or how to meet the Philistine
("Princeton Theol. Rev.," xix., April 1921,
reprinted separately, London, 1921).
CARNBEE.
[The church of Carnbee belonged to
the Abbey of Dunfermline. The present
building was erected in 1793.]
WILLIAM SCOTT, min. in 1564,— [St
1564 Andrews Kirk-Session Record, 229.]
ANDREW OLIPHANT, min. before
1567 1567.— [Acts and Dec, xlix., 61.]
188
CARNBEE
[PEESB. OF
1567
DAVID SPENS, though not a min.
was a member of the first General
Assembly 20th Dec. 1560, which
thought him one of those most qualified
for ministering and teaching. A complaint
was tendered to the Assembly 4th July
1562 that he had given institution to a
person as a prebendary in virtue of a Papal
bull ; adm. to Monimail. about that date ;
trans, and adm. about 1567 ; pres. to the
vicarage 15th Dec. 1571 ; had Kilconquhar,
Newburn, and Largo in his charge in 1574 ;
died in Aug. 1575. He marr. and had issue
— David; Janet. — [Edin. Tests.; Reg.Assig.;
Acts and Dec, clxxxvi., 1876.]
GEOKGE DURIE, min. in 1572; still
7 held the parsonage in 1599. — [Select
Min. Synod Fife, 203.]
THOMAS WOOD, "being at the
sculls," was pres. to the Preben-
dary of Kinkell in the College Kirk
of Our Lady called the Kirkheuch beside
St Andrews by James VI. 24th Nov. 1571,
which was confirmed to him while a student
at the Univ. 19th July 1572 ; was reader at
Abdie and at Largo in 1574 and afterwards
at St Andrews ; pres. to the vicarage of this
par. by James VI. 7th Nov. 1576 and 24th
Feb. 1576-7 ; is styled vicar of St Andrews
and of the Convent of Lindores in 1580 and
1582 ; pres. to Dysart by James VI. 10th
Nov. 1584, but not settled. — [Reg. Sec. Sig. ;
Reg. of Deeds, xx., ii., 415.]
WILLIAM LAING, probably of family
of Spittal ; min. and vicar of
Moneydie from 1561-7 ; adm. to
Ceres in 1567 ; trans, to Cupar before
1574 ; returned to Ceres in 1576 ; trans,
in 1579 with vicarage of Moneydie in con-
junction; died 6th April 1583. — [Edin.
Tests. ; Perth Inhib., L, 9th Jan. 1579-80.]
ANDREW HUNTER, ord. in 1582;
1582 trans, to Newburn in 1588.
DAVID MEARNS, MA. (St Andrews
1589 15S2) ' adm" t0 ^ew^,urn 27tn ^ov-
1589 ; trans, that year and adm. 15th
Jan. 1589-90; pres. to the vicarage by
Charles I. 2nd April 1635. When a con-
ference took place between the parties in
1579
Nov. 1619 relative to enforcing conformity
to the Articles of the Assembly at Perth,
he was one of those selected on the part of
the ministers for considering the best course
for peace ; was confined to his parish by
Court of High Commission 21st April 1620 ;
died 8th Oct. 1638, aged about 77. He
marr. and had issue — John, probably his
successor here ; Catherine. — [St Andrews
Tests. ; Reg. Assig. ; Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Reg. of
Deeds, cccciii., 273.]
JOHN MEARNS, probably son of pre-
163g ceding; MA. (St Andrews 1622);
adm. 10th April 1639 ; dep. 6th Jan.
1642, not only for his indirect means of
entry to the ministry and oppression of his
sisters but also because of his weakness in
doctrine, his utter inability for exercising
discipline, and his great contumacy to the
Presbytery. He had a provision of 4000
merks from the General Assembly in Aug.
1643, but became so reduced in circum-
stances that he had to accept relief from the
Kirk-Session 29th Oct. 1665 and 25th Dec.
1666. He marr. Janet, daugh. of James
Martin.— [Macfarlane's Gen. Coll., ii., 188.]
HENRY RYMOUR [or RYMER], MA.
1644 (^* Andrews 1633); adm. 24th April
1644; pres. by Charles I. 11th Jan.
1645 ; called to Duns in 1649, but not
settled ; joined the Resolutioners in 1651 ;
suspended 27th Oct. 1663 ; dep. 5th April
1664 for not conforming to Episcopacy;
returned in terms of Act of Parliament
22nd June 1690 ; app. one of the visitors of
Univs., etc., 4th July that year ; died in
Edinburgh 17th Oct. 1694, aged about 82.
He marr. Elizabeth Pitcairn (died 4th Aug.
1664), probably sister of Alexander P. of
Kilmux - Wester, and had issue — John,
writer, Edinburgh ; David, had sasine with
his father in an annual rent from Caskie-
berran Feb. 1668 ; Elizabeth ; Jean ; Mary,
seised with her father in an annual rent
from lands of Kinnaird and West Blair
Jan. 1671 ; and perhaps James, min. of
St Andrews. — [Lamont's Diary, 171 ;
Wodrow's Hist., L, 329; Blair's Aulob.; Fife
Sas., vii. 38, ix. 106 ; Fife Horn., xxvi.,
273 ; Greyfriars Burials ; Gen. Reg. of
Sas., xv., xviii., xxvi.]
ST ANDREWS]
CARNBEE
189
L ANDREW BRUCE, pres. by Charles,
Earl of Dunfermline; ord. before
4th and adm. 20th Sept. 1664 ; trans.
to Pittenweem 19th July 1677.
JAMES GARDEN, trans, from Mary-
•._-„ culter; pres. by James, Archbishop
of St Andrews, in Aug., and adm. 6th
Sept. 1678 ; app. Professor of Divinity in
King's College, Aberdeen, 14th Oct. 1680
(q.v.).
ALEXANDER LUNDIE, trans, from
1681 Orwell ; pres. by Sir Robert Dalyell,
tutor to Alexander, Earl of Kellie,
with consent of Mary, Dowager Countess
of Kellie, in March, and adm. 27th April
1681 ; trans, to Wemyss 4th May 1683.
JOHN FALCONER, born about 1660,
son of David F., D.D., Professor of
Divinity, St Mary's College, St
Andrews; educated at Univ. of Edinburgh;
M.A. (1679) ; became chaplain in the family
of Wemyss of Wemyss; adm. 23rd May
1683 ; deprived by Privy Council 8th Sept.
1689, for not reading the Proclamation of
the Estates, etc., and by Act of Parliament
25th April 1690, restoring Presbyterian
mins. ; was consecrated a Bishop of the
Non-jurant Church at Dundee 28th April
1709 and had the district of Brechin assigned
to him in 1720; died at Inglismaldie 6th
July 1723 and was buried at Logie-Pert.
" A good and grave man and very modest,
tall, black, and stooping." He wrote a little
tract described as " a popular exposition of
the various Covenants of God and especially
of the sanctions and conditions of the
Christian Covenants," which has been pre-
served in MS. He marr. Elizabeth Gal-
loway (bapt. 6th Feb. 1671, died March
1691), daugh. of Thomas, second Lord
Dunkeld, and had issue — James, served
heir 17th April 1729; Thomas. — [St
Andrews Tests.; Services of Heirs; Scots
Peerage, iii., 380 ; Connolly's Fifeshire Biog.,
180 ; Black's Brechin, 323.]
HENRY RYMOUR [or RYMER],
1690 M.A., above mentioned.
JOHN ARTHUR, probably assistant
to foregoing ; trans, to Elie before
27th Sept. 1692.
1693
ROBERT FAIR WEATHER, M.A. ;
called 31st May, and ord. (colleague)
5th Oct. 1693 ; trans, to Crail 25th
Sept. 1701.
HUGH KEMP, adm. to Forgan before
1704 18th April 1693, when he was Presby-
tery clerk ; trans, to Dunfermline
1st May 1701 ; called in Oct., and adm.
30th Nov. 1704; died between 20th Aug.
and 24th Sept. 1718. He marr. 11th Nov.
1701, Margaret, daugh. of Thomas Gourlay
of Kincraig, and widow of Thomas Spens
of Lathallan, and had issue — James. — [St
Andrews Tests. ; Wood's East Nenk, 147.]
WILLIAM DALGLEISH, called 2nd
171g April, and ord. 10th Sept. 1719;
trans, to Ferryport-on-Craig 11th
Oct. 1739.
JOSEPH PITCAIRN, born Nov. 1708,
„ son of Joseph P., min. of Kingsbarns ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (4th May 1726) ; licen. by Presb. there
30th May 1733; pres. by Alexander, Earl
of Kellie, Sept. 1741; ord. 16th Sept.
1742 ; died 14th Oct. 1780. He presented
the Communion cups to the parish, which
are still in use. He marr. 20th Oct.
1761, Janet, daugh. of Samuel M'Cormick,
General Examiner of H.M. Books of Taxes,
and had issue — Helen, born ,13th Jan. 1763
(marr. Alexander Brodie, min. of this
parish) ; Joseph, merchant, New York, and
benefactor to this parish, born 1st Nov.
1764.
v ALEXANDER BRODIE, born 30th
June 1745, son of James B., min. of
Latheron ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of Perth 28th Sept.
1768; ord. to Dunino 7th Jan. 1773; pres.
by Sir John Anstruther in May; trans, and
adm. 18th Oct. 1781 ; died 27th Oct. 1804.
He marr. 30th June 1779, Helen (died at
Edinburgh 9th March 1812, aged 49),
daugh. of Joseph Pitcairn, min. of this
parish, and had issue — Janet, born 30th
March 1780 (marr. 7th Oct. 1803, Duncan
Cowan, merchant, Edinburgh), died 1st
Jan. 1824; James, C.B., brigadier-general
H.E.I.C.S., born 6th Feb. 1782, died 18th
June 1831 ; Joseph, merchant, Hamburg,
1781
190
CARNBEE
[PEESB. OF
born 20th Aug. 1783, died 14th March
1826; William, born 13th July, died 1st
Sept. 1786 ; Alexander Oswald, merchant,
New York, born 25th Sept. 1787, died
1856 1 Edward, born 28th Sept. 1789, died
1812 j Elizabeth, born 7th Jan. 1792, died
unmarr. 13th Oct. 1857 ; Helen, born 3rd
Sept. 1796 (marr. 23rd Aug. 1830, Alex-
ander Cowan, paper-maker, Penicuik),
died 18th Dec. 1863. — [Boog Watson's
Cowan Pedigrees.'}
JOSEPH TAYLOK, born 1740; edu-
. _og cated at Univ. of Aberdeen ; became
schoolmaster of Wick, 'which office
he dem. 4th Dec. 1764; licen. by Presb.
of Caithness 6th Nov. 1764 ; ord. to Watten
21st April 1779, where he acted as factor
on the Watten estate ; pres. by Sir Robert
Anstruther of Balcaskie, Bart., Dec. 1804 ;
trans, and adm. 2nd Aug. 1805 ; died
at Pittenweem from injuries received in
a gig accident 29th Nov. 1815. He
marr. 12th June 1779, Jean (died 9th May
1796), daugh. of Duncan Forbes Eoss of
Kindeace, and had issue — Jean, born 29th
April 1780 (marr. John M'Kid, farmer,
Watten) ; Robert Dunbar, lieut. 18th Foot,
and merchant, Glasgow, born 5th July
1781, died 1839; Henrietta, born 8th
Sept. 1782, died 1st May 1783; Elizabeth
Dunbar, born 5th Oct. 1785 (marr. 7th Feb.
1812, John Goodsir, surgeon, Anstruther,
and was mother of John Goodsir, the cele-
brated anatomist); Anne Munro, born 12th
March 1789, died 1864 ; Joseph, second
lieut. 17th Native Infantry, India, born
26th May 1790, died 3rd March 1818;
Anstruther, min. of this parish ; Duncan
Forbes Ross, born 12th March 1796, killed
in India. Publication — Account of Watten
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xi.). — [Avld's Ministers
and Men in the Far North.]
ANSTRUTHER TAYLOR, born 8th
Nov. 1793, son of preceding; educated
at Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by
Presb. there 1st May 1816; pres. by Sir
Robert Anstruther of Balcaskie, Bart., that
month ; ord. 12th Sept. 1816 ; died unmarr.
28th Oct. 1863. Publications— Jurisdic-
tion of the Church over Universities and
Colleges (Edinburgh, 1814) ; Case for the
1864
Presbytery of St Andreivsin the libel against
Sir David Brewster, K.H., LL.D., F.R.S.
(Edinburgh, 1845) ; Account of the Parish
{New Stat. Ace, ix.).
THOMAS PETER JOHNSTON,
born Edinburgh, 16th Aug. 1836, son
of Peter Thomas J. of Ogscastle,
Lanarkshire, writer, and Margaret Westran
(of Orcadian descent, a relative of David
Vedder, the poet) ; educated at High
School and Univ. of Edinburgh, and at
Marburg, Germany ; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh May 1863; assistant at Athel-
staneford ; pres. by Sir Robert Anstruther,
Bart. ; ord. 6th April 1864. He marr. 6th
Sept. 1S64, Mary (died 1908), daugh.
of James Matthew, and had issue — Thomas
Evans, L.D.S., St Andrews, born 24th April
1871 ; Mary Matthew, born 16th July
1873 (marr. James Mackinnon, consulting
engineer); Hermina Margaret, born 11th
Feb. 1877 (marr. Edward Ellice Morrison,
LL.D., member of the Land Court) ;
Louisa Anstruther, born 14th Sept. 1878
(marr. Thomas Robertson); Jessie Matthew,
born 19th March 1881, died 15th Feb. 1885 ;
James Haig, L.R.C.P. & S., L.D.S. Edin.,
L.F.P.S. Glas., dental surgeon, Dunferm-
line, born 21st Dec. 1883. Publications
— " Columbus," prize poem in the Class of
Rhetoric, Edinburgh Univ. {Blachoood's
Magazine) ; Patrick Hamilton : A Tragedy
of the Reformation (Edinburgh, 1882);
Poems (Edinburgh, 1912) ; Contributions to
Chambers's Journal, and other periodicals.
— [Modern Scottish Poets, v., 372-7.]
GEORGE SPEED THOMPSON, born
1905 Cupar -Fife, 12th June 1866, son
of Alexander T., sergeant in the
42nd Foot, Royal Highlanders (The Black
Watch), who won the Victoria Cross in
the attack on Fort Ruhijah 15th April
1858, and Isabella Speed ; educated at
St Ninian's School, Perth, and Univ. of
St Andrews; M.A. (1892), B.D. (1895);
licen. by Presb. of Perth 15th May 1895 ;
assistant at West (St Nicholas), Aberdeen,
Boarhills, and South Church, Greenock;
ord. to West Maybole 16th April 1S98 ;
trans, (assistant and successor) 17th May
1905 ; served as chaplain attached to Royal
ST ANDREWS]
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191
Scots Greys South African Field Force,
1903-4; app. chaplain to Fife and Forfar
Yeomanry in 1906 ; T.D. 1912 ; served as
chaplain with the British Expeditionary
Force, 1914-15; "1914 Star." Marr. 27th
April 1910, May Catherine, daugh. of James
Tosh, and has issue — Christine Campbell,
born 12th April 1911 ; Isabel May, born
5th May 1914 ; Alexander Frederick, born
6th March, and died 18th Nov. 1917 ;
Elizabeth Munro, born 31st May 1920.
Publication — " War Memories and Sketches "
by a Scottish Chaplain (Paisley, 1916).
CELLARDYKE (Q.S.).
[The church was dedicated here 6th
March 1881. The parish of Cellardyke was
disjoined from Kilrenny 28th March 1883.]
CHAELES BEVERIDGE ROSS, M.A.
18gl (Edinburgh 1877), B.D. ; served as
a licentiate 9th April 1881 to March
1882. (See p. 62.)
JAMES HIRAM WATSON, born 27th
1882 <~>ct- 1852' onlv son °^ James Ruther-
ford W., min. of Eccles; educated
at Eccles School and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Duns ; assistant at
Fraserburgh and Peterhead ; adm. to Cellar-
dyke Chapel July 1882 ; res. March 1883 ;
devoted himself to literature, writing
under the pen-name of " Andrew Cheviot " ;
died unmarr. at Edinburgh 24th Jan. 1903.
Publications — Black Agnes, a Romance of
the Siege of Dunbar (Dunbar, 1890) ;
Trick, Trial, and Triumph : a Clerical
Detective Story (Perth, 1891) ; The Provost
of St Foins (Perth, 1893) ; Proverbs, Pro-
verbial Expressions and Popular Rhymes of
Scotland (Paisley, 1896). — {The Border
Almanac, 1904.]
JAMES RAY, born Paisley, 13th April
1859, son of Robert K. and Elizabeth
Forrest; educated at John Neilson's
School and Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1878); licen. by Presb. of Paisley July
1880 ; assistant at Kilbarchan and North
Leith ; ord. first min. of the parish 8th
June 1883 ; trans, to St James's Chapel,
Portobello, 3rd Oct. 1916. Marr. 6th June
1888, Agnes Bonthrone, fourth daugh. of
1883
Philip Oliphant, solicitor, Anstruther, and
has issue — Robert, born 12th April 1889 ;
Philip Oliphant, K.F.C., born 15th June
1893, killed in action in the Great War
13th April 1917; James Forrest, born 28th
Feb. 1896.
JAMES ROBERT LEE, born North
._-,. Berwick, 20th Dec. 1885, son of
Charles Hamilton L. and Mary
Hamilton White ; educated at Lenzie Col-
legiate School, Springburn Higher Grade
School, Glasgow, and Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1906), B.D. (1909) ; licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow April 1909 ; assistant at Govan ;
ord. to Glengarry 17th Dec. 1914; trans,
and adm. 28th Feb. 1917.
CRAIL.
[In early times the church of Crail was
dedicated to St Malrubh, but there was a
later dedication to St Mary. The church
belonged to the Cistercian Nunnery of
Haddington. A collegiate foundation was
given to this church in 1517. Within the
building there were altars of the Holy
Rood, St Michael, St Katherine, St John
the Baptist, St James, St John the Evan-
gelist, St Bartholomew, St Stephen, and
St Nicholas. At Kilminning, in the parish,
there was a chapel of St Monan. From
1600 to 1646 this parish had a Second
Charge. A Boodmas fair was held at Crail.]
JOHN MELVILL, became min. in
15e0 1560, though not universally acknow-
ledged as such, as appears from his
complaint, 5th Oct. 1561, that certain
persons threatened to take him out of the
pulpit " be the luggis and chais him out of
the town," for which offence they were
obliged to make penitential confession.
On 27th Dec. 1565, the Assembly inter-
dicted him from solemnizing a marriage
until an objection to it was first heard
by the Superintendent and two others.
[He was afterwards min. of Spott.]
THOMAS KINNEAR, elected by the
bailies, council, and community with
consent of the Superintendent and
adm. before 25th Feb. 1566 ; pres. to the
192
CRAIL
[PRESB. OF
1593
Provostry by James VI. 18th Dec. 1575 ;
dep. by General Assembly Oct. 1577.
He was pres. by the magistrates and
council to the prebend of St Nicolas'
Altar in the College Kirk of Crail 25th
Nov. 1572, but his duties being neglected
the magistrates on 15th Nov. 1577 declared
the office vacant. He was banished the
burgh, 11th Jan. 1579, on a charge of
adultery. — [ Reg. Assig. ; Crail Council
Beg. ; Row's Hist. ; Wodrow Miscell.]
JOHN EDMESTOUN, trans, from
15„_ Tulliebole in 1578; pres. to the
vicarage pensionary by James VI.
3rd April 1581, holding the prebend] of St
James's Altar in the College Kirk of Crail
and resigning that of St Katherine in the
same church ; trans, to High Kirk, Edin-
burgh, in 1584.
HENRY LEITCH, adm. before 12th
,586 Jan. 1586 ; trans, to Auchtermuchty
in 1593.
ANDREW MONCREIFF, son of Sir
William M. of that ilk and Jean
Oliphant ; adm. to Kilconquhar in
1576 ; app. by Privy Council, 6th March
1589, one of the commissioners for preserva-
tion of the "true religion" in the sheriffdom
of Fife, and nominated by the Assembly,
25th April 1593, one of three to visit the
Presbyteries of Lothian ; trans, and adm.
20th Sept. 1593; died 8th Aug. 1596. He
marr. Janet Moncreiff (who survived him,
and marr. (2) William Murray, min. of this
parish), and had issue — Andrew, died
before 16th Dec. 1643 ; John, min. of
Kinghorn; James; William. — [Reg. Assig. ;
St Andrews Tests. ; Melvill's Autob. ; Inq.
Ret. Fife, 347, 481; Inq. de Tut., 391;
G, R. Sas., xvii., 238.]
ANDREW DUNCAN, Regent in St
Leonard's College, St Andrews, and
Rector of the Grammar School of
Dundee from 1571 ; pres. by James, Lord
Lindsay; ord. 11th Sept. 1596; coll. 2nd
March 1597; attended the Assembly at
Aberdeen, 2nd July 1605, despite the royal
authority. For this he was imprisoned at
Blackness, tried at Linlithgow with four
others, 10th Jan. 1606, found guilty and
1596
banished the kingdom for life. He settled
at Bordeaux and became a Professor of
Theology in the College of Rochelle May
1607. He returned to Scotland before 1st
July 1613, submitted to the King, and
obtained permission to remain, resuming
his ministry in this parish. He was
summoned before the Court of High Com-
mission, 13th April 1619, but declined its
authority, was suspended 22nd, confined
to the town of Dundee, and dep. 10th May
1620. In 1621 he presented a supplication
in name of certain mins. to the Lord
Clerk Register, for which he was confined
by the Privy Council in Dunbarton Castle.
He was liberated 2nd Oct., and allowed
to reside in any parish but Crail or
Edinburgh. He went to Kilrenny, but
was obliged to leave there for Berwick-
upon-Tweed, where his great pecuniary
difficulties were relieved "almost miracu-
lously " by an unknown lady ; died in 1626,
aged about 66. He marr. Jean Liwell, and
had issue— John; William; David; Bessie,
and three others, who predeceased him.
Publications — Latina Grammatical, par.
prior sive etymologia Latina in usum
radiorum (Edinburgh, 1595) ; Appendix
Etymologiae ad copiam exemploram (Edin-
burgh, 1595); Rudimenta Pietatis (Edin-
burgh, 1595); Stiidiorwm Puerilium Clavis
miro quodam compendio (Edinburgh, 1597) ;
Admonition to the Hie Commission ; Letters
to the Bishop of St Andrews (Calderwood's
Hist., vii., 181; Orig. Lett., ii.). — [Reg.
Assig.; Booke of the Kirk ; Pitcairn's Grim.
Trials, ii., 494, 503 ; Livingston's Charac]
WILLIAM MURRAY, son of David M.,
portioner of Ardeth, and Margaret
Kirkcaldy ; was a min. 6th Oct.
1597 ; adm. to Second Charge, Crail. 14th
Sept. 1600; trans, to First Charge; pres.
by Sir Andrew Murray of Balvaird, Knight;
adm. 19th April 1607 ; suspended 7th April
1624 on account of his behaviour with
Helen Wood in his wife's lifetime, and
his haste in marrying her after his wife's
decease. His suspension was removed 6th
Oct. following, but the Synod did not con-
sider it advisable he should exercise the
ministry here. He marr. (1) Janet (died
ST ANDREWS]
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193
Aug. 1623), widow of Andrew Moncreiff,
min. of this parish : (2) Helen Wood,
and had issue — Janet, died before 1625 ;
Margaret (marr. Arthur Mjrton of Pittowie.
Publication — Nine Songs paraphrased out
of Scripture (1631). — {Fife Sheriff- Court
Books, 5th Oct. 1624; G. R. Sas., xvii.,
235; Acts and Dec, ccxli., 187.]
JOHN DOUGLAS, son of John D. of
1624 Parkhead ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; M.A. (22nd Feb. 1602) ;
adm. min. of the Auld North British Begi-
ment in the Low Countries on the suit
of Sir William Edmond, lieut.-colonel ;
ord. (in Stirling Church by a committee
of Presb.) 20th Feb. 1606 ; adm. to Second
Charge, St Andrews, 1621 ; D.D. (25th July
1621); trans, and adm. in 1624; on Com-
mission for Maintenance of Church Dis-
cipline 21st Oct. 1634; died before 22nd
Oct. 1635, aged about 54. He marr.
Catherine Lindsay, who was buried in
Grey friars 30th Aug. 1674, and had issue
— Daniel, min. of Hilton. — [Reg, Sec. Sig. ;
Fife Sas., xix., 31, 34.]
GEOEGE HALYBUETON, min. of
1635 -Dunino in 1633 ; pres. by Charles I.
22nd Oct. 1635 ; was accused by
Lord Lindsay in Assembly, 7th Dec. 1638,
of malversation of church funds, but it is
said Lord L. had an animus against him as
H. had been admitted to the parish without
his consent as patron. The matter was
referred to the Presbytery and the parish
was vacant in 1639. He marr. Elspeth
Gledstanes, widow of Sir John Wemyss
of Craigtoun, and had issue — William,
portioner of Kincaple ; George ; Elspeth. —
]_Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Baillie's Letters, i., 154 ;
Reg. of Deeds, cccclxiv. 1 50, cccclxvi. 3.]
1640
AETHUE MYETON, born about 1600,
son of William M. of Cambo ; edu-
cated at Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A.
(21st July 1621); adm. before 7th April
1640; died in 1645. Publication — The
Touchstone of Conversion, or Marks of
True Faith in the Heart (London, 1647).
—[Wood's East Neuk, 461 ; Miscell. Scot.,
ii. ; Baillie's Letters.]
VOL. V.
JAMES SHAEP, pres. by John, Earl of
Crawford, in 1647 ; adm. 27th Jan.
1648 ; trans, to be third professor
in the New College of St Andrews 16th
Jan. 1661 [afterwards Archbishop of St
Andrews (q.v.)].
ALEXANDEE EDWAED, M.A. ;
Eegent of Humanity in Old College,
St Andrews ; adm. to Dunino 13th
Oct. 1652 ; trans, and adm. 5th Aug. 1663 ;
D.D. (1672); died 7th May 1684, aged
about 61, and was "buried behind
Balcomie's seat, where the ministers do
celebrate the Sacrament of the Lord's
Supper." He marr. Isabell Davidson, and
had issue— Thomas, min. of Tynninghame ;
David, born 1653 ; Isobel (marr. David
Taylor, min. of Anstruther Wester) ; Helen ;
James, born 1659. — [St Andrews Tests. ;
Tombst. ; Blair's Autob. ; Miscell. Scot., ii.]
ALEXANDEE LESLIE, born about
1684 1637, fourth son of James L. of
Warthill, Aberdeenshire, and Beatrix
Abercrombie ; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen; M.A. (1657); became chaplain
to David Leslie, first Lord Newark ; had
a testimonial for licence from Presb. of
St Andrews 25th April 1665; ord. to
Anstruther Wester 12th, and adm. 17th
Jan. 1666 ; trans, to Ceres 17th Oct. 1667 ;
pres. by Thomas Moncreiff of that ilk in
Sept., trans, and adm. 22nd Oct. 1684;
deprived by the Privy Council, 17th Sept.
1689, for not reading Proclamation of the
Estates, etc. He was called " Long Leslie "
from his height ; one of his intimates was
Archbishop Sharp, who rested at Ceres
manse for an hour or two on the afternoon
on which he was murdered at Magus Muir
3rd May 1679 ; prohibited from exercising
any part of his clerical functions under a
severe penalty by the Privy Council in
1693. He continued, however, to minister
at Crail to those of his parishioners who
did not conform to Presbyterianism. The
old Episcopal chapel on the Bankhead Brae,
above Crail Harbour, was probably built
for these services ; died 23rd Sept. 1703.
He marr. 13th Jan. 1674, Helen, daugh. of
John Symer, min. of Meigle, and had issue
— Alexander, born 1678 ; David, merchant,
N
194
CRAIL
[PRESB. OF
Anstruther, bapt. 2nd July 1680 ; Anna,
bom 1681 (marr. 15th Aug. 1702, Henry-
Crawford) ; Helen, born 1684 (marr. 29th
Dec. 1704, John Lindsay of Newton of
Nydie, merchant, Crail, died 21st Dec.
1704); Isobel, bapt. 13th Sept. 1687;
James, merchant, Crail, out in the Rising
of 1715, Sheriff-Clerk of Fife, died 1730.—
[Tombst. ; Services of Heirs ; G. R. Inhib.,
29th Sept. 1675 ; Beveridge's Churchyard
Memorials of Crail, 162.]
WILLIAM HARDIE, M.A. ; called 2nd,
and ord. 23rd Sept. 1690; trans, to
Second Charge, St Andrews, 1st
May 1701.
ROBERT FAIRWEATHER, M.A. (St
1701 Andrews, 2nd Aug. 1684) ; licen. by
Presb. of Angus and Mearns 1st
Sept. 1692 ; assistant at Cortachy ; ord.
to Carnbee 5th Oct. 1693; called 14th
Aug., trans, and adm. 25th Sept. 1701 ;
died May 1738, aged about 72. He marr.
(1) 23rd Jan. 1702, Anne (died June 1704,
aged 24), daugh. of Patrick Lindsay of
Wormiston, commissary clerk of St An-
drews, and Katherine, daugh. of Robert
Bethune of Bandon, and had issue —
Patrick, bapt. 17th Nov. 1702; Anna,
bapt. 1st May 1704 : (2) 13th July 1719,
Rachel Bethune, who died 3rd March 1768.
Lydia Anne, buried 28th June 1800, aged
66, may have been a daugh. by his second
wife. — [Scots Peerage, v., 415 ; Spec. Set.
Fife, 472 ; Wood's Hast Neuk, 455.]
PATRICK GLAS, born 1702; M.A.
1734 ^ Andrews, 3r<* May 1721) > licen.
by Presb. there 12th Sept. 1728;
app. assistant here 5th Dec. 1732; called
11th Sept., and ord. (assistant and suc-
cessor) 25th Dec. 1734; died 25th May
1787. He marr. (1) 31st May 1736, Jean
(died 8th Feb. 1740), daugh. of James
Dickieson, merchant, St Andrews, and had
issue — Euphemia, born 18th Aug. 1737 ;
Helena Hay ; James, born 31st Jan. 1740 :
(2) 23rd April 1744, Elizabeth (died 26th
June 1779), daugh. of William Lindsay,
M.D., of Feddinch, and had issue — Mar-
garet, born 21st Feb. 1745 (marr. 12th
Aug. 1760, Alexander Cheyne, chief officer
Grandtully, Greenland ship, Dundee) ;
William, born 28th March 1747, died 25th
Dec. 1768 ; Catherine, born 22nd Feb. 1749
(marr. Patrick Murray, min. of Kilmadock) ;
David, born 26th Dec. 1750 ; Patrick, born
23rd Aug. 1752, died 18th Oct. 1763 ; Eliza-
beth, born 25th Sept. 1754 (marr. 3rd Aug.
1785, David Cowan, farmer, Troustrie, in
the parish) ; John, born 25th June 1757 ;
Charles, born 29th Nov. 1759, died 6th
Oct. 1761 ; Walter, born 1st May 1763.—
[Crail Bur. Reg. ; Spec. Ret. Fife, 362-5 ;
Beveridge's Churchyard Memorials of
Crail, 209 ; Connolly's Biographical Sketch
of Bishop Low (1859), 153.]
ROBERT GLENDINNING, born
7 Moffat 1761 ; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 26th July 1786; pres. by
trustee for creditors of William, Earl of
Crawford, Nov. 1787 ; ord. 1st May 1788 ;
having become engaged to two ladies at the
same time, he committed suicide 25th April
1789.— [St Andrews Tests.]
ANDREW BELL, born 30th Sept.
17g. 1755, eldest son of John B., tenant
in Kilduncan ; educated at Univ. of
St Andrews; M.A. (1774); tutor in the
family of Admiral, afterwards Viscount
Duncan ; licen. by Presb. of St Andrews
15th Oct. 1788 ; pres. by Sir David Kinloch
of Gilmerton as trustee aforesaid Sept.
1789; ord. 6th May 1790; died suddenly
3rd Jan. 1828. He marr. 10th Dec. 1796,
Catherine (died 5th April 1820), daugh. of
David Beatson, min. of Dunbarney, and
had issue — Amelia Forbes, born 25th
May 1798 (marr. 21st Sept. 1820, Charles
Nairne, W.S.), died 20th March 1874;
Margaret Tod, born 18th March 1800
(marr. 25th July 1826, John Marshall,
Lord Curriehill, primus), died 1st Nov.
1866; Catherine Beatson, born 25th Feb.
1801, died 20th Feb. 1822 ; John Beatson,
W.S., agent for the Church of Scotland,
born 23rd Sept. 1802, died 15th May 1868 ;
David Beatson, born 19th June 1804.
WILLIAM MERSON, bapt. 19th Dec.
1792, fifth son of John M., black-
smith, Huntly ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen, M.A. (30th March 1810),
ST ANDEEWS]
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195
and Univ. of St Andrews ; assistant master
in Grammar School, Aberdeen; licen. by
Presb. of St Andrews 29th March 1815;
assistant at Pittenweem and Cupar ; tutor
in the family of Lieut.-Colonel Andrew
Glas, H.E.I.C.S. ; assistant in Univ.
Library, St Andrews ; assistant at Pitten-
weem, and Cupar; pres. by Lady Mary
Lindsay Crawford and Lieut. - Colonel
Glas; ord. 30th July 1828; died 8th
Jan. 1865. He marr. 20th Jan. 1830,
Jessie Grant (died 18th Dec. 1841), daugh.
of said Lieut.-Colonel Glas, and had issue
— Andrew, accountant, Oriental Bank,
Melbourne, born 2nd Feb. 1831 ; Jessie
Harriet, born 23rd Jan. 1832, accidentally
burnt to death 21st Nov. 1836. Publica-
tion— Account of the Parish {New Stat.
Ace, ix.).
JOHN EEID, born Drumoak, 30th Aug.
1885 1833, son of William E. and Mary
Mitchell; educated at Grammar
School and Marischal College, Aberdeen ;
licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 23rd June
1857 ; assistant at Largs and Cortachy ;
ord. 3rd May 1865 ; died 8th Feb. 1917.
He marr. 23rd Oct. 1866, Jane Brown
(died 30th Dec. 1896), daugh. of John
Brown, and had issue — William, born
16th April 1868; Jane Fleming, born
5th March 1870; John, born 15th Feb.
1872; Bobert, born 9th Sept. 1873, died
30th March 1904; James Charles, born
15th Jan. 1876; Alexander Brown, born
18th July 1878.
WILLIAM MUEEAY MILNE, born
lgl5 Glasgow, 27th July 1883, son of
George M., shipbroker, Helens-
burgh, and Barbara Murray ; educated at
Glasgow Academy and Univ. ; M.A. (1906);
licen. by Presb. of Dunbarton April 1909 ;
assistant at Logie, Bridge of Allan ; ord.
to Macduff 24th March 1911 ; trans, and
adm. (assistant and successor) 17th Nov.
1915. Marr. 29th July 1919, Kathleen
Florence May, youngest daugh. of Frederick
Boome Lumsden, schoolmaster, Newburn,
and has issue — William Murray, born 8th
June 1920.
1641
Second Charge.
WILLIAM MUEEAY, M.A. ; adm.
1600 14th Sept. 1600; trans, to First
Charge 19th April 1607.
PATEICK JAMESON, M.A. (St An-
drews 1632); studied divinity at
Aberdeen ; Eegent in Univ. of St
Andrews ; adm. in 1641 ; was in bad health
5th April 1642, and probably died before
4th Oct. that year. Publication — Elogii
XL., XLII. (Forbes's Funeral Sermon).
JOHN HEABT, M.A.; adm. 22nd
1643 March 1643; trans, to Dunino 30th
Dec. 1646.
Third Charge.
[Subsequently erected into parish of
Kingsbarns.]
JOHN MACBIENIE, M.A.; adm.
1601 about 1601, preaching at Kings-
barns; trans, to Ferryport - on-
Craig 10th May 1604.
DUNINO.
[The rectory of Dunino belonged to the
college of St Salvator at St Andrews.]
DAVID GUILD, M.A. ; adm. about
1564 1564; trans, to Kemback in 1570.
JAMES MAETIN, elected by the
157o Provost and Masters of St Salvator's
College, St Andrews ; confirmed by
King James VI. 30th Nov. 1570; trans.
to Kemback before 1574.
^THOMAS BBOWN, adm. in 1574;
1574 trans, to Kemback in 1578.
JOHN BUTHEEFUED, adm. in 1578 ;
157s trans, to Kemback in 1579.
DAVID MONYPENNY, adm. in 1579 ;
1579 trans, to Kemback before 1585.
DAVID MAETIN, third son of John M.,
1591 Dean of Guild, St Andrews ; became
Eegent in St Salvator's College
there ; ord. 5th April 1591 ; still min. in
1597, and died shortly thereafter.— [Mac-
farlane's Gen. Coll., ii., 191.]
196
DUNINO
[PKESB. OF
WILLIAM EESKINE, son of John E.
15g„ of Dun ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews ; M.A. (1592) ; nominated
by the Principal and Masters of Old College,
St Andrews, May 1596 ; adm. after 31st
March 1597 ; signed Protest to Parliament
against introduction of Episcopacy 1st
July 1606 ; was one of a Committee ap-
pointed by Assembly to revise the Book
of Common Prayer in 1616 ; was sum-
moned before Court of High Commission,
24th Feb. 1620, for not observing holidays
and not celebrating the Communion accord-
ing to the order prescribed by the Assembly
at Perth, and ordered 21st April that year
to be confined in Angus ; was still min. 24th
March 1629. He marr. Marjorie Hay,
who died 14th Feb. 1629.— [St Andrews
Tests. ; Booke of the Kirk ; Livingston's
Charac. ; Forfar Inhib., 2nd July 1622 ;
Beg. of Deeds, cccvi., 420.]
GEOEGE HALYBUBTON, min. before
1633 1633 ; trans, to Crail that year.
DAVID FOERET, M.A. ; Regent in Old
1638 College, St Andrews ; adm. about
1638 ; trans, to Forgan in 1640.
JAMES WOOD, son of a merchant,
1640 ®t Andrews; was a Regent in the
Old College there ; ord. in 1640 ;
elected Professor of Divinity in Marischal
College and min. of Greyfriars, Aberdeen,
1644, but not settled ; trans, to be third
Master in the New College, St Andrews,
1645; died 15th March 1664, aged about 55.
He marr. (1) Catherine (died 9th Sept.
1658, aged 38), daugh. of James Carstairs,
merchant, St Andrews, and had issue —
William ; John, min. of St Andrews ;
Katherine (marr. John Lentran) ; Agnes
(marr. William, eldest son of Walter Fairfowl
of Lathallan Wester) ; three other sons and
four other daughs. : (2) 30th June 1659,
Anna, second daugh. of John Napier or
Lepar, provost of St Andrews.— [Fife Sas.,
xix., 1 ; G. B. Inhib., 13th June 1672 ;
G. B. Rom., 4th Dec. 1671.]
JOHN HEAET, M.A. ; trans, from
Crail and adm. 30th Dec. 1646 ;
1646
trans, to Dunkeld in 1650.
ALEXANDEE EDWAED, M.A.; called
23rd May, and adm. 13th Oct. 1652 ;
1652
trans, to Crail 5th Aug. 1663.
WILLIAM MOOEE, M.A. ; adm. 11th
Nov. 1663 ; trans, to Second Charge,
1663
St Andrews, 15th July 1664.
^JOHN BAECLAY, M.A.; ord. 15th
1664 ^ec- 1664; trans, to Kettle July
1667.
PAUL METHVEN, M.A. (St Andrews,
27th July 1661); had a certificate for
licence from Presb. of St Andrews
15th Nov. 1665, and for ordination 14th
Aug. 1667 ; adm. 20th Nov. 1667 ; was
in ill-health 19th Oct. 1670; died before
14th June 1671.
ANDEEW AUCHINLECK, M.A. (St
. „,, Andrews, 22nd July 1665) ; had a
testimonial for licence from Presb.
of St Andrews 17th March 1669; adm.
3rd April 1672; suspended 11th May 1681
till next Synod for prevarication concern-
ing a child born in his house to a student
of law in Edinburgh ; trans, to Newbattle
6th July 1682.
WILLIAM WOOD, M.A. (St Andrews,
25th July 1671) ; had a certificate for
licence from Presb. of St Andrews
26th Aug. 1674; adm. 29th April 1683;
dep. for contumacy 2nd May 1693; died
April 1705, aged about 54. He marr. Sept.
1700, Helen Corstorphine, and had issue —
John; Elizabeth. — [St Andrews Tests.]
JAMES KNOX, bapt. 16th Aug. 1668,
son of Eobert K., writer, Edinburgh,
and great-great-grandnephew of the
Eeformer ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh; M.A. (9th July 1688); licen. by
Presb. of Linlithgow about 1696 ; called
in March, and ord. 2nd Sept. 1697; died
16th May 1740. He marr. 24th April
1700, Margaret Woddrop, and had issue —
Helen, bapt. 28th March 1701, died in
infancy ; Margaret, bapt. 21st April 1702,
died in 1783 ; Christian, bapt. 25th July
1704; Anna, bapt. 27th March 1706;
William, licentiate, bapt. 10th Jan. 1708 ;
Janet, bapt. 19th July 1709 ; Helen, bapt.
10th Oct. 1710; Jean, bapt. 17th May 1713;
1683
1697
ST ANDREWS]
DUNINO
197
1778
Magdalen, bapt. 24th Aug. 1715 ; Christian,
bapt. 9th April 1717 ; Elizabeth, born 19th
Sept. 1720 (marr. 1741, Eobert West,
Dundee). — [St Andrews Tests. ; Edin.
Bapt. ; Crawford's Knox Genealogy, 7 ;
Inq. Ret. Gen., 7021.]
JOHN TOD, M.A. (St Andrews, 3rd
May 1727); licen. by Presb. 21st
Dec. 1737; called 26th Dec. 1740;
ord. 24th June 1741 ; died at Balmungo,
28th Dec. 1771. He marr. 15th Dec. 1749,
Alison Landale (died at Pittenweem, 12th
Jan. 1814, aged 84), daugh. of the Eev.
Alexander Tod, Landerlorgi, Kingsmuir,
and had issue— David, born 21st Oct. 1750 ;
Alison, born 26th April 1752 ; Margaret
(marr. John Bell, tenant of Kilduncan). —
[St Andrews Tests.']
- ALEXANDER BEODIE, pres. by the
Principal and Masters of the United
College of St Andrews June 1772;
ord. 7th Jan. 1773 ; trans, to Carnbee 18th
Oct. 1781.
v JOHN BEAID, M.A. (St Andrews 1766);
licen. by Presb. of St Andrews 15th
Dec. 1773; pres. by Principal and
Masters of the United College Dec. 1781;
ord. 9th May 1782; died 5th Oct. 1785.
He marr. 29th Dec. 1783, Margaret Camp-
bell, who died 26th May 1822, and had
issue — Helen, born 18th Oct. 1784.
HENRY DAVID HILL, born 21st April
1762, son of John H., min. of St
Andrews ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews ; licen. by the Presb. there 7th
Sept. 1785 ; pres. by the Principal and
Masters of the United College in March,
and ord. 24th Aug. 1786 ; dem. 24th Oct.
1789, on appointment as Professor of Greek
in Univ. of St Andrews (21st Oct. 1789);
died 14th Nov. 1820. He marr. (1) 1st
Oct. 1802, Margaret (died 11th Dec. 1814),
daugh. of Archibald Borthwick, banker,
Edinburgh, whose title as seventeenth Lord
Borthwick was in abeyance till 1870, and
Margaret Neilson, daugh. of James Scott,
OS., and had issue — John, Commissary-
General of the Madras Army, born
19th Sept. 1803; Margaret, born 26th
Dec. 1804; Jean M'Cormick, born 18th
1786
April 1806 (marr. Walter Weir, min. of
Longformacus) ; Rachel, born 1 1th Sept.
1814 (marr., as his second wife, William
Wallace Duncan, min. of Cleish [after-
wards of the Free Church, Peebles]) : (2)
31st Aug. 1818, Mary Baxter, and had
issue — Jemima, born 30th July 1819, died
unmarr. Publication — Essays on the Insti-
tutions, Governments, and Manners of the
States of Ancient Greece (London, 1819;
2nd edition, 1823).— [Mrs Rodger's A Book
of Remembrance (private circulation, 1913).]
"" JAMES BROWN, born 1763 ; licen. by
1>JQ0 Presb. of St Andrews 2nd Sept.
1789 ; pres. by the Principal and
Masters of the United College in Feb.,
and ord. 13th May 1790; dem. 8th June
1796, on appointment as Professor of
Natural Philosophy in Univ. of Glasgow ;
died 3rd June 1836.
JAMES HUNTER, pres. by the
l7gs Principal and Masters of the United
College in June, and adm. 22nd
Sept. 1796; dem. 3rd Oct. 1804, on appoint-
ment as Professor of Logic and Rhetoric
in the United College, St Andrews [after-
wards min. of St Leonard's (q.v.)~\.
JAMES ROGER, born Ryehill of
Coupar - Grange, Bendochy, 24th
June 1767, son of Peter R., farmer,
and Janet, daugh. of Thomas Davidson of
Wolflaw, Forfarshire ; educated at Univs.
of St Andrews and Aberdeen ; licen. by
Presb. of Dundee 4th May 1791 ; assistant
at Cortachy and Monifieth ; adm. school-
master of Monikie 4th Dec. 1799 ; res.
11th June 1800; became secretary to
George Dempster of Dunnichen, M.P. ;
was first editor of the Dundee Advertiser;
was sometime a journalist in London,
and assistant at Dunnichen ; pres. by the
Principal and Masters of United College,
St Andrews, Nov. 1804; ord. 2nd May
1805; died 23rd Nov. 1849. He marr. 17th
Jan. 1823, Jean (died 18th April 1825,
aged 22), daugh. of William Haldane, min.
of Kingoldrum, and had issue — an only
child— Charles, D.D., LL.D., min. of North
Church, Dunfermline, born 18th April 1825.
Publications — General View of the Agri-
1805
198
DUNINO— ELIE
[PRESB.
OF
culture of the County of Angus or Forfar
(with preliminary Observations by George
Dempster, Esq., of Dunnichen) (Edinburgh,
1794); Essay cm Government (Edinburgh,
1797) ; Account of Monikie and of Dunino
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xiii. ; New Stat. Ace,
ix.). — [Four Perthshire Families, 31-6;
Charles Rogers' Leaves from my Auto-
biography, 1-80.]
JOHN BUENS, born St Andrews
1816; educated at St Andrews
1850 Univ.; M.A. ; taught classes in
Madras College, and Moral Philosophy and
Logic in Univ. of St Andrews ; assistant
at Alloa; ord. to Dunnichen 27th Sept.
1849; trans, and adm. 12th June 1850;
died unmarr. 18th Nov. 1863.
J JOHN BIEBELL, ord. 15th June 1864 ;
trans, to Professorship of Hebrew
1864 and Oriental Languages, St Mary's
College, St Andrews (q.v.), 4th Nov. 1871 ;
dem. this charge 30th Oct. 1872.
JAMES EWAN, born Strathkinness, 2nd
May 1838 ; educated at High School,
1873 Dundee, and Univ. of St Andrews ;
B.D. (1870) ; licen. by Presb. of St Andrews
2nd Nov. 1870 ; missionary at Annbank,
Tarbolton ; ord. by Presb. of Ayr 5th Nov.
1872 ; assistant at Tarbolton ; pres. by the
United College, and adm. 8th May 1873 ;
died unmarr. 24th Jan. 1911.
ALEXANDEE MACDONALD, born
Montrose, 12th Oct. 1883, son of
1911 Alexander M. and Elizabeth Milne
1622
Baird; educated at Harris Academy,
Dundee, and Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A.
(1905), B.D. (1910), also at Univ. of Berne ;
licen. by Presb. of St Andrews 3rd Aug.
1910; assistant to Professor of Hebrew,
St Mary's College ; ord. 12th April 1911.
ELIE.
[A church was built and endowed here
by William Scott of Ardross, trustee of
his father, Sir William Scott of Elie. It
was opened on 17th April 1639. The parish
of Elie was disjoined from Kilconquhar on
11th Sept. 1641. At Earlsferry, within the
bounds, a fair of St Nicholas was held.]
JOHN CAEMICHAEL, parson of the
church of Elie; died June 1622 —
{Boyd of Trochrig's Obits (Banna-
tyne Club).]
EOBEET TEAIL, M.A. ; pres. by
William Scott of Ardross in June,
1689 and adm. 17th July 1639 ; trans, to
Greyfriars, Edinburgh, 23rd March 1649.
EOBEET WEMYSS of Baldavie, born
St Andrews; educated at Univ.
1649 there; M.A. (1643); was on the
Exercise of the Presb. of St Andrews 25th
Aug. 1647; pres. by William Scott of
Ardross in March, and adm. 16th Aug.
1649 ; deprived by Act of Parliament 11th
June and Decreet of Privy Council 1st
Oct. 1662 ; dep. 6th April 1665, for refus-
ing his submission to Episcopacy. He
marr. Jan. 1657, Mary (died in child-
birth Aug. 1668), eldest daugh. of Dr
John Sharp, Edinburgh, and had issue
—William; Eobert ; John; Marie —
[Lamont's Diary, 96, 191 ; Blair's Autob. ;
G. R. Inhib., 14th Sept. 1677.]
ALEXANDEE GILLESPIE of Newton
Eires ; called min. in 1677. He marr.
1677 Christian Small. - [Wood's East
Neuh 121.]
ALEXANDEE WILSON, M.A.; be-
came chaplain to Scott of Ardross
1678 before 18th Aug. 1661 ; had a testi-
monial for licence from Presb. of Auchter-
arder 7th Sept. 1670 ; pres. by Sir WDliam
Scott of Ardross in Jan., and adm. 8th
May 1678; deprived by Privy Council
8th Sept. 1689, for not reading the Pro-
clamation of the Estates, etc. He after-
wards intruded at Fern and subsequently
at Kinnaird.
1692
JOHN AETHUE, probably assistant
at Carnbee in 1690 ; trans, and adm.
before 27th Sept. 1692; died after
4th April 1699.
JAMES CHALMEES of Eadernie,
second son of John C. of Pitmeddin,
1701 cadet of the family of Gadgirth, and
Eector of the Grammar School of Cupar-
Fife, and Katherine, daugh. of Michael
Balfour of Eanderston ; educated at
ST ANDREWS]
ELIE
199
Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (12th July
1698); licen. by Presb. of Cupar 12th
Sept. 1699; called Oct. 1700; ord. 16th
April 1701 ; died of consumption 20th
Jan. 1741, aged about 63. He marr. 1st
June 1702, Agnes (died 26th Feb. 1761),
daugh. of Eobert Merchiston, min. of Kirk-
patrick Juxta, and 'had issue — Helen, born
19th March 1703, died young ; Katherine,
< born 6th May 1705 (marr. Thomas Key,
min. of Kilrenny) ; Marion, born 4th March
1707; Helen, born 14th May 170S (marr.
Nathan Pattullo, shipmaster, Elie), died
20th Nov. 1787; Christian, born 27th
Dec. 1709, died 20th June 1761 ; John of
Eadernie, his successor in the parish ;
James, shipowner, Anstruther [grandfather
of Thomas Chalmers, D.D.], born 13th
Dec. 1713, died 1788; Eobert of Pit-
meddin, born 24th June 1715, died 1771 ;
Margaret, born 19th April 1717 (marr.
pro. 24th May 1747, William Chalmers,
printer, Edinburgh) ; Patrick, brewer in
Elie, born 24th May 1719, died 2nd Sept.
1779; Agnes, born 9th April 1721 (marr.
— — Borthwick) ; Alexander, born 1725. —
[Hanna's Life of Chalmers ; Connolly's Fife-
shire Biog., Ill ; Genealogical Note, Letters
and Journals of Anne Chalmers, 189.]
JOHN CHALMEES, D.D. of Eadernie,
son of preceding; called 16th Nov.
1737 ; ord. (assistant and successor)
31st May 1738; trans, to Kilconquhar
19th June 1760.
WILLIAM PAIEMAN, born 1735, son
„ of John P., Biggar, Lanarkshire,
and nephew of Principal Leishman,
who bequeathed his library to him ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1756) ;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 30th April
1760 ; pres. by Sir John Anstruther of
that ilk, Bart., in Jan., and ord. 12th May
1761 ; died 17th Feb. 1798. He marr. 28th
May 1770, Helen, second daugh. of David
Eamsay, Prestonpans, and had issue —
Jean, born- 27th Feb. 1771 (marr. Eobert
M'llwraith of Auchinfiower) ; Helen, born
18th Oct. 1772 (marr. 31st July 1797, George
Birrell, Kirkcaldy) ; William, born 1st
Aug. 1774, died 14th June 1794; Adam,
born 20th Sept. 1776, died 5th March
1832
1790 ; John, born 8th Sept. 1779, died 13th
Jan. 1780; David James, born 7th May
1786. Publication— Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xvii.).
JAMES CLAEK, licen. by Presb. of
17 Linlithgow 21st June 1786 ; ord. by
that Presb. 11th April 1797 on
appointment as Morning Lecturer in Edin-
burgh; assistant in St Andrew's Church,
Edinburgh, and chaplain to 3rd Battalion
Edinburgh Volunteers ; pres. by Sir John
Anstruther, Bart., 16th July, and adm. 27th
Sept. 1798 ; died 18th Aug. 1831.
GEOEGE MILLIGAN, born Dumfries
1792, son of William M. and Agnes
Colville; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh; licen. by Presb. of Dumfries
24th Aug. 1814 ; became assistant to
Josiah Walker, Professor of Humanity in
Univ. of Glasgow ; pres. by Sir Windham
Carmichael Anstruther of that ilk, Bart.,
in Feb., and ord. 10th May 1832; app.
clerk to Presb. and to Synod in 1840 ;
D.D. (Glasgow, Dec. 1853); died 15th
Oct. 1858. He marr. Janet Fraser, who
died 16th April 1873, and had issue-
William, D.D., Professor of Divinity and
Biblical Criticism, Aberdeen (q.v.), born
11th Feb. 1821; Peter, min. of Guthrie,
born 17th Nov. 1822; Janet, born 17th
Sept. 1824 (marr. William Eanken Watson,
min. of Logie) ; George, brigade major of
artillery, born 29th May 1826, died at
Scutari 1854 ; Jean Harley, born 28th Jan.
1829 (marr. Frederick Patterson); Agnes,
born 26th Jan. 1831, died 1st July 1836;
Windham, merchant, Liverpool, born 10th
March 1833. Publications — Catechism of
English Grammar (Edinburgh, 1832) ;
Sermon ore the Death of the Rev. Andrew
C. Car stairs, D.D. (Edinburgh, 1839);
Accounts of Elie and Anstruther Wester
{New Stat. Ace., ix.).
V EOBEET BUCHANAN, ord. 12th May
1859; trans, to Dunbar 9th July
1859
1862.
JAMES HILLHOUSE, born 1836, son
1862 °^ James BE., schoolmaster, and
Agnes Underwood ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; ord. 25th Sept.
200
ELIE— FERRYPORT-ON-CRAIG
[PRESB. OF
1862 ; res. charge and status of ordained
min. of the Church 29th Nov. 1882;
died 3rd Nov. 1911. He inarr. 17th Aug.
1880, Mariannie Donaldson Lawrie, daugh.
of John Fleming Berwick, M.D., Elie.
PETER HAY HUNTER, M.A.; ord.
1883 19th April 1883; trans, to Tester
19th Aug. 1886.
ROBERT HAMILTON DUNLOP,born
183„ Baillieston, 29th Sept. 1856, son of
James M'Call D. and Isabella
Hamilton ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Hamilton 29th April
1S84 ; assistant at Greyfriars, Dumfries,
1st July 1884 to 31st Dec. 1886 ; ord. 13th
Jan. 1887; elected clerk to Presb. of St
Andrews 14th Oct. 1903; res. 17th June
1907, on appointment as Deputy for En-
dowment and Home Mission Schemes ;
D.D. (St Andrews 1922). Marr. 8th Nov.
1887, Edith Grace Bisset (died 28th Aug.
1919), daugh. of Peter Cameron Black,
min. of Old Monkland, and has issue —
Maud Jane Margaret, born 11th Aug. 1S88
(marr. John Scott); James Weir, born
17th June 1890.
WILLIAM NEVE MONTEITH, born
lgo7 22nd Aug. 1878, son of John
M., min. of Glencairn ; educated at
Fettes College and Univs. of Oxford and
Glasgow; B.A. (Oxon 1901), B.D. (Glas-
gow 1904) ; licen. by Presb. of Penpont
17th May 1904; assistant at Buenos Aires
and St Andrews ; ord. 25th Sept. 1907 ;
enlisted in Fife and Forfar Yeomanry in
1914 ; commissioned lieut. The Rifle Brigade
22nd Jan. 1915, and killed in action Battle
of Loos 25th Sept. 1915. He marr. 30th
March 1915, Muriel, daugh. of Benjamin C.
Cox, and had issue— William Neve, born
31st Dec. 1915.
JOHN ELLIS, ord. 19th Jan. 1916;
1916 trans- to St Leonard's, Ayr, 15th
4
Oct. 1919.
DAVID MATHLESON BELL, born
1920 Cambuslang, 11th May 1891, son of
David B. and Elizabeth Mathieson ;
educated at West Coats Higher Grade
School and Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1910),
B.D. (1914); licen. by Presb. of Hamilton
May 1914 ; assistant at Barony, Glasgow ;
ord. as Army Chaplain 1st May 1917 ; adm.
to this charge 4th Feb. 1920. Marr. 29th
March 1922, Josephine, younger daugh. of
John Ramsay, Inch, Pittenweem, and has
issue — David Mathieson, born 3rd Jan. 1923.
FERRYPORT-ON-CRAIG.
[The parish of Ferryport-on-Craig was
disjoined from Leuchars in 1602, and was
erected by Act of Parliament on 11th Jul}'
1606.]
JOHNMACBIRNIE,M.A.; trans, from
1604 Third Charge, Crail, and adm. 10th
May 1604; trans, to Aberdeen 21st
Oct. 1605.
SIMEON DURIE, M.A. ; adm. in 1605 ;
1605 trans, to Forgan in 1609.
JAMES JARDEN, M.A. ; pres. to
1609 vicaraSe t>v James VI. 4th Nov.
1609 ; trans, to Longforgan in 1615.
SAMUEL CUNNINGHAM, cousin and
amanuensis to Patrick Adamson,
Archbishop of St Andrews, 8th April
1591 ; afterwards schoolmaster of Forgan
and an " expectant " 4th Sept. 1611 ; pres.
by James VI. 20th Jan. 1615; subscribed
the Covenant at Edinburgh 1st March 1638;
dep. for inefficiency ; died between 5th
Aug. and 1st Oct. 1641. He marr. Margaret
Nairn, and had issue — Eupham (marr.
Andrew Honyman, Bishop of Orkney) ;
Anna, who was blind.— [Melvill's Autob. ;
Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Fife Sas., vii., 188 ; G. R.
Sas., 6th Jan. 1710.]
ANDREW HONYMAN, M.A. ; adm.
la40 assistant before 6th Oct. 1640 ; pres.
by Charles I. 1st Oct. 1641; trans.
to Second Charge, St Andrews, 24th Nov.
1642.
THOMAS WOOD, M.A. ; Regent in
1644 ®^ College, St Andrews ; adm. 1st
May 1644 ; dem. on account of his
health 2nd May 1649.
JOHN RIGG, M.A.; adm. 15th Jan.
1651 1651; trans, to Strathmiglo 20th
Sept. 1655.
1615
ST ANDREAVS]
FERRYPORT-ON-CRAIG
201
1666
WILLIAM VILANT, M.A. ; called 21st
1656 Nov. 1655; adm. 21st May 1656;
deprived by Act of Parliament 11th
June, and Decreet of Privy Council 1st
Oct. 1662 ; dep. 6th April 1665, for refus-
ing submission to the Church Government;
indulged at Cambusnethan 27th July 1669 ;
returned here in 1690.
WILLIAM JOAS, preacher at the East
laee -Ferry iQ 1666, younger son of Thomas
J. of Collynwert. — \Banff Sas., i.,
393.]
KOBEET WHITE, licen. by Presb. of
Dalkeith 21st March 1650; ord. to
Inchture 12th June 1664 ; trans, and
adm. 24th May 1666 ; deprived 1689, for not
praying for William and Mary. He marr.
6th Oct. 1668, Elspet Fithie, who is called
his widow 18th Feb. 1697, and had issue —
James ; Eobert, min. of an Episcopal con-
gregation at Cupar and Bishop there ;
Alexander ; Charles ; Helen ; Elizabeth.
— [Lamont's Diary, 189; Bell's MS. Notes;
Treasury Sed. Book.]
WILLIAM VILANT, M.A., before
mentioned ; trans, from Cambus-
nethan ; entered 12th June 1690 ;
appointed Principal of New College, St
Andrews, in 1691 (q.v.).
WILLIAM KEMP, bapt. 15th Feb. 1659,
son of William K. ; was a probationer
at the General Meeting of Presby-
terian mins. 6th July 1687 ; called 30th
June, and adm. 12th Nov. 1691 ; the parish
was vacant after 4th April 1693 to 1697.
PATRICK TULLIDELPH, son of
1697 William T., min. of St Leonard's;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh,
M.A. (13th July 1691) ; licen. by Presb. of
St Andrews 26th Aug., and called 17th
Nov. 1696 ; ord. 4th May 1697 ; died 14th
March 1709, aged about 38. He marr. 8th
March 1698, Christian Brown of parish
of Kirkcaldy, and had issue— Elizabeth ;
Margaret; Helen. — [Fife Sas., xxi., 384.]
JAMES WALKER, M.A. ; trans, from
Forteviot; called 10th Nov. 1709;
adm. 14th June 1710 ; trans, to
Canongate, Edinburgh, 23rd June 1713.
1690
HENRY KING, licen. by Presb. of
1715 Kirkcaldy 10th Nov. 1709 ; ord. to
Anstruther Easter 15th July 1712;
called 22nd Dec. 1714; trans, and adm.
16th June 1715 ; died 23rd April 1716.
WILLIAM VILANT, born 1684, son of
William V., min. of this parish ; edu-
cated at Univ. of St Andrews, M.A.
(14th April 1704), and at Leyden ; licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh 29th June 1715 ; called
19th June, and ord. 21st Nov. 1716; died
25th Dec. 1738. He marr. (1) 30th Dec.
1716, Janet, daugh. of William Woddrop,
min. of Anstruther Easter, and had issue
—Christian : (2) Nov. 1719, Jean Wilson of
parish of Kilconquhar, who died 17th Feb.
1780, and had issue — Walter, died young ;
Walter, died young; Walter; William;
Nicholas, Professor of Mathematics, St
Andrews, 1765, died 25th May 1807 ; Jean ;
Jessabel ; Ann ; Eupham ; Bathia.
WILLIAM DALGLEISH of Scotscraig,
17 born 1690, son of James D., skipper,
Queensf erry, and Isobel Stewart ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow (M.A. 27th
June 1707) and at Leyden; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 6th Feb. 1717; ord. to
Carnbee 10th Sept. 1719 ; called 12th July,
trans, and adm. 11th Oct. 1739; succeeded
his brother in the estate of Scotscraig ;
died 6th Aug. 1759. He marr. (1) 15th
July 1725, Christian (died 7th Oct. 1737),
daugh. of Alexander Dalgleish, min. of
Linlithgow, and had issue— James of Scots-
craig, advocate, born 29th Sept. 1726, died
11th March 1780; Robert of Scotscraig,
successor in the parish : (2) 31st Dec. 1741,
Christian (died 12th Aug. 1750), daugh. of
James Nairn, shipmaster, Elie, and had
issue — Alexander ; William, died young ;
William ; Christian.— [-Spec. Ret. Fife, 436.]
ROBERT DALGLEISH of Scotscraig,
1760 born 5th June 1731, son of preceding ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (1750) ; licen. by Presb. of St Andrews
15th June 1756; pres. by George II. 25th
Sept. 1759 ; ord. 7th May 1760 ; succeeded
his brother in Scotscraig in 1780; D.D.
(St Andrews 1785) ; dem. 17th Nov. 1794 ;
died 19th April 1803. He marr. (1) 16th
202
FERRYPORT-ON-CRAIG
[PRESB. OF
May 1768, Margaret (died 21st Dec. 1788),
second daugh. of Robert Spears, min. of
Burntisland, and had issue — William of
Scotscraig, advocate, born 5th Aug. 1770,
died 1st Aug. 1824 : (2) his cousin, Stewart
(died 26th Jan. 1831), daugh. of James Dal-
gleish of Riddoch. Publication — Account
of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, viii.).
DAVID "WILLIAMSON, pres. by George
III. in March, and ord. 7th March
1795
1820.
1795 ; trans, to Newburgh 27th Jan.
WILLIAM DALGLEISH SWAN, born
1820 27th Oct. 1780, son of David S., D.D.,
min. of Scoonie ; educated at Univ. of
St Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of Kirkcaldy
1st May 1805 ; pres. by George IV. 5th
Feb., and ord. 4th May 1820; died 15th
July 1827. He marr. 12th June 1821,
Susannah Gordon, who died at Dundee
24th Feb. 1862.
WILLIAM NICOLSON, born Ceres
1796; schoolmaster of Muthill in
1820 and afterwards of Kemback ;
M.A. (St Andrews 1825) ; pres. by George
IV. 29th Sept. 1827 ; ord. 24th April 1828.
Joined the Free Church in 1843 ; adm. min.
of Scots Church, London Wall, 2nd Oct.
1844, and of Free Church, Hobart, Tas-
mania, in 1850 ; D.D. (America 1863) ; died
2nd Jan. 1890. He marr. Elizabeth Steel,
and had issue — John, born 27th Aug. 1825 ;
Ralph Steel, born 6th March 1828; William,
born 6th Oct. 1829 ; Peter, born 30th Jan.
1832 ; Elizabeth, born 9th, died 15th Jan.
1840. Publications — The Christian's Refuge
under the Sliadoiv of Christ (Edinburgh,
1827) ; Reasons for Humiliation at the
Present Time (Dundee, 1835) ; A Pastor's
Farewell (London, 1844) ; A Specimen of
Roman Catholic Teaching (Hobart, 1865) ;
Protestant Truth asserted and Popish Error
exposed (Hobart, 1865) ; Account of the
Parish {New Stat. Ace, ix.) ; Musings
when Alone ; Sermon XVII. (Free Church
Pulpit, ii.).
WALTER FORMAN BURT, educated
at Univ. of St Andrews ; pres. by
Queen Victoria 28th Aug., and ord.
9th Nov. 1843 ; dep. by General Assembly
1855
23rd May 1853; died 12th Nov. (May)
1866. He marr. 13th April 1852, Jane
Lawrence, and had issue — a son, born 23rd
March 1853.
JOHN ALEXANDER MACKENZIE,
M.A. ; pres. by Queen Victoria
25th July, trans, from Chapelshade,
Dundee, 22nd Sept. 1853 ; trans, to Kettins
27th Sept. 1855.
DAVID ROSE, born Nigg Manse 5th
Aug. 1829, son of Lewis Rose, min.
of Tain ; educated at High School,
Glasgow, Univs. of Glasgow and Aberdeen
in 1844 and St Andrews in 1849; licen.
by Presb. of Tain in 1852; assistant at
Rosneath and St Matthew's, Glasgow;
pres. by Queen Victoria 7th, and ord. 14th
Nov. 1855 ; died 24th June 1879. He marr.
5th April 1864, Eliza Cameron, daugh. of Dr
Hugh Cameron, Clackmannan, and had issue
—Lewis, born 17th Feb. 1865, died 18th
March 1875 ; Hugh Cameron, born 27th April
1867, died 1903; David George in Java,
born 27th Feb. 1868, died 28th Nov. 1923;
Eliza Chrystal, born 20th October 1870;
Katharine Baillie Cargill, born 2nd Nov.
1872 ; James Christie, born 13th Aug. 1874.
CHRISTOPHER HALLIDAY, born
„„ Johnstone, Dumfriesshire, 11th Jan.
1851, eighth son of William H,
farmer, Woodend, and Margaret Duncan ;
educated at Wamphray Public School,
Univs. of Cambridge, B.A. (1875), and
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
16th May 1878; assistant at Kinghorn ;
ord. 26th Nov. 1879 ; V.D. 1905 ; died 28th
Jan. 1923. He marr. 21st Feb. 1895, Freda
Paxton, daugh. of the Rev. James Martin,
Belfast, and had issue — Margaret Ruthven,
born 25th Nov. 1895 (marr. 21st April 1921,
Robert Moore, B.A., B.D., Professor of
Hebrew and Old Testament Exegesis, Free
Church College, Edinburgh) ; Christina
Martin, born 23rd Sept. 1899 ; Sybil Mary
Freda, born 27th Jan. 1907.
JOHN MACLAINE MUNRO, born
1923 0ban> 9tn Feb- 1895' SOn °f Martin
M. and Mary Maclaine ; educated at
Oban High School and Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1915), B.D. (1920) ; licen. by Presb.
ST ANDREWS]
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203
of Glasgow 31st March 1920; assistant at
Clarkston 1920-2, and ord. (assistant) in
Barony Parish, Glasgow, 19th Nov. 1922;
adm. here 29th June 1923. Marr. 29th Aug.
1923, Violet Catherine,onlydaugh. of Harvey
Sladen, St Mary's House, Bournemouth, and
Julia Dorcas Winstanley.
FORGAN.
[The church of Forgan was dedicated to
St Fillan. It belonged to the Priory of St
Andrews. The present church was built
in 1841.]
V DAVID BELL, exhorter at the Kirk of
- Newthouses, called St Lilian's Kirk,
March 1561-2.
JOHN FLAGEAR, Canon of St Andrews
..„ Priory ; reader 18th Jan. 1565-6. —
[Process in Register Housed
1 ANDREW BENNET, reader 1576 to
1576 1580.
vROBERT BUCHANAN, M.A. ; coll.
lggo 28th Oct. 1590 ; adm. 15th March
1590-1 ; trans, to Ceres June 1599.
WILLIAM MARCHE, M.A. ; Regent in
,599 St Leonard's College, St Andrews,
for thirteen years ; pres. to the
vicarage by James VI. 29th June, and
adm. 2nd Sept. 1599; died in 1606, aged
49. — [Monteith's Mort., 170; Acts and
Dec, ccxxiii., 339.]
DAVID LINDSAY, M.A. ; trans, from
ieo6 Second Charge, St Andrews ; pres.
to the vicarage by James VI. 28th
May 1606 ; trans, to Second Charge, South
Leith, 30th July 1609.
SIMEON DURIE, M.A. ; trans, from
1609 Ferryport-on-Craig ; pres. to the
vicarage by James VI. 20th June
1609 ; trans, to Arbroath in 1628.
HENRY SCRIMGEOUR, M.A. (St
1628 Andrews, 16th July 1620); pres.
by Charles I. 24th May 1628;
D.D. ; was on Commission for the Main-
tenance of Church Discipline 21st Oct.
1634 ; attempted to read the Service Book
"but not being very dexterous, he dis-
haunted it " ; dep. before 26th Aug. 1639
"for immorality, breaking the Sabbath,
affirming the nobles were taking the crown
off the King's head to set on their own,
calling the Covenant a black Covenant."
He died in England Feb. 1653, aged about
53. He marr., and had issue — William;
John ; and others who were allowed £100
by Parliament, 21st June 1661, on account
of their sufferings.— [Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Edin.
Tests. ; Acts of Pari., vii., App. 78 ; Fife
Sherijf-Court Deeds, 18th March 1671.]
DAVID FORRET, M.A. ; trans, from
1640 Dunino ; adm. in 1640 ; trans, to
Kilconquhar 27th May 1646.
ALEXANDER WEDDERBURN, M.A. ;
1647 pres. Oct. 1646; adm. 10th Feb.
1647 ; was app. by the Presb. to
deliver its letter to General Monk, and
another to the brethren comforting and
encouraging them under their sufferings.
He was suspended 5th April 1664, confined
to the parish by the Court of High Com-
mission 15th same month, and dep. 6th
April 1665 for refusing submission to
Church Government [was afterwards min.
of Kilmarnock 27th Jan. 1670].
JOHN ALEXANDER, M.A. (St
Andrews, 14th July 1660); had
certificate for licence from Presb.
24th Aug. 1664, and for ordination 20th
July ; ord. 2nd, and adm. 20th Aug. 1665 ;
died in 1674, aged about 34.— [St Andrews
Tests.]
WILLIAM SCOTT, M.A. (St Andrews,
1674 14th July 1660); adm. 12th Aug.
1674; died between 2nd Aug. and
24th Oct. 1677, aged about 35.
ALEXANDER SHARP, sometime a
167g min. in Ireland; adm. 16th Jan.
1678 ; trans, to Bourtie in 1678.
JAMES STRACHAN, M.A. ; Regent in
1678 Old College, St Andrews; adm.
25th Sept. 1678 ; deprived by Privy
Council 29th Aug. 1689, for not reading the
Proclamation of the Estates, etc. He marr.,
and had issue— Elizabeth, died before 3rd
Jan. 1740.
1665
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FORGAN
[PRESB. OF
1687
JAMES RYMER, who probably had
been a Regent in Old College, St
Andrews, prior to 1676 ; was a niiu.
at the General Meeting of Presbyterians
6th July 1687 after the Toleration ; trans.
from the meeting-house at Forgan to St
Andrews before 27th Nov. 1689.
HUGH KEMP, adm. in 1690; app.
1690 Presb. clerk 18th April 1693 ; trans,
to Dunfermline 1st May 1701.
JAMES NAIRNE, M.A.; called 29th
l7og July 1702; ord. 2nd Feb. 1703; trans,
to Anstruther Easter 7th Aug. 1717.
JAMES RUSSELL, M.A. (St Andrews,
71 10th May 1705) ; licen. by the Presb.
21st Nov. 1715; called 22nd Jan.,
and ord. 20th Aug. 1718; died between
20th Dec. 1727 and 17th Jan. 1728. He
marr. Elizabeth (died 24th Jan. 1778),
probably daugh. of Patrick Tullidelph, min.
of Ferryport-on-Craig, and had issue —
Margaret ; Elizabeth ; James ; Helen.
JOHN GELLETLY, called 22nd Jan.,
„-„ and ord. 24th April 1729 ; trans, to
Third Charge, Dundee, ISth July 1745.
v WILLIAM BEAT, schoolmaster of
174e Kilconquhar ; licen. by Presb. of
St Andrews 29th Oct. 1740; called
15th July, and ord. 25th Sept. 1746 ; trans.
to Kilrenny 5th Nov. 1760.
JAMES BURN, born 1734; licen. by
1761 Presb. of Kirkcaldy 29th Dec. 1757 ;
pres. to Kilconquhar 6th April 1759,
but not settled ; ord. by the Presbyterian
Classis at Newcastle min. of Castlegarth
Meeting-house 10th Dec. 1760; pres. by
George III. 23rd Jan., and adm. 7th May
1761; died 22nd Feb. 1800. He marr.
17th Dec. 1761 (1) Agnes (died 21st June
1768), daugh. of Robert Hamilton, master
mariner, Kinghorn, and had issue — John,
born 6th May 1763, died 17th Dec. 1764;
Robert, born 5th Oct. 1764, apprenticed
to a W.S. 1781 ; James, born 14th Sept.
1766, died at sea June 1788 ; William, born
12th June, died 12th Aug. 1768 : (2) 11th
Nov. 1773, Barbara (died 28th July 1779),
daugh. of William Cockburn, Kelso, and
had issue — William, born 14th Nov. 1774 ;
John, born 27th Jan., died 12th Feb. 1776 ;
Marjory, born 6th April 1778 ; Alexander,
born 25th May 1779, died 4th June 1780 :
(3) 22nd Nov. 1781, Elizabeth (died 29th
Jan. 1842), daugh. of Captain Dougal
Stewart of Lord Murray's Regiment, and
had issue — Dougal Stewart, born 28th
Sept. 1782, died 14th Feb. 1783; Ann
Mackenzie, born 14th Nov. 1783 (marr.
William Glenorchy Stewart) ; Elizabeth,
born 13th July 1785 ; Agnes Hamilton, born
6th April 1787 (marr. William Christie,
banker, Dundee) ; James John, born 19th
Feb. 1789; Jean, born 9th Feb. 1791; John,
born 17th July 1792; Isabella, born 24th
Feb. 1794 ; Barbara, born 31st May 1796.
Publications — Narrative of some of the
Proceedings of the General Assembly, 17S0
(Edinburgh, 1780); Sermons (Dundee, 1805);
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace,
xvi.).— [Neish's Hist, of Newport, 76.]
ALEXANDER MAULE, educated at
1801 Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by
Presb. of Dundee 5th Dec. 1787;
pres. by George III. 30th April 1800 ; ord.
26th March 1801 ; D.D. (St Andrews, 1st
May 1824) ; died unmarr. 28th July 1835.
In Leighton's poem, " The Bapteezment o'
the Bairn," the character and habits of Dr
M. are admirably hit off. — [Neish's New-
port, 79.]
CHARLES NAIRN, born 7th July 1803,
son of John N., merchant, Leith, and
Catherine Borthwick ; educated at
High School and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Dunblane 4th Aug. 1826 ;
assistant at Cupar ; pres. by William IV.
22nd Sept. 1835 ; ord. 3rd Feb. 1836. Joined
the Free Church in 1843, went to Madeira
while in bad health as missionary of Free
Church ; adm. to St David's Free Church,
Dundee, 1849; died 17th March 1873.
He marr. 11th June 1840, Janet (died
16th March 1894), daugh. of Thomas
Edmondston, ironmonger, Edinburgh, and
had issue — Isabella Howden, born 11th
Feb. 1841 ; Catherine Borthwick, born 6th
Nov. 1842 ; Thomas Edmondston, born 3rd
Sept. 1845 ; Janet Howden, born 25th Dec.
1848; Helen M'Donald, born 22nd Aug.
1851 ; James Edmondston, born 9th Feb.
ST ANDKEWS]
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1855 ; Elizabeth Edmondston, born 7th
April 1857 ; Boswell Laird, born 18th Oct.
1858 ; William Curr, born 25th April 1861.
Publications — The Fading Leaf: An
Address to the Young ; A Time of Chastening
Improved, Pastoral Letters (Glasgow and
London, 1845); Account of the Parish
{New Stat. Ace., ix.).
DAVID THOMSON, born Duns,
Berwickshire, 20th Oct. 1811, son
of Ebenezer T., classical master
Ayr Academy, and Rebecca Pourney (of
Huguenot extraction) ; educated Ayr
Academy and Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A.
(1826); iicen. by Presb. of St Andrews
Aug. 1841 ; assistant to Professor James
Hunter in Logic Class and College Church,
afterwards to Principal Haldane in the
Parish Church, St Andrews ; pres. by
Queen Victoria 12th July, and ord. 21st
Sept. 1843 ; D.D. (St Andrews 1883) ; died
28th May 1884. He marr. 13th Dec. 1847,
Harriet (died s.p. 22nd Oct. 1893), daugh.
of Charles Monro, writer, Stonehaven, and
widow of Robert Muir, Glasgow. Publi-
cation— Exercises for First Communicants
(several editions). — [Neish's Newport, 81-5.]
THOMAS MARTIN, M.A., B.D. ; trans,
from St Stephen's, Perth, and adm.
18th Dec. 1884 ; trans, to Cramond
23rd April 1890 (cf. Vol. I., p. 289) ; elected
Moderator of General Assembly 18th May
1920. Hugh Forgan, rector of Dollar
Academy 1923; Thomas, M.B., Ch.B.,
Peebles; Christian Isabella (marr. George
T. Thomson, min. of Tain).
THOMAS MUNN, born Glasgow, 13th
May 1859, son of Walter M. and
Jane Anderson; educated at St
James's Public School, Mechanics' Institute,
and Atheneeum, Glasgow, and Univ. of
Glasgow ; M.A. (1885) ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow 23rd June 1888 ; assistant at May-
bole (West), Coylton, and Lady Glenorchy's,
Edinburgh ; ord. 12th Feb. 1891 ; res. 24th
Nov. 1920. Marr. 17th Aug. 1892, Jessie
Lewars, only daugh. of Samuel Findlay,
Ayr, and has issue — Walter Anderson,
Royal Scots Fusiliers, born 4th July 1893,
died in Netley Hospital 6th Jan. 1920.
1921
HUGH FULTON FRAME, born Both-
well Park, Bellshill,24th May 1893,son
of William F. and Isabella Barrow-
man Laird; educated at Hamilton Academy
and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow 30th June 1920 ; assistant at Irvine;
ord. 13th April 1921. Marr. 6th Oct. 1920,
Jean Maclntyre, daugh. of Alexander Dick.
KEMBACK.
[The old church of Kemback, now ruined,
belonged to the College of St Salvator at St
Andrews. In 1446 Robert de Ferney and
his wife Mariote Olifert, Lady of Kemback,
granted to Gilbert de Galbraith, rector of
the church of Kemback, and his successors,
four acres of the lands of Kemback with
three cows' grass and one horse's grass for
ever, to be held on condition of the rector
being always bound to say two masses
weekly in the said church for them, their
parents, and benefactors. The present
church was first used for public worship May
1814. The old church bears date 1582.]
WILLIAM RAMSAY, M.A. (St Andrews
1537) ; Regent in St Salvator's Col-
lege ; taught for many years on the
Continent, but returned home at the Refor-
mation ; was one of those found qualified for
ministering and teaching by the General
Assembly 20th Dec. 1560; adm. to Kilmany
27th June 1564 ; pres. to the vicarage of
Fothergill by James VI. 3rd July 1568;
trans, and adm. in 1570, holding his Master-
ship at St Andrews in conjunction ; died
between 21st June and 30th Nov. 1570,
aged about 53. Publications — Judicim de
Lusitanis, ad Vallium Senatus Burde-
galensis Prassidem, lib. i. ; Answer to
Bidlinger on the Abulziements or Apparel
of Preaching in England (doubtful if this
was printed).— [Knox's Works; M'Crie's
Melville, i., 364; Bannatyne's Journal, 179.]
DAVID GUILD, Canon of St Salvator's
in 1555 ; was one of those in St
1 Andrews whom the General Assem-
bly in 1560 thought most qualified for
ministering and teaching ; adm. to Dunino
about 1564 ; trans, in 1570, holding his
Mastership in conjunction.
206
KEMBACK
[PRESB. OF
JAMES MARTIN, trans, from Dunino
1574 in 1574 ; trans, to Cults in 1578.
-'"THOMAS BROWN, trans, from Dunino
1578 and adm. in 1578.
JOHN RUTHERFURD, trans, from
Dunino in 1579 ; trans, to St An-
drews July 1584.
DAVID MONYPENNY, adm. to Dunino
in 1579 ; trans, and adm. in 1585 ;
1579
1585
still min. in 1593.
GEORGE NAIRN, M.A.; adm. 12th
Dec. 1596 ; trans, to Kennoway in
1596
1604.
DAVID MONYPENNY, above men-
tioned ; restored in 1604 ; dep. for
1604 immorality 7th Oct. 1617.
DAVID MUNRO, D.D. ; Regent in
Univ. of Edinburgh ; adm. in 1618 ;
1618 trans, to Kilconquhar in 1628.
JOHN BARRON, M.A. ; Regent in the
Old College, St Andrews ; adm. in
1628 1628; complained against for non-
residence and not conducting service, owing
to his being second Master at St Andrews.
He was ordered to attend carefully to his
duties ; D.D. (St Andrews) ; app. Principal
of Old College in 1646, when it was held he
was incapable of remaining min. here ; sus-
pended by the Assembly, 10th Aug. 1648,
for supporting the late Engagement. He
marr. Grizel, daugh. of George Martin,
Provost of St Salvator's College, and had
issue— George, died in infancy ; Catherine
(marr. Thomas Binning, St Monans);
James ; John. — [Macfarlane's Gen. Coll.,
ii., 195.]
[GEORGE BARRON (probably
1648 assistant).]
DAVID PATON, M.A. ; pres. by the
Masters of St Salvator's College,
St Andrews, in Jan., and adm. 11th
July 1648 ; trans, to Kettins 9th Aug. 1650.
JOHN WARDLAW, bapt. 20th Oct.
1629, son of Thomas W. of Logie
and Katherine Alison ; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A. (12th March
1652) ; was an " expectant " in Presb. of St
Andrews ; elected second min. of Cupar
6th Feb. 1655, but not settled; called to
this parish 17th Feb., and adm. 2nd July
1656; deprived by Act of Parliament 11th
June, and Decreet of Privy Council 1st
Oct. 1662 ; dep. for not conforming to
Episcopacy 27th Oct. 1663. He is in-
cluded in a decreet against several mins.,
16th July 1671, for keeping conventicles,
etc. He was indulged at Dunfermline by
the Privy Council 18th Dec. 1679; was
again cited, 2nd June 1681, for preaching
and holding conventicles, and not compear-
ing, was outlawed. He died after 23rd
May 1682. — [Blair's Autob. ; Wodrow's
Hist., ii. 329, iii. 267 ; Lamont's Diary, 98,
1 74 ; Inverkeithing and Rosyth, 207.]
ROBERT GLASFURD, M.A.; adm.
7th Sept. 1664; trans, to Kilmany
1664
in 1667.
1672
JOHN CHRISTISON, M.A. ; adm.
30th June 1672; trans, to Liff 30th
July 1673.
GEORGE LANDAL, M.A. ; adm. 4th
July 1674 ; trans, to Scoonie 16th
1674
June 1680.
ALEXANDER EDWARD, son of
Robert E., min. of Murroes ; edu-
cated at Univ. of St Andrews
M.A. (26th July 1670); pres. Nov. 1681
coll. in Jan., and adm. 22nd Feb. 1682
deprived in 1689, for not reading the Pro-
clamation of the Estates, etc. His house
was attacked in his absence at midnight,
22nd July 1691, by a party of armed men,
who assaulted an inmate and threatened
to take his life. He died in Edinburgh,
16th Nov. 1708, aged about 58. — \Greyfriars
Bur. Reg.~\
ALEXANDER ANDERSON, M.A. ;
ord. 26th Sept. 1700; trans, to
1700
Falkland 13th May 1702.
1703
WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM, M.A. (St
Andrews, 22nd July 1692); licen.
by Presb. of Kirkcaldy 15th Aug.
1700; called 3rd Nov. 1702; ord. 13th
March 1703 ; died between 23rd Oct. and
20th Nov. 1728, aged about 57. He marr.
(1) Helen Ballantyne, who died Feb. 1706 :
ST ANDEEWS]
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(2) Alison Lundie, who died 17th Aug.
1737, and had issue — William, min. of
Sanquhar ; John. — [Cupar Death Reg.~\
KOBEKT MELDEUM, M.A. (St An-
VJ„Q drews, 8th June 1708); licen. by
Presb. of St Andrews 24th April
1717; called 28th Oct. 1729; ord. 26th
March 1730; died 5th Sept. 1733, aged
about 46. He marr. Anna M'Cormick,
who died 8th Feb. 1736, and had issue —
Janet.
ALEXANDER WALKER, M.A. (St
Andrews, 6th May 1736); licen. by
1736 Presb. of Cupar 25th July 1732;
called 14th Oct. 1735; ord. 2nd March
1736 ; died 19th April 1780, aged 79. He
acquired the estate of Nether Magask. He
marr. 5th April 1742, Christian Gillespie,
who died 28th March 1747, and had issue
— Jean, born 5th March 1745 (marr. 6th
Nov. 1765, Hugh Hay of Paris).— \Tombst. ;
Douglas's Baronage, 588.]
JAMES MACDONALD, licen. by Presb.
of Arbroath 3rd May 1780; pres.
by the Principal and Masters of
the United College, St Andrews, in Oct.
that year ; ord. 10th May 1781 ; elected
Professor of Natural Philosophy in the
United College, St Andrews, 1st Dec. 1804;
adm. to Chair 14th Feb. 1 805, but appoint-
ment was set aside, 26th May 1809, by the
House of Lords on an appeal as to whether
the Principal of St Leonard's had a casting
vote in the election ; D.D. (St Andrews,
3rd June 1809); died Father of the
Church 30th Sept. 1843, aged 91. He
marr. (1) 29th Nov. 1792, Barbara Smith,
who died 3rd Aug. 1794, and had issue —
Susannah, born 3rd Nov. 1793, died 12th
Aug. 1796 : (2) 16th July 1799, Jean (died
s.p. 21st Dec. 1837, aged 80), daugh. of
John Hill, min. of St Andrews. Publica-
tion— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, xiv.).— [Mrs Rodger's A Book of
Remembrance, 7.]
THOMAS ANDREW ALEXANDER
EASTON, born 31st Aug. 1816, son
of Thomas E., D.D., min. of Kirrie-
muir; educated at Univ. of St Andrews;
ord. 11th Jan. 1844 ; died unmarr. 1st July
1845.
1846
DAVID CARRUTHERS, born 31st
Aug. 1816, second son of Jacob C,
Kilmarnock ; educated at Glasgow
Univ.; ord. 25th Feb. 1846; died at
Dumfries, 15th Oct. 1851 ; marr. (1), and
had issue — David, Sheriff - Clerk, Kil-
marnock, born 19th Feb. 1843; Henry,
Procurator, Glasgow, born 9th Aug. 1844 :
(2) 6th June 1848, Mary Sword, who
died 16th June 1854.
1852
ALEXANDER MACLAREN, born
Buchall, Perthshire, 4th April 1805
son of David M. ; educated at Univ
of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of St An
drews ; ord. 17th May 1852 ; LL.D. (1861)
died 25th Jan. 1886. He marr. 15th Aug.
1837, Betsy (died 19th July 1897), daugh,
of George Arklay, and had issue — David
min. of Humbie, born 12th Jan. 1839
Janet Smith, born 20th May 1841 ; George
Alexander, born 27th Feb. 1844; Bessie
Kerr, born 14th Aug. 1847.
1883
JOHN HENRY, born Monifieth, 28th
Dec. 1854, son of Robert H. and
Ann Petrie ; educated at Broughty
Ferry Public School and Univ. of St
Andrews; M.A. (1878); licen. by Presb.
of St Andrews 11th May 1881 ; ord.
(assistant and successor) 9th Aug. 1883 ;
died 7th Aug. 1911. He marr. 15th Dec.
1886, Patricia Barty Barran, eldest daugh.
of Alexander Gloack, Broughty Ferry, and
had issue — Ann Petrie, born 7th Feb.
1888; Edith Margaret, born 5th July
1889 ; Robert Alexander, M.A., served as
lieut. in R.G.A. and R.A.F. in European
War, born 1st Oct. 1895.
1911
JOHN MIDDLETON, born Glasgow,
10th May 1874, son of James M.
and Jane Smith ; educated at Allan
Glen's School, Glasgow, Kilblain Academy,
Greenock, and Univs. of Aberdeen, M.A.
(1896), and Glasgow, LL.B. (1901) ; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 5th May 1909 ; assistant
at Brechin Cathedral and Govan Parish ;
ord. 14th Dec. 1911 ; trans, to Kirkpatrick-
Irongray 2nd Nov. 1917.
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[PRESB. OF
1918
1560
RODERICK JOHN FRASER MAC-
DONALD, born Saline, 16th July
1890, son of James M. and Georgina
Fraser ; educated at Dollar Institution and
Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (1912), B.D.
(1915) ; licen. by Presb. of Dunfermline
Nov. 1915 ; locum tenens at Beath ; ord.
14th March 1918.
KILCONQUHAR.
[The church of Kilconquhar belonged
to the Benedictine Nunnery of North
Berwick. In 1900 the church was re-
seated and the east end transformed into
a chancel with organ and carved oak
Communion table.]
ALEXANDER SPENS, was one of
those in St Andrews whom the
first General Assembly, 20th Dec.
1560, thought most qualified for ministering
and teaching ; entered that year ; the
parishioners complained against him for
not celebrating the Communion for six
years, on 25th June 1565 ; trans, to Cupar
in 1567.
GEORGE LESLIE, trans, from Strath-
ls_„ miglo in 1567 ; pres. to the vicarage
by James VI. 24th Aug. 1568 ; trans,
to Mortlach in 1573.
DAVID SPENS, mentioned as min. in
,_,_„ Minutes of the Synod of Fife,
1611-87— [Abbotsford Club, 1837.]
WILLIAM BELLENDEN, reader and
15„. vicar 6th May 1574. — [Acts and Dec,
lv., 5.]
ANDREW MONCREIFF, adm. in 1576;
1576 trans, to Crail 20th Sept. 1593.
JOHN RUTHERFURD, M.A. (St
Andrews 1582); trans, and adm.
from Second Charge, Cupar, 21st
July 1594. On 20th Oct. 1595, at a visita-
tion, various charges were made against
him, and he was dep. 29th July 1596,
"for doing disquiet to the whole Church
by the writing of an infamous and false
libel (the heade of Blackerie doctrin
resoluit in a Remist method) against
David Black, min. of St Andrews, and
spreading the same." He was reponed by
the commissioners of the Assembly 23rd
June 1597, but the Presb. refused to re-
ceive him. He took to the profession of
medicine, but was adm. to Dairsie April
1611.
1603
JOHN CARMICHAEL, son of David
C. of Balmedie, and Isobel, daugh.
of David Barclay of Collairnie ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews; M.A.
(3rd Dec. 1584) ; adm. to Newburn in 1595 ;
app. one of the visitors of Ross-shire, and
in 1601 to wait upon the Lord Home ;
trans, and adm. 11th Aug. 1603; was one
of those who met and counselled with
the six mins. previous to their trial at
Linlithgow 10th Jan. 1606, and after the
trial accompanied them to their place of
confinement ; was one of the forty-two mins.
who signed a protest to Parliament, 1st
July that year, against the introduction of
Episcopacy. He was one of eight mins.
commanded by the King, May 1606, to go
to London, sailed from Anstruther 15th
and arrived there 25th Aug. After several
conferences he was sent to advise with
and be under the surveillance of Dr Tobias
Matthew, Archbishop of York, 23rd Nov.,
but obtained leave to return home, Feb.
1607, on condition of keeping himself quiet,
not preaching, nor attending Synod or
Presbytery, and confining himself to his
parish. He was present at the Falkland
conference 4th May 1609 ; was released by
the Privy Council from his confinement
28th July 1614. He refused the degree of
D.D. July 1616; was on a Royal Commission
21st March 1619 for visiting the Colleges of
Aberdeen, and summoned before the Court
of High Commission 20th Aug. that year as
accessory to the writing of the book Perth
Assemblie and disobeying the Acts then
passed thereof; died at Edinburgh 6th June
1622, aged about 58. He firmly resisted all
innovations proposed by the King. He marr.
Janet Black, and had issue — Frederick, min.
of Markinch; William. Publication— Two
letters to Mr James Melvill (Calderwood's
Hist, vi. 786, vii. 46).— [Melvill's Autob.;
M'Crie's Melville, i., 212, 254, 324, 487;
Livingston's Charac. ; Fife Sas., x., 314 ;
ST ANDKEWS]
KILCONQUHAR
209
1628
Scots Peerage, iv., 566 ; Cupar Burgh
Sas., i., 29th April 1606; Beg. Mag. Sig.,
vii., 2011 ; Row's Hist., 231, 439.]
HENRY ROLLOCK, M.A. ; trans, from
1628 Auchterarder ; pres. by Sir David
Lindsay of Balcarres before 29th
Aug. 1622 ; adm. in 1623; trans, to Trinity
Parish, Edinburgh, in 1628.
DAVID MUNRO, D.D. ; Regent in the
Univ. of Edinburgh ; adm. to Kem-
back in 1618 ; trans, and adm. in
1628 ; was one of the Commissioners for
Maintenance of Church Discipline 21st Oct.
1634 ; was an unsuccessful candidate for
the Bishopric of Argyll in 1637 ; was
pelted with stones in Edinburgh in 1638
as a spy on the Covenanters ; died after
2nd Oct. 1645, aged about 64. He marr.,
and had issue — Sophia (marr. David
Landells of Coull). — [Baillie's Letters, i.,
94; Acts of Pari., v. 413, vi. 198; Fife
Sas., x., 113.]
DAVID FORRET, M.A. ; Regent in the
1646 ^^ College, St Andrews ; adm. to
Dunino in 1638; trans, to' Forgan in
1640; pres. by Alexander, Lord Balcarres (to
whom he had been tutor) in June ; trans,
and adm. 27th May 1646 ; was Moderator
of Synod 2nd April 1661 ; not conforming
to Episcopacy, he was confined to his
parish ; died before 6th March 1672, aged
about 71. He marr. Elizabeth Borthwick,
who was buried in Greyfriars, Edinburgh,
30th Aug. 1673, and had issue— Alexander,
born 1648 ; Elspet ; Jean, buried in Grey-
friars 14th Nov. 1684. — [Greyfriars Burials;
Lamont's Diary, 134 ; Baillie's Letters ;
Memoir of Lady Anna Mackenzie, 57 ;
Acts of Pari., vi. 198, ii. 138, 503, 509;
Wodrow's Hist., i., 329; Dick's Annals of
Colinsburgh, 76-9.
WILLIAM HAY, D.D. ; ord. between
,67 12th and 23rd Oct., and adm. 19th
Nov. 1673; trans, to Perth March
1684.
ALEXANDER HAY, elected precentor
and session-clerk of South Leith
after 13th July 1682; adm. 24th
Sept. 1684 ; deprived by Privy Council 12th
VOL. V.
Sept. 1689, for not reading the Proclama-
tion of the Estates, etc., and died soon
afterwards. He marr. Sarah Auchmouty,
and had issue — Colin, born 1685 ; George ;
Helen, born 1689. — [Peterkin's Constit. of
the Church ; Rule's Sec. Vindication.]
JAMES DRUMMOND, chaplain to
legl Margaret, Marchioness of Argyll ;
having been imprisoned for preach-
ing in families, was released 21st July 1674
on promising to attend no conventicles in
future. He, however, joined the field
preachers, was apprehended and sent to
the Bass in 1677, but was liberated by the
Privy Council 5th Oct. that year on finding
caution to proceed to Kilmarnock and
afterwards to Kintyre. He attended the
General Meeting of Presbyterian mins. after
the Toleration 6th July 1687 ; was called to
this parish 24th April, and adm. 25th June
1691; died 29th Sept. 1699. He marr.
Mary Montgomery, who survived him,
and had issue — Mary, and others. — [St
Andreivs Tests. ; Wodrow's Hist., ii., 270,
356, 364 ; Bass Rock, 199-202 ; Select. Min.
Synod of Fife, 208.]
[ALEXANDER GILLESPIE, a
licentiate, who preached frequently here,
1699-1700 ; was called to the charge but
declined it, having fallen into bad health.]
1701
1684
WALTER WILSON, son of Alexander
W., min. of Cameron ; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (28th
July 1677); was a probationer 6th July
1687 ; ord. to Abercrombie 17th Dec. 1689 ;
called 7th Oct., and adm. 3rd Dec. 1701 ;
died 3rd June 1735, aged about 78. He
marr. (1) cont. 31st Oct. 1688, Janet,
daugh. of John Crombie, merchant burgess
of Cupar, and had issue — Christian :
(2) 1704, Anna (died at Elie 13th
March 1754), daugh. of Alexander Pit-
cairn, Principal of New College, St
Andrews, and had issue — Walter, Pro-
fessor of Greek, St Andrews, 1748, died
2nd Feb. 1769 ; John ; Rachael (marr.
David Russel, surgeon, Kennoway) ; Ann
(marr. John Cook, min. of Abercrombie) ;
O
210
KILCONQUHAR
[PRESB. OF
Eupham (marr. David Myles, min. of
Newburn).— [Fife Sas., xiv., 437.]
THOMAS AYTON, born 1694; licen.
1735 kv Presb. of Jedburgh 4th Nov.
1719; ord. to Alyth 21st Sept.
1720 ; called 4th Sept., pres. by Alexander,
Earl of Balcarres, trans, and adm. 6th Nov.
1735; died 5th Jan. 1739. "Famed for
his arcanum, which cured children of con-
vulsion fits." He marr. Barbara (died
35th Jan. 1767), daugh. of James Hadow,
Principal of New College, St Andrews.
Publication — The Original Constitution of
the Christian Church (Edinburgh, 1730)
[this called forth "Some Observes" upon
it, by Glas of Tealing (Edinburgh, 1732)].
— [Scots Mag., i., 44.]
JAMES CLIDSDALE, born 1713 ; licen.
1739 by Presb. of Edinburgh 29th Nov.
1738; became chaplain to Charles,
Earl of Lauderdale ; called 25th June,
pres. by James, Earl of Balcarres, and
ord. 15th Nov. 1739 ; died 13th March 1759.
He marr. 17th April 1741, Wilhelmina,
daugh. of Alexander Brand, watchmaker,
Edinburgh, and sister to James Edward B.,
Brigadier of the German Brigade in East
Indies. — [Edin. Tests. ; Tombst.']
JOHN CHALMEBS of Radernie, born
17 8th Jan. 1712, son of James O, min.
of Elie ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith 2nd
Aug. 1737 ; ord. (assistant and successor)
to Elie 31st May 1738 ; D.D. (St Andrews,
13th April 1759); pres. by James, Earl of
Balcarres, May 1759 ; trans, and adm.
(after appeal to the Assembly) 19th June
1760 [C.'s settlement resulted in the
formation of a Relief congregation in
Colinsburgh] ; died 7th April 1791. He
marr. 6th June 1743, Helen (died 23rd
Feb. 1787), second daugh. of Sir Alexander
Anstruther and Jean, Baroness Newark,
and had issue — William of Blebo, writer,
Edinburgh, born 11th April 1744, died
26th 'Feb. 1807; Jean, born 10th Nov.
1745 (marr. 22nd Aug. 1779, David Walker
of Falfield, Largo), died 1799. — [Scots
Peerage, vi.,443 ; Connolly's FifeshireBiog.,
Ill ; Hanna's Life of Chalmers.]
ALEXANDER SMALL, born 1733;
M.A. (St Andrews, 1758); licen. by
Presb. of St Andrews 30th Sept.
1763 ; became tutor to Alexander, Earl of
Balcarres ; ord. to Kirkmichael 29th April
1767; trans, to Newtyle 2nd July 1778;
pres. by Alexander, Earl of Balcarres,
Sept., trans, and adm. 10th Nov. 1791 ;
D.D. (St Andrews, 18th Jan. 1812) ; died
27th Nov. 1812. He marr. 11th March
1773, Jean (died 10th April 1828), daugh.
of Alexander Stewart of Strathgarry,
min. of Blair- Atholl, and had issue —
Isabel, born 15th Jan. 1774 (marr. 18th
Sept. 1806, Daniel Robertson,' min. of
Meigle) ; Margaret, born 27th July 1775 ;
Ann Lindsay, born 14th Nov. 1777 ; Robert,
merchant, London, born 29th Oct. 1779 ;
Alexander, min. of Stirling, born 8th Oct.
1781 ; Cecilia, born 13th Aug. 1783 ; John
of Foodie, purser on an East Indiaman,
born 6th Jan. 1787 ; Catherine Graham,
born 25th June 1793. Publications —
Accounts of Newtyle and Kilconquhar
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, iii., ix.).
WILLIAM FERRIE, born 26th Dec.
1782, second son of William F.,
farmer, Kirkintilloch ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; adm. Professor of Civil
History at St Andrews 23rd Dec. 1808;
pres. by Alexander, Earl of Balcarres,
April 1813 ; objection was taken because he
declined to resign his Chair, but on appeal
to the Assembly he was continued in both
charges; ord. 3rd Feb. 1814; D.D. (St
Andrews, 12th Feb. 1825); died 7th June
1850. Dr Chalmers characterised him as
" the best minister in Fife, and the worst
professor." He was mainly instrumental
in the erection of the Chapel-of-Ease at
Largo ward. He marr. 29th July 1811,
Elizabeth (died 20th Aug. 1847), youngest
daugh. of Joseph M'Cormick, Principal of
United College, St Andrews, and had issue
— Maria, born 31st July 1813 (marr. 25th
Oct. 1838, James Anderson, min. of Cults) ;
William, min. of Anstruther Easter, born
8th March 1815; Joseph M'Cormick,
H.E.I.C.S., born 12th July 1816; Robert,
lieut. 13th Bengal Native Infantry, born
29th July 1817, died 18th July 1846;
ST ANDREWS]
KILCONQUHAR— KILRENNY
211
Elizabeth, born 17th May 1819 (marr.
22nd Jan. 1852, Clarence Gordon,
examiner of Registrations) ; James Lind-
say, born 16th March 1824, died 7th
Nov. 1842. Publications — Sermon preached
at KUconquhar (Edinburgh, 1842); A Cate-
chism on the Evidences of Revealed Religion,
with a few preliminary questions on Natural
Religion (Edinburgh, 1852) ; Account of the
Parish {New Stat. Ace, is..).
1850
WILLIAM MILLIGAN, M.A.; trans.
from Cameron 18th Oct. 1850 ; dem.
17th July 1S61 on appointment as
Professor of Biblical Criticism in Univ. of
Aberdeen 8th Dec. 1860 (q.v.).
ROBERT FLINT, trans, from East
lg62 Parish, Aberdeen, 2nd Jan. 1862 ;
dem. 28th June 1865 on appoint-
ment to Chair of Moral Philosophy, Univ.
of St Andrews, 16th Nov. 1864 ; afterwards
Professor of Divinity in Univ. of Edin-
burgh (q.v.).
WALTER IRVINE, born Lundie, 13th
1866 ^0V- 1833> son °f Thomas I., min.
of Lundie and Fowlis ; educated at
High School and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Dundee 7th May
1856 ; ord. (assistant and successor) to
Dollar 7th May 1857; trans, to Chapel of
Garioch 24th Nov. 1859 ; pres. by James,
Earl of Crawford and Balcarres ; trans.
and adm. 1st Feb. 1866; died 21st Nov.
1885. He marr. 9th Aug. 1859, Mary Julia,
daugh. of William Kay, Huddersfield, and
had issue — Emily, secretary Women's
Association for Home Missions, born 8th
Aug. 1860 ; Walter, lieut.-col. I.M.S., born
21st Oct. 1865, killed on North -West
Frontier 26th Jan. 1919.
ALEXANDER LEGGE, born Outseat,
1886 Banff, 25th July 1842, son of George
L. and Eliza Morrison ; educated
at Banff Academy and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
ord. to Congregational Church, Peterhead,
24th Sept. 1868 ; trans, to Congregational
Church, Lancaster Road, Preston, 3rd May
1874; res. 22nd April 1878; adm. as a
licentiate of the Church of Scotland 3rd
June 1878; ord. to St Andrew's Parish,
Dundee, 19th Dec. 1878 ; trans, and adm.
2nd June 1886 ; V.D. 1908 ; died at Colins-
burgh 20th March 1920. He marr. 16th
June 1870, Isabella Macdonald (died 6th
March 1896), daugh. of John Leith,
merchant, Aberdeen, and Margaret Grant,
and had issue — John Alexander, in Govern-
ment service, South Africa, born 12th April
1871 ; Margaret Eliza, born 8th Sept. 1872
(marr. 4th June 1910, James Bryce Cowan,
banker and solicitor, Colinsburgh) ; George
Lindsay, architect, born 14th Jan. 1874,
died 13th March 1905 ; Emma, born 21st
April 1875, died 19th July 1877; David
James Melville, F.R.C.S., R.A.M.C.,
Albrighton, Salop, born 17th Feb. 1881 ;
Sydney Buxton, M.D., R.A.M.C. (East
Africa), Shifnel, Salop, born 26th Feb.
1882; Alexander Grant, L.D.S., Bridg-
north, born 23rd April 1884.
ROBERT STIRLING ARMSTRONG,
1919 k°rn ^tn Sept. 1884, son of Robert
A., min. of St Matthew's Parish,
Glasgow, and grandson of James Hutchison
Stirling, LL.D. ; educated at High School
and Univ. of Glasgow; MA. (1905), B.D.
(1908); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 6th
May 1908; assistant at South Kirk,
Greenock, and Partick; ord. to Dollar
27th July 1911 ; Chaplain to the Forces
in 1917; trans, and adm. (assistant and
successor) 18th Dec. 1919. Marr. 22nd
Jan. 1914, Anne Andrina, eldest daugh.
of William Spence, M.D., Dollar.
KILRENNY.
[The church of Kilrenny was dedicated
to St Ernan of Eileach Naomh. It belonged
to the Abbey of Dryburgh. There was a
Well of St Ernan at Kilrenny.]
JOHN ANSTRUTHER, son of A.
of that ilk ; reader in 1574 ; pres. to
the vicarage by James VI. 17th Feb.
1578 ; still reader in 1586. He marr. Jean,
daugh. of Lord Lindsay of the Byres, and
widow of John Melville of Carnbee. — [Reg.
Sec. Sig., xlv., 109; Wood's East Neuk, 331.]
1574
212
KILRENNY
[PRESB. OF
1586
ROBERT WOOD, educated at Univ. of
St Andrews in 1577; pres. to the
vicarage of Kennoway 4th Dec.
1582; trans, to Anstruther in 1584; trans.
and adm. in 1586; still min. 10th Sept.
1590.
JAMES MELVILL [or MELVILLE],
born 26th July 1556, son of Richard
M. of Baldovie, min. of Maryton,
and Isobeil Scrymgeour, and nephew of
Andrew M. ; educated privately, and at
Univs. of St Andrews, B.A. (9th Feb. 1572),
and Glasgow; became regent in St Andrews
Univ. and assistant to his uncle Andrew
M., Professor of Greek there ; app. Pro-
fessor of Hebrew and Oriental Languages
there in 1580 ; ord. to Anstruther 17th
Nov. 1586 ; was clerk to the " Conven-
tion of the maist wacryff and cearfull of
the breithrin " Jan. 1588 ; was elected
Moderator of the General Assembly 17th
June 1589 ; app. by Privy Council one of
four Commissioners for Preservation of the
True Religion in the Sheriffdom of Pife ;
removed here 6th Oct. 1590 ; pres. to
the vicarage by James VI. before 21st
March 1592 ; coll. 12th April 1593. In the
public affairs of the church he took a deep
interest, and had powerful influence among
his brethren, so that the King, to whom he
had proved himself serviceable, strongly
wished him to support the measures of
Church polity which were in contemplation
for subverting Presbyterianism and estab-
lishing Episcopacy in its place. All the
efforts of royalty proved unavailing to that
effect, and were only the means of rousing
M. to greater decision. He strenuously
supported the brethren condemned and
banished for holding the Assembly at
Aberdeen in 1605, and signed the Protest
to Parliament with forty-one others, 1st
July 1606, against the introduction of
Episcopal government. In the same year,
he was one of eight mins. called by the
King to London, where he remained till
10th May 1606, when he was ordered to
confine himself to Newcastle. Five months
after, his friend and parishioner. Sir William
Anstruther, authorised by the King, made
him an offer of a bishopric, which he refused.
The elders of Kilrenny petitioned for his
release Feb. 1608, and again July 1609,
without avail. He was removed in 1610 to
Berwick - upon - Tweed. Further solicita-
tions were made for him by his parishioners,
and again renewed in 1611 and 1612. Under
the anxiety and grief he felt for the state of
the Church, his health declined and he died
at Berwick-upon-Tweed 20th Jan. 1614,
where a tablet was erected to his memory
20th Jan. 1914. Calderwood says, "He
was one of the wisest directoures of Kirk
affairs that our Kirk had in his tyme,
and was ever employed by the General
Assemblies and other publick meetings.
He acted his part so gravelie, so wiselie,
so calmlie, that the adverserie could gett
no vantage." "Though gentle and not
easily provoked, he possessed great sensi-
bility, could vindicate himself with spirit,
and testified an honest indignation at what-
ever was base and unprincipled, especially
in the conduct of men of his own pro-
fession." He marr. (1) 1st May 1583,
Elizabeth (died about 1610), daugh. of
John Durie, min. of Edinburgh, and had
issue — Ephraim, min. of Pittenweem ;
Andrew, born 9th July 1586, died 1588;
Andrew, born Aug. 1588, died before Jan.
1614 ; Margaret, born 28th Aug. 1593, died
in infancy ; John, min. of Newton, born
27th March 1595 ; Isabella Anna, born
1597-8 : (2) before July 1612, Deborah,
daugh. of Richard Gierke, B.A., vicar of
Berwick-upon-Tweed ; she survived him.
Publications — The Description of the
Spainyart's Natural!, out of Julius
Scaliger, ivith sum Exhortations for
warning of Kirk and Countrey (1592) ; A
Spiritual Propyne of a Pastour to his
People (Edinburgh, 1598); A Horning
Vision (Edinburgh, 1609); The Black
Bastill, or a Lamentation in the name of
the Kirk of Scotland, a poem (1611); Ad
Serenissimum Jacobum Primum Brittani-
arum Monarchum Ecclesice Scoticance
libellus supplex (London, 1645) ; Auto-
biography and Diary (Bannatyne Club,
Edinburgh, 1829), and with continuation
[edited by Robert Pitcairn] (Wodrow Soc,
Edinburgh, 1842). Various MSS. by him
are in the Advocates' Library and that
ST ANDREWS]
KILKENNY
213
of Edinburgh Univ. — [Autob. ; M'Crie's
Melville, ii. 151, 295 et seq., 444; Inq. Ret.
Gen., 577— de Tut., 1239 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. ;
Hist. Berwickshire Nat. Club, xxi. 235,
xxii. 301-2 (Photo, of Memorial Brass).]
JOHN DYKES, M.A. (Edinburgh 1588) ;
15g6 inaugurated (colleague) after 14th
Oct. 1596. In Sept. 1599, he incurred
the royal displeasure by making known
some passages from the Basilikon Doron,
and was obliged to keep under hiding. By
writing sonnets against the late Earl of
Gowrie and his brother, for their conspiracy,
he was restored to royal favour Nov. 1600,
and returned to his ministry ; trans, to
Newburn 13th Dec. 1604, was one of those
who spent the night previous to their trial
with the mins. confined for taking part
in the Aberdeen Assembly, and accom-
panied them to prison in 1606. He signed
the Protest to Parliament against the intro-
duction of Episcopacy 1st July that year,
and as Constant Moderator of the Synod of
Fife ; was confined by royal warrant 24th
Sept. following to the bounds of the Presby-
tery ; was re-adm. to this parish after 18th
April 1610 ; pres. to the vicarage by James
VI. 6th April 1614 ; refused degree of D.D.
29th July 1616 ; died 9th Sept. 1634, aged
about 68. A brother min. said of him :
" He would get more from meditating on a
passage in Scripture during the time he
was combing his hair, than some others
would get in a whole day." He marr. a
daugh. of John Durie, min. of Montrose,
and had issue — Isabel ; Helen (probably
marr. Sundoun Wayd, burgess of
Anstruther Wester). Publications — Letter
to Mr James Melville (Calderwood's Hist.,
vi., 82, 376, 455, 476, 664, 666); Sonnets
against the Earl of Gowrie and his brother,
which perhaps were never printed. — [Reg.
Sec, Sig. ; St Andrews Tests. ; Tombst. ;
Melvill's Autob., 331 ; M'Crie's Melville, 299.]
1634
COLIN ADAM, M.A. ; pres. by Charles
I. 30th Sept. 1634. He and his pre-
decessors resided in Anstruther
Easter till 1636 ; trans, there 24th Feb.,
and adm. before 16th Aug. 1641.
v ROBERT BENNET, son of Andrew B.,
min. of Monimail ; educated at Univ.
of St Andrews; M.A. (1626); pres.
to Monimail by Charles I. 14th Sept. 1641,
and to this parish 16th Nov. that year ;
adm. 23rd March 1642 ; was taken prisoner
by the English 12th Sept. 1653 for praying
for the King, and carried to Edinburgh ;
was confined to his parish on introduction
of Episcopacy ; suspended 5th April 1664 ;
dep. for nonconformity 6th April 1665 ;
died at Pittenweem Feb. 1674, aged about
68.— [St Andrews Tests.; Beg. Sec. Sig.;
Blair's Autob. ; Lamont's Diary, 59, 180 ;
Wodrow's Hist., i., 329.]
" ANDREW BRUCE, M.A. ; ord. 26th
May, and adm. 14th June 1665;
app. Professor of Divinity in Univ.
of St Andrews before 30th Aug. 1671 (q.v.).
JOHN WOOD, eldest son of Robert W.,
portioner of Sauchope ; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (26th
July 1670) ; became Regent in St Leonard's
College ; pres. by Charles II. 3rd June, and
adm. 3rd Nov. 1671 ; D.D. (St Andrews
1683) ; dem. 30th Sept. 1 698 ; died before
2nd April 1702, aged about 63. He marr. (1)
(cont. 22nd Dec. 1671), Christian Moncrieff,
who died April 1692, and had issue— John
of Sauchope, bailie of Crail; Catherine;
Agnes, born 1687: (2) 10th Aug. 1694,
Margaret Daw. — [St Andrews Tests. ;
Tombst. ; Records Sea Box, Crail ; Fife
Sas., x. 115, xv. 293.]
ROBERT CLELAND, son of Robert
C. of Hillhouse, writer, Pittenweem,
afterwards of Edinburgh; educated
at Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (13th July
1691) ; licen. by Presb. of St Andrews 21st
March 1695; ord. to Newburn 22nd July
1696; called 1st Nov. 1699; trans, and
adm. 10th April 1700; died Aug. 1711,
aged about 40. He marr. Margaret, daugh.
of George Hamilton, min. of St Giles,
Edinburgh, and had issue— George, born
1698 ; Elizabeth (twin), born 1698 (marr.
18th May 1718, Dr Alexander Wilson of
Elie) ; William ; Hans, died 1731 ; Robert
of Carnbee, served heir 10th Oct. 1728;
Margaret (marr. Alexander Anderson, min.
214
KILRENNY
[PRESB. OF
of this parish) ; Janet (marr. Kichard
Henderson, min. of Blantyre) ; Sophia
(marr., pro. 31st Jan. 1725, Robert Cleland,
writer, Edinburgh). — \_Edin. Tests.; G. R.
Sas., clxxxiii., 31, 193; Fife Sas., xxi, 260,
16th Feb. 1714 ; Services of Heirs.]
ALEXANDER ANDERSON, M.A. (St
Andrews, 16th July 1703) ; licen. by
Presb. of St Andrews 29th Sept.
1709; called 28th Dec. 1711; ord. 16th
July 1712 ; died 4th Nov. 1721, aged about
39. He marr. Margaret Cleland, daugh. of
his predecessor, and had issue — Robert ;
Margaret; Janet. — [St Andrews Tests.;
Services of Heirs.]
THOMAS KEY, M.A. (Edinburgh, 22nd
1724 April 1708) ; licen. by Presb. of
Kirkcaldy 23rd May 1717; called
1st Oct. 1723; ord. 15th April 1724; died
10th April 1756, aged about 68. He marr.
27th Aug. 1725, Katherine (died 5th Jan.
1784), daugh. of James Chalmers, min. of
Elie, and had issue — James, his successor
in the parish ; George, born 11th April
1730; John, born 2nd Dec. 1731 ; Robert,
born 2nd Sept. 1733, drowned at sea;
Anne, born 23rd May 1736 (marr. James
Adamson, min. of Abernyte); Sophia, born
31st Dec. 1738 (marr. John Adamson, D.D.,
min. of St Andrews) ; Agnes, born 3rd Aug.
1740 ; Mary, born 17th Sept. 1741 ; Helen,
born 8th Dec. 1745 ; Marion (marr. Provost
Watson of St Andrews) ; Alexander, a
sailor. — [Hanna's Life of Chalmers ;
Connolly's Fifeshire Biog. ; Boog Watson's
Cotoan Pedigrees, vi.]
JAMES KEY, born 12th Nov. 1728, son
1754 °^ Prece(^mg i licen. by Presb. of St
Andrews 15th Nov. 1753; called 27th
June, and ord. (assistant and successor)
16th Oct. 1754 ; died 17th April 1758.
PATRICK SIMSON, third son of
Thomas S., M.D., Professor of
Medicine, St Andrews ; educated
at Univ. there ; M.A. (1752) ; licen. by
that Presb. 10th May 1758 ; pres. by Sir
John Anstruther in Oct. that year; ord.
10th May 1759; died unmarr. 24th Jan.
1760, aged 26.
1759
" WDLLIAM BEAT, born 1711, school-
_„Rn master of Kilconquhar; licen. by
Presb. of St Andrews 29th Oct.
1740; ord. to Forgan 25th Sept. 1746;
pres. by Sir John Anstruther of Anstruther,
Bart., 8th July, trans, and adm. 5th Nov.
1760; died 21st Dec. 1797. He marr. (1)
17th July 1733, Elizabeth Douglas in South
Leith, who died 14th May 1772, aged 66 :
(2) 21st Sept. 1772, Ann Douglas, who
died 27th Aug. 1790 : (3) 15th March 1791,
Euphemia Scott, who died 20th May 1803.
Publication — Sermons (Edinburgh, 1799) ;
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace,
i.) — [Tombst. ; Kay's Portraits, L, 271.]
JAMES FORRESTER, born 16th Dec.
17q„ 1744, son of William F., min. of
Carstairs; studied theology at St
Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of Biggar 9th
April 1767 ; ord. to Anstruther Wester
12th May 1768 ; pres. by Sir John
Anstruther, Bart., 8th Jan., trans, and
adm. 16th Aug. 1798; died 5th Dec.
1808. He marr. (1) 27th Jan. 1779 Jean
(died 30th Oct. 1779), daugh. of John
Nairne, min. of Anstruther Easter : (2)
17th May 1784, Isobel (died 23rd Oct.
1842), daugh. of Andrew Johnstone of
Rennyhill, and had issue — Euphemia, born
30th March 1786 ; William, born 25th Oct.
1787; Mary, born 5th Feb. 1791 (marr.
James Brown, min. of this parish). Pub-
lication— Account of Anstruther Wester
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, iii.). — {Tombst. ;
Wood's East Keuk, 381.]
JOSEPH DUNCAN, born 1776, son of
Robert D., merchant and farmer,
Nether Mill of Auchenhove, and
Jean Thomson ; educated at Univ. of
Aberdeen ; M.A. (1794) ; licen. by Presb.
of Tain 30th March 1803 ; assistant at
Kemback ; pres. by Sir John Anstruther
in March; ord. 21st Sept. 1809; died un-
marr. 28th May 1818.
JAMES BROWN, born Penicuik 17th
July 1787; son of Alexander B. ;
educated at West Linton School and
Univ. of Edinburgh ; became schoolmaster
of Dunsyre ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
27th Sept. 1815 ; became a teacher in a
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215
private school in Elie and tutor in the
family of Colonel Eobert Anstruther of
Elie, by whom, as factor loco tutoris to Sir
John Carmichael Anstruther, he was pres.
in- Nov. 1818 ; ord. 15th April 1819 ; de-
clined (on account of ill-health) a presenta-
tion to Falkirk by the Prime Minister, Sir
Robert Peel; died at Causewayhead, Bridge
of Allan, 16th Aug. 1834. He was a singu-
larly able minister, combining great talents
and accomplishments with 'the most amiable
of temperaments. Principal Haldane said
of him, "I never had a friend to whom I
was more cordially attached." He marr.
(1) 10th Dec. 1821, Ann (died 4th July 1823),
youngest daugh. of Captain Banken, 46th
Foot: (2) 2nd Feb. 1825, Mary (died at
Edinburgh 16th March 1866), only daugh.
of James Forrester, min. of this parish, and
had issue — the Hon. Alexander, merchant,
Chairman of Chamber of Commerce, Presi-
dent of the Bank, and member of Privy
Council of Madras, born 15th Oct. 1825;
Euphemia Forrester, born 6th Oct. 1826;
James Forrester, farmer in Ireland, born
13th Feb. 1 1831 ; Helen (marr. George
Fortune, farmer, Barnsmuir).
GEOEGE DICKSON, born 4th Jan.
18g5 1785, son of James D., Carnwath,
and Clara Eichardson ; became a
schoolmaster at Prestonpans and after-
wards at Inveresk ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Lanark
11th Aug. 1812; became tutor in the
family of John Cathcart of Genoch ; ord.
27th April 1815 to Pettinain; pres. by
the commissioner of Sir Windham Car-
michael Anstruther of Anstruther, Bart.,
in Feb., trans, and adm. 20th Aug. 1835 ;
died 19th Feb. 1872. He marr. 14th Nov.
1815, Mary (died 1st Dec. 1823), daugh. of
Alexander Lockhart of Westbank, and had
issue — James, merchant, Leith, born 5th
Oct. 1818, died 12th Dec. 1873 ; Alexander,
merchant, Leith, born 15th July 1820, died
21st Oct. 1861 ; Elizabeth, born 7th March
1822, died 21st Oct. 1904 ; William Purdie,
D.D., LL.D., Professor of Biblical Criticism,
Glasgow (q.v.), born 22nd Oct. 1823 : (2)
28th Nov. 1831, Janet (died 26th Feb. 1840),
daugh. of Thomas Girdwood and Margaret
1872
Thomson, and had issue — Clara, born 28th
Sept. 1832 (marr. William Hutton, min.
of Oldhamstocks), died 21st April 1880 ;
Margaret, born 27th March 1835, died
22nd July 1869 ; Janet Lockhart, born 10th
Jan. 1837 ; Mary Lockhart, born 22nd Dec.
1839, died 8th April 1840. Publication-
Account of Pettinain and of Kilrenny {New
Stat. Ace, vi., xi.).
JOHN CHEISTIE, pres. by William
Baird of Elie ; trans, from Kil-
drummy, and adm. 29th Nov. 1872 ;
dem. charge 16th May 1878 on appoint-
ment to Chair of Divinity and Church
History, Aberdeen University {q.v.), 20th
Oct. 1877.
GEOEGE STBANG ANDEESON, born
187 Eutherglen 20th May 1842, seventh
son of Alexander A. and Agnes
Strang ; educated at Eenfrew Grammar
School and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Greenock Dec. 1869 ; assistant at
Tron Parish, Glasgow ; ord. South Parish,
Paisley, 18th Dec. 1873; trans, to North
Parish, Aberdeen, 21st March 1877 ; trans,
and adm. 14th Nov. 1878. Marr. 21st Nov.
1882, Janet (died 14th July 1923), third
daugh. of Eobert Crawford, builder,
Glasgow.
KINGSBARNS.
[The parish of Kingsbarns was disjoined
from Crail, and was erected by the Com-
missioners of Teinds on 9th Feb. 1631.
This erection was confirmed by Act of
Parliament on 28th June 1633.]
t- JAMES BEUCE, M.A. (Glasgow 1621),
cousin of Andrew B. of Pittarthie
and of Eobert B., min. of Edinburgh ;
was resident in the house of John Welsh
at St Jean dAngely in 1619 ; tutor to
eldest son of Principal Boyd and regent in
the Univ. there ; adm. in 1632 ; was one of
those charged in Aug. 1637 by the Privy
Council for refusing to purchase the Service
Book in obedience to its injunction ; was
a member of Assembly of 1638, and one of
the commissioners for visiting the Univ. of
St Andrews 16th Jan. 1649 ; died 26th May
16S2
216
KINGSBARNS
[PEESB. OF
1662, aged about 61. He was the means of in-
troducing James Sharp to the Church, a step
he repented most of anything he had done
in his life. He marr. Margaret Douglas,
who survived him, and had issue — John,
died before 21st April 1675 ; Robert ;
James, apprenticed to Alexander Christian,
merchant burgess, Edinburgh, 15th Aug.
1643 ; Patrick ; Margaret (who refused the
addresses of Archbishop Sharp when min.
of Crail, and marr. (cont. 21st July 1658)
John Baird, min. of Innerwick. — [Lamont's
Diary, 149 ; Miscell. Scot., ii. ; Acts of Pari.,
vi. 198, ii. 139a ; Baillie's Letters ; Beg. of
Deeds, dlix., 24 ; G. B. Sas., xv., 131 ; G. B.
Inhib., 15th Oct. 1662.]
GEOKGE PATTULLO, M.A. (St
166„ Andrews 1633), son of George F.,
min. of Newtyle ; ord. assistant to
his father before 4th Aug. 1647 ; app. by
General Assembly to attend the General of
Artillery's Regiment in 1649, and one of
the visitors to the Univ. of Aberdeen. He
was taken prisoner at Alyth with certain
mins. of Edinburgh who were there 28th
Aug. 1651, carried to the ships in the harbour
of Dundee and confined there and at Tyne-
mouth Castle for five weeks and afterwards
in the Tower of London for twenty weeks,
when he was liberated but fell sick in the
city ; returned to Newtyle 19th June 1652 ;
trans, and adm. 24th Sept. 1663 ; app. to
Principalship of Old College, St Andrews,
4th April 1677 ; died Nov. 1679, aged about
69. He marr. Marjorie, daugh. of John
Ayton of Kinaldie, and had issue— George,
M.D. — \_St Andreivs Tests.; Lamont's Diary,
34; G. B. Inhib., 15th June 1676; Perth
Sas., v., 186, 388.]
GILBERT SIMSON, M.A. (Edinburgh
1678 1668) ; ord. to Edinburgh Castle 4th
Feb. 1673; pres. by William, Earl
of Crawford, Dec. 1677; trans, and adm.
3rd Jan. 1678 ; purchased the lands of
Nakedfield in 1685 ; died 8th May 1700,
aged about 52. He marr. (cont. 8th Oct.
1680) Jean (died 26th Feb. 1730), daugh.
of James Durham of Omachie, and had
issue — Michael ; Alexander, writer, Edin-
burgh, served heir 22nd Aug. 1710 ;
Gilbert ; William ; James ; John ; William ;
Penelope (marr. William Vilant, Professor
of Humanity, St Andrews) ; Anna. — [St
Andrews Tests. ; Beg. Privy Seal ; Bee. Sea
Box, Crail ; Sjiecial Betour Fife, 113 ; Beg.
of Deeds, Dalr., 24th Aug. 1685.]
JOSEPH PITCAIRN, son of Alexander
1701 P., Principal of St Mary's College,
St Andrews ; educated at Univ. of
St Andrews ; M.A. (20th July 1695) ; licen.
by Presb. there 7th Nov. 1699; ord. to
Newburgh 7th May 1700 ; called 20th May,
trans, and adm. 10th Sept. 1701 ; died 11th
Nov. 1737, aged about 63. He marr. 6th
Aug. 1705, Sophia (died 27th April 1754),
eldest daugh. of Robert Innes, W.S., and
had issue — Joseph, min. of Carnbee ;
Sophia, born March 1707 ; Alexander.
WILLIAM VILANT, son of Colin V.,
17sg Regent of Philosophy in St Leonard's
College, St Andrews ; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A. (3rd May
1727); licen. by Presb. there 5th June
1734 ; pres. by trustee for the creditors of
William, Earl of Crawford, 7th March
1738 ; ord. 3rd Jan. 1739 ; died 27th Feb.
1786, aged about 76. He marr. 19th March
1765, Mrs Scott Millar of Trinity Parish,
Edinburgh, who died at St Andrews 1st
Feb. 1811, and had issue — Colin, born 14th,
and died 24th Sept. 1766 ; Isobel, born
20th Aug. 1767 ; Christian Fraser, born
23rd April 1769 ; Alexander, born 18th
Oct. 1771, died 13th Jan. 1772 ; Margaret,
born 7th Jan., and died 31st March 1773 ;
Betty, born 19th April, and died 5th Dec.
1774 ; Mary, born 5th June 1776. — [Services
of Heirs.}
JAMES BEATSON, pres. by trustee for
1„__ creditors of George, Earl of Craw-
ford, 2nd Sept. 1786; ord. 20th
April 1787 ; trans, to Dunbarney 26th Nov.
1795.
JAMES THOMSON, born 9th April
._-_ 1764 ; son of James T., schoolmaster,
Kingsbarns; licen. 6th May 1789
and ord. by Presb. of St Andrews 16th
March 1796 ; adm. to Birsay and Harray
12th May 1796; pres. by George, Earl of
Crawford, in May, trans, and adm. 15th
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217
Sept. 1796; died 19th July 1799. He
marr. Bruce Glass, who died at St Andrews
30th March 1333.
ROBERT ARNOT, born 1745; licen.
1800 by Presb. of Cupar 5th Sept. 1769 ;
ord. to Ceres 30th Aug. 1770 ; elected
Presb. clerk 9th Dec. 1777; dem. on app.
as Professor of Biblical Criticism in New
College of St Andrews 16th Oct. 1792;
pres. by George, Earl of Crawford, Dec.
1799 ; trans, and adm. (after a complaint
to General Assembly against his holding
both offices, which was dismissed) 26th
June 1800 ; died 2nd July 1808. He marr.
2nd May 1772, Helen Barclay (died 4th
April 1816), widow of David Melville in
Ceres, and had issue — William, born 29th
May 1774; Oliver, born 22nd Dec. 1775,
died 15th Jan. 1783. Publication — Account
of Ceres (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, v.).— [Scots
Mag., lxii. ; Tombst.]
GEORGE WRIGHT, born 1st Nov.
1787, son of John W., min. of Scone ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
became tutor in the family of Fletcher
Norton, Baron of Exchequer ; licen. by
Presb. of Auchterarder 9th June 1809; pres.
by Lady Mary Lindsay Crawford, same
month ; ord. 28th Sept. that year ; D.D.
(St Andrews, 9th Feb. 1867); died 28th
May 1869. He marr. 2nd Nov. 1813, Jessie
(died 15th Aug. 1864), daugh. of David
Moncrieff, min. of Redgorton, and had
issue— John, W.S., born 26th Sept. 1814,
died 8th Nov. 1888 ; Joanna, born 13th
Feb. 1816 (marr. 12th Aug. 1846, Bethune
James Walker of Falfleld) ; Euphame, born
13th Sept. 1817, died 10th Oct. 1840 ; David
Moncrieff, born 21st Jan. 1819, died at
Akyab 22nd Dec. 1846; Amelia, born 3rd
Dec. 1820 (marr. 25th Feb. 1850, George
Tod, writer, Ayr) ; George, born 15th
March 1822 ; James, born 8th Sept. 1823;
Jane Stewart, born 1st June 1825 (marr.
4th Feb. 1847, George Hutchison, D.D.,
min. of Banchory-Tern an); Thomas Erskine,
born 23rd Jan. 1826, died 13th May 1846 ;
Maxwell, min. of Echt, born 29th Nov.
1827 ; Nancy Adair, born 23rd May 1831 ;
Charles, farmer, U.S.A., born 20th Aug.
1832 ; Frederick, surgeon, Crail, born 13th
Aug. 1833, died 1882; Elizabeth (marr.
21st Dec. 1853, Thomas Duncan of Kinkell,
farmer, Boghall). Publication — Memoir
of the Rev. Andrew Ramsay (Ramsay's
Sermons, Edinburgh, 1821) ; Account of the
Parish {New Stat. Ace, ix.).
ALEXANDER TODD, born Denbrae,
1869 Cupar-Fife, 9th June 1842, son of
George T. and Jane Ballingall ; edu-
cated at Madras College, St Andrews, and
Univs. of St Andrews, M.A. (1861), and
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of St Andrews
19th July 1866 ; assistant at Kingsbarns
and at Collessie ; pres. by George, Earl of
Glasgow; ord. 27th Oct. 1869; D.D. (St
Andrews 1910). Marr. 16th July 1873, Isa-
bella Silexa (died 3rd March 1914), daugh.
of Captain Alexander Corstorphine of Pit-
towie, Fife, H.E.I. OS.), and has issue —
George James, D.S.O., captain the Royal
Navy, born 14th May 1874; Katharine
Corstorphine, R.R.C., born 28th Dec. 1875 ;
Isabella, born 31st Jan. 1877 ; Alexander
Edward, C.A., Chartered Bank, Seremban,
Malay States, born 28th June 1880, died
5th May 1918.
LARGO.
[The church of Largo belonged to the
Benedictine Nunnery of North Berwick.
A fair of St Leonard was held at Largo.
The church was restored by Sir John
Gilmour, Bart., in 1894.]
THOMAS JAMIESON, min. of New-
1566 Durn m l5^4 J trans, and adm. in
1566; died before 2nd Feb. 1578-9.
He marr. before 13th Dec. 1564, Janet
Clepen.— [Zurich Letters, ii. ; Fife Hom-
ings, 21st May 1580.]
GEORGE LUNDIE, .called min. in 1570.
1570 ^ee Newburn). — [Acts and Dec, xlv.,
270.]
JOHN AUCHENLECK, born 1565;
M.A. (St Andrews 1582) ; elected to
Second Charge, St Andrews, 15th
Dec. 1589 ; trans, and adm. in 1592 ; pres.
by Andrew Wood of Largo in April, and
called 7th Sept. 1598 ; died 15th May 1619.
He marr. Barbara, daugh. of Alexander
218
LARGO
[PKESB. OF
1644
Gourlay of Kincraig, and had issue —
Andrew, his successor in the parish ; David,
apprenticed to John Somervell, skinner,
Edinburgh, 22nd May 1616 j James,
apprenticed to James Stewart, tailor, Edin-
burgh, 16th June 1619.— [Tombst. ; Inq.
Ret. Fife, 403 ; Edin. Apprentice Reg.]
ANDREW AUCHENLECK, M.A., son
of preceding ; adm. in 1620 ; trans,
to First Charge, Dundee in 1642.
[JAMES FAIELIE, M.A., formerly
Bishop of Argyll ; pres. by Sir Alexander
Gibson, younger, of Durie, Lord Clerk
Register in 1642, but not received.]
JAMES MAKGILL of Rumgay, son of
John M., min. of Flisk ; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A. (1635) ;
was a preacher in Presb. of Kirkcaldy
17th March 1641 ; pres. by Sir Alexander
Gibson, younger, of Durie, Lord Clerk
Register in 1643 ; adm. 2Sth March 1644 ;
had his horse stolen from him in 1654 by
the forces under William, Earl of Glen-
cairn ; purchased estate of Rumgay in 1658 ;
was confined to the parish on Episcopacy
being established in 1662; suspended 5th
April 1664 ; deprived 6th April 1665, for
refusing submission to the Church govern-
ment ; was one of the tutors to the children
of James, Viscount Oxfuird, and was freed
from restraint in 1663 that he might go to
Edinburgh on their business. He returned
to the parish in 1689 ; was restored by Act
of Parliament 25th April 1690; app. one
of the visitors of the Univs. 4th July, and
died in 1690, aged about 75.— [Lamont's
Diary ; Acts of Pari., ix., 164 ; P. C. Reg.,
3rd ser., i., 364.]
JOHN AUCHENLECK, M.A., son of
Andrew A., min. of Dundee ; adm.
to Inchture before 10th July 1653;
trans, to Newburn 30th Sept. 1663; pres.
and coll. by James, Archbishop of St
Andrews, jure devoluto 16th Oct., and
adm. 1st Nov. 1665; outed by the rabble
between 29th May and 2nd June 1689;
being obstructed in his duty by a great
mob, armed with staves and bludgeons, he
retired from the charge and was deprived
by the Privy Council 29th Aug. that year,
1665
for not reading the Proclamation of the
Estates, etc. ; died 15th July 1702, aged 74.
He marr. Grizel Davidson, who survived
him. — [Brechin Tests.; Lamont's Diary,
168 ; Blair's Autob. ; G. R. Homings, Feb.
1671, 6th March 1705. ]
JAMES MAKGILL, M.A., above
1689 mentioned.
WILLIAM MONCRIEFF, youngest son
of Alexander M., min. of Scoonie ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (28th July 1677) ; became a preacher
and went to Holland ; returned in 1687 ;
adm. in 1691 ; died 14th Sept. 1723, aged
about 66. Ralph Erskine thus describes
him : —
". . . . lie was an Isralite, indeed ,
Who, without guilt, the flock of Christ did feed ;
Tender of weaklings , faithful unto all,
He spared the faults of neither great nor small,
Of sin and vice he was a bold reprover.
Of Zion's welfare still a zealous lover;
Her peace was matter of his fervent prayer,
His public labour, and his private care,
This preacher showed himself what few can do
A Barnabas and Boanerges too ;
A son of thunder, with alarming noise ;
A son of comfort, with a charming voice."
He marr. 20th Dec. 1708, Ann Lindsay,
sister to the laird of Edzell, who died
in the Canongate, Edinburgh, Nov.
1769, and had issue — Annie; James;
Margaret ; Alexander ; Barbara (marr.
James Macpherson of Killiehuntly). —
[St Andreivs Tests. ; Fraser's Life of Eben.
Erskine ; Services of Heirs ; Seton's House
of Moncrieff, 93 ; Gen. Min.-Booh Court
of Session, 13th June 1734 ; Reg. of Deeds,
Dal., cxlii., 4th Nov. 1737 ; Wodrow's Hist.,
i., 200; The Christian Mag., viii., 89-96,
133-40.]
JOHN FERRD2R, born about 1700,
son of Alexander F., one of the
magistrates of St Andrews ; licen.
by Presb. there 9th Oct. 1723 ; called 21st
May, and ord. 16th Sept. 1724 ; died 28th
Dec. 1766. He marr. 28th Nov. 1720,
Elizabeth Johnston, who died at Dundee
1st Aug. 1783, and had issue — Samuel ;
Alexander, min. of Second Charge, Dundee,
born 19th Nov. 1728 ; John, died young ;
Gilbert ; James, born 25th Jan. 1738 ;
1724
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219
John ; James ; Samuel ; Kobert, his suc-
cessor in the parish ; Isabell.
ROBERT FEREIEE, born 11th July
1764 1>741' son °^ preceding; licen. by
Presb. of St Andrews 30th Nov. 1763 ;
called 26th April, and ord. (assistant and
successor) 23rd Aug. 1764. Adopting the
principles of Independent Church Govern-
ment, he dem. his charge 23rd Nov. 1768,
and formed a new sect in conjunction
with James Smith, min. of Newburn, at
Balchrystie, but subsequently left them
and became a Glassite, and finally pastor
of a Congregational church at Glasgow ;
died in Edinburgh 5th Feb. 1795. He
marr. (1) 29th April 1765, Hannah (died at
Dundee 28th Oct. 1784), eldest daugh. of
Anthony Keiling, Staffordshire, and had
issue — Mary, born 11th Sept. 1767, died
14th May 1771 ; John, born 9th Feb. 1769 ;
Hannah, born 2nd April 1771 ; Elizabeth,
born 17th Dec. 1772 ; Janet, born 28th
July 1774 : (2) 2nd Oct. 1786, Catherine
(died 18th Jan. 1831), daugh. of George
Sandeman, wright in Perth, and widow
of William Waterston, wax chandler, Edin-
burgh, and had issue — Jane ; Catherine ;
James, born 14th June 1791 ; Margaret,
born 5th Sept. 1792, died 10th Nov. 1793 ;
Robert, born 4th Aug. 1794. Publications
— The Case of James Smith, late min. at
Newburn, and of Robert F., late min. at
Largo, truly represented and defended
(Edinburgh, 1768) ; Preface to a new
edition of The Testimony of the King of
Martyrs (Edinburgh, 1777). — {Sandeman
Genealogy ; Scots Mag., xxx. ; A Hist, of
Congregational Independency in Scot-
land, 33-40.]
DAVID BURN, born 1727, son of David
117e9 B., min. of Fetteresso; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews; licen. by Presb.
of Fordoun 21st Aug. 1749 ; ord. to Moonzie
24th July 1755 ; pres. by James Durham
of Largo in May, and adm. 12th Oct. 1769 ;
died 30th July 1776. He marr. 19th Jan.
1761, Mary (died 1st April 1794), eldest
daugh. of James Duddingston of St Fort,
and had issue • — David, born 17th Oct.
1761, died a student at St Andrews in
1775; Margaret, born 8th Feb. 1763 (marr.
James Carstairs) ; Anne, born 9th July
1764 (marr. James Trail, min. of St Cyrus) ;
James, born 21st Nov. 1766; John, born
2nd Aug. 1769; Durham, born 9th May
1772 (marr. 3rd Sept. 1812, David Dow,
British Linen Bank, Edinburgh) ; William,
born 20th June 1774. — [Douglas's Baronage,
478 ; Wood's Hast Neuk, 177.]
SPENCE OLIPHANT, born 30th Dec.
1777 1753, son of Michael O., Bogward ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
licen. by Presb. of St Andrews 11th Dec.
1776 ; pres. by James Durham of Largo
16th Jan., and ord. 6th Aug. 1777 ; died 8th
March 1822. He marr. 14th Sept. 1778,
Fotheringham (died 21st May 1822), daugh.
of James Duddingston of St Fort, and
had issue — Margaret, born 7th Aug. 1779 ;
James, lieut. 11th Native Infantry, India,
born 29th July 1780, died 16th Sept. 1804;
John, lieut. R.N., born 7th Aug. 1782, died
2nd June 1810 ; Jean, born 16th Nov. 1783
(marr. 5th Aug. 1806, John Armit, min. of
Westray) ; William Durham, born 29th
March 1786; Elizabeth, born 15th Oct.
1788 (marr. 10th Sept. 1817, Robert Pringle,
collector of Customs, Orkney) ; Anne, born
21st Dec. 1790; Christian, born 8th Feb.
1796; Christian, born 17th Jan. 1797;
Stephen, born 13th, and died 27th June
1800. Publication — Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, iv.). — [Tombst. ; Wood's
East Neuk, 177.]
" ROBERT LUNDIN BROWN, born
1821 25tk ^ay 1792' SOn °^ James B.,
min. of Newbattle ; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of
Haddington 26th March 1816; pres. by
Lieut.-Gen. James Durham of Largo ; ord.
(assistant and successor) 28th June 1821.
Joined the Free Church ; min. of Largo
Free Church, 1843-77; assumed name of
Lundin in 1855 ; died 9th April 1877. He
marr. (1) 15th June 1827, Elizabeth (died
12th Feb. 1868), daugh. of Christopher
Lundin of Auchtermairnie and Rachel,
youngest daugh. of Andrew Johnston of
Rennyhill, and had issue — James, M.D.,
Malvern, born 4th April 1828, died 2nd
May 1872 ; Richard of Auchtermairnie,
born 7th Nov. 1829; Helen, born 9th
220
LARGO— LARGOWARD
[PRESB. OF
May 1832 (marr. 28th Feb. 1860, Thomas
Stothart, min. of Free Church, Lum-
phanan), died at Pau 24th Dec. 1880 ;
Eobert Christopher, vicar of Lineal-cum-
Colmere, Salop, and Khodes, Lancashire,
born 17th Nov. 1834, died 16th April
1876; Emma Elizabeth, born 23rd Aug.
1836, died in London, 10th April 1878;
William Oliphant, C.E., born 19th Aug.
1838; Arthur Wellesley, H.E.I.C.S., born
31st May 1840, died 1868: (2) 28th Sept.
1870, Marie Wilhelmina Henriette Pauline,
elder daugh. and co-heir of Colonel Louis
von Corven Wiersbitzkij, Prussian Eoyal
Artillery ; she survived him, and marr. (2)
1st June 1882, David Fergusson, min. of
Dunnichen. Publications — A Word in the
East Neuk (1843) ; A Letter to the Moderate
Brethren (Edinburgh) ; Account of the
Parish {New Stat. Ace, is.). — [Wood's
East Neuk of Fife, 57.]
1843
JOSEPH TAYLOE GOODSIE, bom
Lower Largo, 16th Sept. 1815, son
of John G., surgeon, and Elizabeth
Dunbar Taylor, and younger brother of
John G., Professor of Anatomy, Edin-
burgh ; educated at St Andrews Univ. ;
ord. 17th Aug. 1843 ; res. 27th Nov. 1850,
on the ground that " the standards of the
Church were not consistent with the
teaching of Scripture." On 15th ' Dec.
1850 he lodged a petition against the above
wording; died unmarr. 27th April 1893.
WILLIAM DAVIDSON, born Dyke,
1811, son of James D., farmer; edu-
cated at King's College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1833) ; ord. (assistant and successor)
to Cockpen 12th Jan. 1844;' trans, and
adm. 11th April 1851; D.D. (Aberdeen,
9th March 1872); died 10th April 1894.
He marr. (1) 15th July 1845, Jane Bobert-
son Scott, who died 25th Aug. 1853, and
had issue— James, bom 25th Dec. 1847 :
(2) 28th Sept. 1858, Mary Catherine (died
10th June 1881), daugh. of Thomas Jones,
Leith, and had issue— Mary, born 18th
March 1860 (marr. 18th June 1884, James
Grant Fergusson, younger, of Baledmund) ;
Jane, born 31st Oct. 1862 (marr. (1) 19th
Sept. 1883, James W. Eussell, Bank of
Bengal, Delhi : (2) 2nd Aug. 1902, Admiral
Sir John Hext, K.C.I.E.), died 1913;
Thomas, factor at Bonskeid, born 5th Dec.
1865.
1890
v JAMES EOBEET BUET, ord. (assist-
ant and successor) 19th May 1890 ;
trans, to North Berwick 26th Jan.
1904 (cf. Vol. I., p. 383). Marr. 8th Oct.
1919, Anne Calder, daugh. of Thomas Eobert
Marshall, jeweller, Edinburgh.
1904
DUNCAN MACMICHAEL,bornCraig-
nish, 7th July 1863, son of Neil M.,
min. at Craignish ; educated at
Eoyal High School and Univ. of Edin-
burgh; M.A. (1886), B.D. (1888); licen.
by Presb. of Inveraray 13th May 1888;
assistant at Kilbride, Kilfinnan ; ord. to
Duncansburgh 12th July 1889; dem. that
charge on appointment as missionary to
the Dooars, India, 24th Jan. 1899; adm.
here 28th April 1904. Marr. 22nd Sept.
1905, Mary Elizabeth (bora 19th Nov.
1873), daugh. of David Fraser Wishart,
Edinburgh, and has issue — Neil, born 16th
June 1908.
LARGOWARD (Q.S.).
[The parish of Largoward was disjoined
from Kilconquhar on 18th Jan. I860.]
JOHN MILLAE, born Dean, Water of
Leith, 27th June 1814, son of John
M. and Jean Wright ; educated at
High School and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 24th June
1840 ; assistant at Teviothead, Oxnam, and
at Largoward from 1847 ; ord. 18th June
1856 ; clerk of Presb. 24th Nov. 1858 to 6th
May 1891 ; adm. first min. of the parish 1st
Feb. 1860 ; died unmarr. 8th March 1898.
While staying with his uncle, Thomas
Wright, min. of Borthwick, he showed Sir
Walter Scott over Borthwick Castle. He
was largely instrumental in getting a
school erected at Largoward, the church
having been used as the school, and it was
mainly through his efforts and liberality
that a manse was provided free of debt.
1856
ST ANDREWS]
LARGOWARD— LEUCHARS
221
JOHN SIMPSON WILSON, born
1898 Netner Mills of Drum, Banchory-
Ternan, 8th Jan. 1871, son of
Andrew W. and Jane Simpson; edu-
cated at Torphins Public School, Eobert
Gordon's College, and Univ. of Aberdeen ;
licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 4th May
1897; missionary at Beauly ; ord. 17th
Aug. 1898 ; died unmarr. 15th April 1902.
ROBEKT BBOWN WISEMAN, MA. ;
ord. 22nd Aug. 1902 ; trans, to St
John's Chapel, Kirkcaldy, 6th Jan.
1902
1909.
1916
ALEXANDER WILLIAMSON, M.A.;
1909 ord. 28th April 1909 ; trans, to West
Maybole 11th March 1916.
GEORGE WHITE born Applegarth,
Dumfriesshire, 10th Dec. 1870, son
of George W. and Jane Frood ; edu-
cated at Royal High School and Univ. of
Edinburgh; M.A. (1894); licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh April 1896; assistant at
Coltness ; ord. 30th June 1916.
LEUCHARS.
[Leuchars Church was given to the
Priory of St Andrews by Nes, Earl of
Mar, and was dedicated to St Athernash
by Bishop de Bernham in 1244. All that
remains of the ancient church is the
chancel and apse, which are of great rich-
ness and beauty — one of the finest examples
of Norman architecture in Scotland. This
interesting old building was restored for
public worship in July 1914. In the parish
were a chapel of St Benet and a Well of
Our Lady. A fair of St Benet was held
at Leuchars.]
Miscell., iii. ; Southesk Papers, i. ; Zurich
Letters, ii.]
1563
JOHN URE, a conventual brother of
the Augustinian Priory at St An-
drews, and a member of the Chapter
previous to the Reformation ; was min.
here in 1563 ; trans, to Menteith 27th June
1564, but returned before 5th Jan. 1565 ;
had Forgan also in his charge in 1567 ;
still min. in 1596 ; probably died before
2nd Aug. 1602, when his pension was given
to another. — [Wodrow's Biog., i. ; Maitland
1591
[PATRICK WEMYSS, M.A. ; adm.
after 12th July 1591, but settle-
ment reduced in Oct. following by
a committee consisting of three mins. of
Lothian, as was also the appointment of a
competitor, Robert Wallace, afterwards
min. of St Andrews.]
JOHN KINNEAR, M.A. (St Andrews,
26th Nov. 1586) ; nominated by the
General Assembly 27th April, and
adm. (assistant) 17th June 1593 ; pres.
by James VI. 10th Feb. 1609; died 2nd
Dec. 1613, aged about 47. — [Melvill's
Biog.]
ALEXANDER HENDERSON, M.A. ;
adm. probably in Jan. 1612 ; trans.
to St Giles, Edinburgh, 10th Jan.
1639. — [See Alexander Henderson : Church-
man and Statesman (portraits) by Sheriff
Orr, K.C. (London, 1919).]
u ELEAZER BORTHWICK of Chesters
and Brunton, son of Alexander B.
of Nether Leny ; educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh; M.A. (25th July 1607); ord.
by John, Bishop of Caithness (on warrant
from James, Archbishop of Glasgow), as
min. of a congregation at Orholme in
Sweden 2nd Sept. 1629 ; returned to
London and was actively employed for
some years among the nonconformists
there ; was recommended by the General
Assembly, 16th Dec. 1638, as worthy of an
early vacant charge ; adm. to this parish
by the Presb., and pres. by Charles I.
11th Oct. 1641 ; was selected in Dec. that
year as min. to the Commissioners of the
Scottish Parliament in attendance on that
of England, where he remained till his
death between 5th Nov. 1642 and 18th
Aug. 1643, aged about 56. He marr. Eliza-
beth Hamilton, probably of the Kinkell
family, and had issue — Major William
of Chesters ; James, charged with being
art and part in the slaughter of Alexander
Stuart, student at St Andrews, 1643.— \G.
R. Inhib., 2nd series, viii., 290 ; Reg. Sec.
Sig. ; Guthrie's Mem. ; Inq. Ret. Fife, 673 ;
222
LEUCHARS
[PRESB. OF
1645
Baillie's Letters; P. G. Reg., 2nd series,
vii., 439 ; Wood's East Neuk, 273, 337.]
PATRICK SCOUGAL, trans, from
Dairsie ; pres. by Charles I. 1st
Dec. 1644 ; adm. March 1645 ; trans.
to Saltoun 29th Jan. 1659.
JOHN MIDDLETON, M.A., D.D. ;
pres. by Charles II. 13th July, and
1661 adm. 4th Dec. 1661 ; trans, to Mark-
inch after 24th March 1684.
ROBERT LUNDIE, third son of James
L. of Strathairly ; educated at Univ.
1684 of St Andrews; M.A. (19th July
1664); ord. to Second Charge, Dysart,
Sept. 1669 ; trans, and adm. (privately)
Sept. 1684 ; deprived in 1689 ; died March
1692, aged about 48. He marr. Aug.
1672, Mary, daugh. of George Symson,
bailie of Dysart, and granddaugh. of
Archbishop Spottiswood, and had issue —
David ; Robert ; Rachel ; Charles. — [St
Andrews Tests. ; Treasury Reg., v., 223.]
ROBERT ANDERSON, M.A. ; ord.
after 3rd Sept. 1690, trans, to Perth
1690
4th June 1691.
1695
1706
GEORGE GORDON, ord. by the Scots
Presb. in London in 1695 ; called in
Feb., and adm. 3rd July that year ;
deserted his charge, accepted a congrega-
tion in London, and the parish was
declared vacant 2nd Jan. 1706. He marr.
Jean Wastecoat, and had issue — Ann ;
Emelia.
JAMES ROBERTSON, M.A. (St An-
drews, 14th April 1704) ; called 20th
April, and ord. 11th Sept. 1706;
died 24th March 1732, aged about 48. He
marr. Janet Clephane, who died 18th Jan.
1726, and had issue — Mary; Jean; Mar-
garet. Publication — Kaiva. Kal Ilc^aia, —
Things Neio and Old : or, an Exposition
of the Book of Revelation (Edinburgh,
1730). — [Tombst. ; Services of Heirs ;
Anstruther E. Sess. Ree.]
JAMES "WALKER, second son of
1733 Alexander W. of St Fort and Jean
Fleming ; licen. by Presb. 28th Oct.
1731 ; pres. by George II. 15th Aug. 1732 ;
ord. 9th Jan. 1733; died 27th Dec. 1773.
He marr. 11th Feb. 1740, Katherine (died
7th Dec. 1780), sister of Robert Mont-
gomery, Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Com-
missioner of Customs.— [Douglas's Baron-
age, 4S0.]
THOMAS KETTLE, born 1741; edu-
„„. cated at Univ. of St Andrews ; pres.
by George III. 14th Jan., and ord.
22nd Sept. 1774; died 14th Nov. 1808. He
marr. 13th Oct. 1775, Sarah (died at Edin-
burgh 24th Jan. 1811), daugh. of Alexander
Young, writer, Edinburgh, and had issue
— Thomas Young of Savannah, America,
born 27th Nov. 1778 ; Alexander Young,
W.S., born 4th Feb. 1782, died 30th Aug.
1841. Publication — Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xviii.).
1809
DAVID WATSON, born 1777, son of
James W., Rector of the Grammar
School of Haddington ; educated at
the High School and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Selkirk 5th Sept. 1798 ;
became tutor in the family of Lindsay of
Balcarres ; pres. to Cavers 15th July 1808,
but res. on being pres. by George III. to
this parish 29th Nov. 1808 ; ord. 24th Aug.
1809 ; died 15th Jan. 1866. He marr. 21st
Aug. 1809, Susan (died 2nd Dec. 1849),
daugh. of Captain Ranken, 46th Foot, and
had issue— James, born 15th Sept. 1811 ;
William Ranken, min. of Logie, Fife, born
21st Oct. 1814 ; Isabella, born 27th June
1818, died 7th June 1819, Marianne
Douglas, born 26th Aug. 1822; Susanna
Christina, born 23rd Dec. 1826. Publica-
tions — Spiritual Culture (Edinburgh,
1849); Account of the Parish {New Stat.
Ace, ix.).
ROBERT JOHNSTONE, born Caer-
laverock 17th March 1832, son of
John J. and Helen Affleck; edu-
cated at Hutton Hall Academy and Univs.
of St Andrews and Edinburgh; licen. by
Presb. of Langholm 10th June 1858 ; assist-
ant at Tweedsmuir and Kirtlebridge ; ord.
to Carnock, Dunfermline, 11th Dec. 1862 ;
pres. by Queen Victoria 16th Feb., trans,
and adm. 19th July 1866 ; died 13th Aug.
1906. He marr. (1) 25th Aug. 1863 Isa-
1866
ST ANDREWS]
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223
bella (died 22nd Dec. 1877), daugh. of
William Thorbum, and had issue — John,
min. of St James's, Kirkcaldy ; Fanny
Thorbum, born 27th May 1866; Helen,
born 28th March, died 26th Aug. 1868;
William Thorburn, born 6th July 1869;
Eobert, min. of Aberdour, born 26th
April 1872 ; Agnes Mary Thorburn, born
28th April 1875: (2) 27th April 1882,
Catherine (died 15th Feb. 1883), daugh.
of Alexander Hall, Ehynd, and had issue —
Alexander Hall, born 4th Feb. 1883 (M.A.,
B.D. St Andrews), died 6th April 1907 : (3)
23rd April 1884, Helen Murdoch (died s.p.
30th Jan. 1920), daugh. of James Johnstone,
town clerk, Irvine.
WILLIAM LAENACH TENNYSON
lgo7 LEVACK, born 16th Oct. 1874, son
of John Grant L., min. of Saddell,
Kintyre ; educated at Daniel Stewart's
College and Univs. of Edinburgh and
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Kintyre May
1900 ; assistant at Barony Parish, Glas-
gow ; ord. to Inverallan, Grantown-on-
Spey, 25th Sept. 1902 ; trans, and adm. 1st
Feb. 1907 ; served as chaplain in the
hospitals, Malta, for two years during the
Great War; trans, to Belmont, Glasgow, 9th
Oct. 1923. Marr. 27th June 1907, Elizabeth
Williamson, M.A. (born 28th May 1877),
daugh. of James Henderson, M.A., head-
master, Whitehill School, Glasgow, and has
issue — John Grant, born 26th April 1908;
James Henderson, born 15th Feb. 1910 ;
William Larnach, born 20th Sept. 1912.
v WILLIAM BOETHWICK, M.A., B.D. ;
1924 trans, from Huntly (q.v.) 1924.
NEWBURN, of old DRUMELDRIE.
[The church of Drumeldrie, dedicated
to St Serf, belonged to the Abbey of
Dunfermline.]
THOMAS JAMIESON, min. in 1564;
1564 trans, to Largo in 1566.
GEOEGE LUNDIE, reader in the
15„0 Eegent's House Feb. 1568 ; adm.
before 1570 ; also min. at Largo ;
trans, to Dalmeny in 1574.
1580 JOHN BEOG [Sess. Beg.].
ANDEEW HUNTEE, educated at Univ.
1588 of St Andrews ; ord. to Carnbee in
1582; pronounced sentence of ex-
communication against Archbishop Adam-
son 14th April 1586, by the Synod's
command, and when the General Assembly
absolved him from that sentence, H. pro-
tested against the resolution as he had
shown no sign of repentance ; trans, and
adm. in 1588 ; pres. by Andrew Wood of
Largo in 1590; was clerk to the Synod
10th June 1591 ; coll. 8th Feb. 1592; dep.
in May 1594 for' deserting his flock, becom-
ing chaplain to and joining in rebellion with
Francis, Earl of Bothwell. Being forced to
leave the country, he became chaplain to a
Scots regiment in the Low Countries and
assisted in the ministry at Utrecht 20th May
1622.— [Beg. Assig. ; Beg. of Deeds, xxxv.;
Booke of the Kirk ; MelvilPs Autob., 180 ;
Steven's Scots Church, Botterdam, 338.]
DAVID MEAENS, M.A. ; adm. 27th
158_ Nov. 1589 ; trans, to Carnbee 19th
Jan. 1589-90.
JOHN CAEMICHAEL, M.A. ; adm. in
1595 1595; trans, to Kilconquhar 11th
Aug. 1603.
JOHN DYKES, trans, from Kilrenny ;
1604 a(^m- 13m -Dec. !604; re-trans, to
Kilrenny after 18th April 1610.
EPHEAIM MELVILL, M.A.; adm.
16U after 4th Sept. 1611 ; trans, to
Pittenweem before 7th Oct. 1617.
JOHN FOEEET, M.A. (St Andrews,
lel9 28th July 1610); adm. in 1619;
elected to Campvere by the Conven-
tion of Eoyal Burghs 4th July and dem.
before 3rd Oct. 1628 ; died Sept. 1629, aged
about 40.— \Edin. Counc. Beg.; Steven's
Scots Church, Botterdam, 294 ; Beg. Sec.
Sig. ; The Scottish Staple at Veere, 277.]
GEOEGE HAMILTON, M.A. ; pres. by
1628 Charles I. 3rd Oct. 1628 ; trans, to
Pittenweem 25th Feb. 1650.
[JAMES FLEMING, M.A., min. of St
Bathans ; adm. during his stay in the
country in Nov. 1650. He took his fare-
well 27th July 1651, "entreating and ex-
horting the Elders to be careful about
224
NEWBURN
[PRESB. OF
family duties, to live in unitie and to join
together heartilie about planting the Kirk
with ane able and faithful minister." —
Lamont's Diary, 33.]
KOBEKT HONYMAN, called 9th Jan.,
and adm. 27th April 1653 ; trans, to
Second Charge, Dysart, 18th March
1657.
GEORGE HAMILTON, M.A., called
165g 3rd Oct. 1658 ; adm. 10th Feb. 1659 ;
deprived by Act of Parliament 11th
June and Decreet of Privy Council in 1662 ;
returned here in 1692.
JOHN AUCHENLECK, M.A.; trans.
1663 fr°m Inchture; pres. by Charles,
Earl of Dunfermline ; adm. 30th
Sept. 1663 ; trans, to Largo 1st Nov. 1665.
WILLIAM OGILVIE, M.A. (St
1666 Andrews, 23rd July 1658); became
chaplain to the laird of Balfour ;
recommended for licen. by Presb. of St
Andrews 17th Aug. 1665, and for ordination
14th Feb., and adm. 14th March 1666 ; died
28th March 1679, aged about 41. He marr.
(cont. 25th May 1666) Barbara, daugh. of
Alexander Gledstanes, min. of St Andrews,
and widow of George Martin, min. of
Dundee ; she survived him. — [Hunter's
Dioc. of Dunkeld, 251 ; G. R. Sas., xxii.,
431.]
WILLIAM SYME, M.A. ; trans, from a
le7g charge in Galloway (unidentified) ;
pres. by Sir William Bruce of Bal-
caskie in Aug., and adm. 17th Sept. 1679 ;
deprived for declining to take the Test 14th
Dec. 1681.
ANDREW YOUNGSON, son of William
1682 ^"' suxSeon! burgess of Aberdeen ;
educated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen ; pres. by Sir William Bruce of Bal-
caskie in May, had testimonial from Presb.
of St Andrews 26th July for ordination, and
adm. 16th Aug. 1682 ; died in Edinburgh
31st Jan. 1685.— [St Andrews Tests. ; Grey-
friars Burials.]
JAMES HAY, M.A. (Edinburgh 1679) ;
1685 Pr°barjly son of George H. of
Naughton and brother of George
H., min. of Coupar- Angus ; became chap-
lain to Colin, Earl of Balcarres ; adm. 16th
Sept. 1685 ; dep. by Act of Parliament 25th
April 1690 restoring Presbyterian mins.
He marr. Isabel, daugh. of John Liddell,
min. of Scone, and had issue — Anna;
Clara, born 1689. — [Eilconquhar and
Anstruther Wester Sess. Regs.~[
GEORGE HAMILTON, M.A. (above
. mentioned) ; returned 10th July
1692 ; trans, to St Leonard's. St
Andrews, 26th Feb. 1696.
GEORGE CLELAND, MA. ; called 6th
1696 ^ay an(* or^- 22nc' ^y 1(^ ' trans-
to Kilrenny 10th April 1700.
ARTHUR FAIRFOUL, M.A. (St
1702 Andrews, 23rd July 1697) ; licen. by
Presb. of St Andrews 27th Nov.
1700; called 8th Oct. 1701; ord. 4th Feb.
1702 ; died Dec. 1704, aged about 28.— {Fife
Sheriff-Court Deeds, 4th June 1705.]
DAVID MYLES, born 1682; M.A.
17o5 (St Andrews, 12th July 1698) ; licen.
by Presb. of St Andrews 31st May
1704; called 31st Jan., and ord. 10th May
1705 ; died 27th June 1734. He marr. (1)
27th June 1705, Anna, daugh. of Alexander
Gillespie of Newton Rires and Christian
Small, and had issue — Helen (marr. 4th
May 1735, John Ramsay, wright, Edin-
burgh : (2) Eupham (died 30th April 1775),
daugh. of Walter Wilson, min. of Eil-
conquhar, and had issue — Walter.
JAMES SMITH, born 1708; educated
173_ at Univ. of Aberdeen ; called 19th,
and pres. by Sir John Anstruther of
that ilk Dec. 1734 ; ord. 23rd April 1735 ;
was on a leet of three for the Scots Church,
Rotterdam, in 1736 and 1737. Having
adopted views of Independent Church
government he dem. 17th Aug. 1768, and
with Robert Ferrier, min. at Largo, opened
a meeting-house at Balchrystie ; died 9th
Sept. 1775. He is described as a " well-
favoured person, of good manners and of
unquestionable piety, of a tender, holy
walk, zealous and prudent, and a good
stock of learning." He marr. 9th Feb.
1747, Elizabeth (died 28th Nov. 1750),
daugh. of John Cunningham of Pittarthie,
and had issue— Thomas, born 7th March
ST ANDREWS]
NEWBURN
225
1748 ; James. Publications — A Com-
pendious Account, taken from the Holy
Scripture only, of the Form and Order of
the Church of God, in the several great
Periods thereof; also of the Nature, Design,
and Right Manner of Observing or Eating
the Lord's Supper (Edinburgh, 1765); A
Reply to Flooher's Defence of National
Covenanting (1767); The Case of James
Smith, late Minister at Newhurn and of
Robert Ferrier, late Minister at Largo,
truly represented and defended (Edinburgh,
1768).— [Steven's Rotterdam, 170.]
JOHN RICHARDSON, M.A. (St
176g Andrews, 1755) ; licen. by Presb.
of Kirkcaldy 30th Sept. 1761 ; pres.
by Mrs Anne Craigie of Dunbarney, with
consent of Charles Halkett Craigie her
husband, in Feb., and ord. 3rd Aug. 1769 ;
died 5th March 1778, aged about 43. He
marr. 10th June 1765, Jean Inglis, who
died 5th May 1799, and had issue— Bethia,
born 24th July 1768 (marr. 29th Sept. 1785,
William Hunter, surgeon, Leslie).
, ARCHIBALD BONAR, pres. by Mrs
Anne Craigie of Dunbarney, with
consent of her trustees, Sept. 1778 ;
ord. 31st March 1779 ; trans, to Glasgow,
North- West (St David's) 17th July 1783.
v JAMES BROWN, pres. by Mrs Anne
17_. Craigie of Dunbarney, with consent
of her trustees, Dec. 1783 ; ord. 6th
May 1784; trans, to Newbattle 4th Oct. 1786.
JAMES MITCHELL, born Dumfries-
1787 shire, 1756 ; licen. by Presb. of Loch-
maben 1st Dec. 1778 ; pres. by Mrs
Anne Craigie of Dunbarney 8th March, and
ord. 27th Sept. 1787 ; died 24th Jan. 1793.
THOMAS LAURIE, born 1760,
amanuensis to Lord President
Dundas ; licen. by Presb. of Dal-
keith 1st Sept. 1789 ; pres. by Mrs Halkett
Craigie of Dunbarney 10th June, and ord.
26th Sept. 1793 ; D.D. (St Andrews, 1810) ;
died 5th March 1843. He marr. 10th Jan.
1794, Anne (died 23rd May 1805), daugh. of
Nathaniel Donaldson of Tobago, and had
issue— Marion, born 21st Nov. 1794 (marr.
27th Jan. 1812, Capt. John Porteous, R.N.) ;
Anne, born 14th May 1797; Nathaniel
VOL. V.
1779
1793
Donaldson, born 28th May 1800 ; Margaret,
born 20th May 1802 ; Thomas James, born
23rd April 1805. Publications— The Duty
of Thanksgiving, a sermon (Edinburgh,
1798); Sermons (Edinburgh, 1811);
Lectures (Edinburgh, 1837) ; Accounts of
the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xvi., and
New Stat. Ace, ix.).
ALEXANDER URQUHART, born
.„. about 1797, son of Thomas U., min.
of Rosskeen ; educated at Inverness
Academy and Aberdeen Univ. (M.A. 1816)
and in Germany ; was in America until
app. here; ord. 31st Aug. 1843; D.D.
(Aberdeen, 1854); died 17th March 1885.
He marr. Emilia Hageman, Darmstadt,
who died 17th May 1875, and had issue —
Emilia Lucretia, died 2nd Nov. 1880 ;
Joanna Clunes, born 20th Jan. 1846, died
28th Feb. 1875.
GEORGE GEEKIE, born Fountain-
bleau, Forfarshire, 8th Oct. 1854,
son of George G. and Elizabeth
Scott ; educated at Dundee and Univ. of
St Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of St
Andrews 2nd Aug. 1882 ; ord. (assistant
and successor) 16th Aug. 1883; died 13th
Aug. 1913. He marr. (1) 17th Dec. 1884,
Margaret (died 25th Dec. 1903), daugh.
of David Mann, Broughty Ferry, and
had issue — Margaret Mann, born 3rd
Nov. 1885 ; George Alexander, Black
Watch, born 12th Sept. 1887; Elizabeth
Scott, born 1st May 1889 ; Euphemia Scott
(twin), born 1st, died 3rd May 1889 ; Janet
Crawford Anderson, born 19th Feb. 1892
(marr. 7th Feb. 1922, Dr D. H. Russel,
M.C., Methil) : (2) 14th Feb. 1906, Anna
M'Ewan or Paterson.
1914
WILLIAM NEIL, born Glasgow, 23rd
Oct. 1867, son of James N. and
Elizabeth King Gray ; educated at
Hutcheson's Grammar School and Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
6th May 1896 ; assistant at Possilpark,
Glasgow ; ord. to Whiteness and Weisdale
9th Nov. 1899 ; trans, to Lybster 17th Feb.
1909; trans, and adm. 17th June 1914.
Marr. 23rd Jan. 1897, Margaret (died 28th
Nov. 1920), daugh. of Peter West.
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[PRESB. OF
NEWPORT— ST THOMAS (Q.S.).
[A church was built in 1870, and the
parish of Newport was erected loth Feb.
1875.]
THOMAS FKASER, born Glasgow, 5th
1871 July 1843, son of Thomas F. and
Jane Brown ; educated at High
School and Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 13th June 1867 ; assist-
ant at St Matthew's, Glasgow, 1867-9 and
Sandyford, Glasgow, 1869-71 ; ord. to New-
port Chapel 23rd March 1871 ; adm. first
min. of parish 31st March 1875 ; D.D.
(Glasgow, 1887) ; died unmarr., 20th Jan.
1913. He left £4000 to the Parish Church,
Newport.
HENRY COULTER, B.A., B.D. ; ord.
1913 30tk June 1913 ' serve,i as Chaplain
to the Forces in France during the
Great War 1916-18 ; trans, to Holburn,
Aberdeen, 24th Sept. 1919.
DONALD MACGREGOR GRANT,
1920 f°rmerly min> °f Walkerburn (q.v.),
which charge he res. 16th May 1918.
Joined R.A.M.C. 30th March 1915, and
served in Egypt ; transferred 14th Aug.
1916toR.E. (Signal Service), and employed
as German interpreter at Hill 60 Listening
Station in the Ypres Salient ; app. Chaplain
to the Forces 4th Aug. 1917 ; served at
Winchester, and at Bangour War Hospital ;
adm. to this charge 13th Feb. 1920 ; trans,
to Row 1924. Marr. 9th Feb. 1918, Eliza-
beth Christian, second daugh. of John
Brown, min. of United Free Church, Aber-
dour, Fife, and Helen Stiell, and has issue —
Ian William Ballantyne, born 16th Dec.
1918; Helen MacGregor, born 19th Oct.
1920; Donald Robertson, born 20th Sept.
1922.
PITTENWEEM.
[The lands that form this parish were
disjoined from Anstruther Wester by a
Royal Charter of King James VI. on Sth
Nov. 1588. The parish of Pittenweem was
erected by Act of Parliament on 2Sth June
1633. In the parish are the ruins of St
Mary's Augustinian Priory of Pittenweem.
Near it, on the shore, are St Fillan's Cave,
occupied of old as a hermitage, and St
Fillan's Well. Fairs of St Clement and
St Magdalene were held at Pittenweem.
The church was restored in 1883 and a
vestibule added.]
NICOL DALGLEISH, mentioned as
1589 min. of St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh,
in 1581 (q.v.) ; adm. after Sept.
1589; took an active part in the affairs of
the Church ; favoured the views of his
co-presbyter, David Black ; declined the
authority of the Privy Council to judge
matters spiritual ; was charged to depart
from the city of Edinburgh and return
to his flock within twenty-four hours,
24th Nov. 1596. He was elected Moderator
of the General Assembly May 1592, April
1593, June 1595, March 1595-6, and May
1597; died July 1608. He marr. Agnes
Philip, who survived him. — [Reg. of Deeds,
xxxvii. 267 ; cxcv. 37 ; Lochleven and
Pittenweem Papers ; Melvill's Autob. ;
Wodrow's Biog.~\
ROGER MELVILL, MA. ; trans, from
1603 Kirkmichael (Ayr); was craved to
be helper 20th Oct. 1603; accused
of being drunk in the pulpit 23rd Aug.
1604 ; returned to Kirkmichael in 1608.
WILLIAM WEDDERBURN, M.A. ;
1609 ord. 25th April 1609 ; trans, to
Dundee in 1611.
JOHN DURIE, M.A. ; adm. in 1611 ;
1611 pres- ky James VI. 12th April 1613 ;
trans, to Logie-Murdoch in 1613.
EPHRAIM MELVILL, born Newcastle,
161_ 15th Jan. 1585, eldest son of James
M., min. of Kilrenny ; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (1603); was
on the Exercise there 26th Sept. 1605 ;
adm. to Newburn after 4th Sept 1611 ;
trans, and adm. between 30th April and
7th Oct. 1617; died before 2nd July 1629.
He marr. Sarah Smyth, who survived him,
and had issue — Ephraim, min. of Queens-
ferry.— {Peg. Sec. Sig. ; Fife Sas., xii., 53 :
ST ANDREWS]
PITTENWEEM
227
M'Crie's Melville, ii. ; Pittenweem Papers ;
Melvill's Autob., 220, 251.]
JOHN MELVIN, M.A. (St Andrews
1629 1617) > pres- by Charles I. 28th July
1629 ; died Aug. 1649, aged about
45. He marr., and had issue — Thomas ;
Alexander; John; James; Elspeth; Janet;
Isabel. — [Canongate Sess. Reg. ; Lamont's
Diary ; Reg. Sec. Sig.~\
GEOEGE HAMILTON of Cairnes, born
1650 1602, son of George H, bailie of
Anstruther Easter, and Elizabeth
Moncrieff; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews; M.A. (16th July 1620); pres.
to Newburn 3rd Oct. 1628; was one of
those directed in Aug. 1637 to purchase
and read the Service Book, against which
he and others petitioned the Privy Council ;
was one of those who in 1638 tendered
a complaint to the General Assembly
against the bishops ; called 28th Sept.
1649 ; trans, and adm. 27th Feb. 1650. He
was stopped in his sermon 24th May 1653
by a party of Fairfax's Eegiment, which
caused an uproar in the church, and
with three of his co-presbyters, was carried
prisoner to Edinburgh by the English
soldiers 12th Sept. following, for praying
for Charles II. ; imprisoned for eight days
and liberated on condition that, he and his
brethren should do so no more. Forfeited
his benefice for not submitting to the Act
of Parliament 11th June, and Decreet of
Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662, but allowed
to remain till he died 8th April 1677. He
marr. Euphemia (died 28th Jan. 1673, aged
63), only daugh. of John Douglas, burgess
of Crail, and had issue — George, min. of
High Kirk, Edinburgh ; John ; William ;
Alexander ; Eobert ; Elizabeth (marr.
Patrick Wemyss, min. of Abbotshall) ;
Sophia (marr. cont. 3rd July 1652, Eobert
Smyth, clerk of Pittenweem) ; Eupham
(marr. James Eobertson of Dunorke);
Christian (marr. cont. 14th Dec. 1666, John
Brown of Vicarsgrange) ; Isobel, (marr.
cont. 6th Jan. 1660, Matthew, eldest son of
Matthew Anderson, burgess of Kirkcaldy) ;
Anna. — [Fife Sas., xiii. 62, xiv. 13 ; Reg.
Mag. Sig., ix., 2111 ; Tombst. ; Lamont's
Diary ; Reg. Sec. Sig.]
t- ANDEEW BEUCE, M.A., and Eegent
1677 in St Leonard's College, St Andrews ;
adm. to Carnbee 20th Sept. 1664 ;
trans, and adm. 19th July 1677 ; accused
8th Sept. 1689, of not reading the Proclama-
tion of the Estates, etc., but was acquitted
by the Privy Council ; kept up a spirit of
disaffection in the parish by his preach-
ing, and was ultimately dep. by the
United Preb. of St Andrews and Cupar
for drunkenness. He marr. 2nd Nov.
1665, Margaret, eldest daugh. of George
Gibson of Balhouffie, and had issue —
George; William; John; Mary, and
Margaret. — [Carnbee Sess. Rec. ; Pit-
tenweem Council Reg. ; Couper's MS.
Diary.]
PATEICK COUPEE [or COWPEE],
1692 k°rn Scone 1660 ; educated at Univ.
of St Andrews; M.A. (22nd July
1678) ; was much persecuted as a Presby-
terian. One Sunday evening, when en-
gaged in family worship, he narrowly
escaped capture by the magistrates of
Perth, and was several times compelled to
flee from that city. In 1679 he was taken
prisoner there one Saturday on his way to
a field meeting, though unarmed, called
before two of the bailies, and imprisoned
for nonconformity, until after the battle
of Bothwell Bridge when he was released
under the royal indemnity. Next year
he was again detained in prison for three
months for attending conventicles, but
was liberated by his parents paying a fine
of fifty merks, and a fee to the jailer of
£11. A third time he was seized at Elith-
head in Strathaven when on duty on horse-
back as a sentinel at a conventicle. He was
taken to Perth where he was received with
derision by the Episcopal congregation, and
was kept in prison for three months, fined
£106, and bound over to enter into ward
again under a severe penalty. Having
determined to go abroad he sailed for
Holland, and from thence to Konigsberg.
He returned to Holland and obtained a
licence to preach the Gospel at Eotterdam
in Dec. 1684. He proceeded to Scotland,
landed at Borrowstounness, and travelled
to Perth, where he wrote to his wife to
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[PKESB. OF
join him, but they were forced to flee to
Edinburgh, and had to leave that city
after two months as a search was made for
him. He returned to Perth, spent the
winter there, and returned to Holland in
the spring with his wife, his mother- in-law,
and his brother Thomas, afterwards Pro-
fessor of Divinity. In Feb. 1687 he came
back to Kirkcaldy and found the Toleration
had been proclaimed. He again went to
Holland in Aug., and when further re-
strictions were taken off he came home,
landing a second time at Borrowstounness,
was invited to preach at St Ninians ; ord.
in the meeting-house at Bannockburn 14th
Aug. 1688 ; called 4th April, trans, and
adm. 5th May 1692, his admission being
opposed by certain Jacobite heritors who
barricaded the church. The magistrates,
however, broke open the doors and drove
out the offenders ; died 14th June 1740.
" He studied to follow a clear and distinct
method in his sermons, and abhorred
jingling, bombastic words, that airy self-
seeking men affect much." In bodily
appearance he was "small and thin," and
when young nearly lost the sight of one
of his eyes through illness, yet at seventy-
seven he could read the smallest print
without spectacles even in candle light.
He was the first who (in 1716) proposed the
raising of the Ministers' Widows' Fund.
He marr. June 1682, Janet (died 1702),
daugh. of George Halyburton, min. of
Aberdalgie, and had issue — Andrew, a
licentiate ; Thomas ; Joseph ; Janet (marr.
Andrew Burn, min. of Anstruther Wester) ;
Jean ; Margaret ; Isabel ; Sophia ; Jean ;
Isabel ; Anna (marr. Murdoch Macdonald,
min. of Durness.) Publications — On Public
Oaths (Edinburgh, 1704) ; Jacobite Loyalty
(Edinburgh, 1724) ; Sermon Preached at
the Admission of Mr Alexander Anderson
(1725). He left a MS. Diary.— [Wodrow's
Corresp., ii., 218 ; Wodrow's Hist., iii., 394 ;
Wood's East Neuk, 315 ; Satan's Invisible
World Supp., xlviii.-xci.]
DAVID BEATH, born Inverness ; came
1741 south under the auspices of Lord
President Forbes ; educated at Univ.
of St Andrews; M.A. (4th May 1731);
licen. by Presb. of Kirkcaldy 7th Dec.
1738; called 20th Nov. 1740; ord. 7th
May 1741 ; died 8th April 1775, aged
about 64. He marr. 5th March 1745, Agnes
Bonthrone, who died 5th Dec. 1770, and
had issue — Alexander, born 4th Jan. 1748 ;
William, born 21st July 1749, died 1st
Dec. 1765 ; Elizabeth, born 1st June 1753.
[St Andrews Tests.]
JAMES NAIENE of Claremont, born
30th Aug. 1750, son of John N., min.
of Anstruther Easter; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of
St Andrews 15th Dec. 1773; pres. by Sir
John Anstruther, Bart., Sept. 1775; ord.
20th March 1776; D.D. (1809); died
Father of the Pkesb., as his father
and grandfather had done, 15th July 1819.
He marr. 12th Jan. 1778, Helen (died in
London 3rd Feb. 1836, aged 81), daugh. of
Capt. James Kyd of Craigie, and had
issue — John, captain of The Favourite
sloop-of-war, born 14th Oct. 1778, died on
coast of Africa 23rd July 1807; Hannah,
born 29th May 1780 (marr. 29th May 1805,
John Forman, W.S.), died 19th Oct. 1849 ;
James of Claremont, W.S., born 29th Aug.
1782, died 20th Oct. 1847; Alexander,
H.E.I.C.S., captain of the General Kyd,
born 20th Feb. 1785; Elizabeth, born 4th
Nov. 1787, died 16th July 1788; Ann
Elmsall, born 11th Jan. 1791 (marr. 5th
June 1817, William Scott, stockbroker,
London); Charles, W.S., born 23rd Dec.
1794, died 20th Jan. 1837. Publication-
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace,
iv.)— [Wood's Hast Neuk, 201 ; Connolly's
Pifeshire Biog., 347-9.]
1820
CHAELES MOEGAN ADDIE, born
2nd Oct. 1771, son of James A.,
min. of Kilmaronock ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of
Linlithgow 29th Dec. 1802; became tutor
in the family of Colonel Dewar of Gilston ;
pres. by tutors of Sir John Carmichael-
Anstruther, Bart., Dec. 1819; ord. 11th
May 1820; died unmarr. 22nd Feb. 1834.
Publication — Easmin and Ezellina, or
Diversions at Lundin (Cupar, 1816).
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JOHN COOPEE, born 1802, son of
1834 William C, writing-master, Edin-
burgh ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh; lieen. by Presb. of Linlithgow
15th June 1824; assistant at Clack-
mannan and Arbroath; ord. at Cuiter
20th March 1833; pres. by Sir Windham
Carmichael-Anstruther, Bart., in Aug., and
adm. 18th Sept. 1834; was seized with
apoplexy while preaching and died within
four hours, 26th March 1854. He marr.
14th April 1835, Jane (died in childbed
19th Jan. 1836), daugh. of James Maxton,
min. of Alloa, and had issue — Jane Maxton,
born 17th Jan., died 2nd Feb. 1836.
PATEICK MACFARLAN, bom
laS4 Alexandria, Dunbartonshire, 13th
Feb. 1828, son of Peter M.,
merchant, and Margaret M'Intyre ; edu-
cated at Alexandria Main School and
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Dunbarton 4th Feb. 1851 ; assistant at
Stirling and Colvend ; ord. 22nd Sept.
1854 ; died unmarr. 22nd June 1893.
Publication — Sermon on Crimean War,
26th April 1854.
JAMES GRAHAM GOODALL, born
1893 Tillicoultry, 7th May 1861, son of
John G. and Ann Graham ; educated
at Tillicoultry Academy and Univ. of St
Andrews; M.A. (1889); licen. by Presb.
of Dunblane 24th April 1891 ; assistant at
Pittenweem; ord. 19th Oct. 1893. Marr.
9th July 1903, Margaret Chalmers, youngest
daugh. of John Bowman, town clerk and
banker, Pittenweem, and Martha Young.
ST ANDREWS.
[The site of St Andrews was an early
home of the Celtic Church. At Mucross,
as it was then called, St Kenneth of
Achabo carried on mission work in the
sixth century. There either he, or some-
one before him, founded the Christian
settlement to which the name of Kilri-
mont was given. It seems clear too that
relics of St Andrew were brought to
Kilrimont from Hexham in Northumber-
land, at the instance of King Angus
MacFergus, in or about 736. Not long
after, there arose the church called Kilrule,
of which St Rule's Chapel is the standing
successor. Its lofty square tower, rising
to 110 feet, and its walls still strong to
a height of 34 feet, are lasting witnesses
of the faith of old Celtic times. Of the
later Celtic Church the chief memorial is
St Mary's on the Kirk Heugh. Of that
building little is now left but the founda-
tions. These show clearly the outlines of
an edifice with chancel, nave, and transepts,
over 100 feet in length. It was apparently
to an earlier monastic building on this
site that King Constantine III. came as
a brother of the foundation, when he
resigned his crown in 942, and here after-
wards he ruled as abbot. St Mary's was
endowed as a Chapel Royal (Capella
Domini Regis) by Alexander II. in 1250,
and thus its old monastic character came
to an end. In 1504 it received a collegiate
endowment.
At an early time a parish church was
built in St Andrews. It was dedicated to
the Holy Trinity. That church belonged
to the Priory of St Andrews. The rector
of the parish church of the Holy Trinity
was Archdeacon of St Andrews ex officio.
The church had many altars, including
dedications to the Holy Rood, St Mary,
St Katherine, St Laurence, St John the
Baptist, St Bartholomew, St James, All
Saints, St Fillan, St Duthac, St Magdalene,
St Michael, St Fergus, St Ninian, St
Nicholas, St Anne, St Peter, St Botolph,
St Palladius, St Aubert, St Barbara, St
Bride, St Columba, St Tridwal, and St
Damian. A Second Charge was founded
for the parish of St Andrews in 1589, and
from 1593 to 1620 a Third Charge was
maintained. The church itself has often
been altered and added to. A fine restora-
tion, with some additions, took place in
the early years of the twentieth century.
The church is now one of the most notable
in the country. A very interesting feature
of it is the elaborate monument to Arch-
bishop Sharp erected soon after his murder.
It is the work of Dutch artists. Eminent
among the many religious foundations of
St Andrews is the College of St Salvator
with its noble church and tower. This
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[PRKSB. OF
splendid addition to the resources of
the ancient University was erected by-
Bishop James Kennedy in 1450. It soon
rose to be a centre of learning, and one of
its early Principals was the famous scholar
and historian John Major. Among the
altars gifted to St Salvator's Collegiate
Church were dedications to St Katherine,
St John, and St Olaf.
During the early years of the Reformed
Church, the General Assembly held several
sessions at St Andrews. Of these the
first was in 1572. At that time John
Knox, then in poor health, was living in
the ancient Cathedral city, a fact which
seems to have had considerable weight in
fixing the Assembly's place of meeting.
It was at St Leonard's that the supreme
Church Court met. The chief meetings
were held in the old parish church of
St Leonard, and probably all of them took
place there, for the accommodation in St
Leonard's College was then but small.
The later sessions of the Assembly at St
Andrews in 1641 and 1642 were held at
St Salvator's College. The religious
services were held in the College church
there, and the other meetings in the hall
of the College. In 1274 St Mary's Convent
of the Black Friars was founded at St
Andrews. The little fragment of its
church now surviving gives a very
favourable impression of its architectural
merit. In 1450 the Grey Friars also
established a priory in the city. But the
chief monastic feature of this ecclesiastical
metropolis was the Augustinian Priory of
St Andrews, founded in 1114. It was
endowed with the wide possessions of the
ancient Celtic Abbey, and soon attained
to vast wealth. The Cathedral was built
close beside it in 1162. It is a great
building, even in its ruin, its interior
length extending to 358 feet. Among the
many shrines in it were dedications to
St Andrew, St Katherine, and St John
the Evangelist. Besides St Bule's, there
were in this parish chapels dedicated to
St Peter, St Bride, St Mirin, St Cormac,
and St Magdalene. Within the bounds
were also Wells of St Salvator, St Leonard,
St Andrew, and St John. There were three
1559
great fairs in St Andrews, those of Our
Lady Day in Lentron, and St Andrew's
Day, and the Senzie Market, held during
the summer session of the University.]
ADAM HERIOT of the family of
Trabroun, East Lothian, born about
1514 ; was a conventual brother of
the Augustinian Order of the Abbey of
St Andrews who embraced the reformed
faith ; he was removed to Aberdeen in 1560,
but retained the vicarage of St Andrews
till his death 28th Aug. 1574— [M'Crie's
Knox, ii. ; Spotswood's Hist. ; Maitland
Miscell., iii.]
1560
JOHN KNOX, the Reformer, said to be
min. here 31st March 1560, in the
Kirk-Session Record of St Andrews.
— [Hay Fleming's Kirk-Session Bee, Scot.
Hist. Socy., i., 27.]
CHRISTOPHER GOODMAN, born
Chester, about 1519, son of William
G., merchant, the representative of
an old Cheshire family ; educated at
Brasenose College, Oxford ; B.A. (4th
Feb. 1541), M.A. (13th June 1544); app.
senior student of Christ's Church (in 1547)
and Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity
in 1548; B.D. (1551). During the reign
of Queen Mary he went into exile at
Strasburg, and joined the Reformers at
Frankfort, but, disputes having arisen
about Church order, he withdrew to
Geneva, where he was elected joint pastor
with John Knox in Sept. 1555, and assisted
him in the preparation of his Book of
Common Order and was also employed
with Coverdale in translating the Geneva
edition of the Scriptures. At the urgent
entreaty of Knox he went to Scotland in
Sept. 1559, when he acted as escort to Knox's
wife and family. In Nov. he became min.
of Ayr ; was nominated by the Lords of the
Congregation min. here 19th July 1560 ;
was a member of first General Assembly
19th Dec. that year, and of the Assemblies
June 1562, June and Dec. 1563, June and
Dec. 1564, and June 1565 ; returned to
England in Nov. or Dec. 1565; became
chaplain to Sir Henry Sidney, Lord-
Deputy of Ireland, Jan. 1566 ; was coll.
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in 1570 to the Archdeaconry of Richmond
and to the rectory of Alford, of which
offices he was deprived shortly afterwards
for nonconformity. He died at Chester
after 4th June 1603 (on which date he was
visited by Archbishop Ussher, who in after
days used to repeat some of the dying man's
"grave, wise speeches") and was buried
in St Bride's Church there. Publications
— How Superior Powers oght to be obeyd of
their subjects; and likewise they may law-
fully, by God's Worde, be disobeyed and
resisted (Geneva, 1558) ; A Commentary
upon Amos. — [Beg. Assig. ; Zurich Letters,
ii., 60 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. ; Calderwood's
Hist., i. 423, ii. 11, 44, 227 2^assim, iii. 114,
vi. 511 ; M'Crie's Knox, i., 284, 300, 328,
et seq. ; Maitland's Essays on the Reforma-
tion, 103, 112, 116, 126, et seq. ; Ormerod's
Cheshire, ii., 727 ; Troubles at Frankfort
(Phenix), ii., 44 ; Original Letters (Porter
Soc.) Ser. ii. " Goodman to Peter Martyr " ;
State Papers [Scottish Ser., 1509-1603], p.
161; [Foreign Ser., 1560-1], p. 259 ; [Ireland,
1556-7], pp. 325 ; Le Neve's Fasti Ecclesice
Anglicance, iii., 518.]
1566
EOBEET HAMILTON, was one of those
found " maist qualified for ministre-
ing and teaching" by the General
Assembly 20th Dec. 1560; adm. before
4th Sept. 1566 ; was a member of As-
semblies of June 1567, July 1568, July
1569, March 1571, March 1572, March 1573,
April and June 1576, being Moderator
in that of 6th March 1571. He held in
conjunction the office of Regent or Master,
and afterwards of Provost or Principal in
the New College, St Andrews, till the
General Assembly of April 1576 decided
against his holding that office and ordered
him to remain with his ministry of St
Andrews. Refusing to comply, he was
deprived of his Provostry after 7th July
1579, but was retained in the ministry,
and died in Edinburgh, 16th April 1581.
He marr. Elspeth, daugh. of John Traill,
younger, of Magask, and granddaugh. of
John Traill of Blebo, and had issue —
Robert ; James ; Thomas ; Helen, who
had a daugh. by Robert Hamilton, min.
of Kennoway. His widow marr. (2) Thomas
Buchanan, min. of Ceres. — [Edin. Tests. ;
Reg. of Min. and Assig. ; Booke of
the Kirk, ii., 620 ; Zurich Letters, ii. ;
Calderwood's Hist, i. 494, ii. 45, 157
passim, iii. 208, 372, 431, 445; M'Crie's
Melville, 77, 86, 454; Melvill's Autob.]
<- GEORGE BLACK, reader in 1579
.,.„_ and exhorter in 1580, probably
a temporary appointment for ad-
ministering the sacraments and celebrating
marriages. — [Reg. Assig. ; Melvill's Autob.]
1581
ROBERT PONT, trans, from St
Cuthbert's, Edinburgh ; adm. after
17th Oct. 1581, but failing to
obtain any stipend he returned to St
Cuthbert's April 1583.
1584
JOHN RUTHERFURD, son of John
R., Provost of St Salvator's College ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (1569); was third Master of St
Salvator's College 18th Dec. 1577; had
a gift from James VI., 14th Oct. 1577,
of the chaplaincy of said College called
the chaplaincy of Balconquhar; adm. to
Dunino in 1578 ; trans, to Kemback, and
Principal Master of St Salvator's College
3rd Sept. 1579; trans, and adm. July
1584. The King had previously asked
him, "would ye be minister of St An-
drews?" "Yes, sir," was his reply, "but
shame fa' me, if I do not my dutie." His
Majesty replied, "shame fa' thee, and the
devil receive thee too, if thou do it not.
Go thy way." He died of the plague 4th
Oct. 1585. He marr. Janet, daugh. of
David Inglis of Ardet, who survived him,
and had issue— David, served heir 22nd
March 1606; John, min. of Monifieth. —
[Edin. Tests. ; Calderwood's Hist., iv.,
199, 382; Inq. Ret. Gen., 8268; Scots
Peerage, vii., 372.]
ROBERT WILKIE, adm. 29th June
1586 ; app. Principal of St Leonard's
College,' 22nd Oct. 1590.
''DAVID BLACK, elected and adm.
Nov. 1590; removed to Arbirlot
1590
July 1597.
232
ST ANDREWS
[PRESB. OF
GEOEGE GLEDSTANES,M.A.; trans,
from Arbirlot, adm. (by Commis-
sioners of the General Assembly)
19th July 1597 ; app. Bishop of Caithness
1st Nov. 1600, and Archbishop of St
Andrews (q.v.) 12th Oct. 1606, holding
this benefice in conjunction till he dem.
in 1612.
ALEXANDEB GLEDSTANES, son of
1612 Preceding; educated at Univ. of
St Andrews; M.A. (22nd July 1608);
pres. by James VI. 4th April 1612, and
adm. soon after ; (D.D.) (prior to 15th
June 1619) ; was a member of Courts of
High Commission that year and 21st Oct.
1634 ; dep. on charges of drunkenness,
Arminianism, etc., 4th Dec. 1638 ; went
to England, where he lived in great hard-
ships, having left his wife and family
behind ; died in 1641, aged about 53. He
marr. 10th Aug. 1613, Jean Lindsay of
parish of South Leith, and had issue —
Bernard ; Nicolas, who had £100 allowed
her by Parliament, 15th Aug. 1662, in
consequence of her father's sufferings ;
Barbara (marr. (1) George Martin, min.
of South Church, Dundee : (2) William
Ogilvie, min. of Newburn). — {Reg. Sec.
Sig.; Reg. of Deeds; Edin. Tests.; S. Leith
Sess. Reg. ; Baillie's Letters ; Acts of
Pari., vii., App. 88 ; G. R. Sas., xxii., 431 ;
Calderwood's Hist., vii., 193, 259, 284
passim ; Maitland Miscell., ii.]
- EOBEKT BLAIE, born Irvine, 1593,
16g9 sixth son of John B. of Windyedge,
a merchant-adventurer and cadet of
Blair, and Beatrix Mure of the Eowallan
family ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
MA. (1612); app. regent there in 1615;
licen. in 1616. In consequence of the
appointment of John Cameron, D.D., to
the Principalship, who favoured Episco-
pacy, B. resigned his regency, went to
Ireland on the invitation of Lord Claneboy,
and was sometime min. of a Presbyterian
congregation at Bangor. He was ord.
thereto by Eobert Echlin, Bishop of Down,
and some of the neighbouring pastors. B.
narrates that he was " very careful to inform
him [Echlin] both of what accusations had
been laid against me of disaffection to the
civil powers, and that I could not submit
to the use of the English liturgy nor
Episcopal government. But he having
been informed of my altercations with Dr
Cameron, said, ' I know all that business,'
and added that he was confident of pro-
curing a free entry for me, which he
quickly effectuated. . . . Having been
invited to preach by the patron, and by
Mr Gibson, the sick incumbent, I yielded
to their invitation and preached there
three Sabbath days. After that, several
of the aged and most respectful persons
in the congregation came to me by order
of the whole, and informed me that they
were edified by the doctrine delivered by
me, and intreated me not to leave them.
Likewise the dying man did several ways
encourage me. He professed great sorrow
for his having been a dean. He con-
demned Episcopacy more strongly than
ever I durst do : he charged me in the
name of Christ, and as I expected his
blessing on my ministry, not to leave that
good way wherein I had begun to walk,
and then drawing my head towards his
bosom with both his arms, he laid his hands
on my head, and blessed me. Within a few
days after he died, and my admission was
accomplished as quickly as might be, in
the following way. The Viscount Claneboy
did, on my request, inform the Bishop how
opposite I was to Episcopacy and their
liturgy, and had the influence to procure
my admission on easy and honourable
terms. Yet, lest his lordship had not
been plain enough, I declared my opinion
fully to the Bishop at our first meeting,
and found him yielding beyond my expec-
tation. The Bishop said to me, 'I hear
good of you, and will impose no conditions
on you : I am old and can teach you
ceremonies, and you can teach me sub-
stance, only I must ordain you, else
neither I nor you can answer the law
nor brook the land.' I answered him that
his sole ordination did utterly contradict
my principles ; but he replied both wittily
and submissively, ' Whatever you account
of Episcopacy, yet I know you account
a presbytery to have divine warrant ;
will you not receive ordination from Mr
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233
[Robert] Cunningham [min. at Holywood]
and the adjacent brethren, and let me
come in among them in no other relation
than a presbyter 1 ' This I could not refuse,
and so the matter was performed," 10th
July 1623. Echlin, however, turned to be
his bitter enemy, and in Sept. 1631, B.
was suspended from the exercise of his
ministerial functions, the ostensible reason
being that he had taken part (with John
Livingston) in a celebration of the Lord's
Supper at the Kirk of Shotts ; and on 4th
May 1632 he was dep. Through the inter-
vention of Charles I. sentence was removed
in May 1634, but he was again dep. by
Echlin in Nov. that same year. He was
now bent on emigrating to New England,
but the ship in which he and other mins.
sailed was driven back by stress of weather,
a sign, as B. thought, that his services were
still required at home. The next months
were spent partly in Scotland and England,
and an order for his apprehension being
issued, he escaped to Scotland, and was
adm. to the Second Charge of Ayr in July
1638. He was invited to go to France as
chaplain to Colonel Hepburn's Regiment,
but after embarking at Leith was threatened
by a soldier whom he had reproved for
swearing, and thereupon went ashore again.
He petitioned the Privy Council for liberty
to preach the Gospel ; adm. to this charge
8th Oct. 1639. In 1640 he accompanied the
Scottish army to England and assisted at
the negotiations for the Peace of Ripon ;
pres. by Charles I. 8th Nov. 1641 ; preached
in Ulster for three months during 1642,
the Presbyterians there having petitioned
the General Assembly for a supply of
mins. after the Irish Rebellion of 1641 ;
attended Lord President Spottiswood and
others to the scaffold in 1645 ; was
elected Moderator of General Assembly 3rd
June 1646 ; app. Chaplain-in-Ordinary to
King Charles I. that year ; app. by Com-
mission of Assembly in 1648, one of a
Committee to endeavour to get Cromwell
to establish "a uniformity of religion
in England." On the division of the
Church in 1650, he inclined to the Resolu-
tioners and endeavoured to effect a union
between them and the Protesters; was
summoned to London by the Protector in
1654, but excused himself on the ground
of ill-health ; was named by the Council
of England that year on the Committee for
authorising admissions to the ministry in
Perth, Fife, and Angus. On the establish-
ment of Episcopacy he was removed from
his charge Sept. 1661, confined to Mussel-
burgh and subsequently to Kirkcaldy (where
he was for three years and a half), and
afterwards at Meikle Couston, parish of
Aberdour, Fife, where he died 27th Aug.
1666, and was buried in the churchyard of
Aberdour. He marr. (1) 16th July 1626,
Beatrix (died July 1632, aged 27), daugh.
of Robert Hamilton, merchant, burgess of
Edinburgh, and had issue — James, min.
of Dysart ; Robert ; Jean (marr. William
Row, min. of Ceres) : (2) Katherine, daugh.
of Hugh Montgomerie of Braidstane, Vis-
count Airds, and had issue — William ;
David, min. of Old Kirk Parish, Edinburgh
[father of Robert B., min. of Athelstane-
ford, author of The Grave] ; Samuel ;
John, writer, Edinburgh, born 1640; Archi-
bald ; Alexander in Edinburgh ; Andrew,
born 1644; Montgomery, born 1646; Hugh,
merchant, Edinburgh ; Catherine (marr.
George Campbell, min. of Old Kirk, Edin-
burgh, and Professor of Divinity). —
Publications — Autobiography, 1593 - 1636
(Edin. Wodrow Soc, 1848); Preface to
Durham's Treatise on Scandal. He had
a Commentary on the Book of Proverbs,
and an Answer to Bishop Hall's Remon-
strance, ready for the Press, but these
were never published.— [Edin. Guild. Reg. ;
Edin. Marr. Reg. ; Reg. Sec. Sig. ; G. R.
Sas., iii. 164, ix. 106; Lamont's Diary;
Tombst. ; Baillie's Letters ; Hill's Life of
Hugh Blair ; Reid's Ireland, i., 101 et seq. ;
Diet. Nat. Liog.]
ANDREW HONYMAN, M.A.; trans.
and adm. from Second Charge 2nd
Oct. 1662 ; consecrated Bishop of
Orkney (q.v.) 11th April 1664.
1662
ALEXANDER YOUNG; trans, from
1665 Cramond; pres. by James, Arch-
bishop of St Andrews ; adm. 28th
Sept. 1665 ; consecrated Bishop of Edin-
burgh (q.v.) 14th July 1672.
234
ST ANDREWS
[PKESB. OF
ANDREW BRUCE, Professor of
1673 Divinity in St Mary's College ;
pres. by James, Archbishop of St
Andrews ; adm. 21st Jan. 1673 ; consecrated
Bishop of Dunkeld (q.v.) 28th Oct. 1679.
WILLIAM MOORE, MA. ; Regent of
Humanity in St Leonard's College,
St Andrews ; recommended by Presb.
of St Andrews for ordination 21st Oct.,
and adm. to Dunino 11th Nov. 1663 ; pres. by
Town Council ; elected by the heritors and
Kirk-Session 9th , and adm. to Second Charge
15th July 1664 ; D.D. (St Andrews 1672) ;
trans, and adm. 21st Oct. 1680 ; died 26th
March 1684, aged about 45. He left £100
to the poor, and his library, in the event of
his children's children dying without issue,
to the library of St Salvator's College, except
his MSS., which he bequeathed to James
Gillespie, min. of Tarbolton. He marr.
25th June 1672, Agnes, second daugh. of
David Wemyss, younger, of Lambieletham,
she survived him, and had issue — Agnes,
born 1674 ; Helen (marr., pro. 20th April
1702, John Farquharson of Kirktoun of
Aboyne). — [St Andrews Tests. ; Canongate
Marr. Reg.1
RICHARD WADDELL, born 1630;
1684 MA. (St Andrews 1648) ; adm. to
Dunbar 8th Sept. 1657; trans, to
Stenton 6th Oct. 1658 ; trans, to Kelso
14th May 1660; trans, to St Mungo's,
Glasgow, 28th March 1682; Rector of
Univ. of Glasgow, 1682-4 ; pres. by Alex-
ander, Archbishop of St Andrews, in May,
and adm. 10th July 1684 ; app. Rector
of St Andrews Univ. March 1686; D.D.
(St Andrews) ; deprived by Committee
of Estates 11th May 1689, for not reading
and obeying their Proclamation ; banished
from St Andrews in 1691, but returned
under protection of the Queen's general
indemnity. In 1703 letters of horning were
raised against him by the agent of the
church, when he was again ordered to
remove from the town and parish ; died
11th June 1718. He marr. Agnes Home. —
[Acts of Pari., ix., App. 18; Edin. Sas.,
xvi., 235.]
JAMES RYMOUR [or RYMER], son
of George R., St Andrews, and
Janet Yooll ; had probably been a
Regent in the Old College, St Andrews,
prior to 1676 ; was a min. at the general
meeting of Presbyterians 6th July 1687
after the Toleration ; adm. to meeting-
house at Forgan that year ; trans, and
adm. in 1689 ; was app. one of the
visitors of Univs., etc., 4th July 1690 ;
died before 28th April 1697. He marr.
Anna Moncreiffe, and had issue — Henry ;
Jean (marr. Patrick Plenderleith, min.
of Saline) ; Henrietta, born 1690 (marr.
Robert Willock, min. of Echt) ; Mary;
Margaret, buried in Greyfriars 25th May
1696 ; Helen ; Elizabeth ; Janet. — [Logie
Sess. ; St Andretvs Tests. ; Acts of Pari.,
ix.; G. R. Homings, 31st Aug. 1699; Reg.
of Deeds, Dal., 8th June 1699; Services
of Heirs.']
THOMAS FORRESTER, trans, from
16g2 Killearn, and adm. May 1692; trans,
to Principalship of New College, St
Andrews (q.v.), 26th Jan. 1698.
JOHN ANDERSON, born 1655 ; M.A.
16g_ (Edinburgh 1672); was a preacher
at first meeting of mins. in Lothian
and Tweeddale 6th July 1687 after the
Toleration; ord. to Earlston 4th Oct. 1687;
trans, to Second Charge, St Cuthbert's,
Edinburgh, 1691 ; called 22nd June 1698 ;
adm. 16th May 1699; died Feb. 1712.
He marr. Elizabeth Balfour, who survived
him. — [St Andretvs Tests. ; Portland MSS.,
iv., 432 (Hist. MS. Com.).]
WILLIAM HARDIE, M.A. (St Andrews,
1712 4th Aug. 1682); ord. to Crail 23rd
Sept. 1690; trans, to Second Charge,
St Andrews, 1st May 1701 ; called 8th
April, and adm. 6th Aug. 1712 ; died 27th
Oct. 1723, aged about 61. He marr. (1)
14th Sept. 1691, Katherine, fourth daugh.
of Patrick Lindsay of Wormiston, and
had issue — Patrick ; Robert ; John ;
William, merchant, Edinburgh ; George ;
Catherine, recommended by the Presb.
20th March 1745 to the Synod as an
object of charity, for a share of the
Decima: (2) Sept. 1705, Margaret, daugh.
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235
of John Brown, merchant, St Andrews,
and widow of Alexander Dalgleish, one
of the mins. of the Scots colony at Darien.
— [Edin. Marr. Reg. ; Scots Peerage, v.,
415 ; Spec. Bet. Fife, 231 ; Wood's Hast
Neuh, 455.]
ALEXANDER ANDERSON, son of
ll7_5 John A., Principal of St Leonard's
College; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews; M.A. (23rd July 1697); licen.
by Presb. there 22nd Feb. 1700; ord. to
Kemback 26th Sept. that year ; trans, to
Falkland 13th May 1702; called April
1724; trans, and adm. 14th April
1725; elected Moderator of the General
Assembly 8th May 1735; died 9th Nov.
1737, aged about 61. He marr. Isabella
(died 1720), daugh. of Francis Hay of
Strowie, and had issue— James of New-
bigging, advocate, born 1719, died 29th
June 1794 ; Margaret (marr. (1) Laurence
Watson, min. of the Second Charge, (2)
Lauchlan M'Intosh, min. of Errol).— [St
Andrews Tests. ; Douglas's Baronage, 588 ;
Spec. Ret. Fife, 347.]
JOHN M'CORMICK, born 1690, said
1738 ^y Dr Hew Scott] to be a son of
Hew M. of Castlewellen, Ireland,
or of Captain Edward M. and Janet
Gordon of Castlecary ; educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh ; M.A. (8th Dec. 1710) ; licen.
by Presb. of Dalkeith 25th Sept. 1716; ord.
to Second Charge 7th May 1719 ; pres. to
First Charge by George II. 7th March,
trans, and adm. 26th April 1738 ; died
29th Dec. 1752. When settled in the
parish " he was one of the prettiest fellows
in person and in parts, the darling of the
one sex, and the envy of the other," which
drew on him no small trouble. For several
years he was prevented from exercising his
ministerial duty in public, through losing
the power of his left side by paralysis.
He marr. 22nd June 1730, Anna, eldest
daugh. of Joseph Drew, Principal of St
Leonard's College, and had issue — John,
born 11th April 1731 ; Joseph, Principal
of said college, born 22nd June 1733 ; Jean
(marr. John Hill, min. of this parish);
Sarah ; Anna ; Margaret ; Janet (marr.,
cont, 14th April 1769, Andrew Balfour,
merchant, Edinburgh). — [Ferrie's Life of
Carstairs.~\
JOHN HILL, preacher in Edinburgh;
117Sg ord. to Second Charge 2nd Nov. 1738;
pres. to First Charge by George II.
26th Jan., trans, and adm. 27th June
1753; died (after a tedious illness) 18th
Nov. 1764. He marr. (1) 14th Sept. 1743,
Elizabeth (died 22nd May 1747), daugh.
of John Gowdie, D.D., min. of Earlston,
afterwards Principal of Edinburgh Univ.,
and had issue — Jean, born 29th May 1744,
died young; John, LL.D., Professor of
Humanity in Univs. of St Andrews and
Edinburgh, born 27th April 1747, died
7th Dec. 1805: (2) 3rd Aug. 1749,
Jean M'Cormick (died 28th March 1796),
daugh. of his predecessor, and had issue
— George, D.D., afterwards min. of this
parish, and Principal of St Mary's Col-
lege, born 22nd May 1750 ; Anne, born
26th April 1752 (marr. Matthew Murray,
min. of North Berwick) ; Janet, born
30th Jan. 1754 (marr. John Cook, D.D.,
Professor of Moral Philosophy, St
Andrews) ; Margaret, born 5th March
1756, died young; Jean, born 3rd Nov.
1757 (marr. James Macdonald, D.D., min.
of Kemback) ; Joseph, born 26th May
1759, died 16th April 1760 ; Henry David,
D.D., Professor of Greek, St Andrews,
born 21st April 1762 ; Elizabeth Helen,
born 4th Sept. 1763. — [Mrs Rodger's
A Rook of Remembrance — the Descend-
ants of the Rev. George Hill, D.D.
(p.p., Glasgow, 1913).]
JAMES GILLESPIE; trans, from
,765 Second Charge ; pres. by George
III. Feb., and adm. 12th June 1765 ;
D.D. (St Andrews 3rd Nov. 1768); dem.
3rd Oct. 1779 on appointment as Principal
of St Mary's College (q.v.).
JOHN ADAMSON, born 1742, younger
son of Laurence A., schoolmaster,
Leuchars ; educated at Univ. of
St Andrews ; M.A. (1757) ; licen. by Presb.
there 2nd March 1763; ord. to Kilmany
10th May 1764 ; trans, and adm. to Second
Charge 5th Nov. 1772 ; D.D. (St Andrews,
6th Dec. 1777); pres. to First Charge by
George III. 21st Oct., trans, and adm. 15th
1779
236
ST ANDREWS
[PRESB. OF
Dec. 1779; elected Moderator of General
Assembly 18th May 1797 ; died of apoplexy
after preaching 21st Aug. 1808. He marr.
4th July 1765, Sophia (died 2nd Feb. 1793),
daugh. of Thomas Key, min. of Kilrenny,
and had issue — Laurence, born 18th April
1766, died at Calcutta April or May 1789 ;
Thomas, born 17th Nov. 1767, died at sea
16th July 1785; James, born 24th March
1769, died 23rd June 1789; Katherine,
born 17th Feb. 1772, died 27th Dec. 1774 ;
Mary, born 28th Oct. 1773 (marr. 13th
Feb. 1798, Captain William Lindsay of
Balmungo) ; Ann Lumsden, born 21st
Oct. 1775 (marr. John Honey, min. of
Bendochy); Kobert, born 4th Nov. 1777,
died at Hullyatt, East Indies, Dec. 1799 ;
Frederick Maitland, merchant, Glasgow,
born 16th June 1779 ; Margaret Bethune,
born 24th Feb. 1783 (marr. Michael Stirling,
min. of Cargill). Publications — A Sermon
preached on the Anniversary of the Revolu-
tion (Edinburgh, 1789) ; Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xiii.).
GEORGE HILL, D.D. ; trans, from
Second Charge, holding in conjunc-
tion Principalship of St Mary's
College (q.v.) ; pres. by George III. 14th
Oct., and adm. 30th Nov. 1808.
1820
ROBERT HALDANE, D.D., Pro-
fessor of Mathematics, holding in
conjunction Principalship of St
Mary's College (q.v.) ; pres. by George,
Prince Regent, 4th Jan., and adm. 28th
Sept. 1820 ; died 9th March 1854.
1854
JOHN PARK, born Greenock, 14th Jan.
1804, son of John P. of the White
Hart Inn and Old Tontine Hotel
there, and Mary, daugh. of John Weir; edu-
cated at Univs. of Glasgow and Aberdeen ;
licen. by Presb. of Greenock in 1829 ; assist-
ant at the West Church, Greenock, and
at Bonhill ; ord. to St Andrew's Church,
Rodney Street, Liverpool, 27th June 1831 ;
trans, to Glencairn 24th Aug. 1843; pres.
by Queen Victoria 5th May, trans, and
adm. 7th Sept. 1854 ; D.D. (St Andrews
1854). In the spring of 1865 P. threw him-
self with his wonted interest into the per-
formances of the St Andrews Choral Society,
of which he was President. On the night
when the Society gave its annual concert
he was present on the platform. The pro-
gramme had been completed except the
"Hallelujah Chorus." When this began
Dr P. stood up with the others, and turning
to one beside him, remarked, " Is not this
glorious?" With these words he sank to
the ground, and on being removed to an
adjoining room, said to his physician, " Is
this not death 1 " He lingered till next
morning, 8th April 1865, but never spoke
again. In addition to being a preacher
of rare eloquence, he was an accomplished
musician, and his fondness for painting
was scarcely less strong than his love of
poetry. Publications — For an apprecia-
tive notice of Park, see Introduction by
Principal Shairp to Songs Composed and
in part Written by the late John Park,
D.D. (Leeds, 1876); Lectures and Ser-
mons (Edinburgh, 1865.) Among his best
known songs are " The Miller's Daughter,"
" The Sunshine and the Swallows," " The
Crusader's Return," and "Oh, an' I were
where Gadie rins" (composed whilst a
student.) — [Rogers's Modern Scottish
Minstrel, 338 ; Modern Scottish Poets, ix.,
73-9.]
1865
ANDREW KENNEDY HUTCHISON
BOYD, born Auchinleck Manse, 3rd
Nov. 1825, eldest son of James B.,
D.D., min. of Tron Parish, Glasgow ; edu-
cated at Ayr Academy, King's College,
London, and Univ. of Glasgow. Studied for
English Bar ; Member of the Middle Temple
25th April 1842 ; B.A. (Glasgow 1846) ; licen.
by Presb. of Ayr 23rd Oct. 1850 ; assistant
at St George's, Edinburgh ; ord. to Newton-
upon-Ayr 18th Sept. 1851 ; trans, to Kirk-
patrick-Irongray 27th Jan. 1854 ; trans, to
St Bernard's, Edinburgh, 14th April 1859 ;
pres. by Queen Victoria 31st May, trans, and
adm. 14th Sept. 1865; D.D. (Edinburgh
1864); LL.D. (St Andrews 1889); Moderator
of the General Assembly 22nd May 1890;
Fellow of King's College, London, 1895;
died at Bournemouth 1st March 1899 of
accidental poisoning, and was buried at
St Andrews. He marr. (1) 12th April 1854,
Margaret Buchanan (died 14th March 1895),
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237
daugh. of Captain Kirk of Carrickfergus,
77th Eegiment, and had issue — Agnes
Mary, born 6th March 1855 (marr. Granby
Burke, Dublin) ; James Edmund, born
20th Dee. 1857; Jane Edith, born 15th
Oct. 1861, died 22nd Nov. 1862; Frank
Mortimer, journalist, founder and editor
of The Pelican, author of A Pelican's Tale,
born 1st Feb. 1863 ; Herbert Buchanan,
Canon of Kochester and vicar of Wester-
ham, Kent, born 19th Dec. 1865 ;
Charles Walter, Political Secretary to
Cecil Rhodes, C.M.G. (1904), and Secre-
tary of Rhodes Trust, author of George
Wyndham (1913), born 11th April 1869,
died 1st Aug. 1919; Henry Crawford,
born 26th Sept. 1870 : (2) 5th April 1897,
Janet Balfour (died s.p. 15th July 1917),
daugh. of Leslie Meldrum, Devon, Clack-
mannan. Dr Boyd became widely known
as an author by papers in Fraser's Magazine
under the signature of "A.K.H.B." Sir
Edward Russell says of him, " that he was
almost, if not quite, the greatest raconteur
I had ever known," and he was probably
better known beyond Scotland than any
other Presbyterian divine of his day.
Publications — The Recreations of a Country
Parson (three ser., London, 1859-61-78); The
Graver Thoughts of a Country Parson (three
ser., London, 1862-65-75); Leisure Hours
in Town (London, 1862); The Commonplace
Philosopher in Town and Country (London,
1862-4) ; Counsel and Comfort Spiohen
from a City Pulpit (London, 1863) ; The
Autumn Holidays of a Country Parson
(London, 1864) ; The Critical Essays of a
Country Parson (London, 1865); Sunday
Afternoons at the Parish Church of a
Scottish University City (London, 1866) ;
Lessons of Middle Age, with some Account
of Various Cities and Men (London, 1868) ;
Changed Aspects of Unchanged Truths
(London, 1869) ; Present Day Thoughts :
Memorials of St Andrews Sundays (London,
1871); Seaside Musings on Sundays and
Week Bays (London, 1872) ; A Scotch
Communion Sunday (London, 1873) ; Land-
scapes, Churches, and Moralities (London,
1874) ; From a Quiet Place (London, 1879) ;
Our Little Life ; Essays Consolatory and
Domestic (two ser., London, 1882-4); To-
tuards the Sunset: Teachings after Thirty
Years (London, 1882) ; The Church of the
Waldenses [St Giles Lectures, 4th series]
(Edin., 1884); What Set Him Sight,
with other Chapters to Help (London,
1885-8) ; Our Homely Comedy and Tragedy
(London, 1887) ; The Best Last, with other
Chapters to Help (London, 1888) ; To Meet
the Day through the Christian Year
(London, 1889); East Coast Days and
Memories (London, 1889); Church Life
in Scotland : Retrospect and Prospect
[Assembly Address] (Edinburgh, 1890);
Tiventy-ftve Years of St Andrews, 2 vols.
(London. 1892) ; St Andrews and Elsewhere
(London, 1894); Occasional and Immemorial
Days (London, 1895) ; The Last Years of
St Andrews (London, 1896); A.K.H.B., a
Volume of Selections [edited by his son
Charles] (Edinburgh [in Nelson's Library]
n.d.). — [Men and Women of the Time
(London, 1899) ; The Scotsman, 4th March
1899 ; Life and Work, May 1899 ; Andrew
Lang in Longman's Magazine, May 1899 ;
Sermons and Stray Papers [Biographical
Sketch by Dr W. W. Tulloch] (London,
1907) ; Diet. Nat. Biog.]
PATRICK MACDONALD PLAY-
1899 FAIR, born 5th Nov. 1858, son of
David P., min. of Abercorn ; edu-
cated at Blair Lodge and Univ. of Edin-
burgh; M.A. (1877); licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 18th May 1882 ; assistant at
St Stephen's, Edinburgh ; ord. to Glencairn
29th July 1886 ; trans, and adm. 17th Aug.
1899; D.D. (St Andrews 1909); Convener
of Committee on Correspondence with the
Scottish Church in England ; died 6th Oct.
1924. Marr. 4th July 1888, Eliza Anne,
daugh. of John Walker, W.S., and has
issue— Eleanor Mabel, born 28th Sept. 1890 ;
Patrick Lyon, B. A. (Cantab.), captain 7th
Battalion The Black Watch (Royal High-
landers), T.F., born 14th July 1893, wounded
and died at Lestrem, France, 11th April
1918; John Maxwell, 2nd lieut. R.F.A.,
born 15th Dec. 1898. During the incum-
bency of Dr Playfair the parish church
halls were built, Boarhills was erected into
a parish quoad sacra, and the town church,
the church of the Holy Trinity, was com-
238
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[PEESB. OF
1589
pletely restored (Peter MacGregor Chalmers,
LL.D., Architect) at a cost of over £30,000.
This work had been contemplated for half
a century, and the execution of it is an
outstanding monument to his indefatigable
energy and business capacity. Publication
— Order of Divine Service at the Re-dedica-
tion 'of the Parish Church of the Holy
Trinity, St Andrews (St Andrews, 1909).
Second Charge.
JOHN AUCHINLECK, M.A. ; elected
by the parishioners 15th Dec. 1589 ;
trans, to Largo in 1592.
EOBEKT WALLACE, M.A., formerly
of Leuchars ; app. by General
Assembly 28th April, inst. 24th, and
adm. 27th May 1593 ; gave offence to
John Lindsay of Balcarres, Secretary of
State, by accusing him of bribery, and
by predictions against his posterity, in a
sermon, for which on 11th July 1596 he
was suspended and ordered to be re-
moved. He was settled at Glenluce
before 1599.
DAVID LINDSAY, formerly of Forfar ;
7 adm. 17th Aug. 1597 ; trans, to
Forgan in 1606.
JOSHUA DUPJE, M.A.; trans, from
Logie Montrose ; adm. after 22nd
Oct. 1606 ; trans, to Inverkeillor 6th
Oct. 1613.
1606
v DAVID BARCLAY of Touch, probably
lel4 trans, from Kilwinning; adm. in
1614 ; D.D. (St Andrews, 29th July
1616) ; suspended from preaching within
diocese by the Court of High Commission
21st April 1620 ; was afterwards min. of
Dairsie.
JOHN DOUGLAS, M.A., D.D. ; adm.
1621 in 1621 ; trans, to Crail in 1624.
GEORGE DEWAR, M.A.; adm. in
1624 1624; trans, to Anstruther in 1626.
GEORGE WISHABT, M.A.; trans.
from Monifieth ; adm. before 18th
April 1626 ; fled to England in 1637 ;
dep. for deserting his flock for eighteen
months, error in doctrine, immorality,
and arbitrary discipline ; was afterwards
Bishop of Edinburgh (q.v.).
ANDREW HONYMAN, M.A.; trans.
1642 fr°m Ferryport-on-Craig ; adm. 24th
Nov. 1642; trans, to First Charge
2nd Oct. 1662.
WILLIAM MOORE, M.A. ; trans, from
Dunino, pres. by Town Council,
elected by heritors and Kirk-Session
9th, and adm. 15th July 1664; trans, to
First Charge 21st Oct. 1680.
1664
1681
ROBERT HONYMAN, M.A. ; Regent
in St Leonard's College, St Andrews ;
adm. to Newburn 27th April 1653;
trans, to Second Charge, Dysart, 18th
March 1657 ; trans, to Cupar 6th Aug.
1663; pres. by Town Council 10th Feb.,
trans, and adm. 7th April 1681 ; D.D. (St
Andrews 1682) ; died 9th April 1686, aged
about 62. He marr. (1) Nicholas Livingston,
and had issue— Nicholas ; Magdalen : (2)
17th June 1659, Cecil (died before 25th July
1707), daugh. of Frederick Carmichael, min.
of Markinch, and had issue — Frederick ;
Robert, born 1666; Andrew, born 1669;
Eupham (marr. Henry Malcolm in St
Andrews); Cecil; Margaret, born 1671,
died young; Margaret, born 1674. — [St
Andrews and Brechin Tests.]
JOHN WOOD, son of James W.,
Provost of St Salvator's College, St
1686 Andrews ; M.A. ; became a Regent
in St Leonard's College; pres. by Town
Council 10th Sept., had a testimonial for
ordination 3rd Nov., and adm. 9th Nov.
1686 ; deprived by Committee of Estates
11th May 1689, for not reading Proclama-
tion of the Estates, etc. ; died June 1703,
aged about 52. He marr. 14th July 1687,
Helen, second daugh. of Patrick Lindsay
of Wormiston, who survived him, and had
issue— John, born 1689 ; Patrick ; David ;
Catherine ; Margaret ; Jean ; Helen. — [St
Andrews Tests.; Scots Peerage, v., 414;
Acts of Pari., ix., App. 18; Wood's East
Neuh, 455; Fife Sas., xiv., 139; St
Andrews Com. Deeds, 5th Oct. 1703, 11th
Feb. 1706.]
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239
1697
ALEXANDER SHIELDS, born 1661,
son of James S., miller, Haughhead,
parish of Earlston, Berwickshire, and
Helen Brown, and brother of Michael S.,
author of Faithful Contendings Displayed ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh, where he
graduated M.A., " with no small applause,"
whilst in his fifteenth year (7th April
1675). He studied theology at Utrecht.
On returning home he made his way to
London, was amanuensis to John Owen,
D.D., and came into close touch with some
of the leading Puritans, who persuaded him
to accept licence as a preacher. In 1684
he was ord. min. of a congregation meeting
in the Embroiderers1 Hall. On 11th Jan.
1685 he was apprehended while preaching
in a private house in .Gutter Lane, from
the words in Genesis xlix., 21 : " Naphtali
is a hind let loose," — afterwards the title
of his famous Treatise — and was confined
in Newgate. After the death of Charles
II. he was sent to Scotland and kept for
a time in the Edinburgh Tolbooth, whence
he passed to the dungeons of the Bass.
After fourteen months he was again
brought to Edinburgh and offered his
liberty, on condition that he would cease
from preaching and "live orderly." That
he declined to do, and was recommitted
to the Tolbooth, but escaped in female
disguise about the end of Nov. 1686.
Next month he cast in his lot with James
Benwick, whose biographer he became.
The two became fast friends, and collabor-
ated in writing the Informatory Vindication,
for which Renwick was condemned. S. was
asked to superintend its publication, but
failed to find a printer. He crossed to
Holland, saw the work through the Press
there, and busied himself with the com-
pletion of his Hind. After the Revolution
he joined the Church of Scotland, and was
received into communion, 25th Oct. 1690,
with his associates, Thomas Linning and
William Boyd. On 4th Nov. 1691 he was
adm. chaplain to the Cameronian Regiment
serving in the Netherlands, and was present
at Namur and Steinkerk. On the Peace
of Ryswick he returned home, was called
to this charge 4th Feb. 1696, and adm.
15th Sept. 1697. Appointed senior min.
to the Second Darien Expedition, he
sailed in the Rising Sun 24th Sept. 1699,
his charge at home being supplied by
brethren in his absence. It is to be noted
that S. and his companions were really
the first foreign missionaries of the Church
of Scotland, the Commission of Assembly
having, on 21st July, charged them " partic-
ularly that you labour among the natives
for their instruction and conversion, as
you have access." On the failure of the
Expedition, he sailed for Scotland, heart-
broken by the profligacy of the settlers
and the little success his labours had met
among them, but died of malignant fever
in the house of Isobel Murray, Port Royal,
Jamaica, 14th June 1700. All attempts to
identify his burial-place have failed. He
was unmarr. Descendants of his brother
Michael, who accompanied the Expedition,
and of other members of his family are
still found in Jamaica. S. was " of low
stature, ruddy complexion, quick and
piercing wit, full of zeal, and firm in the
cause he espoused; pretty well skilled in
most branches of learning, in arguing very
ready, only somewhat fiery ; but in writing
on controversy he exceeded most men of
that age." Publications — A Hind Let
Loose, or an Historical Representation of
the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland
[the first edition did not bear the author's
name, but was "By a Lover of True
Liberty"] (n.p., 1687; Edinburgh, 1744;
Glasgow, 1770, 1797 ; epitomised as A
History of the Scotch Presbytery (1691) ;
An Elegie upon the Death of . . .J.
Remoick [anon.] (1688) ; Some Notes of
a Lecture preached at Distinckorn Hill
(1688) ; The Renovation of the Covenant
at Borland Hill [1689] ; Vindication of the
Solemn League and Covenants ; Several
Religious Letters both before and after
the Revolution ; A Short Memorial of the
Sufferings of the Presbyterians in Scotland
[anon.] (1690), reprinted as The Scots
Inquisition, containing a Brief Description
of the Persecution of the Presbyterians in
Scotland (Edinburgh, 1745) ; An Account of
the Methods and Motives of the late Union
and Submission to the Assembly of Mr
Thomas Linning, Mr Alexander Shields,
240
ST ANDREWS
[PRESB. OF
Mr William Boyd (Edinburgh, 1691) ;
Church Communion enqxdred into, or a
Treatise against Separation from this
National Church of Scotland [edited by
Linning] (1706), reprinted as An Enquiry
into Church Communion (Edinburgh,
1747); A True and Faithful Relation of
his Sufferings (n.p., 1715); Life of Mr
James Renioick, and a Vindication of
his dying Testimony (Edinburgh, 1724 ;
Glasgow, 1806) ; The Perpetual Obligation
of our Covenants [Wood's Explanation of
the Solemn League] (1737) ; Two Sermons
and a Lecture [Howie's Collection] (Glas-
gow, 1779) ; and in Sermons . . . in Times
of Persecution [edited by James Kerr,
D.D.] Edinburgh, 18S0); Letter to the
Presbytery of St Andrews (Edin. Ch. Inst.,
xviii). — [Edin. Tests. ; Howie's Collect. ;
Wilson's Dissent. Churches, iii., 126 ;
Fountainhall's Diary ; Wodrow's Anal., i.,
177 et seq. ; Borland's Memoirs of Darien,
42; Diet. Nat. Biog. ; Article by W. S.
Crockett in Life and Work, Sept. 1905 ;
Treasury of the Scottish Covenant, 372 ;
Darien Papers [Bannatyne Club] (1849),
247 et seq. ; Album Studiosorum [Utrecht],
1886, p. 74.]
WILLIAM HARDIE, M.A.; trans.
from Crail, called 9th Jan., and
adm. 1st May 1701 ; trans, to First
Charge 6th Aug. 1712.
1701
1712
LAURENCE WATSON, second son of
Dean of Guild W., formerly precentor
in the Town Church ; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (14th April
1704) ; licen. by the Presb. 24th Jan. 1711 ;
pres. by the Town Council 14th Aug., and
ord. 4th Sept. 1712 ; died 25th Aug. 1718.
He marr. Margaret, daugh. of Alexander
Anderson, min. of the First Charge (she
survived him, and marr. (2) Lauchlan
M'Intosh min. of Errol), and had issue
— John, born 1716; Elizabeth, born 1718.
— [St Andrews Tests. ; Wodrow's Corresp^]
JOHN M'COKMICK, called 12th Feb.,
and ord. 7th May 1719; pres. to
First Charge by George I. Feb.
1724, but did not then accept ; trans, to
First Charge 26th April 1738.
1719
1738
JOHN HILL, called 20th July, and
ord. 2nd Nov. 1738; trans, to
First Charge 27th June 1753.
1757
1765
DAVID CKAIGIE, born 1722, son of
John C, min. of St Monans ; edu-
1754 •
cated at Univ. of St Andrews; licen.
by Presb. of Kirkcaldy 29th Aug. 1745;
ord. to Scone 25th Feb. 1748; pres. by
Town Council Aug. 1753 ; trans, and adm.
31st Jan. 1754; died 4th Feb. 1757. He
marr. 22nd Nov. 1752, Agnes Simson, who
died 23rd Feb. 1780, and had issue — Mar-
garet, born 16th Aug. 1753 ; Barbara, born
8th Aug. 1754.— [St Andrews Tests.]
JAMES GILLESPIE, trans, from Dun-
barney ; pres. by Town Council in
June, and adm. 3rd Nov. 1757 ;
trans, to First Charge 12th June 1765.
DAVID HUNTER, born 1724; M.A
(Edinburgh, 17th April 1745) ; licen
by Presb. of Linlithgow 28th Nov
1750; ord. to Monimail 6th May 1752
pres. by the Town Council in Aug., trans
and adm. 17th Oct. 1765; D.D. (St An
drews, 3rd Nov. 176S); died- 4th Nov,
1771. He marr. 3rd Oct. 1759, Katherine
Shaw, who died the same day as her
husband, and had issue — Robert, born
5th Nov. 1760 ; Andrew, born 30th April
1762; Elizabeth, born 14th Aug. 1763;
James, born 3rd Nov. 1767. Publication —
Observations on the History of Jesus Christ,
serving to illustrate the Propriety of His
Conduct and the Beauty of His Character,
2 vols. (Edinburgh, 1770).
JOHN ADAMSON, D.D. ; trans, from
17„„ Kilmany ; pres. by Town Council 28th
Nov. 1771; adm. 5th Nov. 1772;
trans, to First Charge 15th Dec. 1779.
GEORGE HILL, pres. by Town Council
in May, and adm. 22nd June 1780 ;
trans, to First Charge 30th Nov. 1808.
17SO
GEORGE BUIST, trans, from Falkland;
pres. by Town Council March 1809 ;
adm. (after much litigation) 1st Sept.
1813 ; app. to Professorship of Hebrew in
St Andrews Univ. (q.v.), which he held
in conjunction, 25th June 1817, till his
death 11th April 1860.
ST ANDREWS]
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241
ALEXANDER HILL, born Ayr, 28th
1860 Jan. 1826, son of Alexander H.,
D.D., min. of Dailly, and Professor
of Divinity, Glasgow; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
Jan. 1849 ; assistant at the Barony Parish,
Glasgow; ord. to Kilsyth 20th Dec. 1849;
trans, and adm. 11th Oct. 1860; died 5th
Jan. 1875. He marr. (1) 29th April 1851,
Jane Home, and had issue — Margaret
Mather Crawford, born 4th Dec. 1852
(marr. William Weir Tulloch, D.D., min.
of Maxwell Parish, Glasgow); Jane, born
26th Oct. 1854 ; Harriet Home, born 16th
Jan. 1857 : (2) 2nd Nov. 1859, Jane Reid,
who died 27th Jan. 1910.
MARK LOUDEN ANDERSON, born
1875 Caerlaverock, 24th May 1829, son
of Richard A. and Margaret Kerr;
educated at Hutton Hall Academy and
Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A. (1854) ; licen.
by Presb. of St Andrews 16th June 1858 ;
assistant at Montrose ; ord. to Menmuir
22nd Sept. 1859; trans, and adm. 22nd
July 1875 ; D.D. (St Andrews 1886) ; died
25th Dec. 1902. He marr. 20th Aug. 1859,
Jane Low (died 5th March 1913), daugh.
of James Corsar, Arbroath, and had issue —
James Corsar, min. of Kinneff, born 22nd
July 1861 ; Richard, born 9th Feb. 1863 ;
Mark Louden, born 13th Aug. 1864;
Flora Cruickshanks Corsar, born 30th
March 1866 (marr. George Gordon Stott,
D.D., min. of Cramond) ; William Corsar,
M.B., CM., Dundee, born 21st Nov. 1867,
died 26th July 1916; Joseph Paterson
Corsar, bora 7th June 1869 ; Peter Corsar,
licentiate of the Church of Scotland, Scots
College, Claremont, Western Australia,
born 16th Feb. 1871; Walter, solicitor,
Perth, born 8th Sept. 1872 ; David Chapel,
born 13th May 1874; Jane Low Corsar,
born 2nd Oct. 1879.
JAMES WALLACE, M.A., B.D. ; trans.
1903 ^rom Eyemouth 25th June 1903 ;
trans, to Inveresk 17th May 1906.
WILLIAM HARVEY LEATHEM,
lgo_ M.A., B.A. ; trans, from Renton
29th Nov. 1906; trans, to Holburn
Parish, Aberdeen, 15th May 1913.
VOL. V.
JAMES ALAN CAMERON MURRAY,
lgl3 M.A., B.D.; ord. 25th Sept. 1913;
trans, to Park Parish, Glasgow, 17th
Aug. 1915.
WILLIAM KENNETH GRANT, born
1916 Edinburgh, 13th July 1883, son of
William G., sometime Master of the
Edinburgh Merchant Company, and grand-
son of William G., min. of Cavers, and
Eliza Mary, daugh. of Thomas Usher;
educated at George Watson's College and
Univ. of Edinburgh: M.A. (1905); licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh April 1908 ; assistant
at St Bernard's, Edinburgh ; ord. (assistant
and successor) to Edrom 15th Dec. 1911 ;
trans, and adm. 6th Jan. 1916 ; app. Chap-
lain to the Forces, and served with the
British Salonika Force July 1918; trans, to
Cavers 3rd June 1924. Marr. 30th June
1914, Evelyn Maud Mary, daugh. of William
Urquhart, St Helens, Eskbank, and has
issue — William Alan Kenneth, born 16th
March 1916.
ALEXANDER SLATER DUNLOP,
1924 M.A., B.D. ; trans, from Luss (q.v.)
9th Oct. 1924.
Third Charge.
ROBERT YUILL, declared "sufficient"
1593 by tne Presb- 9ta Aug- 1593;
proposed 13th Sept. 1593 that he
should presently enter on the equal burden
of the ministry with David Black and
Robert Wallace, but decided he should
continue as exhorter only. He is later
described as preacher, teacher of the
Evangel, master of the Hospital, treasurer
to the poor, and vicar. On 2nd Nov. 1592
he laid two presentations to the vicarage
before the Presb., one desiring him to be
tried and adm. as reader, the other as min.
He was thereupon app. reader. In 1603 he
was app. Moderator of Presb. by George
Gledstanes, but protesting, he did not
accept office. He marr. Agnes Smith. —
[Hay Fleming's Handbook of St Andrews,
228.]
242
ST LEONARD'S
[PEESB. OF
ST LEONARD'S.
[In medieval times great numbers of
pilgrims thronged to St Andrews, to visit
the shrines and relics of the saints treasured
there. In or about 1140, a hospital for
the benefit of such pilgrims was founded
in that city. It was dedicated to St
Leonard, a famous patron of hospitals.
This charitable institution at St Andrews,
being very amply endowed, grew rich and
accumulated wealth. It was therefore
deemed right to assign a share of its
income for local works of charity. Out
of the hospital endowment an additional
parish was provided for the Cathedral city.
The new church was built beside the
hospital, and, like it, was dedicated to
St Leonard. Our earliest record tells
of it as in full working lin 1413. As
time went on, the hospital was found to
be of little practical use, there being ample
provision otherwise for theneeds of pilgrims.
Therefore the charity was diverted to form
a sort of nunnery or residential hospital for
old women. That does not seem to have
met with much success ; and, in 1512, St
Leonard's Hospital was converted into a
college of St Andrews Univ. The old close
connection between the foundation of 1140
and the adjoining parish church was kept
up by the fact that the church was now
also the chapel of the college. Patrick
Hamilton, the martyr of the Reformation,
taught in St Leonard's College, and others
of its staff laboured in the cause of Church
reform. Of these men and their comrades,
their fellows were wont to say, " they have
drunk of St Leonard's Well." The simile,
of course, refers to the Holy Well of St
Leonard, which supplied the college with
water. In 1572 the General Assembly met
in St Leonard's Church, a building whose
ruins are still of much interest.
From the Reformation up till 1824 the
Principal of St Leonard's College was also
min. of this parish. In 1759 the church
being ruinous, the Presb., at the request of
the United College (who were practically
sole heritors), ordered the min. and congre-
gation to assemble for public worship in St
Salvator's Chapel. In 1844 at the instance
of the United College, St Salvator's Chapel
(and neighbouring buildings) were disjoined
from the parish of St Andrews and annexed
to this parish quoad sacra tantum thus to
"obtain the parish church situated within
the bounds of the parish of St Leonard."
In 1865 this decree of the Court of Teinds
was virtually reduced by the Court of
Session through an Action of Declarator
at the instance of the United College, and
which was not opposed by the heritors,
that the college had the exclusive right
and title in and, to the chapel. The Uni-
versity Court intimated in 1898 that the
chapel was no longer to be used as the
parish church. After prolonged dispute
the heritors (now including a considerable
number of feuars in addition to the Univ.)
were ordered to provide a church for the
parish. The new parish church was dedi-
cated on 28th July 1904.
In 1827 the Presb. designed a glebe,
with ground for manse and offices for the
parish, and an appeal by the United
College was dismissed by the Court of
Session in 1829. The minister (Professor
James Hunter) then arranged with, the
heritors (at that time practically limited to
the United College) to accept an annual
payment in lieu of manse and glebe.
This arrangement continued till about
1902. At the request of the United
College the designed glebe was excambed
for another piece of land in 1854. When
the minister — consequent on the refusal
in 1902 of the heritors to pay to him
the usual sum in lieu of manse and glebe
— intimated that he intended to take
possession of his glebe, the Univ. on
whose property the glebe lay, refused to
cede it, alleging that the right of the
church in the glebe had lapsed by the
failure of the min. for over forty years to
take possession of it. After much costly
litigation the Courts decided against the
min. He lost the old glebe, but got a
more valuable new one, as well as a manse,
garden, offices, etc. When the congrega-
tion removed to the new church in 1904,
the Univ. refused to hand over inter alia
a Communion Cup bearing the following
inscription : " This Cup is dedicated to
ST ANDKEWS]
ST LEONARD'S
243
the use of the Holy Table in St Leonard's
Church, in St Andrews, by a devout Widow
as a free - will offering for the returne
of prayer upon the XIII day of April
MDCLXXXI." The decision of the Court
was that the Univ. should have the custody
of the Cup subject to the Church being
entitled to the use of it.]
JAMES WILKIE, Principal of St
157g Leonard's College (q.v.) 28th April
1570 ; min. here in 1578.
EOBERT WILKIE, trans, from
1591 ®* Andrews, and adm. 14th Oct.
1591, holding Principalship in con-
junction (q.v.)
'- PETER BRUCE, M.A. ; D.D. ; adm.
lell in 1611, holding Principalship in
conjunction (q.v.).
"ANDREW BRUCE, D.D. ; adm. in
1630 1630, holding Principalship in con-
junction (q.v.).
1644
WALTER COMRIE, M.A. ; adm.
(colleague) 23rd May 1644; trans.
to Dunkeld Aug. 1647, but continued
here and was pres. by Charles I. July 1648 ;
app. Professor of Divinity in St Mary's
College (q.v.) 9th Feb. 1662.
JAMES WEMYSS, D.D.; adm. 21st
Dec. 1662; pres. to the Deanery by
Charles II. 17th Feb. 1664, holding
Principalship in addition (q.v.).
WILLIAM TULLIDELPH,M. A.; trans,
from Wemyss with Principalship
(q.v.) conjoined ; pres. by William
and Mary, and adm. in 1691.
GEORGE HAMILTON, M.A.; trans,
from Newburn, having Principalship
(q.v.) conjoined ; called 4th, and
adm. 26th Feb. 1696.
1696
JOHN ANDERSON, M.A. ; trans, from
Leslie with Principalship (q.v.) in
conjunction ; called 2nd Aug., and
adm. 1st Sept. 1697.
1697
JOSEPH DREW, trans, from Mark-
.,..„ inch with Principalship (q.v.) in
conjunction ; called 3rd Aug., and
adm. 6th Oct. 1708.
THOMAS TULLIDELPH, trans, from
1739 Pr°fessorship of Divinity in St
Mary's College, with Principalship
(q.v.) in conjunction ; called 16th Aug.,
and adm. 13th Sept. 1739.
ROBERT WATSON, LL.D. ; trans.
17„8 from Professorship of Logic, with
Principalship (q.v.) in conjunction ;
pres. by George III. 29th Nov. 1777;
ord. 24th Sept. 1778.
JOSEPH M'CORMICK, D.D. ; pres. by
1782 Oeorge III. 23rd June, trans, from
Prestonpans 12th Sept. 1782, with
Principalship (q.v.) in conjunction.
JAMES PLAYFAIR, D.D. ; trans, from
1800 Meigle, with Principalship of United
College (q.v.) in conjunction ; pres.
by George III. 21st Nov. 1799; adm. 9th
Oct. 1800.
1820
FRANCIS NICOLL, D.D. ; trans,
from Mains and Strathmartine, with
Principalship (q.v.) of United College
in conjunction ; pres. by George, Prince
Regent, 8th Oct. 1819; adm. 20th July
1820 ; res. parish 15th Sept. 1824.
JAMES HUNTER, born 1772, son of
1825 J°hn H., LL.D., Professor of
Humanity in United College, St
Andrews ; educated at Univ. there ; licen.
by that Presb. 30th April 1795 ; ord. by it
13th Oct. that year as Deputy Chaplain
of the 2nd Batt. 4th Fencibles; adm. to
Dunino 22nd Sept. 1796 ; dem. on app. as
Professor of Logic and Rhetoric in United
College 3rd Oct. 1804 ; pres. to this parish
(in conjunction) by George IV. 14th Oct.
1824; adm. 12th May 1825; died 25th Feb.
1845. He was an excellent classical and
French scholar. He marr. 31st Aug. 1797,
Jane (died 3rd Dec. 1859), daugh. of Charles
Wilson, D.D., Professor of Ecclesiastical
History, St Mary's College, and had issue
— Elizabeth Helen, born 27th June 1798
(marr. John Jeffrey); Susan, born 3rd
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ST LEONARD'S— STRATHKINNESS
[PRESB. OF
Oct. 1799 (marr. 10th April 1837, James
Stirling, C.E.) ; John, W.S., Auditor of
Court of Session, born 15th March 1801,
died 3rd Dec. 1869 ; Charles, lieut.-colonel,
H.E.I.C.S., born 6th July 1802; Jane,
born 3rd May 1804 (marr. Carstairs Leslie,
C.E.); Francis, born 11th April 1805;
James, born 24th July 1808; Catherine,
born 7th Oct. 1809 (marr. 16th July 1833,
John Whitehead, S.S.C.); Jessie Hadow,
born 3rd Jan. 1818 (marr. George Buist,
LL.D., editor of The Bombay Times).
JOHN COOK, M.A.; D.D.; pres. by
Queen Victoria 4th April, trans, from
Laurencekirk, and adm. 2nd Oct.
1845 ; app. Professor of Church History,
St Andrews (q.v.) 15th June 1860; dem.
this charge 30th Sept. 1863.
MATTHEW EODGEE, born Greenock,
29th Aug. 1830, son of Mathew R. of
Wester Rossland, Renfrewshire, and
Elizabeth Wylie ; educated at Parish
School, Erskine, High School, Glasgow,
Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of
Greenock 24th Oct. 1854 ; assistant at
Erskine and Bridge of Allan ; ord. to West
Parish, Crieff, 4th Dec. 1856; trans, to
Shettleston, Glasgow, 26th Dec. 1861 ; pres.
by Queen Victoria 11th March, trans, and
adm. 1st July 1864; D.D. (St Andrews
1886); res. 17th May 1898; died 4th June
1898. He marr. 16th March 1870, Elizabeth
(died 28th May 1916), daugh. of Professor
John Cook, and widow of John Robertson,
D.D., min. of St Mungo's, Glasgow. She
compiled A Book of Remembrance — The
Descendants of Principal George Hill, D.D.
(Glasgow, 1913).
ROBERT WILFRED WALLACE,
born 24th Nov. 1862, son of Jardine
W., min. of Traquair ; educated at
Traquair School and Univ. of Glasgow;
M.A. (1882); licen. by Presb. of Peebles
8th Sept. 1884 ; assistant at East Aberdeen,
St Leonard's, St Andrew's, Morningside
and Newington, Edinburgh ; ord. to St
Leonard's 9th Aug. 1898. Marr. 1st Dec.
1898, Mary Josephine, daugh. of Henry
Robert Oswald, surgeon-general, Indian
Army, and Sarah Georgiana Cunningham.
1898
STRATHKINNESS (Q.S.).
[The parish of Strathkinness was disjoined
from St Andrews on 18th July I860.]
RALPH ROBB, born Alloa, about 1800,
sixth son of William R., farmer,
Logie ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; ord. to Original Secession
Church, Strathkinness, 24th July 1827.
Joined the Church of Scotland in 1839.
Joined the Free Church in 1843 ; min. of
Free Church, Strathkinness, 1843 ; dem.
and emigrated to Halifax, Canada ; was
afterwards min. of Free Colonial Church,
Hamilton, Ontario ; died July 1850. He
took an important part in uniting the
Associate Burgher Synod (of which he
was Moderator in 1835) with the Church
of Scotland, and was the first Free
Church min. to settle in the Western
World. — [Annals of the Original Secession
Church, 496.]
DAVID STEWART, M.A.; ord. 13th
1860 Dec. 1860 ; trans, to Kennoway
31st Aug. 1865.
THOMAS MURRAY, M.A. ; ord. 15th
Feb. 1866; trans, to Anstruther
Easter 16th May 1876.
ANDREW DEMPSTER TAIT, educated
18„e at Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by
Presb. of St Andrews 27th Nov.
1867 ; assistant at St David's, Dundee ;
ord. 8th Nov. 1876 ; died 9th Feb. 1890.
JOHN ROLLAND MACNAB, M.A.;
ord. 29th July 1890; trans, to
Kirkintilloch 26th Jan. 1897.
WALTER M'LEOD, born Burntisland,
„ 20th Sept. 1864, son of Henry Black
M. and Euphemia Dryburgh ; edu-
cated at Burntisland Public School and
Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (1887), B.D.
(1890); licen. by Presb. of Kirkcaldy 5th
May 1890 ; assistant at High Church,
Kilmarnock; ord. 19th Aug. 1897. Marr.
1 1th Sept. 1912, Isabella Forgan Aitken or
Robertson, daugh. of George Aitken, school-
master, St Combs, Aberdeenshire.
ST ANDREWS]
WORMIT
245
WORMIT (Q.S.).
[In 1895 a mission hall was erected by
the Kirk-Session of Forgan to provide
religious services for the community that
had begun to gather at Wormit subsequent
to the re-opening of the Tay Bridge. A
Chapel-of-Ease was constituted here in
1898. The parish of Wormit was disjoined
from Forgan 9th March 1911.]
ROBERT CONSTABLE MITCHELL,
1S98 M.A. ; ord. 15th Sept. 1898 ; res. in
1906 ; became assistant at St Paul's,
Perth ; adm. to Fern 19th Dec. 1907.
CHARLES ROBB M'MURRAY, M.A. ;
lgo_ ord. 5th Dec. 1906; trans, to Flisk
23rd Sept. 1908.
JAMES COUTTS, M.A. ; trans, from
Ardallie 17th May 1909; adm. first
min. of the parish in 1911 ; trans, to
Logie-Buchan 21st May 1917.
HARRY LEGGATT, born Dundee, 8th
191„ Jan. 1885, son of Henry L. and Mary
Robertson ; educated at Dundee High
School and Univs. of St Andrews (M.A.
1906) and Aberdeen ; licen. by Presb. of
Dundee May 1912 ; assistant at Alloa,
Rubislaw, Aberdeen, and Tron, Edinburgh ;
ord. 15th Aug. 1917 ; res. 30th July 1923.
ROBERT MORRIS, born Glasgow, 30th
1923 June 189°> son of James M. and
Barbara Cleland Waddell ; educated
at Dunblane Public School, Stirling High
School, and Univ. of Glasgow, M.A. (1919);
served during European War in Egyptian
Labour Battalion ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow 22nd Dec. 1920 ; assistant at St
George's, Glasgow, and Logie (Dunblane) ;
Mission Study Secretary 1922-23; ord.
30th Nov. 1923. Marr. 17th Jan. 1924,
Adra Simpson, youngest daugh. of Colin
Mackenzie, min. of St Ninians U.F.
Church, Stirling, and Georgina Simpson.
SYNOD OF ANGUS AND MEARNS
The Synod of Angus and Mearns was disjoined from that of Aberdeen on
4th March 1701. The Eegister of this Court begins at 15th April 1701.
An earlier volume held the Eecord from 1639 to near the middle of the
seventeenth century. It was extant on 18th Nov. 1662, but no trace of
it can now be found. In Oct. 1715 no meeting of Synod was held, because
Dundee, and all the towns within the bounds, were in the hands of the
insurgent Jacobites.
PRESBYTERY OF MEIGLE
[This Court was erected by the General Assembly in, or near, 1593. It was then
made up of the parishes of Meigle, Airlie, Alyth, Bendochy, Blairgowrie, Coupar-Angus,
Eassie, Nevay, Glenisla, Kettins, Kingoldrum, Lintrathen, Newtyle, Ruthven, Kirrie-
muir, Kinnettles, Cortachy, Rattray, and Glamis. The Register of the Presbytery begins
at 8th Nov. 1659, and goes on in regular form till 15th March 1687. On 27th April 1687,
through the action of the Bishop and Synod of Dunkeld, great changes were made upon
the constitution and working of this Presbytery. Its name and place of meeting were
changed from Meigle to Coupar-Angus. The parishes of Kettins, Newtyle, Eassie and
Nevay, Airlie, Kingoldrum, Glenisla, Lintrathen, and Blairgowrie were excluded from
it. It was then made to consist of the parishes of Meigle, Alyth, Coupar-Angus, Bendochy,
and Ruthven, with the addition of those of Kinclaven, Cargill, Rattray, Kinloch, Clunie,
and Lethendy taken from the Presbytery of Dunkeld ; Auchterhouse, Abernyte, and
Tealing, from that of Dundee, and St Martins taken from the Presbytery of Perth. It
was, of course, intended to assign to some other jurisdiction the parishes severed from
this Presbytery, but it does not appear that such action was ever carried out. On 2nd
April 1689 these changes were all repealed, and the Presbyteries were restored to their
old conditions, as at the beginning of 1687. The Presbytery of Meigle, however, was
then united for a time to those of Dundee and Forfar. This was indeed but a temporary
expedient due to special circumstances then arising, and the union did not last long.
On 21st April 1703 the Presbytery of Meigle was severed from Dundee, and erected again
as a separate Court. The Record of Presbytery begins again at 19th Oct. 1704. There
are gaps in it from 15th April 1713 to 23rd April 1718, and from 18th Oct. 1749 to 9th
Nov. 1768. Two volumes of the Register have unfortunately been lost. The later of
these covered the time from 26th May 1655 to 17th Oct. 1659.]
AIRLIE. I ANDREW OGILVIE, a native of
[The church of Airlie was dedicated to ,„, An§us > educated at Univ. of St
St Medan. Near the old church were St ! Andrews ; embraced the Protestant
Medan's Well and St Medan's Knowe. doctrine in 1560 ; licen. by Presb. of Forfar
There was in the parish a chapel of St in 1563 ; min. of Keig, Leslie, and Premnay
John the Baptist.] in 1564 ; trans, and adm. 2nd Feb. 1567,
PRESB. OF MEIGLE]
AIRLIE
247
with Glenisla also in the charge ; died
unmarr. in 1589.
"WILLIAM MALCOLM, brother of John
1ffflo M., min. of Perth ; educated at Univ.
of St Andrews ; M.A. (1580) ; licen.
by Presb. of Dunkeld ; pres. to the vicarage
of Kingoldrum 13th May 1588 ; trans, and
adm. early in 1590; died 14th April 1636.
He marr. (1) 1603, Grisel Matthor (or
Matthew), who died 23rd Feb. 1609, aged
38, and had issue — James : (2) Helen
Sommer, and had issue — John; Eobert,
min. of Bendochy ; Agnes (marr., cont.
17th Sept. 1633, Oliver Peebles of Chapel-
hall); Isobel (marr. John Robertson, min.
of Perth). — [Acts and Dec, cxv., 200
Perth Sas., ii., 232-6, 16th July 1626
Perth Inhib., xiv., 161 ; St Andrews Tests.
Tombst. ; Melvill's Autob., 549 ; G. R. Sas.,
vii., 384, 386.]
JOHN MALCOLM, nephew of preced-
les7 ing ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews; M.A. (1620); licen. by
Presb. of Perth in 1623 ; assistant to his
uncle ; ord. in 1637 ; died before 21st Aug.
1646. He marr. a lady whose name is
unknown, and had issue — James ; Robert ;
William ; Elizabeth ; Joanna.— \Inq. Ret.
de Tut., 724; Forfar Sas., iii., 335.]
JOHN ROBERTSON, born at Coupar-
Grange, about 1623, son of Patrick
R., notary in Littleton of Rattray,
and Elizabeth ; educated at Coupar
School and Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A.
(1644) ; licen. by Presb. of Meigle in 1647 ;
adm. before Nov. 1650 ; app. clerk to
Presb. 1st May 1660; deprived by Act of
Parliament 11th June, and Decreet of Privy
Council 1st Oct. 1662 ; died at Dundee.
He marr. Nov. 1650, Isobel, daugh. of
James Blair of Ardblair, Blairgowrie (she
was alive 6th Aug. 1697), and had issue —
James ; John, writer, Edinburgh, died
before 1687.— [Perth Sas., I, 115 ; Forfar,
iii., 335 ; Hunter's Dioc. of Dunkeld, 315 ;
G. R. Homings, 13th March 1689.]
JOHN LYON, M.A. ; pres. by Patrick,
Earl of Kinghorn; ord. 27th Oct.
1663; trans, to Glamis 21st Dec.
1663
1681.
FREDERICK LYON, fifth son of John
L. of Wester Ogil, and Catherine
Ogilvie, and brother of preceding ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A.
(23rd July 1672); licen. by Presb. of
Forfar in 1676 ; pres. by Patrick, first Earl
of Strathmore, 29th Sept. 1681 ; was
recommended 11th April for ordination,
and adm. 12th May 1682; app. clerk to
Presb. 1st May 1683; died of phthisis
Sept. 1699, aged about 47. He marr.
1683, Isobel, daugh. of James Cramond
of Balnakeith, she survived him, and had
issue — Patrick; John; James of Easterdean-
houses; William; Helen; Geilles; a daugh.
(marr. George Lyon, min. of Yersdon). —
[Inq. Ret. de Tut., 1175 ; Services of Heirs ;
Lyons of Gossins, 54 ; Reg. of Deeds, Durie,
5th Oct. 1720 ; Wilson's Airlie, 212.]
WILLIAM LYON, of Wester Ogil, born
1700 Wester °gu> 9tt 0ct- 1675> second
son of George L. of Wester Ogil,
and Jean, daugh. of Sir William Nisbet
of Dean, and nephew of preceding; edu-
cated at Forfar Academy and Univ. of
St Andrews; licen. by United Presb. of
Dundee and Forfar in 1700; elected by
heads of families in July ; ord. 25th Sept.
1700 ; served heir to his father 21st Jan.
1703 (his elder brother John having died)
to the lands of Milntown of Ogil and others
in the parish of Tannadice, and on 6th Oct.
1704 to the life-rent rights of Wester Ogil.
He supported the Government in 1715,
and through his influence prevented his
parishioners joining the Earl of Mar. He
joined in a dissent against a judgment of
the Presb. of Dundee condemnatory of the
voluntary opinions of his brother-in-law,
John Glas, min. of Tealing, and carried
his dissent to the Commission of Assembly
March 1730. He maintained all the
ecclesiastical buildings during his ministry
at his own expense, spending over £1000.
He died suddenly, 4th Jan. 1743. He
marr. (1) 16th Nov. 1704, Jean, daugh. of
David Melvill of Pitgarvy, and had issue —
Jean, born 8th June 1708 (marr. as his
second wife, Alexander Moncrieff of Cul-
fargie, min. of Abernethy) ; Margaret,
born 5th Aug. 1709, died young; George
248
AIRLIE
[PRESB. OF
1743
of Wester Ogil, min. of Longforgan : (2)
16th Dec. 1719, Agnes (died 24th April
1778), daugh. of Alexander Glas, min. of
Kinclaven, and had issue — Christian, born
16th Sept. 1720, died unmarr. 16th Dec.
1783 ; William, solicitor, Dundee, and
commissary clerk of St Andrews, born
2nd June 1722, died 27th Aug. 1803
Katherine, born 13th July 1723, died 1743
Alexander, born 10th July 1725, died 1764
John, born 15th Feb. 1727, died in infancy
Margaret, born 22nd Aug. 1729, died in
infancy ; Elizabeth, born 21st Dec. 1730,
died unmarr. 9th Jan. 1801 ; Robert,
merchant, Dundee, born 16th Aug. 1733,
died 14th Sept. 1801 ; Thomas, born 14th
Aug. 1736, died young. — [Lyons of Cossins,
64 ; Wilson's Airlie, 213-19.]
DAVID THOMSON, born 1714, son of
David T., min. of Meigle ; educated
by his father and at Univ. of St
Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of Meigle 8th
March 1738 ; became tutor in a private
family ; pres. by Thomas, Earl of Strath-
more, 5th May, and ord. 12th Oct. 1743;
died 9th May 1779. He marr. 4th Sept.
1745, Margaret (died at St Andrews s.p.
5th Feb. 1786), eldest daugh. of Thomas
Tullidelph, D.D., Principal of St Andrews
Univ.
JAMES STOEMONTH of Kinclune,
V7„Q born there 19th April 1753, son of
Alexander S. of Kinclune, and Giles,
daugh. of James Ogilvy of Ascreavie ;
educated at Kirriemuir, Forfar Academy,
and Univ. of Aberdeen; M.A. (1774);
licen. by Meigle Presb. 14th July 1779 ; pres.
by tutors of John, ninth Earl of Strath-
more, Oct. that year ; ord. 27th July 1780 ;
succeeded to Kinclune on the death of his
father in 1781 ; died 27th Dec. 1809. He
marr. 1st June 1786, Isobel (born 9th Oct.
1753, died 31st March 1795), daugh. of
Robert Wedderburn of Pearsie, and had
issue— Isobel, born 26th Aug. 1787, died
unmarr. 25th April 1862; Elizabeth, born
20th Sept. 1788 (marr. 1st July 1818, James
Maxwell, surgeon, Dundee), died 7th Feb.
1874; Alexander of Kinclune, born 16th
Jan. 1790, died 1839; Katherine, born
4th May 1791 (marr. David Fraser, min.
of Nigg, Ross-shire) ; Jean, born 18th
July 1792, died 25th July 1795; Graham
(daughter), born 8th Oct. 1793, died 3rd
Jan. 1796; Margaret, born 15th Feb.
1795 (marr. David Carment, min. of Ross-
keen). Publication — Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xi.) — [The Wedder-
burn Book, i., 324.]
ROBERT AIKMAN, born Dundee,
1810 1164: ; became a teacher ; educated
at Univ. of 'St Andrews; licen. by
Presb. of Dundee 2nd Feb. 1803 ; resumed
teaching in Dundee ; pres. by John, tenth
Earl of Strathmore in May, and ord. 26th
Sept. 1810 ; died 8th July 1832. He marr.
6th April 1830, Barbara Thomson, who
was born 1811, and died 2nd July 1875,
and had issue — Mary, born 25th July 1831.
DAVID WHITE, born Drummitter-
ment, Letham, Dunnichen, 23rd Nov.
1807, eldest son of Alexander W.,
linen manufacturer, Blaikie, Brechin, and
Helen Farquhar; educated at Dunnichen
School, Forfar Academy, and Univ. of
Edinburgh ; became a tutor in Galloway ;
licen. by Presb. of Kirkcudbright 20th
June 1832 ; pres. by trustees of John,
tenth Earl of Strathmore, in Jan., and ord.
24th April 1833. Joined the Free Church
in 1843 ; min. of Free Church, Airlie,
1844-72; died in Dundee 29th Dec.
1873. He marr. 1st Sept. 1836, Isobel,
daugh. of Alexander Balfour, Edinburgh,
and sister of William B., D.D., min. of Holy-
rood Free Church, Edinburgh, and had
issue — Henry, born 24th Dec. 1838 ; George,
in business in New York ; Isabella Balfour,
and six others. Publication — Archippus, or
the Fulfilling of the Christian Ministry, a
sermon (1840).— [Wilson's Airlie (portrait),
233-42.]
THOMAS REID, born Kirriemuir 1803,
la4„ son of John R., parish schoolmaster,
and Jean Milne ; educated by his
father and at Univs. of Aberdeen, St
Andrews, and Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb.
of Forfar in 1827 ; became assistant teacher
under his father at Kirriemuir ; assistant
at Airlie, 1830-2 ; succeeded his father as
schoolmaster at Kirriemuir, and became
meigle]
AIRLIE— ALYTH
249
assistant also to the min. of that parish ;
pres. by trustees of John, Earl of Strath-
more, 19th June, and ord. 24th Aug. 1843 ;
died 11th Dec. 1889. He marr. 15th Dee.
1840, Janet (died 19th March 1848), daugh.
of James Fenton, Purgavie, Lintrathen, and
had issue — James, born 11th March 1843,
died 4th June 1868; Jane, born 22nd March
1844 (marr. 19th April 1871, Thomas Munro
Nicoll, Littleton). — [Wilson's Airlie (por-
trait), 243-50; Reid's Kirriemuir, 352.]
WILLIAM WILSON, born Coatbridge,
1890 %6ih Sept. 1860, only surviving son
of William W. and Jane Bathgate ;
educated at Langloan Public School,
Gartsherrie School of Science, and Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Hamilton
26th April 1887 ; missionary at Calder-
cruix ; assistant at Middle Parish, Perth,
June 1888 ; assistant (under Belhaven Act)
at Forgandenny ; assistant at Brechin
Cathedral Sept. 1889 ; ord. 18th June 1890.
Publication — Airlie, a Parish History
(Coatbridge, 1917) ; The House of Airlie,
2 vols. (London, 1924). — [Wilson's Airlie
(portrait), 250.]
ALYTH.
[The ancient church of Alyth was of
more than ordinary size, and its ruins are
of architectural interest. It was dedicated
to St Luag. The parish was a prebend of
Dunkeld. Very near the church was a
chapel of St Ninian. A fair of St Luag
was held at Alyth. A new church was
built in 1839.]
LAURENCE DUNCAN, reader here
1567 and at Buthven in 1567.
JAMES GRAHAM, prebendary of
1569 Alyth about 1 569.— [Macf arlane MS.]
DAVID GRAHAM, entered at Nov.
ls7 1572, having Rattray and Ruthven
also in the charge. In 1574 Glen-
isla, Ruthven, and Meigle were likewise
under his care ; pres. to the vicarage of
Ruthven by James VI. 19th April 1583;
died 29th June 1602. He marr. Bessie
Annand, who died May 1600, and had
issue — David, mariner, Dundee; Margaret
(marr. John Moncur in Dundee) ; Elspeth
(marr. John Fullarton, Dundee) ; Matilda
(marr. Alexander Brown, Dundee. — [Beg.
Sec. Sic/., liv., 75.]
THOMAS LUNDIE [or LUNDIN],
.„„ born 1579; M.A. (St Andrews
1598); adm. in 1602; died "as
though of a fever brought on by grief"
8th June 1636 ; " revered for his piety and
renowned for his blameless character." He
marr. Johanna Blair, who died of fever,
22nd May 1636, aged 43, and had issue —
Grizel, bapt. 9th Jan. 1625 ; Isobel (twin),
bapt. 9th Jan. 1625 ; Magdalen, bapt. 14th
March 1627 ; Jean (marr. George Chalmers,
portioner of Banchory) ; James, bapt. 6th
April 1630, apprentice to John Fish,
merchant, Edinburgh, 10th Feb. 1647;
Robert (twin), bapt. 6th April 1630 ;
Thomas. — [Walker's Life of Peden, 79;
Bamff Charters, 225 ; Tombst. ; Meikle's
An Old Session - Book, 244 ; Perth Sas.,
3rd ser., x., 385; G. B. Sas., xx. 312,
xxi. 29.]
JOHN RATTRAY of Blackhills, pro-
16S~ bably son of Silvester R., min. of
Rattray, and brother of David R.
of Craighall ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews ; M.A. (1618) ; adm. to Rattray
before 20th Oct. 1629 ; trans, and adm.
15th Jan. 1637 ; was with the Perthshire
Regiment in England from before 21st
July till 24th Nov. 1644 ; being present
at a meeting of the Committee of Estates
was taken prisoner by the English, 28th
Aug. 1651, and carried to England, where
he was kept close in the Tower of London
for twenty weeks. After being released,
he returned in June 1652 ; acquiescing in
Episcopacy he was Moderator of Presb.,
1663 - 7 ; required an assistant in 1669
because of deafness and other infirmities ;
died about 13th Jan. 1678, aged about
80. He marr. Margaret Ramsay, who died
24th May 1671, aged 65, and had issue —
John, min. of Ruthven ; Patrick ; William ;
Margaret (marr., cont. 29th Dec. 1664,
James, only son of Alexander Arbuthnot
of Blackston) ; Elizabeth ; Isobel (marr.
Thomas Robertson, min. of this parish) ;
Helen ; Jean.— [Perth Sas., iii., 188, 231 ;
250
ALYTH
[PKESB. OF
Forfar Sas., ii., 250 ; Nicol's Diary ;
Meikle's An Old Session-Book, 242.]
1669
THOMAS ROBERTSON, M.A. (St
Andrews 1662) ; passed trials before
the Presb. of Dundee, and got a
testimonial for licence 6th Feb. 1667 ;
became a preacher in Dundee ; pres. to
Kinnettles, and passed trials for ordina-
tion ; ord. (assistant and successor) here
12th Sept. 1669 ; pres. to chaplainry and
altarage of St Ninian by Henry, Bishop
of Dunkeld, and had a deed of cognition
and infeftment in 1670 ; died between 16th
and 22nd Nov. 1685, aged about 44. He
marr. (1) 29th Dec. 1669, Isobel, daugh. of
John Rattray, min. of this parish, and had
issue — John, bapt. Oct. 1670; Margaret,
bapt. 4th Sept. 1672, died 9th March
1679; Thomas, born 23rd Nov. 1673;
Isobel, bapt. June 1675 : (2) 11th Feb.
1677, Anne Haliburton, and had issue —
James, i bapt. Nov. 1681; Margaret, bapt.
March 1683; Alexander, bapt. May 1684;
Anna (posthumous), bapt. May 1686. —
[Perth Sas., is.., 254.]
1686
JOHN LOWSON, son of James L.,
baxter, burgess of Dundee; edu-
cated at Univ. of St Andrews :
M.A. (24th July 1679) ; passed trials before
the Presb. of Dundee, and had testimonial
for licence 28th June 1682 ; became chap-
lain to the Bishop of Dunkeld, and preached
at Meigle ; pres. and coll. by Andrew,
Bishop of Dunkeld, in April, adm. and
inst. 1st June 1686, but was much absent
from his pulpit, being in Edinburgh ; de-
prived by the Privy CouncD, 10th Oct. 1689,
for not reading the Proclamation of the
Estates, and not praying in terms thereof.
He continued to reside in the manse, and
died 20th May 1698.
1690
JOHN MATHERS, M.A. ; formerly
min. of Ceres (q.v.), intruded here in
1690.
[For a number of years there was no
settled min. Thomas Ogilvy, a proba-
tioner, was in charge in 1695 to Whitsunday
1697, after which date various preachers
officiated.]
1720
JOHN THOMSON, M.A. (St Andrews,
24th July 1690); licen. by the United
Presbs. of Dundee, Forfar and Meigle
6th Dec. 1700; was on trials for Kilmany,
when he was called to this parish 12th
Dec. 1701, and by the Presb. jure devoluto
7th Jan., preferred by the Commission of
Assembly in March, and ord. 7th May
1702; died 29th Dec. 1719, aged 43. He
marr. a lady whose name is unknown,
and had issue— Jean. An epitaph in the
built-up doorway between the sacristy and
the chancel of Alyth Church has the
following : —
SteUa fait lucem praebeDS in transite nocte.
Et dux et praco clamavit o credite mi grex
In Christum qui post hie sancte vixerat annos
Octo bis octavum (eheu) lustrum clauserat Eetas.
[He was a star furnishing light in life's dark pathway.
Both by example and by precept he called aloud — " O
my flock, have faith in Christ." And after living in
holiness here twice eight years, his age (well-nigh ended,
alas !) bad closed its eighth lustre.]
[Meikle's An Old Session-Book, 244.]
THOMAS AYTON, pres. by the Presb.
jure devoluto 2nd Aug., and ord. 21st
Sept. 1720; trans, to Kilconquhar
6th Nov. 1735.
JOHN ROBERTSON, born 1709;
licen. by Presb. of Dunkeld 22nd
Sept. 1730; called 9th June 1736,
and by the Presb. jure devoluto 5th, and
ord. 20th Jan. 1737 ; died of fever 3rd
June 1772, bequeathing £40 for educating
boys at Alyth School. He marr. 19th
Oct. 1735, Margaret Meek, who survived
her husband one day, and they were buried
together. — [Dunkeld Tests.]
COLIN SYMERS, son of Colin S.,
cordiner, Dundee ; M.A. (St An-
drews 1761); pres. by George III.
13th Sept. 1772, and by the Hon. Walter
Ogilvy of Clova in Oct., and ord. 4th
March 1773; died 22nd Jan. 1817. He
marr. 12th June 1777, Helen (died 27th
Dec. 1798), daugh. of John Haliburton,
min. of Kettins, and had issue — David,
min. of Kettins, born 1st June 1778 ;
Margaret, born 21st Feb. 1780 (marr.
John Macpherson Cuningham, min. of
Kinglassie) ; Elizabeth, born 9th March
1781 ; Colin, collector of Customs, and
1737
1773
meigle]
ALYTH
251
agent of British Linen Bank, Dundee,
born 6th March 1782, died 1860; Helen,
born 7th Sept. 1783; Amelia, born 8th
Feb. 1785; Euphemia, born 7th March
1787 ; Mary, born 31st March 1788 ; John,
born 1st May, and died 31st July 1789;
Janet, born 22nd Sept. 1790, died 26th
May 1791 ; James, born 6th Oct. 1791,
died 15th May 1811 ; Lilias, born 14th
April 1793 ; John, merchant, and agent
of British Linen Bank, Dundee, born 6th
Dec. 1794, died 1st May 1866; Thomas,
born 29th Jan., and died 13th March 1796 ;
George, merchant, Dundee, born 13th Sept.
1798. Publication — Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, vi.).
WILLIAM EAMSAY, born 14th May
1791, son of William R., min. of
Cortachy; educated at Univ. of
Aberdeen; M.A. (1st April 1809); licen.
by Presb. of Forfar 16th June 1813 ; pres.
by George, Prince Eegent, 5th March, and
by Walter, (titular) Earl of Airlie, and
ord. 11th Sept. 1817; died 16th April
1846. He marr. 12th Jan. 1821, Mary
(died at Kirriemuir, 8th May 1868), daugh.
of James M'Nicoll, factor to David, Earl
of Airlie, and had issue— William, min.
of Guthrie, born 30th Jan. 1822; James,
min. of this parish ; John, born 10th
April 1825 ; Stewart Grant, born 1st Oct.
1827; Alexander Keith, born 27th June
1829, died 1st April 1842 ; David Graham
Drummond Ogilvy, D.D.,min. of Closeburn,
born 7th Jan. 1832; George M'Bitchie,
born 8th Jan. 1834 ; Mary Stewart, born
3rd Sept. 1835; Eliza, born 22nd Oct.
1837; Clement (marr. 22nd Oct. 1863,
Addison Newton, Arbirlot) ; Keith David-
son, shipowner, and Mayor of Dunedin,
New Zealand, born 4th March 1844, died
3rd May 1906 ; a daugh. (marr. Alexander
Henderson). Publication — Account of the
Parish {New Stat. Ace, x.).
JAMES RAMSAY, born 14th Sept.
1823, son of preceding; educated
1846 at Parish School and Univ. of St
Andrews; licen. by Presb. of Meigle in
1843 ; pres. by David, seventh Earl of
Airlie, and Queen Victoria 11th May, and
ord. 20th Sept. 1846 ; res. (owing to mental
illness) Oct. 1866; died 25th April 1876.
He marr. 16th May 1848, Elizabeth Gray,
who died 6th May 1900, and had
issue — William, born 6th Dec. 1848 ;
Margaret, born 1st Oct. 1850 ; James
M'Nicoll, born 11th June 1852; Ann
Ogilvy, born 23rd Feb. 1854 ; Mary, born
5th Nov. 1855 ; John M'Nicoll, min. of
Shotts, born 23rd July 1857 ; George
Ogilvy, born 18th March 1859; Sarah
Elizabeth Smith Whitson, born 5th March
1 861 ; David Graham Drummond, born
23rd Aug. 1868.
1866
ROBERT MURRAY, born Kilmarnock
about 1831, second son of John M.,
weaver, and Jean O'Brien ; edu-
cated at Public School, Kilmarnock, and
Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of
Perth 8th June 1859; assistant at Kil-
winning, 1860-4 ; ord. (assistant and suc-
cessor) 8th Feb. 1866 ; died 13th Dec. 1885.
JOHN REID MACLAREN, born Bush
Farm, St Martins, 17th Dec. 1848,
1886 son of William M. and Charlotte
Reid ; educated at Balbeggie School, Perth
Academy, and Univ. of St Andrews ; licen.
by Presb. of Perth 27th Nov. 1872 ; assist-
ant at Creich, Fife, 1873; ord. to Ceylon
7th Jan. 1875 ; returned to Scotland ;
assistant at Abdie; adm. to this charge
31st March 1886 ; retired 2nd Dec. 1895 ;
died at Alberni, British Columbia, 7th
June 1908. He marr. in 1878, Mary Jane,
daugh. of Alexander Wylie and Eliza Maria
James, and had issue— William Richard,
lieut. - commander R.N., born 19th Dec.
1879 ; Frank Wylie, factor, born 29th Nov.
1881 ; Charlotte Mary, born 20th March
1884 ; John, bom 16th April 1886, died
15th Jan. 1890.
JAMES MEIKLE, born Clockston
Farm, Tarbolton, 7th Nov. 1861,
1897 son of Robert M. and Janet
Hunter; educated at Tarbolton School,
Ayr Academy, and Univ. of Glasgow;
M.A. (1883), B.D. (1886) ; licen. by Presb.
of Ayr 5th May 1886 ; assistant at Dalziel,
1886-92, St George's-in-the-Fields, Glas-
gow, 1892-7 ; ord. (assistant and successor)
7th July 1897. Marr. 17th Aug. 1897,
252
ARDLER— BENDOCHY
[PEESB. OF
1885
Janet, daugh. of Eobert Hogg and Janet
Allan, and has issue — Eobert, born 23rd
Feb. 1900, died 7th June 1903. Publication
— An Old Session-Booh, being Studies in
Alyth's Second Session-Book (Paisley, 1918).
ARDLER (Q.S.).
[The parish of Ardler was disjoined from
Coupar-Angus on 1st June 1885.]
ROBEKT MILNE, born 3rd March
1832, son of Peter M., farmer,
Drumoak, Aberdeenshire; educated
at Parish School, Marischal College, and
Univ. of Aberdeen; MA. (1851); licen.
by Presb. of Aberdeen ; missionary in
East Parish there, and assistant at St
Michael's, Dumfries ; ord. to Towie 28th
Sept. 1859; i clerk to Presb. of Alford,
1872-85; D.D. (Aberdeen, 7th March 1885);
trans, and adm. 20th May 18S5 ; died at
Ventnor 27th March 1893. He marr. 1st
May 1860, Jane (died 11th Nov. 1918),
daugh. of John Eamage, Lambeth, London,
and had issue — Katherine Jane, born 16th
May 1861, died 1st Sept. 1874 ; Mary Alice,
born 23rd Sept. 1862 (marr. 1892, James A.
Duncan of Camno), now in South Africa ;
Frederick Charles, born 8th Jan. 1865,
died (a student at Aberdeen) 2nd Feb.
1885 ; Eliza Jane, parish sister in Hol-
burn Parish, Aberdeen, born 16th Jan.
1870, died at Torquay, 23rd Nov. 1902.
Publications— Life Work of the Church as
the Living Body of Christ (Edinburgh,
1871) ; A Book for Farm Servants, or
Hints for their Self-Improvement (Edin-
burgh); The Problem of the Churchless
and Poor in our Large Towns (Edin-
burgh, 1884); Directory and Guide to the
Ministerial Office (Edinburgh, 1888); New
Syllabus of Lessons for Sabbath Schools
and Families (n.d.).
AECHIBALD STUAET, born Glas-
gow, 20th June 1866, son of John
K. S. and Joanna MacLeod ; edu-
cated at Hutcheson's Grammar School and
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow in 1892 ; assistant at Plantation ;
ord. 23rd Nov. 1893 ; served in France in
1917; trans, to Elder Park Parish, Glas-
1893
gow, 19th May 1921. Marr. 3rd June 1908,
Laura, youngest daugh. of Donald Mac-
kenzie, Maryfield, Meigle, and Anna Bruce,
and has issue — Annie Bruce Mackenzie,
born 28th April 1909 ; Ian Graham Mac-
Leod, born 27th Feb. 1911. Publications —
Several Addresses on Behalf of Eed Cross,
including Through Catastrophe to the New
Creation; The Grip of Honour; From
Base to Front Line; Some Impressions
from Over Yonder, with Foreword by
Mabell, Countess of Airlie.
1921
DANIEL ANTON MOEEISON, born
Kirkmichael, Perthshire, 5th Sept.
1876, son of Alexander M., F.E.I.S.,
and Margaret Abercromby; educated at
Kirkmichael School, Daniel Stewart's
College, and Univ. of Edinburgh; MA.
(1900); licen. by Presb. of Forres ; assistant
at Larkhall and St John's Parish, Edin-
burgh ; ord. by Presb. of Edinburgh
Army chaplain at Aldershot 8th Jan.
1905 ; res. in 1920 ; adm. to this charge
21st Sept. 1921. Marr. 25th Aug. 1909,
Agnes Eichmond Hyslop, and has issue
— Jean Gemmill, born 22nd Aug. 1910 ;
Alexander Abercromby, born 9th March
1912 ; Daniel John Hyslop, born 2nd May
1913; Nancy Margaret, born 12th Feb.
1915 ; James Walker, born 19th Nov. 1922.
BENDOCHY.
[The church of Bendochy belonged to
the Abbey of Coupar in Angus. There
was in the parish a chapel of St Fincana,
and at Cally there was another chapel.]
JAMES ANDEESON, entered at Nov.
1569, with Kettins also in the charge.
In 1574 Collace was added ; trans, to
Stirling 2nd Dec. 1582.
1569
HENEY GUTHEIE, rector of Dun-
nichen, 1574-80; pres. to Collace
10th Dec. 1582; was one of the
committee app. by Privy Council in
1589 for the Preservation of the True
Eeligion in Angus, and a member of
Assembly in 1590 ; trans, and adm. in
1595; pres. to the vicarage by James VI.
in 1598 ; had also charge of Coupar-Angus
meigle]
BENDOCHY
253
1631
166S
for some time. Being unable for duty-
through age and illness, he had a joint
presentation with his successor from the
King to the parish 19th April 1633. He
marr. Elizabeth Small, and had issue —
James, W.S. ; Henry, Bishop of Dunkeld
(q.v.); Elizabeth (marr. 1601, William
Small, brother to Patrick S., portioner
of Coupar Grange). — [Perth Sas. Sec. Reg.,
i. 41, 296, vi. 483.]
ROBERT MALCOLM, born about 1600,
son of William M., min. of Airlie ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (16th July 1620); adm. (assistant)
in 1631 ; pres. conjointly with preceding
by Jamas VI. 19th April 1633; died 30th
June 1663. He marr. Margaret Guthrie,
and had issue — Harry, his successor in
the parish ; William, min. of Kinloch ;
Isobel (marr. Andrew Many in Bruntie) ;
Elspeth.— [Inq. Bet. Perth, 723, de Tut.,
724 ; Perth Sas., v., 115.]
HARRY MALCOLM, born about 1633,
son of preceding ; educated at Univ.
of St Andrews; M.A. (13th May
1653) ; was a licentiate 20th Feb. 1657 ;
adm. to Burntisland 17th June 1663;
trans, and adm. after July and before
6th Oct. 1663; was clerk to Synod 4th
Oct. 1665 ; had an adjudication of the
lands of Keiller 16th, and a confirmation of
an annual rent out the lands of Ardblair
20th March 1688; buried 8th April 1688.
He marr. Helen Small, and had issue —
Robert ; Henry, residenter in St Andrews,
died in 1693. — [Perth Sas., iv., 63; St
Andrews Tests. ; Dunkeld Tests. ; Inq. Pet.
Perth, 723, 979, Gen., 6932, 8075.]
«- THOMAS BLAIR, born about 1636,
second son of Thomas B. of Ard-
1688 blair; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews; M.A. (28th July 1656); passed
trials before Presb. of Meigle ; had testi-
monial for ordination 26th Jan., and adm.
to Blairgowrie 23rd March 1664; pres.
to Bendochy by James VII. 4th May, and
adm. before 13th Aug. 1688 ; died before
11th Sept. 1692. He marr. Helen Malcolm,
who survived him, and had issue— William,
Margaret; Isobel; Helen. — [Dunkeld Tests. ;
Perth Sas., xv., 265.]
1692
DAVID RANKEN, born 1663, son of
Alexander R. of Pottie, merchant,
treasurer and bailie of Perth, and
Agnes Reid ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews; M.A. (28th July 1677); passed
trials for licence and approved by Presb.
of Perth 17th March 1680; app. Master
of Grammar School of Perth 17th July
1682; adm. to Rattray 18th Sept. 1687;
deprived by the Privy Council, 10th Oct.
1689, for not reading Proclamation of the
Estates, etc.; intruded ■ here, 11th Sept.
1692, on the invitation of the heritors and
heads of families ; left the charge' in 1700,
and had a meeting-house in Skinner's
Close, Edinburgh, but not producing his
orders in terms of a sentence of the Lords
of Justiciary, and having been forbidden
to preach by the Provost and magistrates,
he was convicted a second time before the
Justiciary Court of not praying for King
George in terms of the Act of Tolera-
tion, 19th June 1717, and was inhibited
from exercising the ministry. He was
consecrated a bishop of the Non-jurant
Church in Edinburgh 11th June 1727, and
died 17th Nov. 1728. He marr. Euphan
Blair, who died 28th July 1736. Publica-
tions— Three Sermons designed to excite and
assist on Devotion at the Holy Communion
(Edinburgh, 1713) ; Three Discourses on
I. Peter, Hi., 13, 14 (Edinburgh, 1716) ;
Three Discourses on I. Peter, Hi., 14-16
(Edinburgh, 1716); The Safety of the
Righteous Man from Injury and Harm,
a sermon (Edinburgh, 1717); Sermons
(1720); Description of the Great Things
contained in the Gospel (1722). — [Hunter's
Diocese of Dunkeld, 479.]
JAMES RAMSAY of Parkconnar, only
son of James R. of Bargavie and
Parkconnar ; probably tutor of
Alexander Gordon of Pitlurg; ord. to
Cortachy 30th Nov. 1697; called 19th
June 1699; trans, and adm. 27th Nov.
1700; was one of fifteen mins. who dis-
sented from the resolution of the General
Assembly, 15th May 1740, to depose the
eight seceding brethren; died 16th Aug.
1746. He marr. (1) (cont. 22nd July
1702), Margaret, daugh. of George Lyon
254
BENDOCHY
[PRESB. OF
of Wester Ogil : (2) 20th Nov. 1721,
Barbara (died 20th March 1751), daugh.
of Sir Andrew Murray of Murrayshall,
and had issue — Christian (marr. Thomas
Gibson of Muirton). — [Dunkeld Tests. ; Eeg.
of Deeds, Dal., clx., 18th July 1746; Forfar
Sas., xii., 303 ; Lyons of Cossins, 63.]
ALEXANDER DUN, licen. by Presb.
1747 of Dundee 1st May 1744; called
3rd June, and ord. 10th Nov. 1747 ;
died 10th Nov. 1784. He marr. 11th Oct.
1754, Elizabeth Ranken, who died 30th
March 1798, and had issue — William,
H.E.I.C.S., born 24th Sept. 1755; Anna,
born 11th May 1759 (marr. 29th Jan.
1779, Robert Henderson, surgeon, Coupar-
Angus); Elizabeth (twin), born 11th May
1759 ; Alexander, born 2nd May 1771.
1785
JAMES PLAYFAIR, bapt. 3rd May
1752, eldest son of Charles P. in
Couthie and Catherine Henderson ;
licen. by Presb. of Meigle 6th Aug. 1777 ;
assistant at Glamis ; ord. by Presb. deputy
chaplain of Royal Glasgow Volunteers
7th Feb. 1781 ; pres. by George III. 2nd
Dec. 1784; adm. 21st July 1785; died
22nd April 1812. He possessed a large
apiary and made a study of the natural
history of the bee, wrote an account of
his discoveries, which he sent to a London
publisher who, it is said, appropriated it
to his own purposes. He also made an
investigation into the Antiquities of
Stormont. He marr. 24th Dec. 1789,
Grizel (died 16th Dec. 1808), daugh. of
Patrick Duncan, min. of Tibbermore, and
had issue — Katherine, born 12th Dec. 1790,
died in infancy ; Patrick, licentiate, born
6th Oct. 1793; Charles, born 7th June
1795, died in America; James, born 21st
Oct. 1796, died young ; George, farmer,
Parkhead, Blairgowrie, born 26th Oct.
1798, died 22nd Nov. 1871; David(?).
Publication — Account of the Parish (Sin-
clair's Stat. Ace., xix.). — [Four Perthshire
Families, 83.]
JOHN HONEY, M.A., born 1780;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
while a student there he dis-
tinguished himself on 3rd Jan. 1800 by
1815
rescuing the crew of the sloop Jane of
Macduff which had been driven on the
sands and dashed to pieces. For his
gallantry he was presented with a silver
cup by John, Earl of Kellie, and several
merchants of London, and the freedom of
the City of St Andrews was conferred on
him by the magistrates. He was licen.
by Presb. of Forfar 15th Feb. 1804; pres.
by George, Prince Regent, 28th May, and
ord. 24th Sept. 1812 ; died 16th Oct. 1814,
having never wholly recovered from the
effects of his brave exertions. He marr.
20th Sept. 1809, Ann (died at Edinburgh,
3rd Jan. 1831), daugh. of John Adamson,
D.D.,Professorof Civil History, St Andrews,
and had issue — John Adamson, D.D., min.
of Inchture, born 31st Oct. 1810; James,
writer, Perth, born 20th March 1812;
George, writer, Perth, born 20th June 1814.
u THOMAS BARTY, born 1758 ; licen.
by Presb. of Perth 31st March 1784 ;
ord. assistant at Monzie 4th June
1785 ; trans, to Newtyle 15th March 1792 ;
pres. by George, Prince Regent, 2nd Jan.,
trans, and adm. 6th July 1815; died 1st
Aug. 1832. He marr. 19th Oct. 1795,
Agnes (died in Edinburgh, 31st March
1845), fourth daugh. of William Ker
of Dumbarrow, and had issue — Jean,
born 8th Aug. 1796; Patrick, min. of
Ruthven, born 5th Jan. 1798; William,
born 2nd Oct. 1799; Thomas, procurator-
fiscal, Dunblane, born 3rd April 1802 ;
James Strachan, D.D., min. of this parish ;
Margaret Wortley, born 30th Oct. 1806.
JAMES STRACHAN BARTY, born
1829 26tk ^une 1805' son °* Pieceding ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
licen. by Presb. of Meigle 6th Aug. 1828 ;
pres. by George IV. in April ; ord. (assist-
ant and successor) 11th Aug. 1829; app.
clerk to the Synod of Angus and Mearns
13th March 1852 ; D.D. (St Andrews, 13th
March 1852); elected Moderator of the
General Assembly 21st May 1868; died
1st Feb. 1875. He was an expert botanist.
He marr. 19th April 1837, Margaret (died
28th April 1891), daugh. of James Webster
of Balruddery, and had issue— Thomas,
min. of Kirkcolm, born 5th Feb. 1838 ;
meigle]
BENDOCHY— BLAIR GOWRIE
255
1875
James Webster, LL.D., solicitor, Dunblane,
born 1st Nov. 1841, died 23rd May 1915 ;
Agnes Margaret, born 12th Nov. 1843
(marr. John Morrison, merchant, Liver-
pool), resides in Canada ; Jemima (marr.
Ian Colin Campbell) ; Elizabeth. Publica-
tions— Peter Plough's Letters to the Right
Hon. Lord Kinnaird on High Farming
and Free Trade [an answer to Lord Kin-
naird's pamphlet] (Edinburgh, 1850) ; con-
tributions to Blackwood's Magazine and
other periodicals ; Address Delivered at
Close of the General Assembly (Edinburgh,
1868) ; Remarks on the Parochial and
Burgh Schoolmasters Act (Edinburgh,
1862); Account of the Parish {New Stat.
Ace, x.).
' GEOKGE BROWN, born Edinburgh,
6th Feb. 1836, son of James B. and
Mary Graham ; educated at the
Normal School, Edinburgh, and Univ.
there ; licen. by Presb. of St Andrews
30th Sept. 1865. He proceeded to Egypt
to work among the Jews, but was ord. to
Gartmore Chapel 25th Oct. 1866 ; trans,
to Newtyle 29th Sept. 1871 ; trans, to
Second Charge, Montrose, 25th Sept. 1873 ;
trans, and adm. 6th July 1875 ; died 13th
Nov. 1897. He had antiquarian and
historical tastes and collected a large
amount of material for a history of the
parish. He marr. 28th Dec. 1858, Mary
(died 27th July 1909), daugh. of James
Campbell, and had issue — James, min. at
Corrie, born 10th April 1860; George,
born 1st March 1863, died 13th June 1884 ;
Peter, born 29th March 1865, went abroad ;
Campbell Carrasso, born 10th July 1867 ;
Janet Lillie Sophia (twin), born 10th July
1867 ; Archibald Graham, engineer, born
23rd Sept. 1868, died 16th Dec. 1909;
Matilda Margaret Mary, born 28th March
1871 (marr. 14th April 1905, James New-
lands); Eva Jane, born 18th July 1873;
Alexa, hospital nurse, born 5th Aug. 1875,
died 3rd April 1908; Minnie Euphemia,
born 26th April 1878.
ANDREW WYLLIE SMITH, born
Kilconquhar, 11th March 1865, son
of George S. and Elizabeth Rodger ;
educated at Parish School and Univ. of
Edinburgh ; MA. (1887), B.D. (1890) ; licen.
by Presb. of St Andrews 7th May 1890 ;
assistant at St Paul's Church, Perth, Sept.
1890 ; ord. to South Church, Kirriemuir,
29th Nov. 1894 ; trans, and adm. 17th May
1898. Marr. 12th June 1895, Margaret
Spring, elder daugh. of John Gray of
Roeberry, Orkney.
BLAIR GOWRIE.
[The church of Blair in Gowrie belonged
to the Abbey of Scone. There were in
the parish Wells of St Ninian and St
Margaret.]
THOMAS CRUICKSHANK, formerly
ls88 a monk of Scone ; was min. in 1588.
— [Acts and Dec, cxv., 264.]
JOHN ROSS of Magdalens, son of
1603 J°nn R- °f Craigie ; educated at
St Andrews ; M.A. (1599) ; pres. to
parsonage and vicarage by James VI. 25th
Jan. 1603 ; went to attend the Assembly
at Aberdeen 2nd July 1605 but arrived
three days after it had met. Approving
of its proceedings he was summoned
before the Privy Council 3rd Oct., and
confined to the Castle of Stirling, but
was liberated soon after. Was still min.
29th Jan. 1643. He marr. Jean, daugh.
of William Shaw of Pitmurthlie, and had
issue — John, min. of Lethendy.— [P.C.Peg.,
vii. 674, ix. 132, 141; Bamff Charters,
168; Perth Sas. Sec. Peg., iv. 383, 404,
v. 503; Sas. x., 263, 29th Jan. 1643;
MelvilPs Autob., 598, 616; G. R. Sas.,
xvii., 279.]
JOHN RAMSAY, M.A. (St Andrews
1649 1634) ; adm. before 19th April 1649 ;
died Oct. 1663, aged about 49. He
marr. Feb. 1651, Helen, daugh. of Alex-
ander Symmer, merchant burgess, Dundee,
who survived him, and had issue — Alex-
ander, min. ; John, M.D., Dundee ; David ;
James.— [Inq. Ret. Gen., 4765, 6677, 6974,
6975 ; Perth Inhib., xiv., 2 ; G. R. Lnhib.,
30th Nov. 1660.]
256
BLAIR GOWRIE
[PRESB. OF
1664
v THOMAS BLAIR, M.A. ; had a testi-
monial for ordination 26th Jan.,
adm. 23rd March, and coll. by James,
Archbishop of St Andrews, 18th April
1664 ; inst. 4th Jan. 1665 ; trans, to Ben-
dochy before 13th Aug. 1688.
GILBERT BLAIR, second son of John
1688 -^" °^ Balude ; pres. by James VII.
25th May, and adm. after 12th
Aug. 1688 ; deprived by the Privy Council
10th Oct. 1689, for not reading the Pro-
clamation of the Estates, etc. ; was still
min. 17th April 1701 and alive 27th Nov.
1731. — [Douglas's Baronage, 191.]
WILLIAM STEWART, M.A. ; called
1702 5th Aug. 1701 ; ord. 3rd Feb. 1702 ;
trans, to Second Charge, Perth, 4th
July 1721.
JAMES LYON, born 1694, son of George
1723 k- of Wester Ogil and Jean Nisbet;
educated at Forfar Academy and
Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of
Meigle 9th Nov. 1720; called 14th Aug.
1722; ord. 4th Sept. 1723; died 22nd
Dec. 1768. He marr. 18th Nov. 1724,
Alison (died 16th March 1749), daugh. of
George Gillespie, min. of Strathmiglo, and
had issue — George, min. of Strathmiglo ;
Gabriel, born 2nd June 1730, died 5th
Feb. 1757 ; Katherine, born 31st Dec. 1731;
Robert, born 17th Jan. 1735 ; Barbara,
born 28th July 1744 (marr. 27th April
1768, David Walker, merchant, Strath-
miglo).— [Lyons of Cossins, 60.]
WILLIAM DOW, M.A. (St Andrews
17fi9 1755) ; called 5th Jan., and ord. 20th
April 1769; died 13th May 1786.
He marr. 28th Nov. 1771, Mary (died
21st May 1790), eldest daugh. of Patrick
Duncan, min. of Tibbermore, and had issue
—Ann, born 25th Nov. 1772, died 13th
March 1779 ; Andrew, born 28th April 1774,
died 16th March 1779 ; Patrick, born 14th
June, died 17th Sept. 1776 ; Robert, born
6th May 1778 ; William, born 17th April
1780; Grace, born 20th July 1782 (marr.
David Harris, min. of Fern); John, born
24th July 1784.
JAMES JOHNSTON, born 1759 ; licen.
1787 by Presb. of Perth 29th March 1786 ;
pres. by Thomas Graham of Bal-
gowan Oct. 1786; ord. 26th April 1787;
died 12th Oct. 1836. He marr. (1) 4th
Sept. 1788, Jean Craigie, who died 24th
Feb. 1795, aged 28, and had issue — Thomas,
born 19th Feb., and died 21st June 1790;
Jane Smyth, born 21st May 1791 (marr.
28th May 1813, William Bell, agent of
the Perth Bank at Coupar-Angus) ; James,
born 14th June, and died 5th Oct. 1793 ;
a daugh., born 12th Feb., and died 10th
April 1795 : (2) 5th Dec. 1809, Margaret
Imlach (died 7th April 1844), widow of
John Anderson, min. of Third Charge,
Dundee. Publication — Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xvii.). —
[Tombst.]
ROBERT MACDONALD, born Perth,
183„ 1813, son of Alexander M., wine
merchant, and Charlotte Macfarlane;
educated at Univs. of St Andrews and
Edinburgh; licen. by Presb. of Perth 8th
June 1836 ; pres. by Mrs Oliphant of Gask
and Ardblair in Feb., and ord. 15th June
1837. Joined the Free Church in 1843;
min. of Blairgowrie Free Church, 1843-57 ;
trans, to Free Church, North Leith, 12th
March 1857; D.D. (St Andrews, 12th
Feb. 1870); elected Moderator of General
Assembly of Free Church 25th May 1882 ;
died 21st Aug. 1893. He marr. 4th June
1840, Catherine Malcolm, who died 18th
Feb. 1880, aged 75, and had issue — Jessy
Dingwall Fordyce (marr. 1866, Sir Thomas
Grainger Stewart, M.D., LL.D., Edin-
burgh), died 10th June 1921 ; Charlotte
Jane (marr. Robert Macdonald, S.S.C.,
Edinburgh) ; and others. Publications — A
Word to Everyone : being the Message-
bearer ; A Dark Night at Hand (Dundee,
1843); Tests for the Times (Dundee, 1845) ;
Lessons for the Present from the Records of
the Past (Edinburgh, 1848) ; Preface to
M'Cheyne's " Expositions of the Epistles to
the Seven Churches of Asia " ; From Day
to Day, a volume of Daily Readings ;
Antiquity and Perpetuity of the Sabbath
(Stirling, 1856) ; Anniversary Sermon
(Glasgow, 1865).
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BLAIR GOWRIE— ST MARY'S
257
AKCHIBALD OCHILTREE GEEIG;
18is M.A. (1827); ord. at Aberdour, Fife,
5th Nov. 1834; adm. to Brown Street
Chapel, Blairgowrie, 23rd Oct. 1839 ; trans,
and adm. 4th Aug. 1843; died 3rd Oct.
1854. He marr. (1) 13th Jan. 1835, Elvia
MacBeath, and had issue — John MacBeath,
born 3rd Aug. 1840; Alexander, born 4th
Jan. 1844 ; Archibald Ochiltree, born 6th
Oct. 1845 : (2) 14th Sept. 1852, Christina
(died 22nd March 1899), daugh. of Andrew
Park and widow of George S. Carstairs,
Edinburgh.
WILLIAM FRASEB, born Forgue,
1SES 1821, son of William F., supervisor
Inland Revenue, Forgue and Paisley,
and Ann Bruce ; educated at Grammar
School, Paisley, and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (1845) ; was locum tenens in the
Chair of Moral Philosophy, Univ. of
Aberdeen, in 1845 ; licen. by Presb. of
Perth in 1846 ; assistant at St Enoch's,
Glasgow, Old Machar, and St Ninians,
Stirling; ord. 18th Feb. 1853; died 24th
Feb. 1881. He marr. 17th Sept. 1861,
Margaret (died 5th Aug. 1897), daugh.
of Alexander MacCosh, merchant, and
Margaret Cattanach, and had issue —
Margaret Jessie, born 5th Nov. 1862, died
27th Feb. 1870; Annie Bruce, bom 11th
April 1864; William Alexander, born 3rd
Oct. 1868 ; Charles James Shaw, born 1874.
ROBERT KEMP, born Falkirk, 6th
1S81 May 1856, son of William Strath-
kinny K., LL.D., classical master,
High School, Glasgow, and Clementina
Neilson; educated at High School (Dux)
and Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1876) ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow 9th June 1880;
assistant at Lamlash, Arran, and Hillhead
Parish, Glasgow; ord. 22nd Sept. 1881;
died suddenly 21st June 1915. He marr.
(1) 11th Jan. 1882, Jane Boyce (died 8th
April 1885), daugh. of Francis B. Lecky,
and had issue — Marjorie Boyce, born 12th
March 1885 : (2) 8th July 1896, Madge
Laird, daugh. of James Rutherford, Kirk-
leatham. Publications — The Praise and
Blame of Love, with other Verse [in col-
laboration with John Wellwood, min. of
Drainie] (Glasgow, 1882, 2nd ed. 1885);
VOL. V.
Order of Prayer for Children (Blairgowrie,
1904) ; Poems [Memoir (portrait) by Sir
John Herkless, D.D., LL.D.], and Note
by M. Roy Ridley (Oxford, 1920).
JOSEPH EDWARD RICHER, born
1916 West HartleP°ol> 13tn Dec- 1870>
son of James R. and Mary Ann
Armstrong; educated at Skelton, York-
shire, Congregational College, Bradford ;
M.A. (1902) ; min. of Congregational
Church ; adm. by General Assembly as
a licentiate in 1915 ; assistant at St
Margaret's, Edinburgh, and St Mungo's,
Glasgow; ord. 6th Jan. 1916; B.D. (Edin-
burgh, 1918). Marr. 9th June 1900, Isobel,
daugh. of A. L. Fenton, and has issue —
Isabella Mary, born 30th Dec. 1902;
Margaret Colling, born 13th April 1905.
ST MARY'S (Q.S.), foemeely
BROWN STREET CHAPEL.
[St Mary's Parish was disjoined from
Blairgowrie on 14th July 1879. The present
church was opened 30th Aug. 1885.]
ARCHIBALD OCHILTREE GREIG,
x MA. ; app. 23rd Oct. 1839 ; trans, to
Blairgowrie 4th Aug. 1843.
[Vacant 1843-70.]
ALEXANDER STEWART WILLI-
ls7o SON ; elected Nov. 1870 ; dem. Sept.
1876 ; ord. to Saline 10th Oct. 1877.
ROBERT DAVIDSON HUTCHISON,
18W elected 23rd April, and ord. 21st May
1877; trans, to Persie 16th July 1878.
ROBERT STEWART, born Kilspindie,
. „8 2nd Aug. 1854, son of James S.
and Ann Baxter ; educated at High
School of Dundee and Univ. of St
Andrews; licen. by Presb. of Perth in
1877 ; assistant at St George's-in-the-
Fields, Glasgow; elected 27th Aug., and
ord. 29th Oct. 1878 ; first min. of the parish
14th July 1879. Marr. 15th Jan. 1883,
Jessie Jane, daugh. of Dr Robert Lunan,
Blairgowrie, and Mary Robertson, and has
issue— James, born 18th Oct. 1885.— [Mac-
donald's Blairgowrie, 96, 226.]
R
258
COUPAR-ANGUS
[PEESB. OF
COUPAR-ANGUS.
[The church of Coupar in Angus formed
a prebend belonging to the Archdeacon of
Dunkeld. In this parish stood St Mary's
Cistercian Abbey of Coupar, founded in
1164 by King Malcolm IV. Though a
building of much fame, and a great resort
of pilgrims, there now survive only very
scanty ruins. In the gateway of the Abbey
there was a chapel of St Katherine. A
fair was held at Coupar-Angus on the
Thursday in Holy Week.]
HENKY GUTHKIE, min. of Bendochy .;
1611 had charge here about 1611.
DAVID LEITCH, min. 26th Aug. 1622.
1622 — [G. S. Sas., xi., 185.]
ROBERT LINDSAY, MA. (St Andrews
29th July 1611) ; was on the Exercise
at Perth 12th April 1620; became
schoolmaster of this parish before Jan.
1625; probably adm. min. that year; was
killed when the town was burned by
Alister MacDonald alias Colla Ciotach,
April 1645, aged about 54. He marr.
Margaret Rhynd, who survived him, and had
an Act of Assembly passed in her favour,
6th June 1646, recommending her to the
charity of the congregations of the Church.
—[Acts of Pari., vi., pt. ii., 468, 602a.]
GEORGE HALIBTJRTON, MA. ; adm.
1648 before 10th Oct. 1648 ; suspended
before 15th Sept. 1650 ; reponed
Nov. 1652; D.D. (1673); consecrated
Bishop of Brechin, 13th June 1678, retain-
ing the parochial cure till apparently
1682 when he was app. Bishop of Aber-
deen (q.v.).
GEORGE HAY, probably son of George
1682 ^" °^ ^auSnton J adm. to Balmerino
before 22nd Sept. 1678 ; pres. by John,
Master of Balmerino ; coll. 27th Oct., trans,
and adm. 26th Nov. 1682; deprived by
Privy Council, 2nd Aug.1698, for not taking
the oaths to William and Mary, etc. He
marr. Margaret Haliburton, and had issue
— William ; George ; James; George; Jean;
Anna ; Margaret ; a daugh., buried Nov.
1699.
THOMAS MITCHELL, M.A. ; called
16g9 22nd Aug., and ord. 17th Oct. 1699 ;
trans, to Longforgan 28th May 1702.
THOMAS OGLLVIE, eldest son of
170„ Thomas O. of Turfaudry ; educated
at Marischal College, Aberdeen ;
passed trials and preached in the Presb.
of Forfar though not licen. by any
bishop ; licen. by the United Presb. of
Angus and Mearns 14th Feb. 1695 ; ord.
to Strathmartine 3rd May 1697 ; called by
the Presb. jure devoluto 3rd Feb., trans,
and adm. 18th May 1703 ; died 22nd May
1741. He marr. Elizabeth (died 15th Feb.
1759), daugh. of Henry Smith of Glass-
wall, and had issue — Henry, min. of
Lunan ; Elizabeth (marr. (1) John Dunbar,
min. of Menmuir : (2) ,Thomas Ogilvie
of Coul); Isobel (marr. Geikie). —
[Douglas's Baronage, 544.]
THOMAS SPANKIE, born 1711;
7 M.A. ; app. teacher in George
Heriot's Hospital, Edinburgh, 5th
May 1731 ; became chaplain in the family
of Vere of Stonebyres ; licen. by Presb.
of Lanark 21st Sept. 1737 ; pres. by John,
Lord Balmerino, Sept. 1741 ; ord. 10th
March 1742 ; dep. by the Presb. for his
irregular marriage, dissimulation, etc., but
sentence being reversed hy the Synod 29th
Oct. that year, he was solemnly rebuked
at the bar ; died 3rd May 1778. He marr.
30th Dec. 1736, Margaret Inglis, who died
11th Sept. 1782, and had issue — Rachel,
born 4th Feb. 1739; Thomas, born 26th
Jan. 1743; Ann, born 8th April 1744,
died 10th April 1745; George, born 6th
Dec. 1745, died 22nd March 1746; Isobel,
born 19th Jan. 1747 (marr. 6th Nov. 1770,
Robert Young, farmer in Wester Denhead) ;
Margaret, born 15th Nov., and died 25th
Dec. 1750.
1779
CHARLES KEAY, born 10th Feb.
1740, second son of James K. of
Snaigow ; licen. by Presb. of Dunkeld
2nd Oct. 1764; ord. to Old Deer 14th
Dec. 1769 ; pres. by George III. 13th June
1778 ; trans, and adm. 18th May 1779 ;
died unmarr. 9th April 1807.
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COUPA R- ANGUS— EASSIE AND NEVAY
259
1807
JOHN HALKETT, born 1770; edu-
cated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
MA. (1789); tutor in the family
of George Douglas of Cavers ; licen. by
Presb. of Jedburgh 3rd Aug. 1803; pres.
by George III. 7th Aug., and ord. 25th
Sept. 1807 ; died 21st April 1828. He suc-
ceeded to the estate of Balendoch. He
marr. 20th Dec. 1811, Grace (died at
Balendoch, Perthshire, 25th Nov. 1867),
second daugh. of Charles Hay of Beechhill
and Balendoch, and had issue — James, in
colonial service, Hong Kong, born 5th Jan.
1813, died 8th Nov.. 1846; Charles Hay,
born 26th April 1819; John Gilbert of
Balendoch, born 27th March 1825 ; David
Henderson in Blairgowrie, born 6th Sept.
1827.
PATEICK JAMES STEVENSON, born
1802, son of Patrick S. of the City
Chambers, Edinburgh ; educated at
Univ. there ; licen. by Presb. of Cupar
12th July 1825 ; pres. by George IV. 18th
June, and ord. 26th Sept. 1828; D.D.
(St Andrews, Dec. 1857); sometime clerk
of Presb. ; died 29th Oct. 1880. He marr.
14th Feb. 1834, Margaret Emily (died 12th
March 1895), daugh. of John Peter, Kirk-
land, Fife, and had issue — Patrick, min. of
Inverarity, born 24th July 1835 ; John,
L.L.D., min. of Glamis, born 17th July
1836 ; Janet Euphemia, born 17th Sept.
1839 (marr. David Bett, agent of the Union
Bank, Coupar- Angus); Alexander Brunton,
born 16th June 1842, died at sea 26th
May 1873. Publication — Account of the
Parish (New Stat. Ace, x.).
FINLAY BOBEET MACDONALD,
born Canada, 13th Oct. 1843 ; was one
1881 of a number of students brought to
this country by the Colonial Committee with
a view to licence for service in the Dominion,
but who preferred to labour at home ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by Presb.
of Ayr 1st July 1865 ; assistant at the Barony,
Glasgow ; ord. to Martyrs' Parish, Paisley,
25th Sept. 1874 ; trans, and adm. 18th Aug.
1881 ; died 22nd Nov. 1901. He marr. 4th
July 1870, Agnes Jaffray Marshall, born
12th March 1840, died 1st May 1919.
1902
CHAELES STEWAET, born Lochee,
12th May 1868, son of William S.,
architect, and Agnes Myles ; edu-
cated at Dundee and Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (1888), B.D. (1891) ; licen. by Presb.
of Dundee in 1891 ; assistant at Greyfriars',
Dumfries ; ord. to Tannadice 19th April
1895 ; trans, and adm. 12th June 1902.
Marr. 24th Sept. 1895, Edith Susan, daugh.
of William Smith Kerr, M.D., Dumfries,
and Mary Elizabeth Murray, and has issue
— Charles, born 11th July 1898 ; John Kerr,
born 15th June 1900; Elizabeth Murray,
born 5th Sept. 1903.
EASSIE AND NEVAY.
[These parishes were united on 21st
March 1600.
Eassie. — The ancient church of Eassie,
now roofless and somewhat ruined, was
dedicated to St Fergus.
Nevay. — The old church of Nevay, now
roofless, was dedicated to St Nevydd.]
WDLLIAM PITTILLOCH, reader 1576
1S76 to 1591.
■ DAVID BKOWN, trans, from Nevay
1599 w^n that parish also in charge ;
trans, to Glamis in 1601.
GEOEGE SYMMEE, pres. by James
Crichton of Euthven to parsonage
and vicarage in 1603 ; adm. to same
by the Presb. 4th Feb. 1606; trans, to
Kilspindie in 1615.
v WILLIAM BLAIE, M.A. (St Andrews,
29th July 1611); adm. in 1616;
died probably unmarr., 2nd Feb.
1617, aged about 26.— [St Andrews Tests.]
DAVID BEOWN, M.A. ; adm. after
7th Oct. 1617 ; trans, to Longforgan
1617
in 1635.
[WILLIAM MUEEAY, formerly of
Crail; called parson and vicar 10th Dec.
1633.]
EOBEET CEICHTON, M.A. (St An-
1637 drews 1625) ; adm. before 14th Oct.
1637 ; died between 28th March and
1st Aug. 1665, aged about 60.
260
EASSIE AND NEVAY
[PEESB. OF
SILVESTEK LAMMIE, son of Silvester
lee5 L., rain, of Glamis ; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (27th
July 1661) ; passed trials before the Presb.
and was recommended for licence 29th
Nov. 1664, and for ordination 12th Sept.,
and adm. 22nd Sept. 1665 ; deprived by
the Privy Council for nonjurancy 5th Dec.
1695. He withdrew the congregation from
the church and preached in the manse 17th
April 1701 ; died before 28th April 1713.
He marr. Margaret Melvill, who survived
him, and had issue — John, D.D., min. at
Staines, Middlesex; Silvester, M.D., Mon-
trose ; Helen (marr. Lieut. -Colonel John
Lammie of Colonel Cunningham's Regi-
ment).— \_Edin. Tests. ; Services of Heirs.]
1702
ADAM DAVIDSON, born 1679 ; M.A.
(Edinburgh, 28th June 1697) ; licen.
by Presb. of Jedburgh 7th Dec. 1698;
called by Presb. jure devoluto 27th Aug.
1701; again 16th Sept., and ord. 30th
Dec. 1702 ; died 20th Oct. 1720. He marr.
23rd Jan. 1710, Agnes Slows, widow of
Alexander Thomson, burgess of Edinburgh ;
she survived him, and marr. James Paton,
min. of Carrington. — [Tombst.]
1721
ALEXANDER FINLAYSON, born
1692; licen. by Presb. of Stirling
13th April 1719; called by Presb.
jure devoluto 7th June, and ord. 23rd Aug.
1721; died 12th Sept. 1731. He marr.
■ Finlayson, who died 23rd Nov. 1773,
and had issue — Margaret (marr., pro. 11th
July 1762, George Brown, • farmer, Gorgie
Mill, Edinburgh). — [Macfarlane's Geog.
Coll., i., 277; TombsQ
DAVID MAXWELL, M.A.; pres. by
Sir William Nairn of Dunsinnan
March 1732; ord. (by a Committee
of the Commission of Assembly) 22nd April
1733 ; trans, to Strathmartine 14th Nov.
1751.
JAMES OGILVY, bapt. 13th Oct. 1727,
„ son of George O., min. of Kirrie-
muir; licen. by Presb. of Forfar
12th Sept. 1750; ord. 30th June 1752;
died 20th June 1802. He marr. 12th Aug.
1752, Susan (died at Edinburgh, 15th Feb.
1814), daugh. of Sir George Ogilvie of
Barras, Bart., and had issue — George, born
24th March 1757; Anna, born 14th Aug.
1758 ; David, born 3rd Oct. 1761, died 21st
May 1762 ; William of Westhall, born 30th
Aug. 1763 ; James, born 4th June 1765.
JAMES MILLER, pres. by the Hon.
James Stuart Mackenzie of Belmont ;
ord. 3rd April 1803 ; trans, to Monikie
26th Sept. 1827.
1803
JAMES FLOWERDEW, pres. by
1828 James Archibald, Lord Wharncliffe ;
ord. 17th April 1828; trans, to
Fordoun 22nd Feb. 1844.
DAVID LINDSAY, born Murroes, 19th
1844 ^ay 1807, son of Alexander L. and
Jane Steven ; educated at Parish
School, Murroes, and Univ. of St Andrews ;
licen. by Presb. of Dundee 6th April 1831 ;
became schoolmaster at Inverarity and
assistant at Dunnichen ; ord. 9th May
1844; died 19th May 1877. He marr.
19th Nov. 1844, Janet (died 17th Dec.
1889), daugh. of Andrew Gow, and had
issue — Janet Scott, born 22nd Feb. 1846,
died at Edinburgh, 24th March 1918 ;
Jane Ann, born 17th Sept. 1847, died 15th
Oct. 1854 ; Barbara Bruce, born 18th May
1850, died 5th Nov. 1854; Marion Eliza
Lowden, born 21st Sept. 1851, died 11th
April 1867 ; David, born 13th June 1853 ;
Andrew Gow, born 13th March 1855;
Alexander, born 19th May 1857; John
Laurence Gow, born 21st May 1859
Robert Archibald, born 28th May 1861
James Ainsworth, born 31st Jan. 1863
Frederick, born 1st Feb., and died 12th
Nov. 1868.
NATHANIEL ANDERSON LAW,
18,— born Insch, 24th May 1852, son of
John L. and Elspeth Stewart ; edu-
cated at Insch School, Grammar School,
and Univ. of Aberdeen; M.A. (1873);
licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen July 1875;
missionary at Dowally ; assistant at St
Mark's, Dundee, and Udny ; ord. 21st Nov.
1877 ; died 14th Feb. 1888. He marr. 9th
Feb. 1882, Jessie, daugh. of James I.
Gillespie and Janet Halliday (she marr.
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261
(2) 12th Oct. 1897, W. K. Bryce), and had
issue — John, born 13th Dec. 1883, died 2nd
May 1890 ; James Gillespie, born 5th June
1886, died 23rd Jan. 1888.
THOMAS BAYLEY M'COEKIN-
1888 DALE, born Orkney, 30th May
1862, son of D. L. M., Congregational
min. at Harray, Sandwick, and Forfar, and
Elizabeth Smith ; educated at Forfar
Academy and Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A.
(1883) ; licen. by Presb. of Forfar in 1886 ;
assistant at Dalziel ; ord. 27th July 1888 ;
res. 19th Dec. 1900 on appointment to
Bonnington, Edinburgh ; trans, to Knox-
land 12th Dec. 1907; res. 4th June 1910
and went to Canada ; min. at Deseronto,
Presb. of Kingston, in 1924. Marr. 18th
June 1889, Margaret, youngest daugh. of
William Menzies, M.D., Edinburgh, and
has issue — William Menzies, born 10th
June 1891 ; Jean Gladys, born 15th April
1892; Margaret Ingram, born 1st Sept.
1895.
ALEXANDEE WADDELL, born
1901 New Monkland> 25tn Feb. 1867, son
of George W., farmer, and Margaret
Gillespie ; educated at Airdrie Academy,
High School, and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Hamilton June 1893 ; mission-
ary at Limerigg, Slamannan ; ord. to
Invergowrie Chapel 16th Nov. 1899 ;
trans, and adm. 6th May 1901. Marr.
5th Aug. 1909, Effie, daugh. of George
Anton and Annie Nicoll, and has issue
— Douglas Gillespie, born 15th April 1911 ;
Alexander Nicoll Anton, born 8th Nov.
1913.
NEVAY.
AECHIBALD EESKINE, reader, Nov.
1567 1567.
MATTHEW MONCUE, reader
1568 1568 to 1579.
THOMAS MONCUR, reader in
1585 1585.
- DAVID BEOWN, min. in 1590; re-
moved to Eassie between 1597 and
1590
1599.
GLENISLA.
[The church of Glenisla was dedicated to
St Mary, and near it was Our Lady's Well.
Glenisla was a prebend of Brechin.]
WILLIAM MACKIE, reader in
1567 1567 to 1591.
WILLIAM FOEBES, M.A. (St Andrews
160_ 1587) ; pres. to vicarage of Kingold-
rum 28th Dec. 1587, and to vicarage
of Lintrathen 19th Aug. 1603; trans, and
adm. before 17th Feb. 1606, when he had a
manse and glebe assigned him ; still min.
13th May 1613.— [G. R. Inhib., xxi., 105.]
GEOEGE HALIBUETON, M.A. (St
lelg Andrews 1607); adm. about 1615;
was a member of Assembly in 1638
and 1639 ; still min. Sept. 1642. He marr.
Janet Ogilvy, and had issue — George,
Bishop of Dunkeld ; William. — [Perth Sas.,
30th Nov. 1643, ccv., 193.]
WILLIAM EATTEAY, M.A. ; adm.
before 5th Jan. 1649 ; trans, to
Cargill between 10th March and
13th April 1652.
DAVID NEVAY, M.A. (St Andrews
1659 1644); adm. before 15th Oct. 1659;
still min. Nov. 1686. He marr. 24th
March 1670, Catherine Eattray, and had
issue — Isobel (marr. David Farquharson
of Pitlochrie) ; Margaret (marr. James
Farquharson). — [Burke's Commoners, iii. ;
Broughdearg MS.]
ALLAN M'LENNAN (probably assist-
ant); died before 23rd July 1668;
his escheat was given to Donald
M'Lennan, min. of Fearn.
JOHN NEVAY, adm. before 15th
1687 March 1687 ; died subsequent to the
Eevolution.
WILLIAM CHAPMAN.licen. by United
i7oo Presb-of Angus and Mearns 14th July
1698 ; called by Presb. jure devoluto
7th Sept. 1699; ord. in 1700; died in
1717. He marr. and had issue — Jean
(marr. 13th May 1733, John Auld, merchant,
Edinburgh); Margaret (marr. 18th April
262
GLENISLA
[PRESB. OF
1742, William Oliphant, merchant, Edin-
burgh).
JAMES FLEMING, M.A. (St Andrews,
1719 31st May 1711) ; licen. by Presb. of
Cupar 23rd Dec. 1718; called by
Presb. jure devoluto 29th April, and ord.
14th May 1719 ; died 4th Sept. 1723, aged
about 32. — [Brechin Tests.~\
JAMES MITCHELL, licen. by Presb. of
Dunkeld 26th July 1720; called 1st
Sept. 1725 ; ord. 17th March 1726 ;
dem. Oct. 1737; dep. 17th April 1740
for his scandalous and immoral life ; died
April 1742. He marr. July 1727, Elizabeth
Reid, who died 25th Jan. 1769.— [Dunkeld
Tests.]
WILLIAM ARTHUR, M.A. (St
Andrews, 3rd May 1727); became
schoolmaster of Meigle ; licen. by
Presb. of Meigle 11th Feb. 1736; pres. by
John, Lord Balmerino, 11th Aug. 1740;
ord. 11th March 1741; died 26th May
1757, aged about 50. He marr. 30th Dec.
1741, Agnes Ferrier, who died at Dundee
21st June 1794, and had issue — Alexander,
born 15th March 1743 ; Agnes, born 27th
March 1744 (marr. George Johnstone, min.
of Monikie) ; William, born 17th Jan.
1746 ; George, born 5th Jan. 1748 ;
Christian, born 18th Sept. 1749, died 11th
Jan. 1750 ; John, born 6th Feb. 1751 ;
Janet, born 26 th July 1753, died 9th May
1754.
ANDREW HUTTON, M.A. ; pres. by
„ „ George II. 16th Aug., and ord.
24th Nov. 1757 ; trans, to Cults
28th Oct. 1762.
THOMAS MASSON, M.A. ; pres. by
George III. 31st Dec. 1762; ord.
11th May 1763 ; trans, to Dunnichen
31st July 1788.
1795
1763
JAMES GO WANS, M.A.; pres. by
1789 George III. 1st Sept. 1788 ; ord. 7th
May 1789; trans, to Lunan 22nd
April 1790.
JAMES DONALD, M.A. (King's
College, Aberdeen, 1772); licen. by
Presb. of Brechin 7th May 1777;
pres. by George III. 7th Sept. 1789 ; ord.
25th Nov. 1790 ; died 4th Sept. 1794, aged
about 42. He marr. 11th March 1791,
Elizabeth Ogilvie. Publication — Account
of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, vi.).
WILLIAM HALDANE, pres. by
George III. 20th Feb. and by the
Presb. jure devoluto 1st April, and
ord. 7th May 1795; trans, to Kingoldrum
12th May 1803.
GEORGE ADDISON, pres. by George
III. 4th June, and ord. 22nd Sept.
1803 1803; trans, to Auchterhouse 11th
Oct. 1804.
ALEXANDER PEAT, born Fordoun
about 1760; educated at King's
1805 College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1780);
licen. by Presb. there 4th Oct. 1786;
assistant at Kirriemuir; pres. by George
III. 22nd Nov. 1804 ; ord. 9th May 1805 :
died unmarr. 30th April 1806. Publica-
tion—Edited the Rev. George Ogilvy's
History (Dundee, 1801).— [Reid's Kirrie-
muir, 72, 154.]
ANDREW BURNS, born 1774; licen.
by Presb. of Dunkeld 3rd April 1798 ;
1806 pres. by George III. 25th June, and
ord. 25th Sept. 1806; died 1st March
1823.
JAMES MARTIN, M.A.; pres. by
George IV. 8th April, and ord. 18th
1823 Sept. 1823; dem. on appointment
to Stockbridge Chapel-of-Ease, Edinburgh,
2nd April 1828.
JAMES WATT, pres. by George IV.
26th May, and ord. 4th Sept. 1828 ;
1828 trans, to Cortachy and Clova 16th
Nov. 1848.
GEORGE GIBB, born 1794, son of
Robert G., brewer, and Agnes
1849 Boswell ; ord. by Presb. of Chirnside
to Presbyterian Congregation at Thropton,
Northumberland, 1st July 1828 ; pres. by
Queen Victoria 29th Dec. 1848; trans,
and adm. 11th May 1849 amid much opposi-
tion, which led to the formation of a Free
Church congregation ; died 23rd May 1859.
He marr. (1) 9th Nov. 1825, Helen (died 8th
Aug. 1830), daugh. of Thomas Rae, Pallins-
meigle]
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263
burn Cottage, Ford, Northumberland, and
had issue — Margaret Eae, born 28th Nov.
1826 (marr. William Goldie Boag, min. of
Delting); Agnes, born 5th Aug. 1828;
Thomas, born 20th July 1830: (2) 13th
Aug. 1846, Eliza Collins (died 27th April
1855), eldest daugh. of Captain William
Sword, Leith, and had issue — George
Robert, born 5th Dec. 1847 ; Christina
Bayne, born 7th Dec. 1850 ; Mary, born
8th April 1853; Eliza Collins, born 31st
Oct. 1854 (marr. 26th May 1884, Edward
North, Hawick).
PETER CAMERON, born 1829, son of
185_ Peter O, farmer, and Margaret
Robertson ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Dunkeld ;
ord. to Chapelshade in 1854 ; pres. by
Queen Victoria 2nd July, trans, and adm.
8th Sept. 1859; died unmarr. 23rd Oct.
1865.
JAMES FLEMING, M.A. ; trans, from
Stanley Chapel ; pres. by Queen
Victoria 22nd Dec. 1865 ; adm. 12th
April 1866 ; trans, to Kettins 17th July 1868.
NEIL M'BRIDE, born 1829, son of
Matthew M., innkeeper, Arran ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow; licen.
by Presb. of Kintyre in 1866 ; assistant at
Bothwell, St Giles', Edinburgh, and St
Mary's, Edinburgh ; pres. by Queen Victoria
15th Oct. 1868; ord. 14th Jan. 1869; res.
5th Oct. 1904 ; retired to Arran, where he
died unmarried 18th Feb. 1913.
JOHN YUILL WALKER, o'rd. 10th
lgo5 Feb. 1905 ; trans, to Pathhead 17th
May 1909.
MALCOLM SHENNAN, educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
there in 1907 ; ord. 25th Aug. 1909 ;
trans, to Stepps 18th June 1913.
WILFRID JAMES LEWIS, born
Saintfield, Co. Down, 10th Sept.
1874, son of James L. and Annie
Preistly; educated at Cookstown Academy,
Trinity College, Dublin, B.A. (1908), and
Univ. of Belfast, B.D. (1913); licen. by
Presb. of Tyrone in 1898; assistant at
- Rubislaw, Aberdeen ; ord. to Rockcorry
1866
1869
1909
1913
in 1904 ; trans, to Presbyterian Congrega-
tion, Islington, London, 1907; adm. by
the General Assembly May 1911; ind. to
this charge 17th Sept. 1913. Marr. 20th
Aug. 1906, Erna, daugh. of Franz and
Marie Peile, and has issue — Annie Maria,
born 26th Oct. 1907 ; Erna Agatha Alex-
ander, born 18th July 1909 ; Ronald Wilfrid
James, born 15th Oct. 1913; Francis Edgar
Ian, born 11th May 1915.
KETTINS.
[The church of Kettins was dedicated
to St Bride, and near it was St Bride's
Well. The church belonged to the ministry
of the Red Friars at Peebles. In early
times there was in the Cross Kirk a Celtic
monastery at Kettins. The church bell is
one of the oldest still in use and bears the
date 1519.]
JAMES JAMESON, reader from 1567
1567 to 1589.
JAMES ANDERSON, min. of Bendochy
and Kettins Nov. 1569 ; trans, to
Stirling 2nd Dec. 1582 ; was a
member of Assembly April and Oct.
1583, May 1586, June 1587, and Aug. 1588,
1590, and 1602 ; trans, and adm. 1590 ; died
31st Jan. 1603. He marr. Agnes Haly-
burton, who survived him, and had issue —
Henry, burgess of Perth. Publication —
Ane Godly Treatise, called the First and
Second Coming of Christ, with the Tone of
the Winter Night : shewing briefly our
native Blindness, wherein we were misled
by Popery, and the clear Light of the
Gospel now manifested in our Days to
the Glory of God, and the Comfort of all
them that hope for Salvation (in verse)
(Edinburgh, 1595 ; reprinted Edinburgh,
1851). — \Edin. Tests. ; Bonar's Introduction
( Winter Night).]
COLIN CAMPBELL, M.A. ; adm.
about 1605 ; trans, to Dundee in
1617.
JAMES AUCHENLECK, M.A.; adm. in
1618; dep. by Assembly's Committee
for Visitation Sept. 1649; adm. to
Auchterhouse 30th July 1656.
1590
1605
1618
264
KETTINS
[PKESB. OF
1650
DAVID PATON, born Dundee about
1624 ; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen ; M. A. (1644) ; adm. to
Kemback 11th July 1648; trans, and adm.
9th Aug. 1650; died April 1692. He
bequeathed to the poor £70 and fourteen
rix-dollars. He man. Christian Brown,
who died Sept. 1679, and had issue —
John; James, min. of the parish; David;
Christian; Agnes; Grissel; Margaret (marr.
Alexander Bruce, merchant, Dundee) ;
Eupham (marr. John Haliburton of The
Fodderance). — [St Andrews Tests.; Lamont's
Diary, 19 ; Inq. Ret. Gen., 7589, 7590.]
1680
JAMES PATON of Scotston, bapt. 27th
March 1655, son of preceding ; edu-
cated at St Andrews Univ. ; M.A.
(23rd July 1674) ; had testimonial for
licence 1st, and pres. by Charles II. 12th
June, got certificate for ordination 14th
Sept., and adm. (colleague) 29th Oct.
1680; was taken prisoner in 1716 by his
cousin, George Duncan, one of the lieu-
tenants of the shire, and on his advice
refrained from preaching ; died between
the beginning of 1730 and 12th April
1739. He bequeathed £1000 in name of
his daughter Anna for educating girls at
the schools of Dundee. He marr. (1) 21st
June 1688, Anna Nairn, who died 4th Dec.
1697, and had issue — James ; John ; George
Eupham ; Elizabeth, only surviving child
in 1719 (marr., cont. 3rd March 1719, Henry
Crawford of Monorgan) ; Anna ; Grisell ;
Barbara ; Christian ; Margaret : (2) April
1700, Isobel, daugh. of Patrick Oliphant
of Newton, and had issue — Isobel ; Anna.
— [Inq. Bet. Gen., 7589, 7590; Brechin
Tests. ; Tombst. ; Perth Sas., xvii., 379.]
1717
JAMES GBAY, born 1672; M.A. (St
Andrews, 22nd July 1692); licen.
by United Presb. of Angus and
Mearns 4th Nov. 1696; ord. to Kinloch
6th Aug. 1697; called by the Presb. jure
devohito, trans, and adm. 17th Nov. 1717 ;
died 17th March 1743. He marr. (1) Ann
Drummond, and had issue — John ; Eliza-
beth (marr. William Morison of Naughton,
merchant, Dundee) ; Marion ; Margaret :
(2) Christian Arbuthnot, who died s.p.
2nd Feb. 1761.— [Perth Sas., xvii., 444;
Tombst,]
JOHN KEB, pres. by George II. 15th
June 1743 ; ord. 1st Feb. 1744 ; trans.
1744
to Forfar 7th March 1745.
1746
EOBERT TRAILL, pres. by George II.
30th April 1745; he was ord. (at
Meigle) 22nd Jan. 1746, owing to a
mob having prevented the Presb. meeting
at Kettins ; trans, to Banff 20th Dec. 1753.
JOHN HALIBURTON, born 1727, son
1754 °^ David H., writer, Dundee, edu-
cated at Univ. of St Andrews ; licen.
by Presb. of Dundee 31st July 1751 ; pres.
by George II. 25th March, and ord. 7th
Aug. 1754 ; died 25th Aug. 1799. He marr.
(1) 12th April 1757, Margaret (died 20th
Nov. 1764), daugh. of David Thomson, min.
of Meigle, and had issue — Helen, born 17th
July 1758 (marr. Colin Symers, min. of
Alyth); David, born 3rd July 1760, died
14th March 1776 ; John, born 29th Aug.
1761, died 23rd Jan. 1789 : (2) 30th July
1767, Elizabeth Ker, who died 1st June
1800, and had issue — Thomas, born 23rd
April 1769 ; Elizabeth, born 5th Aug.
1771 ; George, born 12th Feb. 1773, died
on his return from India July 1809 ; David,
born 9th July 1777, died 22nd April 1779.
DAVID SYMERS, born 1st June 1778,
1801 son °^ Colin S., min. of Alyth and
grandson of preceding ; educated at
Parish School of Alyth and Univ. of St
Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of Meigle 8th
Jan. 1800 ; pres. by George III. 19th Feb.,
and ord. 7th May 1801 ; died unmarr.
16th July 1842.
JOHN ROSS MACDUFF, pres. by
1842 Queen Victoria 15th Sept., and ord.
29th Dec. 1842 ; trans, to St Madoes
21st June 1849.
JOHN TULLOCH, D.D.; pres.by
1849 Queen Victoria 28th June, trans,
from South Church (St Paul's),
Dundee, and adm. 20th Sept. 1849 ; res.
22nd June 1855 on appointment as Principal
of St Mary's College, St Andrews, 9th
Nov. 1854 (q.v.).
meigle]
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265
JOHN ALEXANDEK MACKENZIE,
lg55 born Auldearn ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1847);
ord. to Chapelshade, Dundee, 22nd April
1852; trans, to Ferryport-on-Craig 22nd
Sept. 1853 ; pres. by Queen Victoria 16th
July, trans, and adm. 27th Sept. 1855 ;
died 31st Oct. 1867. He was of delicate
constitution and frequently had to spend
the winter in the south of France.
JAMES FLEMING, born Troon, 12th
186_ May 1842, son of James F., min. of
Troon ; educated at Troon, Irvine
Academy, and Univ. of Glasgow; M.A.
(1860); licen. by Presb. of Perth May
1864 ; assistant at St Paul's Church,
Dundee; ord. to Stanley 11th May 1865;
trans, to Glenisla 12th April 1866 ; pres.
by Queen Victoria 28th April, trans, and
adm. 17th July 1868 ; D.D. (Glasgow 1911) ;
falling into ill-health, he resigned 16th
May, and died 21st Sept. 1913. He marr.
1st Dec. 1870, Mary Stuart Menzies (died
20th May 1896), daugh. of David Campbell
Macdonald of Lassintullich, Perthshire,
and Mary Stuart Menzies, and had issue —
James, born 19th Nov. 1871. — [In Memory
of the Rev. James Fleming, D.D. (portrait)
[sermon by Professor Kay, D.D.] (n.d., n.p.).]
COLIN MACKAY KEEP, born Aber-
191_ deen, 12th July 1880, son of James
K. and Elizabeth Collie ; educated
at Grammar School and Univ. of Aber-
deen; M.A. (1903), Ph.D. (1906), B.Sc.
(1906), B.D.(1906); licen. by Presb. of Aber-
deen ; assistant at Arbroath Parish ; ord.
Missionary Professor to Scottish Churches
College, Calcutta, 10th March 1909; adm.
to this charge 25th Sept. 1913; served
in Koyal Garrison Artillery and Eoyal
Engineers, and as Chaplain to Forces in
European War ; trans, to St George's-in-
the-Fields, Glasgow, 16th May 1922. Marr.
4th Dec. 1913, Elizabeth, daugh. of David
Cargill and Jessie Fraser, and has issue —
Isobel Margaret, born 16th Nov. 1916.
Publications — Contributions to Inter-
national Standard Bible Encyclopaedia
and Hastings's Encyclopaedia of Religion
and Ethics.
CHAELES NEILSON EUTHEE-
1922 FUBD, born Lewes, Sussex, 27th
April 1894, son of John E. and
Margaret Neilson ; educated at Brighton
Grammar School, Paisley Grammar School,
and Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1914) ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow 18th Dec. 1919 ;
assistant at St Mark's, Dundee ; ord. 21st
Sept. 1922. Marr. 22nd April 1924, Jean
Archer, second daugh. of Ebenezer Hender-
son, Solicitor, Dundee.
KILRY (Q.S.).
[The parish of Kilry was disjoined from
Glenisla, Lintrathen, and Alyth on 14th
July 1879.]
JOHN WALLACE FOYEB, educated
1877 at Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (1860);
licen. by Presb. there ; assistant at
Blairgowrie ; ord. there in 1877 ; pres. by
the trustees of this parish ; ind. 25th Sept.
1877 ; clerk to Presb. ; dem. 13th, and died
26th Dec. 1905.
JOHN CLAEK FEAEN, born
1906 Glasgow, 27tn March 1877, son of
Malcolm Grant F. and Helen Eussell ;
educated at Hutcheson's Grammar School
and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Forres 1903 ; assistant at Plantation
Church, Glasgow ; ord. 28th March 1906.
KINGOLDRUM.
[The church of Kingoldrum was dedicated
to St Medan, and not far from it was St
Medan's Well. The church belonged to
the Abbey of Arbroath.]
JAMES STEILL, reader from 1567 to
1567 1580.
v DAVID BLACK, min. of Kirriemuir
1S8S Feb. 1571 ; trans, and adm. in 1585
with Nether Airlie also in the
charge ; died April 1588. He marr. Helen
Wedderburn, and had issue. — [ Wedderbum
Booh, i., 85.]
WILLIAM MALCOLM, M.A. ; pres. to
15 the vicarage 13th May 1588; trans,
to Airlie about 1590.
266
KINGOLDRUM
[PEESB. OF
WILLIAM FOKBES, M.A. ; pres. to
lsg the vicarage by James VI. 28th Dec.
1587, and to vicarage of Lintrathen
19th Aug. 1603 ; trans, to Glenisla before
17th Feb. 1606.
1606
JOHN OGILVIE, M.A. ; trans.
from Bervie in 1606 ; trans, to Kirrie-
muir before 22nd April 1623.
WILLIAM OGILVY, M.A. (St Andrews
1623 1618); adm. before 14th Oct. 1623;
pres. to the Treasurership of Brechin
by James VI. 19th April 1633 ; was prob-
ably one of the eighteen mins. dep. in
Angus in 1649. He had a warrant from
Parliament, 28th May 1661, for 300 merks.—
[Acts of Pari., vii., 235.]
WILLIAM BAIT, born about 1626;
1650 M.A. (King's College, Aberdeen,
1644); adm. before 9th April 1650,
of new pres. and coll. by Bishop of Brechin
1st Jan. 1663, and inst. 2nd Jan. 1665 ;
died between 4th March and 1st April
1684. He marr. and had issue — William,
student of divinity 1685. — [Reg. Mag. Sig.,
x., 635; G. R. Homings, 2nd Dec. 1670,
9th July 1685.]
GEORGE OGILVIE, M.A. (St Andrews,
1680 24th July 1669) ; passed trials before
the Presb., and got a testimonial
for licence 12th Jan. 1675 ; pres. by
Charles II. in May ; was certified 29th
June 1680 for ordination, and adm. (col-
league) soon after. He was in ill-health
19th Sept. 1682.
JOHN CONSTABLE, M.A. (St
16g4 Andrews, 23rd July 1674); was
resident at Cambo when licen. by
Presb. of St Andrews 6th July 1677 ; had
testimonial from Presb. of Meigle for
ordination 26th Aug., and adm. before
23rd Sept. 1684; died Feb. 1703, aged
about 49. He marr. Magdalen Ogilvie,
who survived him, and in 1705 was
accused of immorality and rebuked for
her offence 11th May 1709. — [Brechin
Tests. ; Four Perthshire Families, 100.]
THOMAS CLEPHANE, born about
1704 1673, brother of George C, min. of
Newtyle ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews; M.A. (22nd July 1693); licen.
by Presb. of Haddington 27th May 1702 ;
ord. before 19th Oct. 1704; died April
1712. He marr. Elizabeth Ogilvie, who
survived him, and had issue — Thomas,
served heir 14th Aug. 1713 ; Helen. —
[Brechin Tests. ; Forfar Sas., xiii., 42.]
JOHN HEUGH, born 1688, son of
1714 Hugh H. ; M.A. (Glasgow, 19th Sept.
1704); licen. by Presb. of Stirling
22nd Nov. 1710 ; ord. (in the churchyard)
in 1714; died 23rd Dec. 1731. He marr.
Janet (died in 1762), eldest daugh. of
Hugh Whyt, min. of Larbert, and had
issue — John, min. of Viewfield Associate
Antiburgher Congregation, Stirling, born
1731, died 1810 [father of Hugh H, D.D.,
min. of Begent Place Secession Church,
Glasgow] ; Hugh, died at Glasgow Univ. —
[Macgill's Memoir of Br Heugh ; Diet.
Hat. Biog.]
THOMAS WHITEHEAD, son of John
7 W., glover, Dundee, and Elizabeth,
daugh. of Francis Scott, merchant,
Dundee; M.A. (St Andrews, 3rd May
1721) ; pres. by George II. 1st June 1732.
On the moderation of the call a majority
called Hugh White, probationer. This call
the Presb. sustained, but the General
Assembly reversed their judgment and sus-
tained that of Whitehead ; ord. 19th Sept.
1733; died 15th Jan. 1738, aged about 37.
He marr. and had issue — Margaret (marr.
Robert Matthewson, watchmaker, Berwick-
upon-Tweed.
ALEXANDER SCOTT, M.A. ; pres. by
-„„_ George II. 2nd March, and ord.
6th Sept. 1738; trans, to Meigle
3rd Nov. 1757.
JAMES THOMSON, son of David T.,
7 min. of Meigle ; educated at home
and Univ. of St Andrews; M.A.
(1752); licen. by Presb. of Meigle 1752;
ord. by Presb. of Brechin, min. of Spittal,
Berwick-upon-Tweed, 8th April 1752 ; pres.
by George II. 15th Feb. 1758; trans, and
meigle]
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267
adm. 23rd Nov. 1758 ; was thrown from
his horse while going to cross the Ferry
of Tay on his way to St Andrews, and
died shortly after, 4th Sept. 1781, aged
about 52. He marr. (1) 1756, Catherine
(died 18th Aug. 1778), daugh. of Alexander
Trotter, min. of Edrom, and had issue —
Alexander, min. of Carnock, born 17th Feb.
1757; Helen, born 26th May 1759, died
13th Oct. 1780; Janet, born 27th Sept.
1761, died 17th April 1779 : (2) 25th Dec.
1780, Alison (died at St Andrews, 13th
April 1820, aged 85), daugh. of Thomas
Tullidelph, D.D., Principal of St Andrews
Univ.
vJAMES BADENACH, bom 1756; M.A.
1782 ^t A^rews 1773) i licen. by Presb.
of Dundee, 7th May 1778 ; pres. by
George III. 5th Sept. 1781 ; ord. 19th Sept.
1782; died 28th Aug. 1802. He marr.
29th April 1794, Janet (died s.p. Dec. 1802),
sister of Thomas Hay Marshall, Provost
of Perth. Publication — Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace., ix.). — [St
Andrews Tests.]
WILLIAM HALDANE, born 1st Aug.
1803 l'^:?, only son of James H, portioner
of Barmony, and Jean Donaldson;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews, where
he distinguished himself by his transla-
tions in the Greek class in 1780 ; licen.
by Presb. of Meigle 18th June 1788 ; ord.
to Glenisla 7th May 1795 ; pres. by
George III. 27th Sept. 1802; trans, and
adm. 12th May 1803 ; died 27th May 1836.
He marr. 17th May 1796, Ann (died 18th
Sept. 1846), second daugh. of Charles
Roberts, Episcopal min. in Dundee, and
Ann, daugh. of Sir John Ogilvy, of
Inverquharity, Bart., and had issue — John
Robert, physician, born 30th March 1797,
died 1835; Ann, born 7th Nov. 1799,
died 11th Oct. 1806; William, born 25th
May 1801, died 1817; Walter, merchant,
born 8th May 1802, died 1830; Jean,
born 16th Jan. 1804 (marr. James Roger,
min. of Dunino) ; Innes (daugh.), born 20th
Aug. 1806, died 1827 ; James Ogilvy, his
successor in the parish ; Thomas, born
23rd June 1813, died in infancy. Publica-
tion — Account of Cortachy and Clova
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace., x.) — [Four Perthshire
Families, 120.]
JAMES OGILVY HALDANE, born
1836 31st Aug. 1809, fourth son of pre-
ceding; educated at Univs. of St
Andrews,M.A (1829),and Edinburgh; licen.
by Presb. of Meigle 3rd Oct. 1832 ; assistant
in parish ; .pres. by William IV. 1st July,
and ord. 25th Oct. 1836; died 20th Nov.
1891. He was a man of acute intellect,
of great humour and ready wit, and was
known in all parts of the country. He
was one of the best Church lawyers of his
day, and the prolonged litigation he had
with his heritors, settled some points of
law which were in dispute. He founded
the Book Club of the Church of Scotland.
This was dissolved at his death and
the funds invested in the names of
trustees, the annual income to be ex-
pended on a prize for the best essay on a
prescribed subject. This was eventually
discontinued and the capital, now amount-
ing to £1050, invested, and the income
paid to the Library Committee for the
purpose of adding books to the Library of
the Church. When he retired in Nov.
1886 he was presented with his portrait in
oils, painted by Herdman, by his many
friends throughout the country. He marr.
23rd Nov. 1871, Helen Christian (died s.p.
17th April 1913), daugh. of John Gunn of
Risgill, Caithness, lieut. R.N. Publication
— Account of the Parish {New Stat. Ace,
xi.). — [Four Perthshire Families, 122.]
JAMES CRAIG JACK, born Lochee,
30th Dec. 1858, son of Alexander J.
and Betsy Robertson ; educated at
Liff Road Public School and Univ. of St
Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of Dundee 10th
June 1885 ; assistant at Townhead, Glas-
gow ; ord. (assistant and successor) 5th
April 1887.
LINTRATHEN.
[The church of Lintrathen was dedicated
to St Medan. It belonged to the Priory
of Inchmahome. St Medan's Bell, a relic
greatly prized, was kept at Lintrathen by
a hereditary keeper.]
1887
268
LINTRATHEN
[PRESB. OF
THOMAS COWSLAND, reader from
1571 May 1571 ; dep. May 1572.
ROBERT STEWART, reader from May
1572 1572 to 1580.
DAVID OGILVIE, pres. to the vicarage
1580 by James VI. 13th Dec. 1580 ; still
min. in 1585.
JAMES EOSS, was on the Exercise at
1605 Perth in 1602 ; pres. to the vicarage
by James VI. 25th July 1605 ; died
between 22nd April 1628 and 5th Feb.
1629. He marr. and left a widow who
received charity from the Kirk-Session of
Kinnaird, and had issue — James.
JAMES SANDERS, was a licentiate in
162g Perth, 1st Sept. 1624; pres. by
Charles I. 25th Feb. 1629; died
Feb. 1658. He marr. Margaret, daugh.
of James Ogilvie of Cuthil-hill, and had
issue— James, bailie of Perth.— [Brechin
Tests. ; Inq. Bet. Gen., 3341 ; Berth Sheriff-
Court Dec, 21st March 1679.]
THOMAS SMALL, M.A. ; adm. (prob-
1650 ably assistant) before 9th Aug.
1663.
1650; trans, to Forfar 28th Jan.
THOMAS OGILVY, M.A. (St Andrews,
1664 20th July 1650); licen. by Presb.
there 26th Dec. 1660 ; pres. by
Charles II. Sept. 1663; adm. 1st Feb.
1664 ; he was under process 17th April
1701, when the Synod sent a letter to Sir
James Stewart, the Lord Advocate, asking
for his removal. That did not succeed,
and he was still min. in March 1710 and
probably to a later period. He marr.
Janet Stewart, who died Feb. 1683. — [St
Andrews Tests. ; Hunter's Diocese of Dun-
held, 250.]
LAURENCE BROWN, M.A. (St
1717 Andrews, 9th May 1707); became
schoolmaster of Alyth ; ord. 10th
April 1717 ; was one of the fifteen mins.
who dissented from the resolution of the
General Assembly, 15th May 1740, to
depose the eight seceding brethren, and
when Moderator of Presb. deposed by his
casting vote, 16th June 1742, James Spankie,
min. of Coupar-Angus ; clerk of Presb.;
died 26th Feb. 1770. He marr. 23rd Feb.
1719, Elizabeth Lyon, who died 23rd April
1778, and had issue — Jean (marr. 22nd
July 1760, William Lyon, writer in Dud-
hope) ; William, Professor of Divinity and
Ecclesiastical History, St Mary's College,
St Andrews (q.v.) ; John, died abroad,
1746 ; Robert, min. of English congregation
at Utrecht and British Agent there, born
9th Dec. 1728; Laurence, officer R.N.,
born 12th Nov. 1734, ancestor of the
family of Brown-Constable of Wallace-
Craigie [this estate belonged to George
Constable, the Original of Sir Walter
Scott's character of " Jonathan Oldbuck "].
—[Crockett's The Scott Originals, 125.]
JAMES EDWARD, schoolmaster of
Aberlemno; licen. by Presb. of
1772 Forfar 5th Oct. 1748; pres. by
Walter Ogilvie of Clova July 1770.
After much litigation in the Church Courts
the General Assembly on 26th May 1772
ordered the Presb. to proceed with the
settlement ; ord. 2nd July that year ; died
11th July 1793.— [St Andrews Tests.; Scots
Mag., xxxiii., xxxiv.]
ALEXANDER THOMSON, born about
1750, son of George T., schoolmaster
of Glenmuick, and Helen, eldest
daugh. of Alexander Ross, M.A., school-
master of Lochlee, the poet of Glenesk ;
educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1770) ; became schoolmaster at
Glenmuick in 1778; licen. by Presb. of
Kincardine O'Neil 1st Dec. 1779; assistant
at Garvock and Cortachy ; pres. by the
Hon. Walter Ogilvy of Clova in Jan., and
ord. 17th April 1794; died 1st April 1813.
He marr. 27th Jan. 1797, Elizabeth Small,
who died 2nd March 1863, aged 84, and
had issue — Jean, born 4th Jan. 1798, died
30th Aug. 1798; Helen, born 16th Aug.
1799, died 20th March 1800 ; George, born
3rd May 1802 ; Elizabeth, born 16th Nov.
1805; David, born 2nd Jan. 1808; Mar-
garet, born 30th Jan. 1810. Publications
— Life of Alexander Ross, M.A. (Ross's
Helenore, or the Fortunate Shepherdess,
Dundee, 1812); Accounts of Garvock and of
Lintrathen (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, iii., xxi.).
1794
meigle]
LINTRATHEN— MEIGLE
269
JOHN GOUELAY, M.A.; pres. by the
Hon. Walter Ogilvy (Earl of Airlie)
in Oct., and adm. 12th May 1814;
trans, to Cortachy and Clova 27th July
1819.
1814
GEORGE LOUDON, M.A.; pres. by
David Ogilvy (Earl of Airlie) in
July, and ord. 28th Sept. 1819;
trans, to Inverarity 10th March 1831.
1819
1831
FRANCIS CANNAN, born 4th Sept.
1809, son of David C, D.D., min.
of Mains and Strathmartine ; edu-
cated at Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by
Presb. of Dundee 8th June 1831 ; pres.
by David, Earl of Airlie, in July, and ord.
28th Sept. 1831 ; dem. on appointment as
army chaplain 18th May 1855 ; served in
Crimea, 1855-6; died 7th May 1883. He
marr. 3rd Aug. 1869, Eleanor G. Phillips,
who died 1st Oct. 1922. Publication —
Account of the Parish [New Stat. Ace., xi.).
1855
CHARLES CHREE, born Glenbucket,
Aberdeenshire, 26th Feb. 1827, son
of William C. and Mary Dawson ;
educated at Inveraven Parish School and
King's College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1845);
licen. by Presb. of Cairston in 1848 ;
assistant at Birsay ; ord. to South Church,
Kirriemuir, 2nd June 1853 ; pres. by David
Graham Drummond, Earl of Airlie ; trans,
and adm. 20th July 1855 ; D.D. (Aberdeen,
9th March 1878); clerk of Presb., 1880-92;
died 26th April 1893. He marr. 22nd July
1856, Agnes Scarth (died 16th June 1873),
fourth daugh. of William Watt Bain,
procurator - fiscal, Kirkwall, and Janet
Scarth, and had issue — William, M.A.,
LL.B., K.C., advocate, app. Procurator of
the Church, 22nd May 1923, born 6th July
1858 ; Charles, M.A, Sc.D., LL.D., F.R.S.,
superintendent, Kew Observatory, born 5th
May 1860; Jessie Scarth, born 23rd Oct.
1861 ; Alexander Bain, M.D., born 5th Jan.
1865, died 14th Feb. 1886.
JOHN ROBERT STRACHAN, born
Langholm, 28th June 1864, son of
William Greig S., schoolmaster, and
Isabella Jolly ; educated at Langholm
Academy, Madras College, and Univ. of
1893
St Andrews; M.A. (1886), B.D. (1888);
licen. by Presb. of Perth in 1888 ; assistant
at West Church, Aberdeen ; ord. 21st
Sept. 1893; app. clerk of Presb. Dec.
1918. Marr. 1st Aug. 1896, Jemima Jane,
daugh. of James Jackson, Aberdeen, and
Elizabeth Macdonald, and has issue —
William Jackson, served as lieutenant in
Machine - Gun Corps during European
War, teacher, Hutton Grammar School,
Lancashire, born 21st Sept. 1897 ; Isabella
Macdonald, born 14th Oct. 1899; John
Robert, born 9th Sept. 1901 ; James
Alexander, born 12th May 1903; Mark
Louden Anderson, born 14th March 1905 ;
George Murrie, born 11th June 1907 ;
David Gallatly, born 21st Aug. 1909;
Duncan MacEwan, born 1st Nov. 1912.
Publications — Gospel Foundations (n.p.,
n.d.) ; The Samaritan Gospel (n.p., n.d.) ;
The Original Hebrew Gospel (n.p., n.d.) ;
Hymn for Church Defenders : with Music
by Ursula Smith (Aberdeen, n.d.) ; The
Scenery of Lintrathen : A Guide for
Visitors (Alyth, n.d.) ; The Tender Heart,
No. 1 of the Kirk for the Sick, the Aged,
and all who are at Home (Alyth, n.d.). ;
Vocabulary to the Peshito Version of St
Mattheiv, xxvi.-xxviii. (privately printed,
1894); The Philosophy of Politics, a
sermon (n.p., 1910). Edited : The Gospel
according to St Matthew : with Explana-
tory Vocabulary (" Popular Paragraph
Bible") (Aberdeen, 1889); The Acts of
the Apostles ; with . . . Explanatory
Notes (" Popular Paragraph Bible ")
(Aberdeen, 1891). Translated : Aratus's
The Sun and Moon as Guides to the
Weather (Alyth, n.d.); St Medan, the
Patron Saint of Lintrathen, from Acta
Sanctorum (Alyth, 1902) ; How to Decide the
Struggle between Capital and Labour (n.p.,
n.d.). Edited: Fyfe's (Thos.) Legends from
Lintrathen (Brechin, 1903); Tusser's (Thos.)
One Hundred Hints on Farming (Alyth,
1909).
MEIGLE.
[The church of Meigle was dedicated
to St Peter. Meigle was a prebend of
Dunkeld. There was in the parish a
chapel of St Mary. Meigle church was
270
MEIGLE
[PRESB. OF
1572
1583
burned to the ground on Sunday, 28th
March 1869, and a new building" was opened
for worship 3rd July 1870.]
ALEXANDEE TYEIE, trans, from
Auchterhouse ; pres. to the parson-
age and vicarage by James VI. 20th
March 1572 ; trans, to Mains before 1574.
DAVID RAMSAY, min. in 1581.-
1581 [Bamff Charters, 94.]
JAMES NICOLSON, trans, from
Cortachy and pres. by James VI. 27th
Feb. 1583 ; promoted to Bishopric of
Dunkeld 23rd April 1607 (q.v.).
v JOHN BARCLAY, M.A. (St Andrews
1593) ; pres. to vicarage of Ruthven
17th Nov. 1602 ; trans, and adm.
after 30th Nov. 1609; died before 28th
May 1624. He marr. Eliza Haliburton,
who survived him, and had issue — James,
served heir 29th June 1627; John;
Margaret. — [Inq. Bet. Gen., 1338 ; Forfar
Inhib. ; Beg. Mag. Sig., viii., 2103 ; Beg.
of Deeds, clxxxiii. 217, cccxci. 317.]
GEORGE SYMMER, born 1578; min. of
Eassie in 1603 ; trans, to Kilspindie
1622 -n jgjg . trang. and adm. about
1622 ; was a member of Assembly 1638,
1639, 1643, and 1648 ; died 13th Feb. 1655.
He marr. 1608, Margaret Fullarton, who
died 1st April 1658, aged 80, and had issue
— John, min. of this parish ; Alexander,
min. of Duffus ; and others. — [Tombst.]
JOHN SYMMER, son of preceding;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (1627); adm. (probably as
assistant) in 1634 ; pres. by Charles I. 16th
Aug. 1641 ; died 9th July 1660, aged
about 53. He marr. Margaret Campbell,
who survived him, and had issue — Alex-
ander, min. of Longforgan ; Helen (marr.
Alexander Leslie, min. of Crail). — [Forfar
Sas., vi., 314.]
JOHN NICOLSON, M.A.; called 7th
Oct. 1660; ord. 26th March 1661;
1661 trans, to Errol 9th Sept. 1666.
HENRY GUTHRIE, M.A., Bishop of
Dunkeld (q.v.); held this parish in
1634
1665
conjunction for a time.
1686
WILLIAM MALCOLM, M.A.; adm.
1672 bef°re 2nd ^ec- 16>72 > trans, to
Kinloch after 18th May 1678.
WILLIAM LINDSAY, M.A., Bishop
of Dunkeld (q.v.) ; held this parish
also in commendam ; died in 1679,
and was buried in the church.
JOHN HAMILTON, M.A., Bishop of
Dunkeld (q.v.) ; held this parish in
conjunction ; deprived by Privy
Council, 22nd Oct. 1689, for not reading
the Proclamation of the Estates, etc.
JOHN GRAHAM, M.A. (St Andrews,
1687 21st July 1683); adm. (assistant)
before 7th June 1687 ; deprived by
Privy Council, 22nd Oct. 1689, for not
reading the Proclamation of the Estates,
and not praying for William and Mary
but for King James, and " that God would
give him the necks of his enemies," and
for harbouring John Graham of Claver-
house, Viscount Dundee.
WILLIAM MILLER, M.A.; trans, from
Chirnside ; called 24th July 1701 ;
adm. 31st Dec. 1702 ; trans, to
Lady Yester's Parish, Edinburgh, 18th
July 1708.
1702
1710
DAVID THOMSON, portioner of Kings-
kettle, M.A. (St Andrews, 17th July
1702) ; licen. by Presb. of Cupar 18th
March 1707 ; called by Presb. jure devoluto
9th Nov. 1709 ; ord. 9th March 1710 ; died
24th April 1757. He marr. 18th Oct. 1710,
Helen (died 11th Jan. 1755), daugh. of
William Myles, min. of Flisk, and had
issue — David, min. of Airlie ; Margaret
(marr. John Haliburton, min. of Kettins) ;
James, min. of Kingoldrum. — {Forfar
Sheriff-Court Deeds, 23rd June 1719;
Forfeited Estate Papers; Beg. of Deeds,
Durie, ccxlviii., 263.]
ALEXANDER SCOTT, a native of
Mearns; educated at Univ. and
King's College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(7th April 1727); licen. by Presb. of
Dundee 1st Oct. 1735 ; ord. to Kingoldrum
6th Sept. 1738; pres. by George II. 16th
Aug., trans, and adm. 3rd Nov. 1757 ; died
28th Nov. 1776, aged about 69. He marr.
1757
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MEIGLE— NEWTYLE
271
3rd Nov. 1744, Euphemia Henderson, who
predeceased him by three days, and had
issue — Thomas, studied divinity, but was
afterwards Chief Justice of Upper Canada,
born 15th Oct. 1746, died 1824 ; William,
born 2nd May 1750, died 6th Aug. 1835 —
[Tombst.]
JAMES PLAYFAIR, D.D. ; trans, from
Newtyle; pres. by George III. 28tb
Feb., and adm. 10th Oct. 1777;
trans, to St Leonard's, St Andrews, 9th
Oct. 1800.
1777
1801
DANIEL ROBERTSON, pres. by
George III. 17th Oct. 1800; ord.
14th May 1801 ; dem. on appoint-
ment as Professor of Hebrew in Univ. of
St Andrews (q.v.) 1st Feb. 1809.
JAMES MITCHELL, born Dumfries-
1808 sn^-re) l769 ; became tutor to David
Urquhart of Braelangwell, April
1794 ; licen. by Presb. of Chanonry 28th
March 1797; M.A. (St Andrews 1805); pres.
by George III. in July, and ord. (assistant
and successor) 3rd Nov. 1808; D.D. (St
Andrews, 1st May 1829) ; died unmarr.
5th March 1855. Publication — Account of
the Parish {New Stat. Ace, x.).— [Mackay's
Meigle, 24.]
JOHN NICOLL, born Perth, 19th Jan.
1824, son of John N. of Few and
Euphemia Hunter, daugh. of Patrick
Hill, farmer, Inchmichael ; educated at
Royal Academy and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Perth 20th Dec. 1848 ;
assistant in this parish in 1850; ord.
(assistant and successor) 16th June 1853 ;
died in Edinburgh, 20th May 1897. He
marr. (1) 6th Sept. 1853, Isabella Stewart
(died 9th Dec. 1858), daugh. of Matthew
Mitchell, Little Knox, Kirkcudbright, and
niece of James Mitchell, D.D., above-
mentioned : (2) 30th April 1863, Isabella
Anderson (died 13th April 1909), daugh.
of William John Elder, and had issue—
Euphemia Hunter Hill, born 24th Feb.
1864 ; Jessie, born 16th Oct. 1868 ; John,
born 30th Nov. 1869 ; Thomas, born 19th
May 1873.
HUGH CLIMIE, born Cumnock, 8th
Oct. 1865, son of Hugh C. and
1897
Agnes Logan ; educated at Cumnock
School and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Ayr 3rd May 1893 ; assistant at
Methil and Bonhill ; ord. (assistant and
successor) 25th March 1897. Marr. (1)
1st Sept. 1898, Margaret Annie (died 8th
March 1902), daugh. of William Simpson,
D.D., min. of Bonhill, and has issue —
Margaret Agnes, born 25th July 1899 :
(2) 2nd Oct. 1907, Jeanie Thorn, daugh.
of Archibald Waddell, The Cain Cray,
Dunbartonshire, and Annie Small, and has
issue — Hugh, born 17th June 1909 ; Jean
Isobel Robertson, born 14th Aug. 1913.
NEWTYLE.
[The church of Newtyle belonged to the
Abbey of Arbroath. There was a chapel
in the parish at Keilor, and at Templeton
a Well of St Bride.]
Sot ANDREW LINDSAY, vicar in
1566. — [Feu Chart, of Kirklands,
1566
ii., 151.]
JOHN NEVAY, having Nevay and
Eassie also in his charge in 1567;
trans, to Glamis about 1571.
1571
ROBERT BOYD, min. of Glamis in
1567 ; pres. to the vicarage by
James VI. 5th July 1571 ; had Nevay
also in charge in 1574. In the Assembly
Oct. 1577 John Anderson compeared in
linen clothes and prostrate on his knees,
confessing he had offended B. by drawing
his blood, whereof he repented and asked
forgiveness, promising by the grace of God
not to fall into like wickedness. B. died
between 20th Sept. 1610 and 21st March
1611.— [Wodroiv Miscell.]
1610
GEORGE PATULLO {primus), M.A.
(St Andrews 1601); ord. (colleague)
20th Sept. 1610 ; pres. to the vicar-
age by James VI. 21st March 1611 ; was
still min. 8th Nov. 1657. He marr., and
had issue— George, his successor in the
parish ; Robert, merchant, Dundee.
272
NEWTYLE
[PRKSB. OF
1647
GEORGE PATULLO (secundus), M.A.,
son of preceding ; adm. (assistant)
before 4th Aug. 1647 ; trans, to
Kingsbarns 24th Sept. 1663.
ANDREW BRUCE, MA. (St Andrews,
28th May 1657) ; pres. by Charles II.
7th Feb., ord. before 10th, and adm.
26th Nov. 1663 ; died between 16th Nov.
and 7th Dec. 1669, aged about 33.
THOMAS BLACK, son of Thomas B.,
clerk of St Andrews; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews ; MA. (1635) ;
was a licentiate there 8th Dec. 1641 ; adm.
to Leslie, Fife, 17th April 1645 ; prohibited
by Privy Council from exercising any
ministerial function 24th March 1663; was
indulged by the Privy Council here, 3rd
March 1670, but was constrained to relin-
quish the charge, his licence having been
declared void and himself denounced, 30th
Jan. 1684, for not keeping the anniversary
of the Restoration and not appearing before
the Council when cited. He died at St
Andrews Sept. 1688, aged about 74. He
marr. 17th March 1657, Catherine Kirk-
wood, gentlewoman to Lady Rothes, and
had issue— Anna.— [St Andrews Tests.; Fife
Sas., ix., 366 ; Hunter's Dioc. of Dunkeld,
374; Lamont's Diary, 97; P. C. Beg.,nl,
ser. viii., 357.]
ALEXANDER MACKENZIE, protege
and probably a relative of Sir
George M., Lord Advocate; edu-
cated at Marischal College, Aberdeen ;
coll. before 5th, and adm. 26th May 1685 ;
was summoned before Privy Council, 3rd
Oct. 1689, for not reading the Proclamation
of the Estates, etc., but was acquitted ; de-
prived by the Council, for nonjurancy 5th
Dec. 1695, but continued in a meeting-
house 28th May 1710; took possession of
the church and conducted service therein
during the Rebellion of 1715; removed
to Edinburgh, where he died 20th Sept.
1722, aged about 58. — [Edin. Bur. Beg.]
GEORGE CLEPHANE, M.A. (Edin-
1698 bursl1' 31st Aus- i683); licen- by
United Presb. of Angus and Mearns
6th Oct. 1697; ord. 24th Nov. 1698; the
greater part of the people adhered to the
preceding min. and attended the Episcopal
meeting-house, so that no Kirk-Session
could be formed nor any Sacrament dis-
pensed. During the Rising of 1715, C. was
compelled to conduct service in the manse.
Continuing to pray for King George, he
was threatened to be taken prisoner by
the Jacobites and brought before the
Governor of Perth ; was arrested by a
number of armed men, who removed a
considerable part of his goods, frightened
his wife and children, breaking open locked
doors and stabbing the very beds with
naked swords. He afterwards succeeded
in gaining the support of all the parish-
ioners; died 27th Jan. 1730, aged about
66. He marr. Elizabeth Turnbull, and had
issue — Thomas, his successor in the parish.
THOMAS CLEPHANE, born 28th
Dec. 1700, son of preceding; edu-
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen.
by Presb. of Meigle 11th June 1730 ; pres.
by Ann, Countess of Bute, 30th same
month; ord. 15th Sept. 1731; died 8th
Oct. 1769. He marr. 13th Dec. 1731,
Susanna (died 30th March 1759), daugh. of
Robert Bowes, min. of Rattray, and had
issue — George, born 19th Oct. 1732 ;
Robert, born 3rd Dec. 1733 ; Thomas, born
7th Dec. 1734, died 2nd Dec. 1763 ; James,
born 14th Nov. 1736; Anna, born 18th
Jan. 1739; David, born 6th Oct. 1740,
died 24th Oct. 1762 ; Margaret, born 16th
Feb. 1743; Daniel, born 11th Sept. 1744,
died 3rd Oct. 1745 ; John, born 17th July
1745, died 7th March 1764.
JAMES PLAYFAIR, pres. by the Hon.
James Stuart Mackenzie, Lord Privy
Seal, in May, and ord. 1st Nov. 1770 ;
trans, to Meigle 10th Oct. 1777.
ALEXANDER SMALL, M.A; trans.
from Kirkmichael ; pres. by the Hon.
James Stuart Mackenzie, Lord Privy
Seal, in March, and adm. 2nd July 1778 ;
trans, to Kilconquhar 10th Nov. 1791.
v THOMAS BARTY, trans, from Monzie ;
pres. by the Right Hon. James
Stuart Mackenzie, Lord Privy Seal,
Dec. 1791 ; adm. 15th March 1792 ; trans.
to Bendochy 6th July 1815.
1770
meigle]
NEWTYLE— PERSIE
273
JOHN MACPHEBSON CUNING-
1815 HAM, M.A. ; pres. by the Hon.
James Mackenzie of Belmont in
July, and ord. 28th Sept. 1815 ; trans, to
Kinglassie 19th March 1818.
EOBEKT SMITH, trans, from Borth-
1818 w^c^ > Pres- *>y James Archibald
Stuart Mackenzie of Belmont 19th
June, and adm. 24th Sept. 1818 ; trans, to
Montrose 15th Sept. 1825.
JOHN MOON, born 1790, son of John
1825 ^■> farmer and linen manufacturer,
and Margaret Bobertson; educated
at Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A. (1822) ;
licen. by the Presb. 1st March 1815;
chaplain at Edinburgh Castle; pres.
by James Archibald Wortley Mackenzie
of Belmont; ord. 24th Nov. 1825; clerk
of Presb.; died 20th Nov. 1862. He
marr. 20th Oct. 1828, Penelope (died 6th
June 1860, aged 50), eldest daugh. of George
Moon, and had issue — John, born 25th
Sept. 1829, died 26th July 1900; Janet,
born 9th July 1831, died 13th May 1859;
George, born 23rd Jan. 1833 ; Penelope,
born 16th March 1834, died 1st Oct. 1860 ;
William, born 27th Feb. 1837; Margaret
Bobertson, born 22nd Sept. 1838, died 31st
Jan. 1840 ; Jane Swan, born 9th Feb. 1840 ;
Margaret, born 9th Oct. 1841, died 10th Oct.
1858 ; Christian Catherine, born 24th May
1843, died 21st Dec. 1857; Anne Stocks,
born 3rd Oct. 1845. Publication — Account
of the Parish {New Stat. Ace, xi.).
JOHN CHALMEES, M.A. ; assistant
1863 t0 Preceding j ord- 25tn March 1863 ;
trans, to Ashkirk 31st May 1871.
v GEOEGE BEOWN, trans, from Gart-
1871 more Chapel, and adm. 29th Sept.
1871 ; trans, to Second Charge,
Montrose, 25th Sept. 1873.
GEOEGE BELL LUNAN, born 12th
1874 March 1846, son of Eobert L., min.
of Kinnettles ; educated at Univ.
of St Andrews ; M.A. (1865), B.D. (1869) ;
licen. by Presb. of Forfar in 1871 ; ord.
to Logie Chapel-of-Ease, Dundee, 13th
Jan. 1873 ; trans, and adm. 8th Jan. 1874 ;
app. Presb. clerk in 1906 ; died 10th Nov.
1918. He was a distinguished linguist, an
VOL. V.
expert botanist, and a model parish min.,
much respected by his brethren and by
his parishioners. He marr. 26th April
1876, Jessie (died 11th April 1899), eldest
daugh. of George Bell, Inchmichael, Errol,
and had issue — Elizabeth, born 2nd Aug.
1878, died 29th May 1879 ; George, M.A.,
born 16th March 1880, died at San Francisco
8th Dec. 1919; Eobert, banker in India,
born 18th Sept. 1882; and three others,
died in infancy.
EOBEET WOOD, born Edinkillie,
191g Morayshire, 27th May 1875, son of
John W. and Jane Taylor ; educated
at Logie School, Eobert Gordon's College,
and Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A. (1896) ;
became assistant master at Grammar
School, Gran town - on - Spey ; licen. by
Presb. of Nairn in 1915; assistant at St
Mungo's, Glasgow ; ord. to Patna 1st Feb.
1917; trans, and adm. 16th May 1919.
Marr. 15th April 1904, Annie Elizabeth,
daugh. of John Grant, M.A., and Elizabeth
Macrae, and has issue — Catherine Janet,
born 16th May 1907.
PERSIE (Q.S.).
[The parish of Persie was disjoined from
Alyth, Bendochy, Blairgowrie, Caputh,
Kirkmichael, Lethendy, and Eattray 16th
March 1859.]
JAMES M'GEEGOE, born in 1823;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
app. in 1848 ; adm. first min. of the
parish in 1859 ; died at East Lawton,
Cargill, 7th April 1869. He marr. and
had issue — Mary Jane, born 12th Dec.
1862 (marr. 1886 Thomas Patrick Laird,
C.A.), died 25th March 1915.
1848
1869
HEEBEET BELL, ord. 23rd Sept. 1S69 ;
trans, to John Knox Parish. Aber-
deen, 1st Oct. 1877.
1878
EOBEET DAVIDSON HUTCHISON,
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; ord.
to Brown Street Chapel, Blairgowrie,
21st May 1877 ; trans, and adm. 16th July
1878; res. 2nd Oct. 1884; assistant at
Dalmarnock in 1924.
274
PERSIE— RUTHVEN
[PRESB. OF
THOMAS SMITH, born 8th Sept. 1859,
son of John S., farmer, Denhead,
Aberdeenshire, and Isabella Frost ;
educated at Grammar School and Univ.
of Aberdeen ; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen
in 1884; ord. 23rd March 1885. Marr. (1)
2nd Aug. 1887, Margaret Robertson Pirie,
who died 1st Jan. 1896; (2) 18th Jan.
1900, Helen Donaldson Macphail, who
died 11th Oct. 1905 : (3) 14th Aug. 1912,
Mary Ruth M'Clemont, daugh. of James
Kennedy, Edinburgh, and Christina
Robertson.
RUTHVEN.
[The church of Ruthven belonged to the
Abbey of Arbroath. A fair of St Luag
was held at Ruthven.]
WALTER LINDSAY, reader before
1574 1574.
DAVID CUMYNG, reader from 1574
to 1578 ; pres. to the vicarage by
James VI. 30th July 1580 ; Master
of the Sang School of Leith in 1583. — [Acts
and Dec, lv., 268.]
THOMAS MAXWELL, reader in 1579
1579 and 1580.
DAVID RAMSAT, pres. to the vicarage
19th April 1582. — [Acts and Dec,
lv., 248.]
ROBERT HAMILTON, M.A. (St
Andrews 1592); min. in 1595; died
30th Nov. 1596, aged about 24.
JOHN BARCLAY, M.A. ; min. in
1574
1582
1595
1597
1597 ; pres. to the vicarage by
James VI. 17th Nov. 1602; trans.
to Meigle after 30th Nov. 1609.
PATRICK CRICHTON, son of Alex-
.„„ ander C. of Naughton ; educated
at Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A. (29th
July 1600) ; pres. to vicarage of Forgan by
James VI. 29th April 1606, and as that
was not carried out, to the vicarage of
this parish 1st April 1609 ; was still min.
11th Aug. 1644. He marr. Isobel Rattray,
and had issue — Margaret (marr. Alexander
Ramsay of Dalrulzian). — [Perth Sas.,
viii., 274.]
JOHN RATTRAY, M.A. ; adm. before
20th Jan. 1651 ; trans, to Rattray
1651
July 1665.
1666
1705
1744
JOHN FYFE, pres. by George, Earl
of Panmure, Dec. 1665 ; passed
trials before the Presb., and ord.
before 5th, and adm. 31st May 1666 ; died
before 7th Nov. 1691. He marr., and had
issue — Henry, licentiate of the Church. —
[Hunter's Dioc. of Dunkeld, 484.]
ROBERT PITCAIRN, M.A. (St An-
drews, 19th July 1690); called by
the Presb. jure devoluto 28th Dec.
1704 ; ord. 21st March 1705 ; died Nov.
1742, aged about 73. He marr., and had
issue— Andrew, writer in Dundee.
WILLIAM CRUICKSHANK, educated
at Marischal College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1730); licen. by Presb. of
Garioch 3rd Dec. 1740; called 13th Oct.
1743 ; ord. 8th Feb. 1744 ; died 14th July
1756. He marr. 13th Oct. 1744, Barbara
(died 22nd April 1753), daugh. of Robert
Lyon, min. of Kinf auns. — [Lyons of
Cossi?is, 57.]
THOMAS DUNCAN, licen. by Presb.
of Cupar 14th July 1730; ord. 11th
May 1757 ; died 12th Jan. 1784. He
marr. Elizabeth Crooks, who died 10th
Feb. 1787, and had issue — Margaret, born
23rd Sept. 1747 ; Elizabeth, born 27th
Oct. 1748 ; William, born 15th April 1750 ;
Mary, born 14th July 1753; Jean, born
1st July 1755 ; Isobel, born 13th May
1757 ; Christian, born 3rd Jan. 1759 ;
Charlotte, born 7th Oct. 1761 ; John, born
19th July 1763.
JAMES WILL, pres. by George III.
,!_„. 2nd March, and ord. 23rd Sept.
1784; trans, to Guthrie 16th Aug.
1798.
PATRICK MACLAREN, licen. by the
Presb. 8th Oct. 1788; pres. by
1798 George III. 21st Aug., and ord. 27th
Sept. 1798 ; elected Synod clerk 27th Oct.
1807 ; died 7th Nov. 1822. He marr. 31st
Aug. 1812, Catherine McLaren, who died
at Edinburgh, 18th July 1856, aged 59,
and had issue— William, born 15th June
meigle]
RUTHVEN
275
1813; Anna Wedderburn, born 29th Oct.
1814; Allan, born 1st April 1816; Jean,
born 1st July 1818.
VPATRICK BARTY, born 5th Jan. 1798,
eldest son of Thomas B., min. of
Bendochy; educated at Univs. of
St Andrews and Edinburgh; licen. by
Presb. of Meigle 2nd Sept. 1819; pres.
by George IV. 30th Nov. 1822; ord. 7th
Aug. 1823 ; died unmarr. 24th June 1870.
Publication— Account of the Parish {New
Stat. Ace, xi.).
JOHN GORDON M'PHERSON, born
St Andrews, 28th June 1843, son of
James M., teacher of dancing, and
Catherine Lamb'; educated at Madras
College and Univ. of St Andrews;
M.A. (1865), Ph.D. (Rostock, Germany);
licen. by Presb. of St Andrews in 1868;
Rector of Hexham Academy in 1868;
Rector of Forfar Academy in 1869 ; pres.
by Queen Victoria 23rd Aug., and ord.
8th Dec. 1870 ; for six years Mathe-
matical Examiner for degrees in Univ.
of St Andrews, and sometime Extension
Lecturer on Meteorology; died 10th Nov.
1909. He marr. 20th April 1868, Christina
Wallace (died 16th Dec. 1910), eldest
daugh. of David Carstairs, and had issue
1870
—Christina, born 18th June 1871 ; Joan
Davina Carstairs, served with distinction
as a nurse in European War, 1914 - 18,
and was mentioned in despatches. Pub-
lications— Strathmore : Past and Present
(Perth, 1885); Fairy Tales of Science
(Paisley, 1888, 2nd edition, London, 1891) ;
Golf and Golfers, Past and Present (Edin-
burgh, 1889) ; Summer Sundays in a Strath-
more Parish (Edinburgh, 1890) ; Must I
Tell? (Glasgow, 1891); New Scotch Anec-
dotes (Glasgow, 1892); Meteorology, or
Weather Explained (Edinburgh, 1905).
He was a voluminous writer on a variety
of subjects, and had considerable reputation
as a lecturer.
1910
ALEXANDER KIDD WATT, born
Auchterhouse, 13th June 1862, son
of John W., farmer, and Agnes
Kidd ; educated at Newtyle Parish School
and Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb.
there May 1896 ; assistant at Sandsting,
Aithsting, Lerwick, and Wick ; ord. to
Carronshore Chapel 2nd March 1899 ;
trans, and adm. 6th April 1910. Marr.
22nd March 1911, Katherine, daugh. of
Alexander Banks and Katherine Masson,
and has issue — Katherine Isla Margaret
Kidd, born 6th Feb. 1912.
PEESBYTEEY OF FORFAK
[This Court was erected on 16th April 1611. To form it, the Parishes of Forfar,
Tannadice and Aberlemno were taken from the Presbytery of Brechin ; those of
Kescobie, Idvie, Dunnichen, Kirkbuddo and Meathie from Arbroath ; Glamis, Kirriemuir,
Kinnettles, and Cortachy from Meigle, and Inverarity from Dundee. The Eegister of
the Presbytery now fills eight volumes. The first of these covers the period from 29th
Oct. 1662 to 7th March 1683. It is now amissing, but is said to exist still in private
hands. From 1689 to 1717 this Presbytery was united to that of Dundee. It was
disjoined again on 17th April 1717. The Eecord is taken up again on 1st May 1717, and
is thenceforward complete. A volume containing the Eecord from 1650 to 1660 has been
lost, and no trace of it can now be found.]
ABERLEMNO AND ALDBAR.
[These parishes were united early in the
seventeenth century.
Aberlemno. — The church of Aberlemno
belonged to the Priory of Eestennet. The
present church was erected in 1722, and was
much restored in 1856. In a wall of the
aisle is a stone of date 1604, bearing the
Beaton coat-of-arms and the initials "J. B.,
E. M." — James Beaton, grandson of the
Cardinal, and Elizabeth Menzies, his wife.
The kirk bell was cast at Edinburgh in 1718.
In the manse garden the pre-Eeformation
holy water stoup and baptismal font have
been preserved.
Aldbar.— The church of Aldbar belonged
to the collegiate church of Methven. It
was restored in 1853, and is now a private
chapel at Aldbar House.]
1567 GEOEGE LYALL, reader in 1567.
WILLIAM GABDYNE, styled "vicar
here and parson of Kirkbuddo,"
Nov. 1572.
1572
DAVID LINDSAY of Pitairlie, to which
he succeeded in 1544, probably son
of Sir John L. of Pitairlie, and
grandson of David, Earl of Crawford;
1574
min. of Forfar in 1566, with Eestennet
and Aberlemno also in the charge ; removed
to the latter about 1574 when Finaven
[Oathlaw], Inverarity, and Kirkbuddo were
also under his care ; died 11th March 1580.
He marr. a lady whose initials B. E. only
are known [but may be Barbara Erskine],
and had issue — William ; Alexander ; John ;
Catherine ; Barbara. — [Lives of the Lind-
says, i., 133, 443 ; Reg. Assig. ; Jervise's
Land of the Lindsays, 165, 387.]
JAMES EAMSAY, min. in 1585; trans,
to Aldbar in 1589 or 1590, but
returned here in 1591 ; trans, to
Tannadice about 1597.
1585
1597
HENEY STEELING [or STIRLING],
studied under Principal Bollock at
Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (1587);
min. of Edzell in 1590; trans, and adm.
about 1597 ; was pres. to the Treasurership
of Brechin by James VI. 2nd Jan. that year,
and had also a gift of the deanery of Dun-
blane 18th Nov. 1602 ; died in 1603, aged
about 36. He marr. Margaret Hepburn,
who survived him, and had issue — John,
apprenticed to Alexander Don, tailor,
Edinburgh, 31st Aug. 1614; James, who
had a gift of the above deanery 19th Dec.
276
presb. of forfar] ABERLEMNO AND ALDBAR
277
1603 ; and others. — [Reg. Assig. ; G. R.
Inhib., 2nd ser., viii., 90.]
JOHN LINDSAY, M.A. (St Andrews
1604 15"); min- about 1604, Aldbar
being in the charge in 1607 ; pres.
to the vicarage by James VI. 1st Sept.
1608 ; was a member of the Glasgow
Assembly in 1638, and of those of 1639
and 1645 ; dep. by the Committee of
Assembly for Visitation in 1649, for
immoral conduct. He died before 1655.
He marr. (2) 3rd Oct. 1641, Margaret Mak-
gill, who died in 1655, and had issue —
David, slain 10th Nov. 1629, by John
Oliver in Eescobie, and others ; John ;
Henry ; Thomas; Margaret. — [Reg. Assig. ;
Lamont's Diary ; Edin. Marr. Reg. ; Reg.
of Deeds, ccccxxix., 303 ; Reg. Sec. Sig.,
cii., 159; P. C. Reg., 2nd ser., iii., 548;
Forfar Inhib., 15th March 1644.]
JOHN OCHTEELONY, born about
1623, son of John O., provost of
Brechin ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews ; M.A. (1643) ; adm. before 1655 ;
died in 1695. He presented a silver Com-
munion cup in 1683, which is still in use.
He marr. Mary Lindsay, who died Jan.
1678, and had issue — Catherine (marr.
James Thomson, min. of Kinnell). — [St
Andrews Tests., 11th Oct. 1681.]
JOHN OCHTERLONY of Flemington,
born 1667; son of Alexander O.,
min. of Carmylie, and nephew of
preceding ; M.A. (Marischal College 1685) ;
was assistant to his uncle about 1690, and
was chamberlain on the Melgund estate.
Adhering to Episcopacy, he was accused,
17th April 1701, of withdrawing the people
from the parish church, and preaching to
them in a meeting-house at Flemington.
He regained possession of the church in
1703, but was ejected by the Justices of
the Peace. He intruded again, 29th Nov.
1716, and was prosecuted, with others,
before the Lords of Justiciary, 29th
July 1717, for praying for Prince Charles,
and various offences, but the charge was
fallen from "in respect of His Majesty's
Act of Grace." In 1722 the Kirk-Session
requested O. to give up the poor's box, and
the mortcloths, with a list of those for
whom they had been used since 1714. On
29th Nov. 1726, at Edinburgh, he was con-
secrated a bishop of the Non-jurant Church,
and had the diocese of Brechin assigned
to him. He died at Dundee May 1742.
He is described as " a man of piety and
prudence, orthodox in his principles, and
blameless in his life," but it has also been
said " never perhaps was there a more credu-
lous, nor more illiterate man advanced."
He marr. Margaret, eldest daugh. of John
Graham, merchant and bailie, Dundee,
and had issue — Alexander, merchant,
Montrose, went to Philadelphia. — [Lawson's
Hist, of Scot. Epis. CL, 240-44,266; Inq.
Ret. Gen., 8127 ; Brechin Tests. ; Ace. of
Epis. Settlement in Dundee, 1727 ; Jervise's
Memorials, ii., 182 ; Forfar Sas., 15th Oct.
1704.]
JOHN HENDERSON, called by the
.„.„ Presb. jure devoluto 13th May, and
ord. 15th June 1709, "while he had
nobody to hear him, the people being
hindered"; trans, to Kirkden 4th July 1711.
THOMAS MITCHELL, born 1684;
1>n5 educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith 27th
May 1712 ; called by the Presb. jure
devoluto 10th Aug. 1714; ord. 5th May
1715; died 9th Jan. 1750. He marr. 8th
Sept. 1721, Mary Millar (who marr. (2) and
died 23rd April 1755), and had issue — Mary,
above 16 in 1744 (marr. David Scott, min.
of Auchterhouse) ; Andrew, his successor
in this parish ; Janet, born 10th July 1730
(marr. David Fergusson, min. of Farnell) ;
Thomas ; Agnes. — [Tombst.1
ANDREW MITCHELL, born 18th July
17_ 1729, son of preceding ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb.
of Forfar 7th Feb. 1750; pres. by David
Smythe of Methven in March, and ord. 15th
Aug. 1750 ; died 3rd Jan. 1794. He marr.
26th April 1754, Jean Craw, who died 27th
Sept. 1809, and had issue — Elizabeth, born
8th Feb. 1755; Thomas, born 2nd Aug.
1756 ; William, born 15th March 1758, died
30th Nov. 1776 ; Mary, born 1st Jan. 1760,
died 30th April 1767; Alexander, born
278
ABERLEMNO AND ALDBAR— CLOVA
[PEESB. OF
18th Dec. 1761 ; Andrew, bom 23rd Jan.
1765 ; Margaret, born 6th Aug. 1767 ;
James, his successor in this parish ; Janet,
born 28th Dec. 1772.
JAMES MITCHELL, born 9th April
1794 1770, son of preceding ; educated
at Univ. of Edinburgh ; pres. by
George III. in July, and ord. 25th Sept.
1794 ; died 13th May 1841. The Mitchells
were thus mins. of the parish in succession
for 126 years. He marr. (1) 2nd May
1792, Elizabeth Sidgwick, who died 3rd
May 1821, aged 54, and had issue — Eliza
Burnett, born 13th March 1793; Alexander,
born 28th Feb. 1794 ; Anna Strachan, born
29th June 1795 ; Mary Sidgwick, born 1st
Aug. 1796; Marmaduke, born 8th Nov.
1797 ; Jean Craw, born 8th Dec. 1799, died
11th Dec. 1800; Catherine Burnett, born
12th Sept. 1801 ; Andrew, born 4th Aug.
1802 ; James, born 24th July 1804 ; Robert
Jarrow, born 19th July 1805 ; Ramsay
(daugh.), born 3rd Oct. 1807 ; Georgina
Margaret, born 20th Sept. 1809; Eliza
Tailyour, bom 18th June 1811 : (2) 17th
Sept. 1821, Janet Webster, who died 5th
Oct. 1867.
JOHN CROMBIE, D.D.; trans, from
1841 ^ -Andrew's National Scots Church,
London, and adm. 9th Sept. 1841 ;
trans, to Scone 21st March 1844.
THOMAS MYLES, born Perth, 30th
1844 ^an" I809' son °f J°nn M., merchant,
and Margaret Blyth ; educated at
Perth Academy and Univs. of Glasgow,
St Andrews, and Edinburgh ; licen. by
Presb. of Perth in 1833 ; missionary at
Bargrennan and Auchmithie; pres. by
Queen Victoria 25th March, and ord. 10th
May 1844 ; died unmarr. 24th March 1891.
He was a pioneer of Church Union, having
presented an Overture to the Assembly from
his Presb. in 1869, with a view to opening
up correspondence between the Church
of Scotland and the Evangelical Churches
as to how Union could be best effected.
Publications — [The Kernel of the Contro-
versy ; The Kernel Further Discussed ;
Union especially between the Established
and Free Churches (1868).
^ JAMES BEATTIE BURNETT, M.A.,
1891 B.D.; ord. 24th Sept. 1891; trans.
to Fetteresso 8th March 1905.
FREDERICK DAVID LANGLANDS,
1905 M.A., B.D. ; ord. 2nd Nov. 1905;
trans, to Eastwood 31st May 1909.
DAVID NELSON, born Edinburgh,
15th Jan. 1873, son of Andrew Swan
N. and Catherine Leishman ; edu-
cated at Leith Schools and Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; M.A. (1896) ; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 1901 ; assistant at Portobello ;
ord. to South Parish, Kirriemuir, 20th
April 1905 ; app. by the Presb. jure devoluto
15th Dec. 1909 ; trans, and adm. 3rd Feb.
1910. Marr. 18th July 1905, Netta M'Ara,
daugh. of James Peat, engineer, Edinburgh,
and has issue — James Andrew, born 12th
June 1906 ; Margaret Catherine, born 28th
March 1909.
ALDBAR.
DAVID FOWLER [or FULLAR],
1567 reader in 1567.
1574 ANDREW KER, reader in 1574.
JAMES NEILSON, reader, 1576 to
1676 1580.
JAMES RAMSAY, removed from
115S0 Aberlemno in 1590, Finaven [Oath-
law] being also in the charge ;
returned to Aberlemno in 1591. — [Reg.
Assig.]
CLOVA (Q.S.).
[The church of Clova (Cladh-ath = the
mound at the ford) was dedicated to
St Mary. It belonged to the Abbey of
Arbroath. The parishes of Cortachy and
Clova were united in 1618. A church
was built in 1855. Clova was disjoined
quoad sacra from Cortachy on 14th March
I860.]
1576 JOHN MAIN, reader, 1576 to 1578.
ANDREW ALLAN, M.A.; adm. (by
the Archbishop) 15th Oct. 1615;
1616 pres. by James VI. 1st March 1616.
He had neither manse nor glebe on 2nd
Oct. that year, while the stipend was
FORFAR]
CLOVA— CORTACHY
279
" assigned to and possessed by Kobert Bruce
in life-rent." A letter was written by the
Synod to B. requesting "help to the min.
who serves the cure " ; pres. to Eassie, but
a previous presentation to another was pre-
ferred ; trans, to Finaven before 1622.
GEOEGE WINEHOUSE, M.A. ; app.
1811 R°val Bounty missionary in 1811 ;
ord. 16th Feb. 1814; trans, to
Auchterhouse 2nd July 1818.
WILLIAM OGILVY, ord. 22nd Dec.
1819 ; trans, to Cortachy 20th July
1819
1826.
JAMES "WATT, app. 20th July 1826;
1826 ord. to Glenisla 4th Sept. 1828.
WILLIAM EWART, born Mill of
Quiech, Alyth, about 1800, son of
1829 wili;am E> farmer and miller;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews; licen.
by Presb. of Forfar ; ord. 6th Jan. 1829 ;
died unmarr. 29th Jan. 1844.
JOHN MICHIE, born Romans, Clova,
about 1810, son of John M., farmer ;
1844 educated at Univ. and King's Col-
lege, Aberdeen ; ord. 21st Aug. 1844; died
unmarr. 11th Aug. 1854.
ALEXANDER DUFF, ord. 26th Oct.
1855 ; trans, to South Parish, Kirrie-
1855 muir, 25th Sept. 1856.
GEORGE SMITH, M.A. ; ord. 26th
Feb. 1857; adm. first min. of the
parish 14th March 1860 ; trans, to
Westray (Orkney) 26th Sept. 1872.
PETER MORRISON, born Comrie,
1842, son of John M. and Catherine
1 Drummond ; educated at Kirriemuir
and Logie-Pert Schools and Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 13th
July 1870 ; ord. 12th Dec. 1872 ; died
unmarr. 28th Nov. 1873.
JOHN ADAMSON HONEY, ord. 17th
April 1874 ; trans, to Inchture 7th
1874
Feb. 1884.
1884
JOHN STRACHAN, ord. 14th Aug.
1884 ; trans, to Glenprosen 25th
HENRY REID CHALMERS, ord. 4th
Jan. 1893 ; trans, to Kilmuir-Easter
1893
23rd May 1900.
1900
ROBERT MATTHEW WATSON, born
Glasgow, 9th Feb. 1862, son of
Archibald W., D.D., min. of Dundee ;
educated at Dundee Institution and High
School, and Univs. of St Andrews (M.A.
1884), Edinburgh, and at Tubingen ; licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh 13th May 1887;
locum tenens at Mains and Strathmartine
and at St Luke's, Dundee ; assistant at
Dundee and Newington, Edinburgh ; ord.
20th Sept. 1900.
CORTACHY.
[The parish of Cortachy was a prebend
of Brechin. Its church was dedicated to
St Columba. There was a chapel in the
parish at Lethnot. There was also within
the bounds a Well of the Nine Maidens.
In 1618 the parishes of Cortachy and Clova
were united. On 14th March 1860 Clova
was disjoined again quoad sacra. A fair
of St Columba was held at Cortachy.]
JAMES OGILVIE, reader here and
at Clova in 1567 ; pres. by James
VI. 28th Jan. 1571 ; Walter O., his
brother, had a pension of £1 from the
Kirk 24th Nov. 1579 ; dem. before 7th May
1580. — [^Kegr. Min. ; Beg. Assig.]
JAMES NICOLSON, pres. by James
VI. 7th May 1580; trans, to Meigle
1580 in 1583.
THOMAS RAY, pres. by James VI. 4th
Dec. 1582 ; trans, to St Vigeans in
1582
1618.
Aug. 1892.
JOSEPH RAY, born about 1593, son
of preceding; educated at Univ. of
1620 St Andrews; M.A. (1611); adm.
before 13th July 1620; died April 1632.
He marr. Margaret Collace, who died
before 14th Nov. 1683, and had issue-
John ; Annas.— [Brechin Tests. ; Bannatyne
Miscell., Hi.; Forfar Inhib., 27th July
1615; Beg. of Deeds, cclxxxv., 2nd June
1619, ccciii., 333.]
280
CORTACHY
[PEESB. OF
1628
DAVID KAMSAY, MA. (St Andrews
July 1612); adm. before 20th Nov.
1628 ; died between 20th Nov. 1632
and 19th July 1637, aged about 45. He
marr. Christian, daugh. of Alexander
Scrimgeour, min. of Kinghorn. She sur-
vived her husband, and "she and her
bairns " were recommended for a collection
which was responded to by the Presbs.
of Perth and Kirkcaldy. He had issue —
Patrick, and others.— [ff. R. Sas., xli., 214.]
JOHN PIGGOTT, M.A. (Univ. and
King's College, Aberdeen, 1608);
licen. in 1611 ; schoolmaster of
Tannadice that year; adm. min. of Lethnot
before 17th May 1622; trans, and adm.
after 7th Sept. 1637 ; died after 29th April
1657. He marr. a lady (name unknown),
who survived him.
JAMES ADAM, born about 1628, son
of Colin A., min. of Anstruther
Easter; M.A. (St Andrews 1648);
adm. to Olrig, Caithness, before 6th Aug.
1656 ; trans, and adm. before 30th Oct.
1659; was still min. 23rd Oct. 1678, but
on a reference to the Bishop and Synod
for not attending the Church Courts he
was probably deprived ; he returned Oct.
1691; died 22nd March 1692. He marr.
July 1676, Christian Straton, in parish of
Brechin, widow of George Steill, notary
burgess, Brechin ; she survived him, and
had issue — Katherine and Matilda, who
were recommended for support by the
Assemblies 8th March 1701 and 21st April
1707. — [Brechin Tests.; Acts of Assembly,
1701 and 1707; Forfar Homings, 29th
Aug. 1679.]
JAMES SMALL, M.A.; ord. before
5th Oct. 1679; trans, to Forfar in
1659
1679
1687.
1687
ALEXANDER LINDSAY, born For-
farshire, about 1700; educated at
Univ. and King's College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (14th July 1674); became chaplain
to James Carnegie of Balnamoon ; passed
trials for ordination before Presb. of
Brechin by request of Presb. of Forfar
6th July 1687, and adm. soon after;
deprived by Decreet of Privy Council, 29th
Oct. 1689, for not reading the Proclamation
of the Estates, not praying for William and
Mary, and not observing the Thanksgiving,
etc. He intruded at Careston in 1710 ;
was dep. by Presb. of Brechin for intruding
at Menmuir ; resided at Balnamoon, and
died at the Mill of Carraldston [Careston],
between 22nd May and 27th June 1729.
He marr. Jean, sister of Robert Dall,
merchant, Arbroath, and had issue —
James, served heir 25th Feb. 1725 ; Mary
(marr. Alexander Greenhill, Miltown of
Bridgetown) ; Elizabeth (marr. John Addi-
son, a min. in Edinburgh) ; Isobel (marr.
William Bower, Kinnettles. — [Brechin
Tests. ; Services of Heirs.~[
1691 JAMES ADAM, M.A. [see above].
JAMES RAMSAY, called in Aug., and
ord. 30th Nov. 1697; trans, to
Bendochy 27th Nov. 1700.
ANDREW BRUCE, M.A. ; called 13th
April, and ord. 23rd Sept. 1701 ;
trans, to Inverkeilor 21st May 1705.
1697
1701
1706
JOHN OGILVIE of Queich, called 12th
May, and ord. 18th Sept. 1706; trans,
to Tannadice 1st Oct. 1724.
WILLIAM BADENOCH, called 17th
March, and ord. 6th May 1725 ;
1725
trans, to Alford 23rd June 1737.
GEORGE OGILVY, app. by the Presb.
jure devoluto, and ord. 22nd Dec.
1737 ; trans, to Menmuir 22nd Aug.
1737
1745.
1746
WILLIAM BROWN, app. by the Presb.
jure devoluto 16th April, and ord.
17th July 1746; dem. 29th June
1748 on account of "the odium of the
disaffected, the prejudices of the people,
and his life being attacked by a ruffian."
He became Professor of Divinity and
Ecclesiastical History in Univ. of St
Andrews (q.v.).
GEORGE OGILVY, pres. by John, Earl
17-8 of Airlie in July, and ord. 22nd Sept.
1748; trans, to Banchory-Devenick
8th July 1773.
FORFAR]
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281
CHAELES GORDON, born Banff,
1718, son of Peter G. ; educated
1774 •
at Marischal College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1755); licen. by Presb. of Kincardine
O'Neil, 4th Jan. 1759 ; ord. missionary at
Braemar 19th Sept. 1764 ; pres. by the
Hon. Walter Ogilvy of Clova in Jan.,
trans, and adm. 10th Feb. 1774 ; died 3rd
Feb. 1795. He marr. 7th Dec. 1782, Rachel
Henderson, who died s.p. 19th Feb. 1839.
WILLIAM RAMSAY, born Moray,
about 1755, son of William R. ;
educated at Univ. and King's Col-
lege, Aberdeen; M.A. (30th March 1775);
schoolmaster of Glamis ; pres. by the
Hon. Walter Ogilvy of Clova; ord.
27th Aug. 1795; died 10th Nov. 1818.
He marr. 12th March 1785, Barbara Grant,
Huntly, who died 16th Sept. 1828, and had
issue — Robert, surgeon, Royal Artillery,
born 30th March 1787, died 28th Feb.
1814; Barbara, born 28th July 1789;
William, min. of Alyth, born 14th May
1791 ; John, writer, Edinburgh, born 27th
March 1793 ; Jane Ogilvy, born 15th Jan.
1796 (marr. 9th Oct. 1815, John Kermack,
W.S.), died 2nd Feb. 1834.
JOHN GOURLAY, born Brechin, 1756,
son of James G. ; educated at Univ.
and King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1777); ord. (assistant) at Arbuthnott 3rd
July 1799; adm. to Lintrathen 12th May
1814; pres. by Walter, Earl of Airlie ;
trans, and adm. 27th July 1819 ; died
27th March 1826. He marr. Sarah Ann
(born 1765, died 14th March 1822), daugh.
of John Hunter, Millplough of Allardice,
Arbuthnott, and had issue — John; William,
both above the age of 21 in 1826; Mary.
— [Tombst.]
WILLIAM OGILVY, born Newtyle,
2nd Feb. 1794; educated at Univ.
of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of
Meigle 2nd April 1817 ; assistant to preced-
ing ; ord. missionary at Clova 22nd Dec.
1819; pres. by David, Earl of Airlie, in
June, and adm. 20th July 1826 ; died
unmarr. 27th July 1848. Publication
— Account of the Parish {New Stat.
Ace, xi.).
1819
JAMES WATT, born Cortachy, 1799,
son of Duncan W., farmer, Coilamay,
and Elizabeth Mealmaker ; educated
at Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb.
of Forfar 15th Dec. 1824 ; app. missionary
at Clova 20th July 1826 ; ord. to Glenisla
4th Sept. 1828 ; trans, and adm. 16th Nov.
1848; died 22nd Oct. 1861. He marr.
30th Dec. 1833, Isobel (who predeceased
him), daugh. of Alexander White, linen
manufacturer, Blaikie, Brechin, and had
issue — John, min. of Glenprosen, born 1st
Feb. 1836. Publication— Account of the
Parish of Glenisla {New Stat. Ace, xi.).
GEORGE GORDON MILNE, born
lg62 Bellie (Fochabers), 2nd Feb. 1828,
son of James M. and Mary Logie ;
educated at Aberdeen Grammar School,
High School, Edinburgh, King's College,
Aberdeen (M.A. 1845), and Univ. of St
Andrews; licen. by Presb. of St Andrews
14th May 1851 ; ord. to Careston 13th
May 1858; trans, and adm. 16th May
1862 ; died 8th June 1894. He marr. 27th
Sept. 1860, Jessie Gavin (died 23rd Feb.
1897, aged 65), daugh. of James Allan and
Elizabeth Thorns, and had issue — David
Graham Drummond Ogilvy, born 28th
Feb. 1863; James Allan, born 18th Oct.
1864, died 5th Oct. 1899 ; George Gordon,
born 22nd Oct. 1866 ; Harry Carstairs,
Secretary Royal Exchange, Glasgow, born
11th June 1869, died 3rd Dec. 1924;
Elizabeth Mary, hospital nurse, born 3rd
June 1872, died in Glasgow, 29th July
1911 ; Edward Patrick, born 6th Dec.
1875, died in New Zealand, 24th July
1915; Helen Thorns, born 17th July 1881,
died 11th July 1894.
JOHN STRACHAN, born Guthrie,
14th Feb. 1857, son of James S.
and Isobel Nicol; educated at
Letham School and Univ. of St Andrews ;
licen. by Presb. of Forfar in 1882; assistant
at West Parish, Perth ; ord. to Clova 14th
Aug. 1884 ; trans, to Glenprosen 25th Aug.
1892; trans, and adm. 15th Nov. 1894.
Marr. 15th July 1885, Catherine, daugh.
of James Anderson, min. of Kirkden, and
has issue — Annie Anderson, born 13th June
1886 ; Janet Isabel, born 20th June 1889
1894
282
DUNNICHEN
[PHESB. OF
marr. 7th April 1917, James Buchanan Hair,
Cavalry Cadet). Publication — Cortachy
[The Presbytery of Forfar] (Forfar, 1904).
DUNNICHEN.
[The church of Dunnichen was dedicated
to St Constantine. It belonged to the
Abbey of Arbroath. St Constantine's Well
was in the parish and a fair of St Constan-
tine was held here. At Letham there is a
church, acquired in 1850, where service is
also conducted.]
NICOL HOWESON, min. in 1567;
1567 trans, to Auldearn before 1674.
^JAMES BALFOUR, trans, from Guthrie
1 -. in 1574, when Idvie l[Kirkden],
Guthrie, and Rescobie were also
under his care ; removed to Idvie before 1584.
ANDREW GUTHRIE, reader in 1585.
1585 —[And. of Exch. 1584-98,101.]
JOHN RIGG, born about 1564, son of
lsag Patrick R., merchant, Edinburgh
(in right of whom he was entered
burgess and guild-brother of that city, 28th
July 1613), and Elizabeth Hope ; educated
at Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A. ; adm. min.
here in 1589; pres. to the vicarage by
James VI. 1st Dec. 1601, and to the modi-
fied stipend 1st Oct. 1610 ; died 2nd Nov.
1635. He marr. Jan. 1620, Elspet Ochter-
lony, Montrose, who died July 1627, and
had issue — John, of Rigsland, advocate ;
Christian (marr., cont. 27th May 1624, John
Ray, Regent of Humanity, Univ. of Edin-
burgh) ; William, min. of Inverarity. —
[Edin. and Brechin Tests. ; Hope's Diary ;
Beg. of Deeds, Durie, dxxviii., 388.]
GILBERT WISHART, second son of
Thomas W. in Ballindarg; M.A.
(Univ. and King's College, Aberdeen,
1622) ; adm. (probably as colleague) before
17th March 1635; died Jan. 1688, aged
about 86. He marr. and had issue — John
of Balgavie, Regent successively of Human-
ity and Philosophy in Univ. of Edinburgh,
and Commissary of Edinburgh ; Isobel
(marr., pro. 5th May 1661, John Ogilvie
in Easter Idvie). — [Edin. Council Reg. ;
Brechin Tests.]
1635
HENRY LINDSAY, second son of
David L., min. of Rescobie ; M.A.
(St Andrews, 28th July 1666);
passed trials before Presb. of Glasgow,
and recommended for licence 3rd Aug.
1671; app. assistant or chaplain by the
Bishop before 16th Feb. 1676 ; adm. min.
at Farnell before 15th Jan. 1682 ; trans,
and adm. (colleague) in 1682. He joined
the Jacobite Rising in 1715, and was
dep., 30th May 1716, for "unsoundness of
principle, by deserting the Protestant Cause,
joining the late unjust and unnatural
rebellion, observing the Fast for success to
the Pretender's Arms, and thanksgiving
for his landing in Scotland, and having
read in Church on 11th April last, the late
Earl of Mar's orders for raising of cess
and meal for the use of the rebels."
He marr. Margaret Dempster, and had
issue — George, served heir 22nd Sept.
1720. — [Case of Greenshields ; Services of
Heirs.]
ANDREW ARROTT of Dumbarrow in
_ the parish, born about 1683, son of
William A. of Dumbarrow, min.
of Montrose ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews ; M.A. (7th July 1710) ; licen. by
Presb. of Brechin 14th July 1714; called
26th July, and ord. 13th Sept. 1716.
Joined the Associate Presb. 13th Oct.
1742; the Commission of Assembly in-
structed the Presb. of Forfar to set about
reclaiming A., but failing in this, they dep.
him, 5th June 1745. He built a church
on his own ground at Dumbarrow, which
became the gathering-point for Seceders
from a great part of Forfarshire, though
the parishioners of Dunnichen did not
follow him to any extent. In 1747 he
adhered to the Antiburgher side, was
"frail and indisposed" during the winter
of 1752-3 ; died 16th May 1760. He marr.
and had issue — William of Dumbarrow,
born 31st March 1720; Magdalen, born
30th Nov. 1722 (marr. Isaac Paton, min.
of the Associate Antiburgher Congrega-
tion, Temple-Patrick, Ireland ; David, min.
at Markethill, Ulster, born 6th Nov. 1725.
— [Morren's Annals, i., 385 ; Small's Hist,
of U.P. Congs., i., 65.]
FORFAR]
DUNNICHEN
283
JAMES HENDERSON, pres. by the
1748 •E>resb- jure devoluto 3rd July, and
ord. 4th Sept. 1746 ; trans, to Moni-
fieth 9th March 1763.
GRIFFITH FERGUSON, educated
,,.__ at Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by
Presb. of Dundee 1st Oct. 1760;
pres. by George III. 4th May, and ord.
1st Sept. 1763 ; died 26th July 1787. He
marr. 30th March 1764, Cecilia Ronald or
Rennald (who marr. (2) 25th Nov. 1795),
and had issue — John, born 13th Jan. 1765 ;
George, born 1st March 1766 ; James, born
11th Dec. 1767 ; Griffith, born 10th July
1769; Cecilia, born 2nd May 1772 ; Patrick,
born 4th Oct. 1774 ; Jean, born 12th June
1777 (marr., pro. 16th Nov. 1796, Alexander
Ritchie, farmer, Friarton, Fife) ; a daugh.
marr. Jas. Hunter, merchant, Dundee ;
Andrew, born 9th March 1779.
THOMAS MASSON, born 1737, son of
1788 William M., Convener of Trades,
St Andrews ; educated at Univ. of
St Andrews ; M.A. (1754) ; licen. by Presb.
of St Andrews 25th March 1761 ; ord. to
Glenisla 11th May 1763 ; pres. by George
III. 24th Sept. 1787 ; trans, and adm. 31st
July 1788; D.D. (St Andrews, 2nd June
1804); died at St Andrews, 10th Nov.
1809. He marr. 29th June 1773, Jean,
daugh. of James Rattray of Eastmill, and
had issue — William, born 19th June 1774 ;
James, born 9th May 1776 ; Thomas, born
28th April 1778; David, born 9th June
1781 ; Helen, born 5th April 1785 ; Rose,
born 4th Jan. 1792 (marr. John Lee,
D.D., L.L.D., Principal of the Univ. of
Edinburgh).
JAMES HEADRICK, born Logie,
lg07 Stirlingshire, bapt. 25th March
1759, son of John H., farmer, and
Isabel Neilson ; educated at Logie School
and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Hamilton 25th April 1786 ; was a candidate
for the Chair of Natural Philosophy in
Univ. of Glasgow in 1795 ; pres. by George
III. in March, and ord. (assistant and
successor) 11th Aug. 1807; died 31st
March 1841. As a student he was a
leading member of the Glasgow Chemical
Society, and his whole life was devoted to
the study of chemistry and cognate sub-
jects. He was a mineralogist and geologist
of more than local reputation. To Sir
John Sinclair he rendered valuable assist-
ance in the scheme for his Statistical
Account of Scotland. He left in MS. a
large collection of papers on scientific and
agricultural affairs, and a considerable
number of Poems — the " Death of Nelson,"
the " Rock of Gibraltar," and others. He
marr. 3rd Sept. 1804, Katharine M'Beth,
who died 21st Aug. 1855, and had issue —
James, born 8th Sept. 1805, drowned at
sea ; George Dempster, born 2nd Jan. 1810 ;
John, born 9th July 1811 ; William, in
Jamaica, born 21st March 1813 ; Samuel,
born 8th April 1815. Publications — View
of the Mineralogy, Agriculture, Manu-
factures, and Fisheries of the Island of
Arran (Edinburgh, 1807) ; " Some Mineral-
ogical and Geological Observations made
in the Isle of Arran" {Nicolson's Journal,
1807) ; " Memoir of the Rev. David Ure "
(Scots Magazine, Dec. 1808) ; A General
View of the Agriculture of the County
of Angus (Edinburgh, 1813) ; Lecture on
Geology delivered before the Forfar Scientific
Institution (Montrose, 1828) ; " Chemistry "
(Perth Encyclopaedia) ; " The Caledonian
Canal " (Trans. High. Soc. Scot.) [of which
he was sometime Editor] ; Account of the
Parish (New Stat. Ace, xi.). Edited History
of the Orkney Islands by George Barry,
D.D. (London, 1808).— [Lowson's Forfar
Notables (portrait), 81-100, 273 ; Warden's
Angus, iii., 189.]
DONALD FERGUSSON, born Kirk-
.„„„ michael, Perthshire, 1811, son of
Charles F. of Easter Dalnabreck ;
educated at Univs. of St Andrews and
Edinburgh ; pres. by William IV., and
ord. (assistant and successor) 25th Aug.
1837. Joined the Free Church in 1843;
adm. min. of St George's Free Church,
Liverpool, 14th Feb. 1844 ; trans, to Free
Church, Kilmadock, 1850 ; trans, to Free
Church, Leven, Fife, 1865 ; died 14th July
1897. He marr. (1) 5th March 1846,
Catherine, daugh. of Colonel William
Balfour, 82nd Regiment, and had issue—
284
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1843
Charles Balfour, Calcutta; William Bal-
four, M.D., Painswick, Gloucestershire;
John Moore, min. of English Presbyterian
Church, Woolwich; Grace Ogilvie (marr.
her cousin, John Maxwell Fergusson): (2)
1st June 1882, Marie Wilhelmina Henriette
Pauline (died 28th July 1916), daugh. and
co-heir of Colonel Lewis von Wiersbitzky,
Prussian Artillery, and widow of Bobert
Lundin Brown, min. of Free Church, Largo.
Publications — Covenanting with God : Two
Discourses (Dundee, 1844) ; A Pastoi's
Parting Prayer for his People : Lecture
XII. {Free Church Pulpit, iii.).
DAVID MARTIN, born about 1800,
probably son of David M., farmer in
parish of Mullobrack, Co. Armagh ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow (M.A. 1821)
and United Secession Theological Hall ;
pres. by Queen Victoria 22nd July, and
ord. 15th Sept. 1843; died unmarr. 11th
April 1847.
ALEXANDER FERRIEE MIT-
._._ CHELL, M.A. ; pres. by Queen
Victoria 6th Aug., and ord. 9th
Nov. 1847 ; adm. Professor of Hebrew and
Oriental Languages, St Mary's College,
St Andrews, 18th Dec. 1848 (q.v.); dem.
29th June 1849.
JOHN BURNS, pres. by Queen Victoria
1849 3rc* ^u^' and orc*- 27th Sept. 1849 ;
trans, to Dunino 12th June 1850.
ALEXANDER ROSS, born Tarrycruin,
Towie, 22nd Nov. 1819, son of James
B. and Ann Craigie ; educated at
King's College, Aberdeen ; ord. to Holburn
Chapel, Aberdeen, 1844; pres. by Queen
Victoria 8th July, and adm. 26th Sept. 1850;
clerk of Presb. 19th Feb. 1851 to 16th Dec.
1863 ; died unmarr. at Kincardine O'Neil,
20th July 1866, and was buried at Towie.
JOHN DAWSON, formerly assistant
chaplain at Bengal ; pres. by Queen
Victoria 4th Oct., and adm. 6th Dec.
1866 ; trans, to Makerstoun 9th Sept. 1869.
JOHN METHVEN ROBERTSON,
M.A. ; pres. by Queen Victoria 17th
Sept., and ord. 5th Nov. 1869 ; trans.
to Second Charge, Montrose, 12th Oct.
1871.
1850
1885
THOMAS ALEXANDER CAMERON,
187„ M.A. ; pres. by Queen Victoria 21st
Oct. 1871; ord. 11th Jan. 1872;
trans, to Farnell 19th Feb. 1874.
^ DAVID BARRFE, born Glasgow 1838,
.__. son of John B., coal merchant, and
Clementina Nelson; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow ; assistant at St Mungo's, Glas-
gow ; missionary at Bobertson Memorial
Church, Glasgow, 1872 ; pres. by Queen
Victoria 20th Feb., and ord. 14th May
1874; died unmarr. 11th Sept. 1884.
HUGH MACMASTER, born Glasgow,
28th June 1858 ; son of Duncan M.
and Johana Campbell Macdonald ;
educated at High School and Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 14th
June 1882 ; assistant at Cambuslang ; ord.
26th Feb. 1885 ; sometime Convener of
Life and Work Sub-Committee on Rural
Parishes ; died 18th July 1916. He marr.
23rd Dec. 1902, Georgina (died 6th Feb.
1910), daugh. of William Goldie Boag, min.
of Delting, and had issue — Margaret Agnes,
born 6th Feb. 1904 ; Duncan Boag, born
31st Jan. 1910. Publication — Dunnichen
[The Presbytery of Forfar] (Dundee, 1904).
ALEXANDER CLARK, trans, from
1916 Unst- and adm- 14tJl Dec- 1916 ;
trans, to Abbey Parish, Arbroath,
6th June 1923.
JOHN FOSTER M'CALLUM, bom
St Boswells, 23rd Dec. 1894, son of
Archibald M. and Keturah Taylor ;
educated at Morrison's Academy, Crieff,
and Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (1918);
licen. by Presb. of Auchterarder May
1921 ; assistant at Inveresk ; ord. 30th Oct.
1923.
FORFAR AND RESTENNET.
[These parishes were united early in the
seventeenth century.
Forfar. — The church of Forfar was dedi-
cated to St James. It belonged to the
Abbey of Jedburgh. There were in the
parish chapels of St Curadan and St
Margaret. A point of land in the Loch of
1923
FOHFAK]
FORFAR AND RESTENNET
285
Forfar is called St Margaret's Inch. Two
fairs held at Forfar bore the names of
St James and St Ethernan. The interior
of Forfar church was remodelled and im-
proved at a cost of £7000 in 1898-9 by
James Duncan of Coupar-Grange.
Restennet. — The church of Eestennet was
dedicated to St Peter. It belonged to the
Abbey of Jedburgh. From a very early
time Eestennet was the seat of a Celtic
monastery, which appears to have been
founded in 710. In 1159 it was converted
into the Augustinian Priory of St Peter.
The fine, lofty tower, which still crowns
the Priory ruins at Eestennet, seems to
be of great antiquity.]
DAVID LINDSAY of Pitairlie, min.
here in 1566; trans, to Aberlemno
1566
before 1574.
1574
NINIAN CLEMENT, min. of St
Vigeans in 1564; he probably also
officiated at Arbroath that year ;
trans, to this parish about 1574, with
Eestennet, Kinnettles, and Tannadice also
in the charge. — {Zurich Letters, ii. ;
Jervise's Memorials, i. 240, ii. 229.]
JAMES EAIT, trans, from Lanark
about 1576 ; trans, to Kinnettles
1576
about 1589.
DAVID LINDSAY, M.A.; min. in
1590, with Eestennet also in the
charge ; adm. to Second Charge,
St Andrews, in 1597.
1590
JOSHUA DUEIE, M.A. ; trans, from
Second Charge, Montrose, 1596;
trans, to Logie - Pert after 22nd
March 1603.
1596
1607
HENEY FULLAETON, born about
1566, son of David F., skipper,
burgess of Dundee ; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (10th Dec.
1586) ; licen. by Presb. of Brechin ; adm.
to this charge in 1607 ; app. clerk of
Presb. 16th April 1611 ; was Moderator of
Presb. 30th Sept. 1612; died before
17th June 1618. He marr., and had a son,
William, min. of Eafford. — [Beg. Sec. Sig. ;
P. C. Reg., viii., 99, 647.]
1618
JAMES ELLIOT, son of Andrew E. of
Cuithley, burgess of Arbroath ; M.A.
(St Andrews 1592) ; was ready to
enter the ministry 26th April 1593 ; ord.
to Oathlaw (formerly Finaven) in 1597
a member of General Assembly in 1610
pres. by James VI. 17th June 1618
trans, and adm. soon after ; D.D. ; died
before 19th June 1637, aged about 65.
He marr. Eupham Lindsay, who survived
him, and had issue — Andrew, min. of
Inverkeilor ; James, min. of Trinity
Parish, Edinburgh ; a daugh. (marr. James
Eamsay, fiar of Ogil). — [Reg. Sec. Sig. ;
Jervise's Memorials, i., 48; Reg. of Deeds,
cccxxvii. 468, dxli. 383 ; G. R. Sas., xvii.,
304 ; Forfar Sas., L, 370 ; Reg. Mag. Sig.,
ix., 2130.]
THOMAS PIEESON, born about 1600,
second son of Thomas P. of Loch-
163*7
lands and Agnes Boswell ; M.A.
(St Andrews 1621); pres. by Charles I.
19th June 1637 ; a member of Commission
of Assembly in 1647 ; died Nov. 1656. He
marr. Elizabeth Maule, and had issue— an
only son, David, min. of Kilbarchan, who
was served heir 31st Jan. 1665. — [Reg.
Sec. Sig. ; Inq. Ret. Forfar, 410.]
ALEXANDEE EOBEETSON, M.A.
(King's College, Aberdeen, 1653);
adm. before 22nd Aug. 1658; deprived
by Act of Parliament, 11th June, and
Decreet of Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662. —
[Wodrow's Hist., i., 329.]
THOMAS SMALL, born about 1620,
1663 son °^ George S. of Foveran; edu-
cated at Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A.
(1640) ; was reader and schoolmaster of
Meigle, when he had a gift of two chalders
of victual from the teinds of that parish,
which was ratified by Parliament 30th
Oct. 1641; adm. to Lintrathen (probably
assistant only) before 9th Aug. 1650 ; pres.
by Charles II. ; trans, and adm. 28th
Jan. 1663; died April 1687. He marr.
Susanna Ogilvie, who died May 1679, and
had issue — James, min. of this parish.
FEANCIS LYON, mentioned as min.
(Acts and Dec, Durie, 25th Feb.
1658
1687
1688).
286
FORFAR AND RESTENNET
[PRESB. OF
1687
JAMES SMALL of Quarrell-hill, born
about 1650, son of Thomas S., min.
of this parish; M.A. (St Andrews,
26th July 1670); passed trials before the
Presb. and recommended for licence 5th
Jan. 1678, and for ordination 10th Sept.
1679; ord. to Cortachy before 5th Oct.
1679 ; pres. by James VII. 23rd May 1687 ;
trans, and adm. that year. About 1716
it is recorded that he was "driven from
his church without so much as a shadow
of sentence against him." He was alive
17th Dec. 1729. He marr. (1) 23rd Feb.
1675, Margaret, second daugh. of Alex-
ander Pierson of Balmadies, and had issue
—Patrick; Katherine : (2) Oct. 1707,
Christian Mitchellhill. Publication— Letter
to Bishop Eose of Edinburgh (Skinner's
Annals). — [Case of Greenshields.]
HUGH MAXWELL, M.A. ; trans, from
Tealing, called 7th Feb., and adm.
1717 21st March 1717; trans, to Strath-
martine 27th June 1744.
JOHN KER, born Roxburghshire about
1715; educated at Univ. of Edin-
1745 burgh; licen. by Presb. of Kelso
22nd Nov. 1739 ; ord. to Kettins 1st Feb.
1744 ; trans, and adm. 7th March 1745 ;
D.D. (Univ. and King's College, Aberdeen,
22nd April 1761) ; M.D. (same Univ. and
same date) ; elected Moderator of General
Assembly 23rd May 1776 ; died 15th Dec.
1781. He marr. 1746, Agnes Burton, who
died 15th March 1788— [Tombst.]
JOHN BBUCE, born 24th July 1758,
son of Andrew B., min. of Brechin ;
1782 educated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (1769) ; sometime tutor in the
family of Mr Russell, Old Deer; licen.
by Presb. of Deer 29th Nov. 1780; assistant
to preceding; pres. by the Town Council
8th March, and ord. 24th July 1782 ; died
19th Jan. 1817. He marr. 6th May 1785,
Mary (died 24th April 1844), daugh. of
David Fergusson, min. of Farnell, and had
issue— Rebecca Mitchell, born 6th Feb.,
and died 7th Nov. 1786 ; Janet, born 8th
Jan. 1788, died 11th June 1794 ; Andrew,
born 24th May 1790, died 6th Oct. 1792;
Mary, born 25th April 1792, died 14th June
1817
1794; David, born 29th Sept. 1793, died
20th April 1806; John, D.D., min. of St
Andrew's Parish, Edinburgh, born 30th
Nov. 1794; Margaret, born 30th June
1796, died 13th Feb. 1864. Publications—
Thanksgiving to Jehovah, the Lord of the
Harvest, a sermon (Dundee, 1797) ; The
Moral Discipline of Providence, a sermon
(Dundee, 1814) ; Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, vi.). — [St Andrews
Tests. ; Lowson's Forfar Notables (portrait),
101-24, 274.]
WILLIAM CLUGSTON, born Calton,
Glasgow, 2nd July 1793, eldest son
of James O, tailor ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1812); licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow 6th Nov. 1816; app.
by the Town Council 24th May, and ord.
21st Aug. 1817. Joined the Free Church
in 1843 ; min. of the Free Church, Forfar,
1843-57 ; died 3rd March 1857. A great
pulpit orator and said to be the most
popular divine in Forfarshire. He marr.
2nd July 1818, Margaret (died 18th March
1866), daugh. of George Gartly, muslin
manufacturer, and Margaret Gordon, and
had issue — Margaret, born 21st Sept. 1819,
died 3rd Feb. 1841 ; James, born 10th
Jan. 1823 ; George, born 26th June 1824 ;
William, born 2nd April 1826 ; Janet, born
4th Feb. 1828 ; Alexander, born 24th April
1830; Elspeth, born 27th March 1834,
died 25th Feb. 1835. Publications— On
National Judgments, a sermon (Edinburgh,
1837); The Widow and the Fatherless,
a sermon (Edinburgh, 1854); Account of
the Parish {New Stat. Ace, xi.).— [Reid's
The Royal Burgh of Forfar, 156, 361-4;
Lowson's Forfar Notables (portrait), 125-35,
274.]
ROBERT STEVENSON, born The
Shiels, Campsie, 7th Feb. 1812, sixth
1843 son of William S., farmer, and
Marjory Ferrie ; educated at Univs. of
Glasgow (M.A. 1831) and Edinburgh;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 1st May
1834 ; ord. (assistant and successor) to
East Parish, Airdrie, 2nd June 1837; trans.
and adm. 14th Sept. 1843 ; died 21st March
1877. He marr. (1) 1st Oct. 1844, Marion
(died 21st Nov. 1854), youngest daugh. of
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FORFAR AND RESTENNET— ST JAMES'S
287
David Scott, Northfield, Duddingston : (2)
8th July 1868, Agnes (died 13th July
1904), daugh. of Andrew Barron, Halkerton,
Forfarshire, and Jessie Guthrie, and had
issue — William Barron, D.D., D.Litt.
Professor of Oriental Languages, Univ
of Glasgow (q.v.), born 12th Aug. 1869
Marion Scott, missionary, Kenya Colony
British East Africa, born 19th May 1871
Bobert Ferrie, born 2nd Sept. 1874.
— [Keid's The Royal Burgh of Forfar
(portrait), 157.]
1862
DAVID MITCHELL, born Glasgow,
about 1835, second son of John M.,
factor; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow ;
ord. to St Luke's Parish, Glasgow, 7th
Oct. 1858 ; trans, and adm. (assistant and
successor) 11th April 1862 ; dep. (by Presb.
of Forfar) 22nd Dec. 1866. He became min.
of the .Scots Church, Jersey, U.S.A., and
died there in 1905. He marr. in 1874.
GEOBGE JOHNSTONE CAIE, born
187s Chatham, New Brunswick, 18th Oct.
1839, son of James C. and Mary
Little Johnstone ; educated at Queen's
College, Ontario, Canada, and Univ. of
Edinburgh ; B.A. (1861) ; sometime tutor
in the family of George, Duke of Argyll;
licen. by Presb. of Dunoon in 1864 ; ord. to
New St Stephen's, St John's, New Bruns-
wick, 6th June 1866 ; app. assistant
here in 1874 ; adm. (assistant and suc-
cessor) 2nd July 1875; D.D. (St Andrews
1899); died 4th Oct. 1911. He marr. (1)
24th Sept. 1872, Annabell (died 25th
June 1882), daugh. of Bobert Hyndman,
Charlottetown, P.E.I., and Ann M'Nutt,
and had issue — James Johnstone, born 7th
July 1873, died 29th March 1874 ; Norman
Macleod, min. of First Charge, Hamilton,
born 2nd Oct. 1874; Annie Hyndman, born
4th Nov. 1875, died 31st Dec. 1876 ; Mary
Bichardson, born 15th Jan. 1877 ; Bobert
George, captain 5th Fusiliers, born 4th
March 1880, died 11th Feb. 1919 : (2) 4th
June 1889, Margaret Matthew (born 22nd
April 1854), daugh. of John Myles, solicitor,
Forfar, and had issue — Annie Whitson,
born 16th May 1891 (marr. 14th July
1919, James Arthur Lees, Torquay) ; Ethel
Margaret (twin), born 16th May 1891 (marr.
2nd Oct. 1917, Bobert S. L. Macpherson,
C.A.); John Myles, born 5th Oct. 1894.
Publication — Family Prayers for Five
Weeks (Edinburgh, ' 1896) ; Forfar [The
Presb. of Forfar] (Forfar, 1904).— [Forfar
Review, 17th Feb. 1899 ; Kirriemuir Ad-
vertiser, 6th Oct. 1911 ; Beid's Forfar
(portrait), 158.]
WILLIAM GALLOWAY DONALD-
1908 SON, born Cupar-Fife, 17th June
1864, son of Ebenezer D. and Mary
Stark Galloway; educated at Cupar and
Univs. of St Andrews and Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Cupar 25th May 1889 ;
assistant at Ladhope, Galashiels ; ord. to
North Parish, Kelso, 12th March 1891;
trans, to St Paul's, Leith, 23rd Nov. 1898 ;
trans, and adm. (assistant and successor)
1st Oct. 1908. Marr. 16th Aug. 1892,
Isabella Thomson, youngest daugh. of
Bobert Adam, Gowan Park, Cupar-Fife
(s.p.).
ST JAMES'S (Q.S.).
[During the ministry of William Clugston,
owing to the parish church being over-
crowded, services were held in an old
Episcopal chapel which was purchased in
1835. St James's parish was disjoined
from Forfar and erected into a parish
quoad sacra 18th March 1872.]
JAMES YEAMAN STBACHAN, born
1836 a^out 1806, son of William S. ; licen.
by Presb. of Forfar 19th June 1833 ;
ord. 21st Oct. that year as assistant to
William Clugston, min. of the parish ; adm.
to this charge 20th April 1836 ; died un-
marr. 1st Oct. 1843.
JAMES SOMMEES, ord. 30th Jan.
1845 1845 ; clerk of Presb. 18th June 1845
to 19th Feb. 1851; trans, to Barry
18th Sept. 1851.
JAMES IBELAND, born about 1823 ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews;
ord. to Bourock Chapel, now Barr-
head, 26th Feb. 1850; trans, and adm.
288
ST JAMES'S— LOWSON MEMORIAL
[PEESB. OF
15th June 1852; res. 11th Feb. 1857
and went to America, where he had a
charge.
ALEXANDER CAMPBELL, bom
las„ Aberfeldy, 1830, son of Alexander C,
grocer, and Isabella M'Laren ; edu-
cated at Aberfeldy School and Univ. of
St Andrews ; missionary in St David's
Parish, Dundee ; licen. by Presb. of Weem ;
assistant at St Clement's, Dundee ; ord.
25th June 1857 ; died unmarr. 25th Jan.
1866.— [Nome's Dundee Celebrities, 263.]
JOHN WEIR, born Rothesay, 25th
Jan. 1840; third son of John W.,
merchant, and Mary M'Kinlay ;
educated at Rothesay School and Univ.
of Glasgow ; M.A. (1858) ; licen. by Presb.
of Dunoon 26th Nov. 1861 ; assistant at
Hogganfield, Mount Stuart, Killearn, and
West St Giles', Edinburgh ; ord. min. of
St James's Chapel 2nd Aug. 1866 ; received
as first min. of the parish, 3rd April 1872 ;
dem. 17th May 1909. Marr. 3rd March
1868, Christina Scott, daugh. of Adam
Bell, merchant, Edinburgh, and Agnes
Scott, and has issue — Ada Bell, born 4th
Feb. 1869 ; Mary M'Kinlay, born 29th Aug.
1870. Publication— St James's Parish [The
Presb. of Forfar] (Forfar, 1904). — [Reid's
Forfar (portrait), 160.]
WILLIAM ADAM, M.A., B.D. ; ord.
9th Sept. 1909; trans, to Kirk-
patrick-Durham, 5th Oct. 1916.
JAMES AIKEN, born Kingston, Glas-
gow, 13th July 1866, son of Robert
A, Commodore of the "Laird" Line,
and Ann Collins Donaldson ; educated at
Free Church Normal School and Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (1891); licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow in 1893 ; assistant at Beath,
Milton of Campsie, Dalziel ; ord. (by Presb.
of Hamilton) 5th May 1904; app. to St
Catherine's Parish, Berbice, British Guiana,
and adm. 26th June 1904 ;i trans, to St
Thomas's, Georgetown, British Guiana, 1st
Dec. 1914; Chairman of British Guiana
Government Industrial School Committee
in 1915 ; adm. to this charge 8th Feb. 1917 ;
served as Entomologist with the Meso-
potamia Expeditionary Force, 1917 - 18.
Marr. 14th Dec. 1905, Matilda (born 25th
March 1870), daugh. of Alexander M'Donald
Thomson, colliery -manager, Ayl-y-brynn,
Methil, and has issue — Hannah, born and
died 23rd Dec. 1906. Publications— " The
Mosquitoes of British Guiana" (British
Guiana Medical Annual (1905, 1906, 1908,
1912); "A Synoptical View of the Mos-
quitoes of British Guiana"; "A Com-
mercial Classification of the Limbers of
British Guiana" (Journal of the Royal
Society for Agriculture and Commerce of
British Guiana [which he edited, 1912-16] ;
Editor of The Scottish Church Record,
British Guiana (1905-15), of The People's
Newspaper and Berbice Gazette (1906-9) ;
articles on Natural History in The Ento-
mologist and other journals.
LOWSON MEMORIAL (Q.S.).
[The Lowson Memorial Parish was dis-
joined from the parish of Forfar and erected
quoad sacra 29th May 1914. The church
was built, furnished, and endowed through
the generosity of Mrs Steele of Beech-
hill, Forfar, and other members of the
family of John Lowson, junior, manu-
facturer, Forfar, and was named in memory
of their father.]
PETER CARMICHAEL MILLAR,
1B14 M.A., B.D., O.B.E. ; ord. 17th Sept.
1914; trans, to Balmerino 14th
Sept. 1920.
WILLIAM THOMAS SMELLIE, born
lg21 Barrhead, 7th June 1892, son of
Robert James S. and Annie Peters ;
educated at High School and Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (1913); served as lieut.
6th A. & S. Highlanders, and captain R.E.
in 1918 ; mentioned in despatches, Nov.
1918; O.B.E. (Military Division Jan. 1919),
for services during the German attacks of
28th March and 9th April 1918 ; licen. by
Presb. of Paisley in 1918 ; assistant at
North Berwick; ord. 17th Feb. 1921.
Marr. 31st March 1921, Jean, daugh. of
William Craig, Morag, Paisley, and Eliza-
beth Gray.
FORFAR]
GLAMIS
289
GLAMIS.
[In early Christian times, St Fergus
made Glamis the seat of a mission of the
Celtic Church. St Donald also carried on
mission work here. The church of Glamis
was dedicated to St Fergus. It belonged
to the Abbey of Arbroath. St Fergus'
Cave in the parish has of old been used
as a hermitage. There were here Wells
of St Fergus, St Medan, and the Nine
Maidens. In 1487, John, third Lord
Glamis, founded in the Parish Church
of Glamis an altar of St Thomas the
Martyr. A fair of St Fergus was held at
Glamis. A Celtic cross, preserved at the
manse, belongs to the earliest period of
Christian art in Scotland.]
L EOBEET BOYD, min. in 1567 ; trans.
1567 to Newtyle in 1571.
JOHN NEVAY, min. of Newtyle in
1571 1567 ; trans, and adm. about 1571
with Eassie, Lintrathen, and Meathie
also in his charge ; still min. in 1590.
— {Bee/. Assig. ; Stirton's Glamis, 74.]
SAMUEL KAMSAY, min. in 1595;
trans, to Montrose between 1599
1595
and 1601.
* DAVID BEOWN [or BEOUNE], min.
leol of Nevay in 1590, having also charge
of Eassie, Glamis, and Lintrathen in
1593, but Eassie only in 1596 ; removed to
Eassie between 1597 and 1599 ; trans, and
adm. here in 1601 ; pres. by James VI.
17th Jan. 1602 and 3rd Feb. 1613. He also
held the parsonage and vicarage of Clova,
which he relinquished before 1st March
1616 ; was a member of Assembly, 1602
and 1610 ; referred to as " aged and
diseased" in 1620, and died March 1625.
He marr. and had issue — James, M.A. ;
Catherine; George. — [Reg. Assig.; Reg.
Sec. Sig.; Calderwood's Hist., vii., 105;
Forfar Inhib., 25th Nov. 1615.]
SILVESTEE LAMMIE, son of George
L. of Dunkenny ; educated at Univ.
of St Andrews; M.A. (1617); pres.
by Charles I. 4th July 1625; was a
member of the Glasgow Assembly, 1638
VOL. V.
and 1639, and of the Commissions of
Assembly, 1645, 1646, and was probably
dead before 20th Dec. 1665, when the
parish was vacant. He marr. Helen, eldest
daugh. of John Ogilvy of Balfour, and had
issue — John of Dunkenny and Balnamoon ;
Silvester, min. of Eassie ; Elizabeth (marr.
Eobert Douglas, Bishop of Dunblane).—
[Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Peterkin's Records ; Stir-
ton's Glamis, 75 ; Forfar Inhib., 20th Aug.
1605; Forfar Sas., ii., 270; Perth Sas.,
iv., 316.]
GEOEGE MIDDLETON, M.A.; adm.
7 5th June 1667 ; app. Eegent in King's
College, Aberdeen, in 1671 ; dem. in
1673. He was min. again before 27th July
1684, but on becoming Principal of King's
College (q.v.) he dem. and preached his
farewell sermon (Philip, i., 27) on 11th Jan.
1685.
WILLIAM CHALMEES, born about
1674 1636, son of William C, min. of
Fettercairn; M.A. (King's College,
Aberdeen, 1656) ; passed trials before Presb.
of Fordoun and had a testimonial 2nd Feb.
1670 ; adm. to Bervie 4th May 1670 ; trans,
and adm. 15th April 1674; died March
1681. He marr. (1) a daugh. of Patrick
Lyon, min. of Barry : (2) May 1676, Martha,
daugh. of Arthur Granger, min. of Pan-
bride. She survived him.
JOHN LYON, M.A. ; trans, from Airlie,
and adm. 21st Dec. 1681 ; trans, to
Tealing before 27th July 1684.
GEOEGE MIDDLETON, M.A. [see
1684 above].
"JOHN BALVAIED (primus); M.A.
1685 (St Andrews 1642) ; ord. to Kirkden
13th June 1650; trans, and adm.,
" with the unanimous consent of the whole
congregation," 24th Sept. 1685; died 1st
March 1698, aged about 76. He marr.
Elizabeth Spalding, and had issue— John,
min. of this parish; William, min. of
Kirkden; Alexander; David, servitor to
the Earl of Strathmore; Eobert; Marjory
(marr. Eobert Strachan, min. of Colvend) ;
Margaret (marr. James Walker, min. of
Buittle); Elizabeth; Katherine.
T
290
GLAMIS
[PKESB. OF
v JOHN BALVAIED (secundus), born
16gg 1652 ; son of preceding ; educated
at Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A. (26th
July 1670) ; passed trials before the Presb.
of St Andrews, and was certified for licence
2nd Aug. 1677 ; was recommended by
Presb. of Brechin for ordination 4th Sept.
1684, and adm. to Edzell soon after ;
deserted (probably outed from) his charge
in 1699 ; intruded here 11th June that year.
He studied medicine, became M.D., and
probably dem. about 1716, his successor
being app. that year. He died 28th Oct.
1740. — [Case of Greenshields ; Stirton's
Glamis, 90.]
WILLIAM DUN, ord. to Second Charge,
1716 Inveresk> 12tH April 1709 ; called by
the Presb. jure devoluto 15th Oct.,
trans, and adm. 11th Nov. 1716 ; died 23rd
Nov. 1725, " to the great grief of the whole
parish." He marr. Elizabeth Campbell,
who survived him.
JAMES OGILVY, licen. by Presb. of
7 Edinburgh 21st April 1725; called
11th May, pres. by Dickson,
town-clerk of Forfar, and ord. 21st Sept.
1726; died 20th Nov. 1740.
JAMES DONALDSON, descended
1741 from Patrick D., portioner of Mains
of Kattray ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen ; licen. by Presb. of
Selkirk ; pres. by Thomas, Earl of Strath-
more, in May, and ord. 3rd Sept. 1741 ;
died 3rd Dec. 1779. He marr. 19th Oct.
1743, Margaret (died 13th Jan. 1775), daugh.
of James Adams, min. of Kinnaird, and
had issue — Jean, born 20th Oct. 1744
(marr. 17th July 1770, James Hay of
Seggieden) ; Mary, born 7th Sept. 1747,
died 15th Nov. 1748; Thomas, born 16th
March 1749, died 3rd May 1769.— [Fife
Sas., xx., 21.]
JAMES LYON, born 29th March 1759,
1780 son °^ George L. of Wester-Ogil,
min. of Longforgan ; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of
Dundee 17th May 1780; pres. by the
trustees of John, Earl of Strathmore, 18th
and 20th May, and ord. 14th Sept. 1780;
D.D. (Marischal College, Aberdeen, 12th
Dec. 1823); died Father of the Synod,
3rd April 1838. A severe, determined-
looking figure who ruled the people with a
rod of iron, and was a strict disciplinarian.
He marr. 25th Jan. 1786, Agnes [poetess
and author of the words set to Neil Gow's
"Farewell to Whisky." She left four
volumes of MS. poems, which she directed
at her death to remain unpublished unless
the family needed pecuniary assistance],
(born in 1762, died 14th Sept. 1840), elder
daugh. of John Kamsay LAmy of Dun-
kenny, and had issue — Agnes Hamilton,
born 13th March 1787 (marr. William
Rogers, min. of Rescobie) ; George of Snow-
don House, Stirling, born 30th March
1789, died in 1859 ; James, born 25th Dec.
1790, died 17th Feb., 1815; Margaret, born
23rd Oct. 1792, died 9th July 1808 ; Ann
Dempster, born 4th Feb. 1795, died 20th
March 1815; Janet, born 9th July 1796,
died 30th June 1834 ; William, min. of
Union Chapel, Aberdeen, born 13th July
1798 ; Barbara Katharine, born 29th April
1800, died 23rd Nov. 1825; Jane Play-
fair, born 3rd Aug. 1802, died 10th July
1808; Stewart (daugh.), born 22nd Nov.
1804, died 25th Sept. 1830. Publications-
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace,
iii., and New Stat. Ace., xi.). — [Stirton's
Glamis (portraits), 107 - 110 ; Lyons of
Cossins and Glen Ogil, 99 ; Rogers's
Modern Scottish Minstrel, 11-84 ; The
Bards of Angus and the M earns, 292 ;
Drummond's Perthshire in Bygone Days,
478-85 ; Jervise's Epitaphs, i., 181.]
THOMAS JACKSON CRAWFORD,
1 „_ M.A. ; trans, from Cults, Fife; pres.
by the trustees of John, Earl of
Strathmore, and adm. 20th Sept. 1838 ;
D.D. (St Andrews, 9th March 1844) ; trans,
to St Andrew's Parish, Edinburgh, 16th
Aug. 1844.
JOHN ALEXANDER CASTLE-
1844 MAINE TANNOCH, born 17th
Feb. 1805, eldest son of James T.,
soldier in Indian Army ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; ord. to St David's
Chapel, Edinburgh, 9th Feb. 1837 ; trans.
to Kinross 27th Sept. 1842 ; trans, and
adm. 31st Oct. 1844; D.D. (Marischal
fokfae]
GLAMIS— GLENPROSEN
291
College, 1854) ; died 28th Sept. 1872. He
marr. 4th June 1844, Anna (died at Rams-
gate 18th Nov. 1907), daugh. of Captain
George Macpherson, R.N., and had issue —
Margaret Macpherson, born 24th March
1845, died 1st Sept. 1863; Jane Eeid,
born 15th Aug. 1846 (marr. William
Waddell, min. of Fern); Sarah Mackintosh,
born 19th May 1848; Anna, bom 24th
Feb. 1850; John, born 4th March 1852,
died 19th July 1863; Mary Jane, born
29th March 1854, died 29th Aug. 1855;
George Macpherson, born 10th Jan. 1857,
died 29th Aug. 1863.
JOHN STEVENSON, born 17th July
187_ 1836, son of Patrick James S., D.D.,
min. of Coupar-Angus ; educated
at Coupar - Angus School and Univ. of
St Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of Meigle
16th May 1859 ; assistant at West Parish,
Aberdeen; ord. to Millbrex 19th July
1861 ; trans, to Dun 3rd Aug. 1865 ; trans.
and adm. 6th Feb. 1873; LL.D. (St
Andrews 1888) ; died 27th Nov. 1903.
Mycology was his favourite study, and he
was one of the ablest authorities on the
subject. He was Secretary of the Crypto-
gamic Society of Scotland. He marr. 15th
March 1864, Elizabeth (born 16th Nov.
1843), daugh. of John Valentine, land
and mill owner, Canada, and had issue
— Patrick James, born 2nd Jan. 1865,
died 16th March 1866 ; Emily Annie, born
25th Dec. 1866 ; Mary Henrietta, born
15th July 1869 (marr. Maunsell Grant
Mackintosh Donald, min. of Kinnettles).
Publications — Mycologia Scotica : The
Fungi of Scotland and their Geographical
Distribution (Edinburgh, 1879); British
Fungi, 2 vols. (Edinburgh, 1886).
JOHN STIRTON, M.A., B.D.; trans.
1904 *rom Corsock, and adm. 19th May
1904; trans, to Crathie 2nd April
1919.
MATTHEW BABINGTON, born Kil-
winning, 15th April 1877, son of
Robert B. and Elizabeth Macf arlane ;
educated at Irving Academy and Univ. of
Glasgow ; M.A. (1900), B.D. (1903) ; licen.
by Presb. of Irvine in 1903 ; ord. to Toward
29th Sept. 1909; dem. 3rd Oct. 1916;
assistant at St Mary's, Dundee, 1916-19;
app. by the Presb. jure devoluto 5th Nov.,
and adm. 18th Dec. 1919.
GLENPROSEN (Q.S.).
[The parish of Glenprosen was disjoined
from Kirriemuir and erected quoad sacra
by decree of the Court of Teinds 12th
Jan. 1874. Pitcarity Chapel occupied the
site of Glenprosen Church. Until 1860,
when Clova was endowed, services were
conducted at Glenprosen by the missionary
at Clova. Thereafter a Royal Bounty
missionary resided here.]
JOHN MGREGOR FERGUSON,
M.A. ; ord. 8th Nov. 1860; trans,
to New Pitsligo 19th March 1869.
I860
JOHN WATT, born 1st Feb. 1836, son
1869 °^ James W., min. of Cortachy ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Forfar; ord. (assistant)
at Tannadice 22nd Dec. 1865 ; app. Royal
Bounty missionary here, July 1869 ; re-
ceived as first min. of the parish 21st
Jan. 1874 ; res. 1st June 1892. He marr.
4th Jan. 1870, Janet Watt, who died s.p.
12th Aug. 1919.
JOHN STRACHAN, trans, from Clova
1892 an<^ aC*m' 25tk J^Ug" 1892 > trans- to
Cortachy 15th Nov. 1894.
DAVID GOWANS YOUNG, M.A.,
B.D. ; ord. 16th April 1895; trans.
1895
to Moneydie 28th Sept. 1899.
ARCHIBALD JAMES MILLER, M.A. ;
ord. 1st March 1900 ; trans, to West
1900
Church, Stirling, 13th May 1907.
1907
JAMES DALGETY, born Dundee, 10th
June 1866, son of George D. and
Christina M'Neish ; educated at
Dundee High School and Univ. of St
Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of Dundee in
1894 ; assistant at Whiting Bay, Wood-
side (Aberdeen), and Waterside and
Lethanhill, Dalmellington, 1902 ; ord. 19th
Sept. 1907.
292
INVERARITY AND MEATHIE
[PRESB. OF
1567
1605
INVERARITY AND MEATHIE.
[These parishes were united about 1612.
Inverarity. — The church of Inverarity
was dedicated to St Monan. It belonged
to the Abbey of Lindores. A new church
was built in 1754. The bell is as old as 1614.
Meathie. — The church of Machyn or
Meathie, of which now no trace remains,
belonged to the Abbey of Coupar in Angus.]
DAVID LINDSAY of Pitcairlie, min. of
1560 Oathlaw, had charge also here 1560.
JAMES FOTHRINGHAM, min. in
1567, with Meathie and Kinnettles
also in the charge. — [Jervise's Land
of the Lindsays, 379.]
CHAELES WELWOOD, M.A. ; adm.
in 1594; trans, to Idvie [Kirkden]
1594 in 1595. He probably held both
charges for a time, and dem. here before
22nd April 1605.— [Reg. Assig.]
DAVID WILLIAMSON, pres. by James
VI. 22nd April 1605 ; removed from
Meathie at its union with Inverarity;
trans, to Kilspindie 1st Aug. 1622.
WLLLIAM RIGG,born Edinburgh, about
1597, son of John E., min. of Dun-
1622 nichen ; M.A. (Edinburgh, 30th June
1617) ; pres. to Meathie by James VI. 10th
Oct. 1622. On 4th Dec. 1635 he had an
augmentation of stipend when he bound
himself "never hereafter to seek or crave
any further augmentation so long as he
serves the cure at the said Kirk"; died
July 1656. He marr. Margaret, daugh.
of Colin Campbell, min. of Dundee, and
had issue — John, min. of Strathmiglo;
William, min. of Lundie ; Thomas, writer,
Edinburgh ; Margaret (marr. Andrew
Oliphant of Prinlaws, min. of Rossie) ;
Elizabeth (marr. Andrew Arrot of Dum-
barrow) ; Agnes (marr. 11th March 1670,
John Peter of Chapel, W.S.); Lilias
(marr., cont. 4th and 8th Dec. 1669, David
Halstoun of Craigton).— [Brechin Tests.;
Edin. Sas., xviii., 15; Beg. of Deeds,
Mack., 20th Sept. 1671; G. R. Inhib.,
19th Dec. 1670; Fife Sas., v., 282;
Prot.-Book, John CarswelL]
v FREDERICK BOWER, brother of
1662 Alexander B. of Kincaldrum; M.A.
(St Andrews, 26th July 1649) ; adm.
before 29th Oct. 1662 ; died between 2nd
Sept. and 7th Oct. 1663, aged about 35.
He marr. Helen Fotheringham (who sur-
vived him, and marr. (2) John, son of
James Pierson of Balmadies), and had
issue— Jean (marr. Alexander Graham,
merchant burgess of Montrose); Lilias,
died before 1675. — [Forfar Inhib., 20th
July 1671; Reg. of Deeds, Mack., 23rd
May 1676.]
3665
GEORGE GRAHAME, M.A. (St An-
drews, 25th July 1657); passed
trials before Presb. of Forfar ; was
recommended for ordination 22nd March,
and ord. 17th May 1665. He unsuccess-
fully raised a process for serving the cure
of both parishes at Inverarity in 1667 ;
dep. by the Committee of Assembly for
the North, for "notorious drunkenness"
in 1694. — [Spalding MiscelL, ii.]
JOHN MILNE, formerly of Second
Charge, Montrose ; intruded here
in 1701 ; was still in the parish in
1710, when he was deprived.
1701
ROBERT YOUNG, M.A. (St Andrews,
1710 16th July 1703); licen. by Presb.
of St Andrews 10th March 1708 ;
was clerk to the Synod of Fife, but dem.
that office on being called to this charge
by the Presb. jure devoluto 31st Jan. 1710;
ord. 6th June following ; died Dec. 1734.
He marr. Elizabeth Anderson, and had
issue — John, min. of this parish ; Robert,
min. of Benholme.
1735
JOHN YOUNG, born about 1711, son
of preceding ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen ; licen. by Presb.
of Forfar 25th Sept. 1734; called 19th
Dec. 1734 ; ord. 20th Feb. 1735 ; D.D. (St
Andrews, 17th March 1763); died 20th
June 1778. He marr. 28th April 1737,
Jean Hay, who died 24th Oct. 1779, and
had issue— Robert, born 22nd March 1738,
died 3rd March 1756; Maurice, born 22nd
Jan. 1745. — [St Andrews Tests.]
FOKFAE]
INVERARITY AND MEATHIE
293
1779
JOHN WEBSTEE, born 1755, son of
John W., bailie of Forfar ; educated
at Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A.
(1773); licen. by Presb. of Forfar 18th
Nov. 1778 ; pres. by Thomas Fothringham
Ogilvie of Powrie Nov. 1778 ; ord. 8th
April 1779; died 10th Nov. 1807. He
marr. 14th June 1793, Mary (died 18th
Aug. 1861), daugh. of Patrick Bryce, min.
of Carmylie, and had issue — Mary, born
25th March 1794; John, M.D., born 24th
March 1795 ; Patrick, born 29th June 1796,
died 27th Oct. 1820; Margaret, born 6th
July 1797; Elizabeth, born 19th Sept.
1798 ; George, Parliamentary solicitor,
London, born 28th March 1800; Charles,
barrister, London, born 2nd July 1801 ;
James, born 6th Nov. 1802, died at Cairo
1828 ; Francis, W.S., born 6th Nov. 1804,
died 12th Sept. 1888; William Maul,
solicitor, London, born 20th Dec. 1805 ;
Thomas, advocate, born 5th July 1807,
died 29th March 1877. Publication —
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, iv.).
WILLIAM BANKINE, pres. by Alex-
ander Ogilvie Fothringham of Powrie
in April, and ord. 3rd Nov. 1808; died
11th Feb. 1830. He marr. 1798, Margaret
Scott, who died 17th May 1847, and had
issue — Isabella, born 3rd April 1805 ;
Margaret, born 18th Nov. 1806; Mary
Fothringham, born 5th Sept. 1808; Ann
Elizabeth Fothringham, born 30th Oct.
1809; Charles Fothringham, born 23rd
June 1811 ; William, born 18th May 1813 ;
Thomas Fothringham, born 28th June
1814; Frederick Fothringham, born 16th
Dec. 1815.
GEORGE LOUDON, born Tannadice,
1792, son of John L., farmer, and
Mary Cant ; educated at Univ. of
St Andrews ; M.A. (1817) ; licen. by Presb.
of Forfar 15th June 1814; ord. to Lin-
trathen 28th Sept. 1819 ; pres. by Colonel
Thomas Ogilvie Fothringham of Powrie
5th July 1830 ; trans, and adm. 10th March
1831 ; died 9th March 1867. He marr.
7th April 1825, Mary (died 24th Nov.
1838), eldest daugh. of Robert Montgomerie
of Barnahill, and had issue — Mary Marian
1808
1867
Montgomerie, born 24th Oct. 1827 (marr.
James Cruickshank Easton, min. of Mel-
drum) ; Elizabeth Macfarlane, born 23rd
Dec. 1832. Publication— Account of the
Parish {New Stat. Ace, xi.).
PATRICK STEVENSON, born 24th
July 1835, son of Patrick James S.,
D.D., min. of Coupar-Angus ; edu-
cated at Coupar-Angus School, High
School, Edinburgh, and Univ. of St
Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of Meigle
16th May 1859 ; assistant at Dundee,
Farnell, Alyth, Carluke, and Mount Stuart
(Rothesay) ; pres. by trustees of Thomas
F. Scrymsoure Fothringham of Powrie,
and ord. 23rd Aug. 1867 ; died unmarr.
20th Aug. 1905. He was a most admirable
type of a parish min. Having attended
medical classes during his college course,
he was in a way the doctor of his parish
as well as its min. His knowledge of
botany was profound, and his favourite
study was astronomy. On the occasion of
his semi-jubilee his congregation presented
him with a valuable telescope, which stood
in a wooden house of its own on his lawn.
He made considerable studies for a work
on the Diatomaceae, but it was never
completed. Publications — A Selection of
his Sermons [biographical introduction by
Prof. Allan Menzies, D.D.] (portrait)
(Forfar, 1906) ; Unity and Eternal Life in
Professor Knight's Scotch Sermons (London,
1880); Inverarity [The Presb. of Forfar]
(Forfar, 1904).
*" GEORGE BREMNER, M.A., B.D. ;
ord. 18th Jan. 1906; trans, to St
Margaret's, Barnhill, 13th July 1921.
JAMES MILLER, born Alloa, 26th
Nov. 1880, son of James M. and
Christina Roy Bennett ; educated at
Alloa School (after which he followed a
business career for fifteen years) and Univs.
of Glasgow and Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh 18th May 1921 ; assistant at
St Mary's, Edinburgh ; ord. 9th Nov. 1921.
Marr. 14th March 1910, Laurenca Hamilton
(born 19th Nov. 1890), daugh. of Colin
Finnie, Pollokshields, and has issue — Colin
Finnie, born 24th Sept. 1911 ; Christian
1906
294
MEATHIE— KINNETTLES
[PRESB. OF
Bennett, born 15th Feb. 1913; Laura
Hamish, born 2nd April 1916; Naomi
Marjorie, born 8th April 1921. Publica-
tion — A Chiel aiming Them : Loaning
Idylls (Dundee, 1916).
MEATHIE.
1574 JOHN WATSON, reader in 1574.
JOHN STBACHAN, reader in 1575 to
1575 1536.
DAVID GUTHRIE, reader in 15S8 to
1588 1591.
y JAMES BANNERMAN, M.A. ; min. in
1599 1599 ; trans, to Logierait in 1600.
DAVID WILLIAMSON, adm. in 1600 ;
lonr. removed to Inverarity on the union
lbUU - , ...
of the parishes m 1612.
KINNETTLES.
[The church of Kinnettles belonged to
the collegiate church of St Mary on the
Kirk Heugh at St Andrews.]
JAMES FOTHEINGHAM, min. of
ls&7 Inverarity, also had charge here in
1567.
ALEXANDER NEVAY, reader from
1573 1st May 1573 to 1574.
ROBERT DUNCANSON, reader in
1576 1576.
GILBERT SIMSON, reader from 1578
1578 to 1586.
JAMES RAIT, min. of Forfar in 1576 ;
1588 Pres" ky James VI. 10th, trans, and
adm. 16th Sept. 1588, and inst. soon
after ; still min. in 1608. — [Beg. Assig.]
DAVID LINDSAY, MA. (St Andrews
1610 1602)j min- °f Carmylie in 1609;
adm. before 20th Sept. 1610 ; trans,
to Belhelvie before 8th Aug. 1617.
JAMES LAMONT, born about 1593,
.__. son of Alan L., min. of Scoonie ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (26th July 1613); adm. before 2nd
Oct. 1620 ; dep. for " insufficiencie " (with
seventeen other niins. of the Synod) by
1670
the Assembly's Committee for Visitation,
Oct. 1649; died "at the place of Kin-
nettles" in 1651. He marr. Margaret
Sibbald, who survived him. On 4th April
1664 she received twelve shillings from
Archbishop Sharp, and in Oct. 1665 she
was recommended by the Synod for charity
from the Kirk-Sessions in the Diocese. —
[Lamont's Diary, 10, 30.]
ALEXANDER PIGOTT, MA. ; adm.
1662 before 29th Oct. 1662; trans, to
Airth 8th May 1666.
SILVESTER LYON, M.A. ; adm. 31st
lg67 Jan. 1667 ; trans, to Kirriemuir 6th
Jan. 1669.
ALEXANDER TYLER [or TAYLOR],
a native of Buchan ; educated at
King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(19th July 1664) ; passed trials before the
Presb. of St Andrews, and was recom-
mended for licence 9th Dec. 1668; pres.
by James, Archbishop of St Andrews, 28th
Sept. 1669 ; ord. 27th Feb., and inst. 14th
March 1670; was still min. 11th July
1688. Publications — Memoir of the Life
and Actions of John, King of Poland,
done in verse (Edinburgh, 1685) ; Signal
Dangers and Deliverances both by Land
and Sea, comprehending a short Account
of the Raising of the Siege of Vienna, to-
gether with a Description of a Violent
Tempest (when going to Edinburgh, 26<A
Nov. 1681, with Claverhovse and many of
his Brethren for the Purpose of taking the
Oath required by the Test Act) between
Burntisland and Leith in a boat called the
" Blessing," in two small poems (reprinted
in 1685). — [Jervise's Land of the Lindsays,
379 ; Macpherson;s Strathmore, Past and
Present, 234.]
JAMES TAYLOR, probably a relative
1RM of preceding; adm. before 1689;
participated in the Rebellion, and
was present at the Battle of Killiecrankie,
22nd July 1689 ; died in 1694.
JOHN LYON, M.A. (St Andrews 1662) ;
he had a bursary from the Presb. of
Forfar, passed trials for licence, and
was recommended for same 30th Nov. 1664;
foefae]
KINNETTLES
295
licen. by George, Bishop of Edinburgh,
8th Dec. 1664, and ord. by him 15th Sept.
1665 ; adm. to Urr in 1666. In Nov. 1669,
three disguised people entered his manse
at Urr, dragged his wife outside, searched
for her husband, but not finding him,
ransacked and spoiled his house. For this
assault that parish was obliged to pay him
a fine of £600 ; outed at the Revolution.
In 1694 he states he was called to supply
vacancy caused by the deposition of Alex-
ander (? James) Taylor, and that he had
exercised that function since April 1691,
and was granted stipend from Martinmas
1692 onward ; was allowed to remain as
min. and preached for the last time 19th
March 1716. He marr. Jean Murray, and
had issue — Eobert, who predeceased him ;
Jane ; Elizabeth. — [Case of Greenshields ;
Dumfries Burial Beg. ; Wodrow's Hist.,
iv., 146 ; Dumfries Sas., vii., 307 ; Treas.
Beg., iv., 233.]
WILLIAM WINGATE, educated at
.„.„ Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by Presb.
of Stirling 3rd July 1706 ; called 9th
Oct., and by the Presb. jure devoluto 29th
Nov., and ord. 14th Dec. 1716; died 8th
May 1735.
■ THOMAS BROWN, called 4th Dec.
1786 1735 ; ord. 26th Feb. 1736 ; dep. 26th
Sept. 1743, for deserting his charge
for seven months. Under the assumed
name of William Jamieson, he celebrated
an irregular marriage, for which he was
tried before the High Court of Justiciary,
24th July 1751, and transported to the
British plantations in America for four-
teen years. — [Scots Mag., xiii. ; Morren's
Annals, i., 220.]
GEORGE NICOL, licen. by Presb. of
1744 Forfar 21st ^uly 1731 > Pres- ky
George II. 28th Feb., and ord. 20th
June 1744; died 25th Nov. 1773. He
marr. 6th Dec. 1744, Jean Abercromby,
who died 18th Dec. 1773.
DAVID FERNEY, born 1738; licen.
1774 ky Presb. of Kincardine ONeil 3rd
July 1765 ; pres. by George III.
9th Dec. 1773 ; ord. 30th June 1774 ; died
26th April 1806. He marr. 1st June 1775,
Margaret Cambella Walker, who died
27th Aug. 1821, and had issue — William
Douglas, born 2nd July 1776; Jean, born
12th July 1783. Publication— Account of
the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, ix.). —
[Tombst.]
ROBERT LUNAN, born 1780; licen.
1807 ^ Presb- °f Dundee 2nd May
1804; pres. by George III. 8th
Aug. 1806; ord. 16th April 1807; died
9th April 1850. He marr. (1) 29th April
1808, Isabella Smith, who died 5th Dec.
1841, and had issue — Helen, born 24th
June 1809, died April 1842; Margaret,
born 12th Nov. 1810; Robert, born 19th
March 1813; Elizabeth, born 18th March
1817; William, born 22nd Oct. 1819: (2)
8th June 1843, Elizabeth (died 10th April
1880), daugh. of George Bell, Mid Leoch,
and had issue — George Bell, min. of New-
tyle, born 12th March 1846. Publication —
Account of the Parish (Neiv Stat. Ace, xi.).
—[Tombst]
ROBERT TURNER, ord. (assistant and
18S_ successor) 10th Jan. 1850; clerk of
Presb. 16th Dec. 1863 to 7th April
1886; dem. 16th May 1899; died 26th
April 1903. He marr. 19th Sept. 1850,
Marianne (died 3rd Dec. 1898), daugh. of
William M'Farlane, merchant, Glasgow,
and had issue — William M'Farlane, born
5th Nov. 1851; Robert, born 10th May
1853, died 15th Aug. 1856; Elizabeth
Wylie, born 26th Feb. 1855 ; Marianne
M'Farlane, born 15th Oct. 1858, died 16th
Jan. 1879 ; Margaret Fisher, born 2nd
June 1861, died May 1919; John Kinross,
born 7th Oct. 1864 ; Janet Wilson, born
20th Feb. 1867, died at Davos Platz,
Switzerland, 28th Feb. 1890.
MAUNSELL GRANT MACKINTOSH
DONALD, born Grantown-on-Spey,
25th Aug. 1871, son of James D. and
Elsie Mackintosh ; educated at Raining's
School, Inverness, and Univ. of Aberdeen ;
MA. (1891), B.D. (1895) ; licen. by Presb.
of Abernethy in 1895 ; assistant at Keith
and Forfar; ord. 21st Sept. 1899. Marr.
3rd Jan. 1905, Mary Henrietta, younger
daugh. of John Stevenson, LL.D., min. of
296
KIRRIEMUIR
[PRESB. OF
Glamis, and has issue — John Stevenson,
born 9th Aug. 1907, died 20th Jan. 1915;
Francis Mackintosh, born 20th March 1912.
Publication — Kinnettles [The Presb. of
Forfar] (Forfar, 1904).
KIRRIEMUIR.
[The church of Kirriemuir was dedicated
to St Mary. It belonged to the Abbey of
Arbroath. There were in the parish three
chapels, St Colmog's near the town, St
Ninian's at Balinscho, and St Neachtan's
at Chapeltown. The church was erected
in 1787 and a spire afterwards added by
Charles Lyell of Kinnordy.]
ALEXANDER AUCHINLECK, min.
in 1567, Kingoldrum also being in
1567 j^g cjjarge ^ d.ie<i in 1571. — [Beg.
Min.]
1567 GEORGE FYFE, reader.
DAVID BLACK, entered at Candlemas
1571. In 1574 Nether Airlie was
also included in the charge ; removed
to Kingoldrum between 15S0 and 1585.
1583
WILLIAM PIGGOT, reader in 1583.—
{Reg. of Deeds, xsdi., 85, 20th Feb.
1583.]
ALEXANDER KYNNIMONTH [or
KINMONT] of Meathie; min. of
1586 Oathlaw in 1585 ; trans, and adm.
in 1586 ; was a member of Assembly in
1610 ; pres. by James VI. 10th March
1612 ; still min. 10th April 1621 ; died in
1630. He erected a chapel at Pitcarity
in Glenprosen. He marr. Anna (died
Feb. 1605, aged 31), daugh. of Sir John
Ogilvy of Inverquharity, and had issue —
Alexander, min. of this parish. — [Beg.
Assig. ; Reg. of Deeds, xxxi. ; Calderwood's
Hist., vii., 105; Reid's Kirriemuir, 68.]
JOHN OGILVY, MA. ; min. of Kin-
goldrum in 1606 ; was one of forty -
two mins. who signed a Protesta-
tion to Parliament, 1st July 1606, against
the introduction of Episcopacy ; a member
of the Court of High Commission in 1620 ;
trans, and adm. before 22nd April 1623 ;
dem. between 22nd April 1628 and 11th
1629
April 1629; died before 20th Aug. 1632.
He marr., and had issue — John. — [Reg. Sec.
Sig. ; Reg. of Deeds, 17th Dec. 1638.]
ALEXANDER KYNNIMONTH [or
KINMONT], son of above Alexander
K. ; M.A. (St Andrews 1619) ; pres.
by Charles I. 11th April 1629; was a
member of the Glasgow Assembly in 1638,
and of that of 1639 ; still min. 22nd July
1663, " when he was thinking of a helper " ;
died soon after. He left 100 merks to
build a "bell house" for the church — a
bell, cast at Rotterdam in 1617, having
been presented to the parish by his father.
He marr. Catherine Ogilvy. — [Reg. Sec.
Sig. ; Old Dec, iv. ; Forfar Sas., i. 456,
ii. 76 ; Peterkin's Records ; Reid's Kirrie-
muir, 61.]
JOHN KEITH, a native of Kincardine-
shire ; educated at Marischal College,
Aberdeen, 1649-53 ; ord. to Edzell
13th Dec. 1660 ; trans, and inst. 30th Dec.
1663; died before 9th Sept. 166S; "well-
beloved in the parish." — [Orig. Design, of
Glebe.]
1663
1669
SILVESTER LYON, born Kirriemuir,
about 1641, fourth son of John L.
of Wester Ogil ; M.A. (St Andrews,
27th July 1666) ; passed trials before Presb.
of Forfar, and recommended for licence 20th
Sept. 1666 ; certified for ordination 22nd
Nov. that year ; adm. to Kinnettles 31st
Jan. 1667 ; trans, and adm. 6th Jan. 1669 ;
died 1st May 1713. He preached before
the Archbishop and Synod at St Andrews
a sermon against Popery which was con-
sidered "bold and daring." He presented
the church with two Communion cups, one
of which is still in use, the other being in
possession of the Episcopalian congregation.
He marr., and had issue — David ; a daugh.
(marr. James Rait, sometime assistant
to his father, and afterwards Episcopal
min. at Kirriemuir and Dundee and
Bishop of Brechin). — [St Andrews Tests.;
Inq. Ret. de Tut., 1175 ; Lyons of Cossi7is,
53 ; Case of Greenshields ; Jervise's Land of
the Lindsays, 311 ; "A Diary of Patrick, first
Earl of Strathmore, 1684-89" {Scot. Hist.
Soc, Edin., 1890) ; Reid's Kirriemuir, 70.]
FORFAR]
KIRRIEMUIR
297
GEOEGE OGILVY of Kintyrie, born
1681, probably son of Thomas O.,
3 min. of Coupar - Angus ; M.A. (St
Andrews, 19th July 1700) ; licen. by Presb.
of Dalkeith 11th March 1707; ord. to
Benvie 27th Aug. 1707 ; pres. by Archibald,
Duke of Douglas, in July, trans, and adm.
at Cabbylatch (in the Muir of Logie) in the
face of much opposition 13th Sept. 1713;
died 3rd May 1771. Actions by O. against
James, Earl of Panmure, and the Jacobite
heritors in the matter of his stipend were
decided in his favour by the Court of Session.
Though adm. min. in 1713, his first sermon
was not preached till Feb. 1716. He marr.
27th Dec. 1712, Janet Trail, who died 23rd
Oct. 1754, and had issue — Margaret, born
1713 ; George, min. of Menmuir, born 1715;
Alexander, bapt. 5th March 1717; John,
bapt. 30th Nov. 1718, died young; Thomas,
bapt. 15th Dec. ' 1720, died young; John,
bapt. 8th Aug. 1722, died young; Janet,
bapt. 11th May 1724 (marr. William Brown,
D.D., Professor of Divinity and Ecclesi-
astical History, St Mary's College, St
Andrews); David, bapt. 27th April 1725,
died young ; James, min. of Eassie, bapt.
13th Oct. 1727 ; Susan, born 10th Aug.
1729 ; Betty, born 21st Feb. 1731 ; Henry,
born 22nd Aug. 1732 ; William, bapt. 1st
Dec. 1733. Publication— He left in MS.
an account of his experiences, along with
a short ecclesiastical history of Scotland,
and a series of notes on the parish and
district [edited by Alexander Peat, min.
of Glenisla] (Dundee, 1801). — [Eeid's
Kirriemuir, 71 ; Forfar Sas., xxiii., 420.]
WILLIAM EADIE, born 1740; edu-
cated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
1772 M.A. (1760); pres. by Archibald
Douglas of Douglas Oct. 1771, and ord.
23rd April 1772. He was drowned in
the Short Moss between Forfar and
Kirriemuir 20th Oct. 1784. It was said
he had been waylaid, "but the precise
cause of the sad event which plunged the
district in sorrow was never ascertained."
He marr. 11th Oct. 1780, Helen Leslie,
and had issue — Christian, born 1st Aug.,
and died 2nd Sept. 1781 ; Francis, born
7th Aug. 1782, died 15th April 1783;
William Carnegie, born 14th Jan. 1784,
died March 1790; Mary, died 13th Jan.
1787.
1785
THOMAS OGILVY, born about 1756,
son of William O., wright in Kirrie-
muir, and Isobel White ; M.A. (1777);
pres. by Archibald Douglas of Douglas in
May, and ord. 1st Sept. 1785; died 6th
April 1802. He marr. 28th April 1792,
Mary Margaret (died 9th Oct. 1835),
daugh. of Charles Boberts, Episcopal min.
in Dundee, and had issue — Ann, born 28th
March 1793, died 17th Sept. 1800 ; Walter,
surgeon H.E.I.C.S., born 16th Oct. 1794,
died at Nagpur, 30th Sept. 1818; Mary
Lyell, born 12th Dec. 1795 ; Jean, born 18th
June 1797, died 4th Oct. 1800 ; John, born
19th Feb. 1799 ; Jean, born 3rd Feb. 1801.
Publication — Account of the Parish (Sin-
clair's Stat. Ace, xii.). — [Tombst.]
DAVID CANNAN, pres. by Archibald,
Lord Douglas, Sept. 1802 ; ord. 24th
March 1803; trans, to Murroes 3rd
Aug. 1809.
1803
THOMAS EASTON, born Killearn,
1810 Stirlingshire, 1799, third son of
John E., mason ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow; M.A. (1798). Joined the
Church of Scotland while a student at
the Associate (Burgher) Theological Hall ;
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 10th June
1807; pres. by Archibald, Lord Douglas,
Dec. 1809; ord. 22nd April 1810; D.D.
(Glasgow, 20th Oct. 1826) ; died 5th April
1856. "In him learning and knowledge
were entwined with the most unassuming
modesty, and moral worth was tempered
by a meekness of soul which peculiarly
enhanced his character." He marr. (1)
15th May 1810, Jane Brown (died 25th
Feb. 1818), eldest daugh. of John Alex-
ander, merchant, Glasgow, and had issue
— John, born 8th May 1811, died young;
Christina Snodgrass, born 2nd Sept. 1814,
died 19th Jan. 1815; Thomas Andrew
Alexander, min. of Kemback, born 31st
Aug. 1816; Andrew Alexander, D.D., min.
of St Mary's, Demerara, born 20th Nov.
1817 : (2) 11th Jan. 1819, Margaret Cruick-
298
KIRRIEMUIR
[PRESB. OF
shank, who died 23rd Feb. 1856, and had
issue — Henrietta, born 17th April 1820;
James Cruickshank, min. of Meldrum,
born 19th Oct. 1822 ; Alexander, born
25th April 1825, died 13th June 1827;
George, chaplain to Board of Northern
Lights, born 5th Feb. 1827; Elizabeth,
born 1829 (marr. George Birrell Blanc,
Kilbricane, Tipperary). Publications —
Statements relative to the Pauperism of
Kirriemuir .(Forfar, 1825) ; The Example
of Eunice and Lois recommended to Mothers
and Grandmothers [Discourses to Parents]
(Forfar, 1828) ; " No Faith to be kept with
Heretics" proved to be a Doctrine of the
Church of Borne (Dundee, 1829) ; Hints on
the Resources for Education in the Parish
of Kirriemuir (Glasgow, 1837) ; How ought
the Church Question to be settled ? A Letter
to Sir Robert Peel (Edinburgh, 1841);
Sermon on the Death of the Rev. James
Aithen [Anderson's Sermons'] (1841); Ac-
count of the Parish {Neiv Stat. Ace,
xi.). — [Tombst. ; Reid's Kirriemuir (por-
trait), 73-5.]
DAVID GRAHAM DRUMMOND
1856 RAMSAY [OGILVY - RAMSAY],
trans, from South Parish, Kirrie-
muir, and adm. 14th Aug. 1856; trans.
to Closeburn 29th Aug. 1872. [On 3rd
April 1867, Mr R., on succeeding to the
property of Westhall upon the death of
Sheriff Ramsay Ogilvy, adopted the name
of Ogilvy.]
\ JOHN BOYD, born Abernyte, 21st
March 1837, son of John B., farmer,
1 and Isabella Thomson ; educated at
Dundee High School and Univ. of St
Andrews ; M.A. (1856) ; licen. by Presb.
of Dundee ; assistant at Mains and Strath-
martine and at Kettins ; ord. to Murroes
17th March 1864; trans, and adm. 10th
Jan. 1873; D.D. (St Andrews 1898);
died suddenly while on holiday at Corrie,
Arran, 3rd July 1903. During his ministry
a Communion table was presented by
those he had admitted to first Communion,
and a baptismal font by those he had
baptized. He marr. 7th June 1871, Char-
lotte Josephine (born 13th Aug. 1848),
eldest daugh. of Alexander Ramsay,
surgeon, Broughty Ferry, and Eleanor
Johnstone, and had issue — John, min. of
Menstrie, born 8th June 1872; Alexander
Ramsay, Middelburg, South Africa, born
14th Nov. 1873 ; William, born 19th July
1875, died 24th Oct. 1882 ; Eleanor John-
stone, born 14th June 1877 (marr. 17th
March 1915, Hugh Munro Pattullo, farmer,
Langlogie, Meigle) ; Angus, Hong Kong
and Shanghai Bank, born 1st June 1879.
— [Reid's Kirriemuir (portrait), 75.]
JOHN EWING WALLACE, born
Auckland, New Zealand, 4th Nov.
1866, son of John W., min. at
Whangerai (afterwards min. of Glenbuck) ;
educated at High School and Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of St John,
New Brunswick, 1893; ord. (by Presb. of
Kamloops) to Rossland, British Columbia,
4th Dec. 1895 ; trans, to Shelburne, Nova
Scotia, 2nd Aug. 1896 ; trans, to Rocking-
ham, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 15th Nov. 1899;
res. 28th Oct. 1902 ; adm. an ordained
min. of the Church of Scotland by General
Assembly, 21st May 1903 ; assistant at
Whitekirk; adm. to this parish 10th Dec.
1903; died 20th Feb. 1913. He marr.
14th Oct. 1896, Margaret Anderson (born
2nd Sept. 1871), daugh. of William Morris
Brown, min. of St Margaret's Parish,
Edinburgh, and had issue — John Ewing,
born at Shelburne, Nova Scotia, 16th Aug.
1899, killed in action in France Aug. 1918 ;
William Morris, born at Halifax, Nova
Scotia, 27th Jan. 1902 ; Andrew Brodie,
born 5th Nov. 1909 ; Alexander Ogilvie,
born 15th March 1912. Publication —
Kirriemuir [The, Presb. of Forfar] (Forfar,
1904).
GEORGE JOHNSTONE CHREE.born
Keig, Aberdeenshire, 14th July 1864,
son of George C, M.A., schoolmaster,
and Helen Johnstone ; educated at Keig
School, Old Aberdeen Grammar School,
and Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A. (1885), B.D.
(1888); licen. by Presb. of Alford May
1888; assistant at Holburn, Aberdeen;
ord. (by Presb. of Aberdeen) 3rd July 1889,
and app. by Colonial Committee chaplain
at Rawal Pindi and Murree, India; app.
chaplain to Indian Ecclesiastical Establish-
FORFAR]
KIRRIEMUIR— SOUTH CHURCH
299
ment (Bengal) 17th March 1892; chaplain
of St Andrew's Church, Allahabad, Sept.
1892 to Nov. 1903; chaplain at Meerut
and Chahrata, 1904-5 ; app. chaplain of
St Andrew's Church, Calcutta, July 1905 ;
app. Presidency senior chaplain (Bengal)
in 1906; adm. to this parish 14th May
1913; dem. 18th May 1921. Marr. 14th
Aug. 1889, Helen Eobertson Hay, daugh.
of William Forsyth Arthur, Broomhill
Park, Aberdeen, and has issue — Helen
Hay Arthur Johnstone, born 17th May
1890 (marr. Mitchell Stewart); George
William Johnstone, M.C., captain 2nd
Batt. Royal Scots, born 9th Sept. 1893,
killed in action on the Somme, France,
14th July 1916; May Arthur, born 20th
Oct. 1895 (marr. 14th June 1921, Norman
Birrell, Calcutta).
WILLIAM ADDISON, born Dunferm-
lg21 line, 31st May 1891, only son of
Andrew A., Old Manse, Inver-
keithing, and Elizabeth Lessells ; educated
at George Watson's College, Edinburgh,
and Univs. of Glasgow (M.A. 1914) and
Edinburgh; joined the 8th Cameron
Highlanders as a combatant, and was
two and a half years abroad as corporal
with the 2nd Battalion; licen. by Presb.
of Dunfermline in 1920 ; assistant at Lady
Glenorchy's, Edinburgh; ord. 22nd Sept.
1921. Marr. 1st Aug. 1922, Edith Mar-
garet, M.A. (born 8th Dec. 1892), second
daugh. of Alfred John, Longrow, Camp-
beltown.
SOUTH CHURCH (Q.S.).
[Opened as an extension church in 1835.
The parish was disjoined from Kirriemuir
28th Feb. 1870.]
WILLIAM NORVAL, born Glasgow,
about 1809; youngest son of James
183 N., merchant ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (1829); licen. by Presb. of
Haddington 17th April 1834 ; elected 27th
Oct. 1836; ord. 5th Jan. 1837. He was
pres. to Brechin by William IV. shortly
after, but was accused of plagiarism, having
preached to the congregation of Brechin
(by app. of the Presb. prior to translation)
sermons from the published works of Henry
Melvill, canon of St Paul's, London. This
he denied, but on the charge being brought
to proof, he withdrew acceptance of the
presentation (with permission of the
General Assembly), 21st May 1838. To
prevent further procedure he dem. 14th
Aug. following. He joined the Church of
England ; licentiate of theology, Durham,
1840; curate of Trimdon, Durham, 1840-3;
curate of St Andrew's, Glasgow, 1843-4;
curate of St James's, Bermondsey, 1846-51 ;
rector of Ickleford, Herts, U851-5 ; curate
at St Andrew's, Holborn, London, 1865-70 ;
chaplain of Fulham Workhouse, 1863-71 ;
died 11th Sept. 1871.
DANIEL CORMICK, bom 1808;
licen. by Presb. of St Andrews 28th
March 1838 ; called 13th March, and
ord. 18th April 1839. Joined the Free
Church in 1843; min. of South Free
Church, Kirriemuir, 1843-8 ; died 24th May
1848. He marr. 1834, Catherine Neish.
JAMES LAW, adm. 24th April 1845;
trans, to Inverbrothock 29th Jan.
1846.
JAMES CRUICKSHANK EASTON,
M.A.; ord. 14th May 1846; trans,
to Meldrum 23rd Sept. 1852.
CHARLES CHREE, M.A. ; ord. 2nd
June 1853 ; trans, to Lintrathen
1845
1853
20th July 1855.
DAVID OGILVY RAMSAY, ord. 8th
Nov. 1855 ; trans, to Kirriemuir 14th
1855 Aug. 1856.
ALEXANDER DUFF, born 17th
May 1827, son of Duncan D. and
Christian Stewart; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews ; ord. Royal Bounty
missionary at Clova 26th Oct. 1855 ; trans,
and adm. 25th Sept. 1856 ; adm. first min.
of the parish 28th Feb. 1870; clerk of Presb.
7th April 1886 to 2nd May 1894 ; died 26th
May 1894. He excelled as a violinist, and
had a remarkable knowledge of Scottish
harp and violin music. He marr. 28th Aug.
1876, Jane Webster (s.p.), daugh. of James
Robb and Ann Dear, Kirriemuir.— [Reid's
Kirriemuir (portrait), 79-80.]
300
SOUTH CHURCH— OATHLAW
[PRESB. OF
1915
ANDREW WTLIE SMITH, M.A.,
1894 B.D.; ord. 29th Nov. 1894; trans,
to Bendochy 17th May 1898.
ALEXANDER MACARA, ord. 10th
1898 ^ov" 1898J trans, to Denny 23rd
Nov. 1904.
DAVID NELSON, M.A. ; ord. 20th
April 1905 ; trans, to Aberlemno
19 3rd Feb. 1910.
ROBERT LOVE HUNTER, ord. 12th
1910 May 1910 ; trans, to Townhead,
Glasgow, 7th Jan. 1915.
WALTER KILGOUR BLACK, born
New Gilston, Largo, Fife, 25th Feb.
1875, son of Andrew B. and Janet
Kilgour ; educated at Univ. of Edinburgh
and New College, Edinburgh ; licen. by
Free Church Presb. of Edinburgh 4th July
1907 ; ord. to Dudhope Free Church,
Dundee, 5th Feb. 1909 ; app. to parish of
Delting and Olnafirth, and adm. 29th Aug.
1912; trans, and adm. 17th May 1915.
Marr. 15th Feb. 1911, Mary Jane, daugh.
of George Crichton, Teuchats Farm, Largo,
and has issue— Douglas Andrew Kilgour,
born 29th May 1913.
OATHLAW, of old FINAVEN.
[The vicarage of Finaven was a prebend
of Brechin. Its church was dedicated to
St Constantine. There were in the parish
a chapel of St Leonard, and another chapel
at Aikenhatt near Finaven. There were
also three Holy Wells, those of Our Lady,
St Medan, and the Nine Maidens. On 15th
May 1731 this parish was disjoined from
the Presb. of Brechin and added to that
of Forfar.]
DAVID LINDSAY of Pitcairlie, parson
in 1541, conformed and held this
1560
parish and Inverarity, 1560-76.
WILLIAM LINDSAY, reader in 1576
1576 to 1578.
ALEXANDER KYNNIMONTH [or
1585 KINMONT], min. in 1585, with
Inverarity and Kirkbuddo also in
his charge ; trans, to Kirriemuir in 1586.
JAMES HEPBURNE, M.A. (St
Andrews 1585) ; min. in 1591 ; died
July 1595, aged about 30. He marr.
Elizabeth Graham, and had issue — "an only
bairn," Agnes. — [Reg.Assig.; Brechin Tests J]
JAMES ELLIOT, M.A. ; min. in 1597 ;
1597 trans, to Forfar after 17th June 1618.
ANDREW ALLAN, M.A. (St Andrews,
1622 28tl1 July 161°) > adm- 10 clova fry
the Archbishop) 15th Oct. 1615;
trans, and adm. before 17th March 1622 ;
dep. by Commission of Assembly (at
Brechin) 26th Sept. 1649, they "having
heard him preach two several tymes, and
found him altogether confused, ignorant of
the purpose of his text, etc." He was given
the stipend for crop 1650. He died before
12th July 1661. He marr. (cont. 28th Nov.
1616) Sybilla, daugh. of Andrew Clayhills,
min. of Monifieth, and had issue— Margaret;
Jane. His children had £50 allowed them
by Parliament from vacant stipends 12th
July 1661.— [Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Acts of Pari.,
vii., App. 84 ; Reg. Episc. Brechin, ii., 242 ;
Land of the Lindsays, 167 ; Reg. of Deeds,
cccv., 243.]
DAVID OCHTERLONY, M.A. ; ord.
1650 8t^ -A-US' 1^50 > trans- t0 Fordoun
after 23rd Sept. 1658.
ANDREW STRATON, probably of the
family of Fodra ; M.A. (St Andrews
1648) ; chaplain to Lindsay of Edzell
3rd April 1656 ; called in Jan., and ord. 4th
Aug. 1659 ; submitted to Episcopacy, and
died in 1693 or 1695. — [Reg. Episc. Brechin,
ii. ; Land of the Lindsays.]
JOHN GRUB, M.A. (King's CoUege,
1R__ Aberdeen, 1683) ; intruded here
about 1696 ; was declared an in-
truder by the Presb. 6th April that year ;
ejected and declared fugitive by the Privy
Council in 1701. He intruded at Kirkden
in 1715, at Carmylie in 1716; dep. 5th
June 1717 for those intrusions, and for his
persistent Jacobitism and contumacy. He
was prosecuted with others before the
Court of Justiciary, 29th July 1717, for
the above offences, but the Solicitor-
General [Robert Dundas] deserted the
FORFAR]
OATHLAW
301
diet in respect of the King's Act of Grace
granted to such offenders. He opened a
meeting-house in Brechin, which was
closed by order of the Justiciary Court in
1726. — [Black's Brechin, 134; Jervise's
Land of the Lindsays, 199.]
JOHN ANDERSON, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1710 9th July 1688); licen. by Presb. of
Chimside 20th March 1705 ; called
6th June, and ord. 30th Aug. 1710. During
the Rising of 1715, for his anti-Jacobitism
he was dragged out of the pulpit by four
women, who appeared before the Kirk-
Session, 24th Aug. 1716, acknowledged
their offence, and were ordered " to stand,
each in a white sheet, on the pulpit-stair,
in the very same place where they attacked
the minister, and be rebuked in face of the
congregation." A. died 28th Jan. 1725. He
marr. Agnes Dunbar, who survived him. —
[Jervise's Land of the Lindsays, 167-8.]
JOHN MARTIN, M.A. (St Andrews,
„ 23rd July 1697) ; licen. by Presb. of
Forfar 31st July 1717; called 2nd
Sept. 1725 ; ord. 9th Feb. 1726 ; died May
1740. He marr. Jean Stewart, who survived
him.
THOMAS RAIKER, born Anstruther
Wester 6th June 1711, seventh son
of Robert R., Excise officer; licen. by
Presb. of Forfar 6th July 1737 ; called 15th
Oct., pres. by Carnegie of Finaven in Nov.,
and ord. 31st Dec. 1740; died Father of
the Synod 31st Jan. 1803 ; " a singular and
zealous servant of his divine Master, while
he was not inattentive to his own con-
cerns." [He managed to save £5000 though
his stipend was only £70.] Though in his
92nd year, he preached on the Sunday
fortnight before his death. His tombstone
contains this epitaph : —
" Bests below this stone the mortal clay
Of Thomas Raiker, till that awful day
When Christ shall send his angel thro' the skies,
And to the dead proclaim, ' Te sleepers, rise ! '
Then may the Saviour to this servant say,
Enjoy a crown thro' an eternal day."
He marr. 4th Feb. 1742, Mary (born 5th
Nov. 1715, died (s.p.) 24th July 1798),
daugh. of James Profit, merchant, Kirrie-
muir. This couplet is inscribed on her
gravestone : —
"Before Mankind a better wife shall see,
Time, O Death, shall strike a dart at thee."
Publication — Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, i., xxi.). — [Tombst. ;
Jervise's Land of the Lindsays, 167 ;
Brechin Tests.}
LEWIS [or LUDOVIC] LITTLE JOHN,
•born Aberdeenshire ; educated at
Univ. and King's College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (30th March 1786) ; sometime
schoolmaster of this parish ; licen. by
Presb. of Forfar 18th Sept. 1793; pres.
by the Hon. Douglas Gordon Haliburton
of Finaven in May, and ord. 8th Sept.
1803; died 8th Nov. 1830. He marr.
24th July 1809, Agnes (died 18th Dec.
1866), daugh. of Andrew Milne, farmer, and
Janet Young, and had issue — Lewis, born
10th Feb. 1810; Douglas Gordon, born
15th Feb. 1811; Joseph, born 24th May
1812 ; James Gordon, born 14th Sept. 1813 ;
Ford, born 12th June 1815 ; Gordon, born
23rd July 1819 ; Patrick, born 27th Sept.
1821, died in Dorward's House of Refuge,
Montrose, 18th March 1897 ; William, born
19th Aug. 1824, died in Dorward's House
of Refuge, Montrose, 26th Feb. 1909.
ANDREW CROMAR, born 1795, son
1831 °^ Patrick C., farmer, Lumphanan ;
M.A. (Marischal College, Aberdeen,
1814) ; licen. by Presb. of Arbroath 7th Feb.
1820 ; pres. by George, Earl of Aboyne, Dec.
1830 ; ord. 10th May 1831 ; died 10th Nov.
1835. He marr. 28th March 1828, Jane
(died 7th Sept. 1874), daugh. of George
Philip, Arbroath, and had issue — Margaret
Milne, born 9th Nov. 1828, died 27th
Feb. 1901; Jane, born 9th April 1830
(marr. David Ritchie, Rio de Janeiro),
died 1st April 1863; George Philip, wine
merchant, Arbroath, born 5th Oct. 1831,
died 12th Dec. 1862; Barbara, born 20th
April 1833 (marr. Alexander Thou Scott,
min. of Bargeddie), died 30th March 1881.
HARRY STUART, born 1801, son of
John S., farmer, Birse; educated
at Marischal College and Univ. of
Aberdeen; M.A. (3rd April 1820); licen.
1836
302
OATHLAW— RESCOBIE
[PEESB. OF
by Presb. of Kincardine O'Neil 14th April
1824 ; pres. by George, Earl of Aboyne, in
Jan., and ord. 28th April 1836 ; died
unmarr. 18th March 1880. He was deeply
interested in the life of farm-servants and
all agricultural labourers, and along with
the Prince Consort, founded the Association
for improving the Agricultural Labourers'
Dwellings, of which he was app. Secretary.
Publication — Agricultural Labourers, as
they were, are, and should be in their Social
Condition (Edinburgh, 1853). — [Jervise's
Land of the Lindsays, 168.]
ALEXANDER RITCHIE, born Dun-
sinnan, parish of Collace, 3rd June
1855, son of Alexander R., farmer,
West Meikle Whitefield, Cargill, and
Jessie Douglas ; educated at Cargill School,
Perth Academy, Univs. of St Andrews and
Edinburgh ; student missionary at Rankin-
stone, Coylton, Ayrshire, 1878 ; licen. by
Presb. of Perth 14th May 1879; assistant
at St John's, Edinburgh; ord. 22nd Sept.
1880 ; app. clerk of Presb. 20th June 1894 ;
acting-chaplain with the South African
Field Force, 1902-3. Publication — Oath-
law [The Presb. of Forfar] (Forfar, 1904).
RESCOBIE.
[The church of Rescobie was dedicated
to St Triduana, who in early times dwelt
here. There was a chapel within the
bounds at Ochterlony. There was also
a Well of St Triduana. Donald Bain,
brother and successor of Malcolm III.,
died here in 1097, a prisoner in the Castle
of Rescobie. A fair of St Triduana was
held at Rescobie].
THOMAS CORMACK, min. in 1567;
1667 trans, to Fyvie before 1574.
JAMES BALFOUR, min. in 1574 [vide
1574 Dunnichen].
JOHN SPALDING, min. in 1590;
died Oct. 1640. He marr. Barbara
Auchinleck, who predeceased him,
and had issue — Andrew, min. of this
parish ; John ; William. — [Reg. Assig. ;
St Andrews Tests. ; Reg. of Deeds,
ccclxxv., 440.]
1590
1630
ANDREW SPALDING, born about
1604, son of preceding; educated
at Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A.
(1625) ; ord. (assistant and successor) about
1630; died 26th Oct. 1638. He left 100
merks to the poor of the parish. He
marr. Marjory Hunter, who survived him,
and had issue — John, served heir 28th
Aug. 1640; Elspet; Margaret.— [St An-
drews Tests. ; Inq, Ret. Gen., 2524.]
1649
DAVID LINDSAY, born 1615, son of
Henry L. of Blairifedden and Alison
Scrimgeour ; educated at Univ. of
St Andrews ; M.A. (25th April 1635) ; ord.
before 5th June 1649; died in 1677. He
marr. (1) Marjory, daugh. of Robert
Lindsay of Kinnettles : (2) Beatrice (died
in 1716, aged 89, after a period of com-
parative poverty, when she had assistance
from the Kirk - Session of Newtyle, 5th
Sept. 1697), daugh. of Ogilvy of
Carsbank, and had issue — David, min. of
Mary ton ; Henry, min. of Dunnichen ;
Jean (marr., cont. 16th Dec. 1651, William
Ogilvie of Whiteside); perhaps Marjory
(marr. Alexander Pedy, min. of Lunan) ;
and Robert, min. of Edzell. — [Tonibst. ;
Jervise's Land of the Lindsays, 423 ;
Perth Sas., viii., 270 ; Bamff Charters, 314.]
PATRICK LYON, born 1650; M.A.
(St Andrews, 26th July 1670) ; be-
came schoolmaster of Kirriemuir ;
passed trials before the Presb. of Forfar ;
was recommended for ordination 24th
Oct., and ord. 23rd Dec. 1677 ; died Aug.
1703. He marr., and had issue — James,
served heir 5th Feb. 1704; Philip;
Margaret (marr. 29th April 1715, John
Auchterlonie,wigmaker, Edinburgh); Eliza-
beth; Grisell (marr. Robert Straton);
Isabella (marr. Nov. 1753, Alexander Gavin
of East Braikie). — [St Andrews Tests. ;
Tombst. ; Index to Services."]
JOHN DOUGAL {primus), born about
17o4 1653; called 16th Dec. 1703; adm.
22nd March 1704; died 1st Dec.
1723. He marr. (1) Lydia Dougal, and
had issue — John, his successor in the
parish : (2) 15th June 1697, Isobel Erskine,
who died 18th Aug. 1756.
1677
forfar]
RESCOBIE
303
1725
JOHN DOUGAL (secundus), born 27th
Nov. 1690, son of preceding; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow; M.A.
(28th June 1716); licen. by Presb. of
Forfar 13th Jan., called 20th May, and
ord. 15th Sept. 1725 ; dep. 13th Jan. 1748
"for stealing books"; died at sea while
going abroad, 28th Sept. 1757. He marr.
6th June 1728, Isobel Walker (died 11th
Dec. 1769), and had issue — John, born 21st
Sept. 1729, died young ; Isobel, born 22nd
April 1731 ; David, born 3rd April 1733 ;
Thomas, born 26th Nov. 1734 ; Alexander,
born 24th Nov. 1736; Jean, born 31st
Aug. 1738.
ROBERT TRAIL, pres. by Thomas,
Earl of Strathmore, 1st Nov. 1748 ;
ord. 15th July 1749 ; trans, to
Panbride 13th Oct. 1763.
1749
WILLIAM KEAY, born about 1740, son
of James K. of Snaigow ; licen. by
1764 Presb. of Dunkeld 7th Sept. 1762 ;
pres. by John, Earl of Strathmore, Dec.
1763 ; ord. 26th April 1764 ; died unmarr.
at Inveresk, 29th Aug. 1776. Publication
— The Deceitfulness of Sin, a sermon, with
two Poems (Edinburgh, 1767).
1777
THOMAS WRIGHT, born Banffshire,
about 1740; educated at Univ. and
King's College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(25th April 1759); licen. by Presb. of
Caithness 3rd July 1765 ; assistant to
preceding ; pres. by the trustees of John,
Earl of Strathmore, Dec. 1776; ord.
3rd April 1777 ; died unmarr. 9th April
1808. Publication — Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xi.).
1809
WILLIAM ROGERS, born 1782 ; licen.
by Presb. of Forfar 3rd April 1808 ;
pres. by John, Earl of Strathmore,
in Aug., and ord. 10th April 1809 ; found
drowned in Rescobie Loch 10th Sept.
1842. He marr. (1) 18th Aug. 1812, Agnes
Hamilton (died 30th July 1816, aged 30),
daugh. of James Lyon, D.D., min. of
Glamis, and had issue — William, born 7th
June 1813, died 18th July 1815 ; James,
born 3rd May 1814, died 19th May 1815 ;
Agnes, born 17th May 1815 ; John, born
1843
3rd, and died 4th June 1816 : (2) 5th May
1818, Ann (died 19th June 1841, aged 56),
youngest daugh. of John Oldham, Mill-
thorpe, Nottinghamshire, and had issue —
John Oldham, born 27th Dec. 1818;
William Gourlay, Parliamentary Agent,
Westminster, London, born 25th Feb.
1820 ; Margaret Hannah, born 21st Aug.
1821 ; James Samuel, born 24th Aug. 1823 ;
Ann, born 23rd Nov. 1824; Mary, born
25th Oct. 1826 ; George Lyon, born 29th
Oct. 1829. Publication — Account of the
Parish (New Stat. Ace., xi.).
DAVID ESDAILE, M.A.; born 6th
Feb. 1811, son of James E., D.D.,
min. of East Parish, Perth ; edu-
cated at Univ. of St Andrews ; licen.
by Presb. of Perth ; ord. 10th May 1843 ;
D.D. (St Andrews 1865); died at Rothesay,
10th June 1880. He was founder of the
Ministers' Daughters' College, Edinburgh,
along with his brother James, M.D., and
was one of the initiators of the Aged and
Infirm Ministers' Fund. He marr. 11th
Jan. 1847, Mary Chatterton (died 6th Sept.
1900), daugh. of John Lowson, Arbroath,
and had issue — Anne Stevenson, born 20th
June 1848 (marr. Thom, Portugal) ;
Mary Mowbray, born 8th Jan. 1850 (marr.
Alexander Walker, min. of this parish) ;
Alice, born 25th Nov. 1851, died 29th
Dec. 1872; Margaret, born 16th April
1854, died 26th Aug. 1874 ; James Blair,
born 18th March 1857, died at Seville,
Spain, 19th Nov. 1899; Agnes Marion,
born 5th Sept. 1863 (marr. William
Muir of Innistrynich, Argyll). Publica-
tions— Contributions to Natural History
by a Rural D.D. (Edinburgh, 1865); A
Short Catechism on Scriptural Geography ;
translated Rohr's Historico Geographical
Account of Palestine.
ALEXANDER WALKER, licen. by
Presb. of Madras for service in
India ; agent of the Ladies' Associa-
tion at Madras in 1847 ; ord. missionary at
Madras 11th March 1855 ; app. assistant
chaplain at Madras 30th June, and adm.
(by Presb. of Edinburgh) 28th Sept. 1859,
subsequently chaplain and senior chaplain ;
adm. to this parish 19th Oct. 1880; died
1880
304
RESCOBIE— TANNADICE
[PEESB. OF
28th June 1899. He man. (1) 28th Dec.
1848, Eobina Easton (died 19th Nov. 1875,
aged 52), daugh. of Eobert Hunter, banker,
and had issue — Helen Condie, born 15th
Nov. 1849, died 17th July 1863 ; Alexand-
ria, born 16th Nov. 1851 (marr.
Campbell, Solicitor, Edinburgh) ; Hunter
Urquhart, physician in England, born
19th Jan. 1857 ; Eobina Easton, born 30th
Jan. 1859, died 12th Dec. 1892; Eliza
Frances, born 5th, and died 14th April
1861 ; Kate Stewart, born 3rd Nov. 1865
(marr. John Williams, Wishaw), died
28th Dec. 1922 : (2) 8th Jan. 1880, Mary
Mowbray, daugh. of preceding min., and
had issue — Ernest Alexander, M.D., I.M.S.,
born 20th Oct. 1880; Dora Mary, M.B.,
C.M.(Edin.), resident medical officer, Hollo-
way Prison, London, born 12th Sept. 1882.
EOBEET HALL, born Mugdrum,
lg99 Newburgh-on-Tay, 25th Oct. 1864,
son of James H. and Margaret
Anderson ; educated at George Heriot's
School and Univ. of Edinburgh ; student
missionary in Canongate Parish, Edinburgh,
1892-5 ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 17th
May 1895 ; locum tenens at Airth and Rox-
burgh ; assistant at Alloa and Tullibody ;
ord. 7th Dec. 1899. Publication — Rescobie
[The Presb. of Forfar] (Forfar, 1904).
TANNADICE.
[The church of Tannadice was dedicated
to St Adamnan. It belonged to the Abbey
of Arbroath. At Shielhill in the parish
there was a chapel of St Columba.]
JAMES MELVLLL, trans, from Fern
in 1567 ; trans, to Menmuir after
29th July 1568.
JAMES EAIT, min. in 1567, Aberlemno
being also in the charge ; trans, to
1567
1567
Lanark before 1574.
ALEXANDER GOEDON, reader in
1574 1574 to 1576.
JAMES EAMSAY of Wester Ogil, min.
m of Aberlemno in 1585; removed to
Aldbar in 15S6, but returned in 1591 ;
trans, and adm. in 1597; still min. 10th
April 1621. He marr. Christian Dempster,
and had issue— James ; Agnes. — [Reg. Mag.
Sig., 435, 1310 ; Deeds, xxix. ; Reg. Episc.
Brechin, ii., 233; Reg. Sec. Sig., lxviii.,
198.]
ALEXANDEE PITCAIEN, son
1617 of David P. of Forthar; M.A. (St
Andrews, 22nd July 1608); was an
"expectant" 4th Sept. 1611; his trials
were approved 7th Oct. 1617 when he was
adm. (probably colleague or assistant). In
1641 he petitioned Parliament for relief,
his house having been broken into during
the night, "so that he was spulzied of
money, goods, and plenishing, his life
threatened with a dirk, and himself, wife,
and children left naked"; still min. 29th
Nov. 1648, and had his case recommended
to the Privy Council by Parliament 22nd
Feb. 1661. He marr. Lucrece Cairncross,
and had issue — Alexander, min. of Dron ;
Isobel, died before 1674 ; Margaret ; Jean,
died before 1674. He is said to have marr.
also Elizabeth, daugh. of John Sinclair,
Dean of St Andrews. — [Acts of Pari., v.
366, 430, 674, 718, vii. App. 16 ; Peterkin's
Records; G. R. Inhib., 4th Nov. 1674;
Forfar Sas., I, 533.]
EOBEET EULE, M.A.; min. about
16—; trans, to Second Charge,
Stirling, and adm. (by the Protesting
Presb.) 12 July 1655.
WILLIAM ESSON, adm. before 23rd
Jan. 1658 ; trans, to Auchtergaven
between 21st Nov. and 19th Dec.
1666.
JAMES CAESTAIES, M.A. ; ord. 22nd
67 Aug. 1667 ; trans, to Inchture 22nd
March 1682.
PATRICK LYON, M.A.; ord. before
1st Nov. 1682; trans, to Kinghorn
1682
19th May 1686.
1688
GEORGE LYON, sixth and youngest
son of William L. of Easter Ogil,
and brother of preceding ; educated
at Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (24th
July 1679) ; passed trials before Presb. of
Haddington, and was certified for licence
4th Dec. 1684; ord. about 1688; dem.
12th April 1716. He marr., and had
FORFAR]
TANNADICE
305
1724
issue — Margaret ; Mary ; a son who was
hanged for participation in the Rising of
1715. — [Case of Greenshields.]
WILLIAM OLIPHANT, licen. by Presb.
1716 of Edinburgh 1st Oct. 1712; called
27th Sept., app. by the Presb. jure
devoluto 29th Nov., and ord. 13th Dec. 1716 ;
dep. for drunkenness 17th Oct. 1723, but
reponed 22nd Oct. 1724, the sentence being
considered " so iniquitous."
JOHN OGILVIE of Quiech, son of
John O. of Shielhill (to whom he
was served heir 22nd July 1741);
licen. by United Presb. of Brechin and
Arbroath 25th Dec. 1705 ; ord. to Cortachy
18th Sept. 1706 ; called by the Presb. jure
devoluto 17th June, trans, and adm. 1st
Oct. 1724; died April 1742. He marr.
Jan. 1729, Catherine Pindlay, and had
issue— Robert, served heir 12th Jan. 1744 ;
Catherine (marr. John Edgar of Keithock).
— [Services of Heirs ; Jervise's Land of
the Lindsays, 339.]
JOHN WEATH, a native of Angus, born
17.„ about 1704 ; educated at Univ. and
King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1st
April 1724) ; app. Master of the Grammar
School of Brechin ; licen. by Presb. of
Brechin 2nd Aug. 1732; called 18th Nov.,
and app. by the Presb. jure devoluto 15th
Dec. 1742; ord. 31st March 1743; died
27th April 1766. He marr. 27th Dec.
1743, Jean Dow, widow 'of John Johnston,
min. of Second Charge, Brechin ; she died
s.p. 10th March 1767.— [Acts of Ass., 1743.]
JOHN BUIK, licen. by Presb. of Dundee
1767 3rd May 1758 ; pres. by the Principal
and Professors of the New College,
St Andrews, 25th Sept. 1766; ord. 5th
Nov. 1767; died 8th April 1796. He
marr. 23rd Feb. 1747, Elizabeth Balfour,
who died 3rd Feb. 1773, and had issue —
Catharine, born 21st March 1748 (marr.
8th Jan. 1773, James M'Diarmid, min. of
Weem) ; James, born 16th Nov. 1750, died
young. — [St Andrews Tests.]
JOHN BUIST of Tillywhanlaw and
17g6 Kirkton of Aberlemno, born Abdie
about 1762, son of George B. ; edu-
cated at Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by
VOL. V.
Presb. of Cupar 7th Feb. 1786; pres. by
the Principal and Professors of St Mary's
College, St Andrews, in June, and ord.
15th Sept. 1796 ; died 9th Dec. 1845. He
had a rare fund of humour and was very
ready at repartee. He marr. 25th Feb.
1802, Margaret (died 4th March 1866,
aged 86), daugh. of James Jafferson, and
had issue — Jean, born 23rd March 1803 ;
George, LL.D., F.R.S., eminent Indian
journalist and scientific observer, editor
of the Bombay Times, born 17th Nov. 1804
[not 22nd Nov. 1805 as in Diet. Nat. Biog.\
licen. by Presb. of Forfar in 1846, died
in Calcutta, 1st Oct. 1S60 ; Isobel, born
31st July 1806 ; Elizabeth, born 25th June
1808 (marr. Joseph Loudon, min. of Dalziel) ;
James Jafferson, merchant, Dundee, born
10th July 1810, died 28th March 1844;
Margaret Johnson, born 12th June 1812,
died 13th Aug. 1846; John, born 22nd
Nov. 1815, died 7th June 1824; Alexander
Jafferson, born 10th Feb. 1818 ; Charles
Guthrie, born 19th Aug. 1822, died 3rd
Dec. 1836. Publications — Account of
James Duke (Sinclair on "Health," ii.);
Account of the Parish {New Stat. Ace,
xi.). — [Nome's Dundee Celebrities, 190 ;
Warden's Angus, v., 181 ; Diet. Nat.
Biog.]
WILLIAM ALLAN, born Dumfries,
1845 1815, third son of William A., manu-
facturer of woollen fabrics, and Jean
Beattie; educated at Univs. of Glasgow
and St Andrews ; M.A. (1840) ; licen. by
Presb. of Arbroath; ord. (assistant and
successor) 9th Oct. 1845; died 26th April
1870. He marr. 10th Aug. 1869, Mary
Ann, daugh. of John Bartlett, farmer, and
Mary Smith ; she marr. (2) 15th Aug.
1871.
FREDERICK JOHNSTON, M.A.; born
1870 Balmerino, 1843, son of George J.,
farmer, and Agnes Johnston ; edu-
cated at Univ. of St Andrews; ord. 10th
Nov. 1870; died 28th Dec. 1882. He
marr. 9th Oct. 1872, Jessie (died s.p. in
Edinburgh, 22nd Aug. 1916), daugh. of
James Borwick, min. of U.P. Church,
Rathillet.
306
TANNADICE
[PEESB. OF FOKFAK
1883
JOHN HERKLESS, M.A.; ord. 15th
June 1883 ; app. Professor of Ecclesi-
astical History and Divinity, Univ.
of St Andrews (q.v.), 27th March, and dem.
15th Nov. 1894.
1895
CHARLES STEWART, M.A., B.D.;
ord. 19th April 1895; trans, to
Coupar- Angus 12th June 1902.
DAVID FRASER LIDDLE, M.A.,
1902 B.D. ; ord. 6th Nov. 1902 ; trans, to
St Margaret's, Arbroath, 26th Dec.
1907.
BRODIE SMITH GILFILLAN, M.A.,
B.D. ; ord. 30th April 1908 ; trans,
to Inch (Presb. of Stranraer), 29th
Nov. 1916.
CHARLES EDWIN FORSTER, ord.
17 12th April 1917; trans, to South
Parish, Aberdeen, 27th April
1921.
WILLIAM ROBERTSON SMART,
1921 k°rn Ijiff' Dundee> 28tn Dec- 1891>
son of Thomas Robertson S., Liff,
and Margaret Murray ; educated at Liff
School, Harris Academy, Dundee, and
Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A. (1913), B.D.
(1916) ; licen. by Presb. of Dundee in 1916 ;
assistant at Kirkcaldy and Morningside,
Edinburgh ; ord. 7th Sept. 1921. Marr. 6th
April 1922, Alison Maxwell, only daugh. of
Thomas Sanderson, Hatton Place, Edin-
burgh, and has issue — Norman Sanderson,
born 27 th August 1924.
PRESBYTERY OF DUNDEE
[The Kegister of the Presbytery of Dundee begins at 20th Aug. 1664. There are gaps
in the Record from 6th Feb. 1689 to 30th Sept. 1691, from 17th April 1700 to 27th
May 1701, and from 6th May to 15th July 1703. Two volumes, covering the time from
1597 to 1660, have been lost. They were in existence on 18th Nov. 1662. See "Old
Presbytery Records " in Rollo's Dundee Historical Fragments, 141-5 (Dundee, 1911).]
ABERNYTE.
[The parish of Abernyte was a prebend
of Dunkeld.]
1567
WILLIAM HAITLIE, min. in 1567;
trans, to Logie (Liff) in 1574; trans.
to Benvie in 1576; returned here
between 1580 and 1585 when Lundie also
was in his charge till about 1590 ; still
min. in 1591. — [Beg. of Deeds, xv., 189.]
MICHAEL
1574 1574
G R E I G, reader in
1593
GEORGE HAITLIE, reader at Aber-
nyte ; was pres. to the fourth part
of the fruits of Abernyte with both
parsonage and vicarage by James VI. 7th
Nov. 1577. He was " cruellie invaded by
Thomas Boyd in 1588, and in redding of
them a man was slaine " ; adm. to Kinnaird
about 1590 ; trans, and adm. before 1593 ;
trans, to Rossie before 1599, probably
holding both in conjunction as he was
still min. here in 1614 and 1623 ; died 3rd
Oct. 1628. He marr. Elizabeth Robertson,
and had issue — William ; Isobel (marr.
Gilbert Robertson, skinner, burgess of
Perth) ; Eupham (marr., cont. 17th June
and 6th July 1629, Thomas Cruickshank
in Badgarvie).— [Perth Sas. Sec. Beg., ii. 166,
vii. 373 ; Beg. of Deeds, ccccxxxviii., 363.]
307
1651
JAMES HAITLIE, M.A. (Edinburgh,
30th July 1614); adm. before 1620
(probably colleague). — [Macfarlane
Geog. Coll., i., 141.]
THOMAS WHITEHEAD, M.A. (St
Andrews, 28th July 1610); adm.
before 20th Jan. 1628 (probably
colleague) ; still min. 13th Nov. 1649. —
[Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 141.]
JOHN MINIMAN, son of William M.,
merchant, Dundee, and Margaret,
daugh. of John Fullartoun, sailor,
Dundee; M.A. (St Andrews 1643); became
chaplain to the Master of Gray ; ord. Jan.
1651 ; deprived by Act of Parliament 10th
June, and Decreet of Privy Council 1st
Oct. 1662, and ordered to remove by the
latter 24th Feb. 1663. He was denounced
and put to the horn with others, 16th
July 1674, for holding conventicles. He
died before 16th Oct. 1684. He marr.
Margaret Bonar, who on 16th Oct. 1684
was imprisoned by the magistrates of Perth
for nonconformity and was not permitted
to see her son on his deathbed, which so
affected her that she died of grief Jan.
1685. They had issue — John, died 1684;
Christian, served heir to her mother 6th
May 1693 (marr. (1) Alexander M'Gill,
merchant, Edinburgh : (2) 8th June 1712,
John Swinton). — [St Andrews Tests. ; Inq.
Bet. Gen., 7360, 7924 ; P. C. Beg., 3rd ser.,
308
ABERNYTE
[PRESB. OF
i. 351, iv. 238; Philip's The Evangel in
Goiorie, 143-7; Annals of an Angus Parish,
108 ; Dundee Prot., cclxxviii., 129.]
ANDREW SHIPPERT, born about
1637, eldest son of Andrew S., min.
1664 of Benvie; educated at Univ. of
St Andrews 25th July 1657; adm. 4th,
and inst. 5th Dec. 1664; died 3rd Jan.
1703. He marr. (1) (cont. 17th Oct. 1671)
Jean, daugh. of William Patrick, gold-
smith, London, and had issue— David;
Manye : (2) Margaret Campbell, who sur-
vived him, had a grant of a pension of
£12 on 21st Dec. 1706, and had issue—
Lachlan, burgess of Dundee ; Grizel (marr.
24th Aug. 1726, William Gillan, min. of
Bothkennar).— [Hunter's Dioc. of DimJeeld,
442; G. R. Homings, 14th April 1670;
Treasury Reg., v., 433.]
1760
THOMAS MITCHELL, licen. by
United Presb. of Dundee and Forfar
1704 14th Oct. 1703 ; called 17th Feb. and
corroborated by the Presb. jure devoluto
1st March, and ord. 29th Nov. 1704 ; dep.
(by Commission of Assembly) 13th March
1729; died 10th May 1732. He marr.
(1) and had issue— John ; Beatrix ; Eliza-
beth ; Marjory ; Mary (marr. David Scott,
min. of Aberlemno) : (2) June 1724, Eliza-
beth Loudoun, widow of William M'Kay,
merchant, Edinburgh, who survived him,
and had a gift of vacant stipend from the
Exchequer 25th July 1733.
GEORGE BLAIR, ord. 31st Oct. 1733 ;
dem. on appointment as Master of
1733 Grammar School, Dundee, 16th Nov.
1738 ; afterwards min. of Edzell.
ALEXANDER CORSE, licen. by Presb.
of Kirkcaldy 19th April 1733 ; called
3rd April, and ord. 10th May 1739 ;
died 26th Jan. 1754. He marr. 8th Nov.
1745, Katherine Terras, who died 24th Feb.
1800, and had issue— Ann, born 18th Oct.
1746; Charles William, born 30th March
1748; Isobel, born 3rd Nov. 1749; Gershom,
born 18th Sept. 1751.
JAMES JOBSON, called 27th June, and
ord. 16th Oct. 1755 ; trans, to Errol
1739
JAMES ADAMSON, bapt. 8th April
1734, son of Laurence A., school-
master, Leuchars ; educated at Univ.
of St Andrews; M.A. (1752); licen. by
Presb. there 10th May 1758; pres. by
George II. 6th July 1759 ; ord. 10th April
1760 ; died 23rd Aug. 1807. He marr. 7th
Oct. 1766, Anne (died 17th March 1827),
daugh. of Thomas Key, min. of Kilrenny,
and had issue— Laurence, min. of Cupar,
born 7th Aug. 1767; Thomas, born 6th
July 1769, died 24th Nov. 1797 ; Katherine,
born 24th March 1771, died 24th April
1807; Mary, born 26th Oct. 1772; Robert,
born 3rd Aug. 1774 ; John, born 3rd May
1777 ; Bruce (daugh.), born 3rd Aug. 1779 ;
Helen, born 12th July 1782, died 6th Jan.
1783. Publication— Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace., ix.).
JAMES WILSON, born Dunkeld, 1776 ;
app. Rector of the Grammar School
1808 there in 1802; pres. by George
III. 27th Oct. 1807 ; ord. 5th May 1808 ;
died 5th Jan. 1850. "A unique man, a
sort of fossil specimen of the theologians
who opposed Gallileo and no believer in
Sir Isaac Newton, the old gentleman
stoutly denied the doctrine of gravita-
tion, and, being a devout, good man,
much interested in missions to the
heathen, he bewailed the errors of Dr
Duff, who, he said, was ' endeavouring to
subvert Hinduism by science falsely so-
called, a philosophy as erroneous as the
doctrines of Brahminism.'" He marr. 5th
May 1808, Janet Morison, who died 2nd
Feb. 1832, aged 60. Publications— 4 few
Dissertations on Prophecies (Dundee, 1834);
Account of the Parish (New Stat. Ace,
x.). — [Philip's The Evangel in Gowrie,
321 ; Autobiography of Thomas Guthrie,
D.D., 175.]
1755
7th June 1759.
JOHN SMEATON, ord. (assistant and
successor) 5th Jan. 1844; trans, to
1844 Tulliallan 9th March 1848.
ROBERT GRAHAM, ord. (assistant
and successor) 27th July 1848 ;
1848 trans, to Errol 1st April 1858. He
had issue (c/. Vol. IV., 208)— Mary Ann
Layton Syme, born 13th Aug. 1854.
DUNDEE]
ABERNYTE— AUCHTERHOUSE
309
1858
ROBERT MACKAY LEITCH, second
son of John L., farmer, Ardstraw,
Co. Tyrone; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; B.A. (1851), M. A. (1852); Keen,
by Presb. of Dunoon ; assistant at St
Mary's, Dundee ; pres. by Queen Victoria
2nd July, and ord. 16th Sept. 1858 ; res.
2nd Oct. 1872, and took orders in Church
of England; curate of Silloth, 1872-3, of
Crosby-on-Eden, 1873-4, of Ashby-de-la-
Zouche, 1874-5 ; curate in charge of Saham
Toney, 1875-6 ; vicar of Blackfordby and
Smisby, Burton-on-Trent, 1876 ; chaplain
at Carlsbad, 1885-6, Pau, 1886-7; vicar
of Glasby, Guildford, 1901 ; died at Guild-
ford, 1st Oct. 1904. He marr. 19th Aug.
1875, Edith Mary Smith.
ALLAN MENZIES, M.A., B.D. ; pres.
by Queen Victoria 20th Feb., and
ord. 13th May 1873; res. 11th June
1890, on appointment to Chair of Biblical
Criticism, Univ. of St Andrews (q.v.).
1873
1890
WILLIAM LISTON MILEOY, born
4th Dec. 1862, son of Adam M., D.D.,
min. of Money die; educated at Univs.
of Glasgow and St Andrews ; M.A. (1882) ;
licen. by Presb. of Perth 13th May 1885;
assistant at Larbert ; ord. 6th Nov. 1890.
Marr. 18th April 1894, Jessie Stobo, third
daugh. of William Haining, Tarbolton,
and Annie Stobo, and has issue — Adam
Liston, M.C., Civil Service, Nigeria, born
7th Feb. 1895; Annie Stobo, born 23rd
June 1899 ; William Haining, born 1st
April 1901.
AUCHTERHOUSE.
[The church of Auchterhouse was dedi-
cated to St Mary. This parish was a
prebend of Dunkeld. The church is an
ancient building about eighty-five feet long.
Its chancel remains much as it was built,
but the nave has been a good deal
altered.]
Sie DUNCAN GRAY was vicar in 1565.
His notarial Protocol Book is pre-
served in H.M. General Register
House. — [Acts and Dec, xlvii., 69.]
1565
1567
ALEXANDER TYRIE, third son of
Alexander T. in Nevay (of the
Drumkilbo family) ; min. in 1567 ;
trans, to Meigle in 1572 ; re-adm. before
1582, having Strathmartin, Tealing and
Mains also in his charge till 1590 ; pres.
to the parsonage and vicarage by James
VI. before 4th July 1594; res. 17th Oct.
1603 on account of age, debility, and want
of memory. He marr. 1590, Janet Currour,
widow of Thomas Fenton in Balkeirie, and
had issue — James, died before 1605 ;
David; Alexander.— [Brown's Prot. Book,
19 ; Moray Writs, Box xxxvii., 15 ; Forfar
Inhib., 6th Jan. 1608.]
DAVID KINNEAR, son of John K. and
grandson of Henry K., Commendator
of Balmerino ; adm. about 1604;
was a member of Assembly of 1610 and
1616; resigned his property to Lord Bal-
merino 25th Feb. 1619; died 24th Oct.
1633, aged 52. He marr. Elizabeth, daugh.
of John Douglas of Stonypath (she survived
him), and had issue— John, served heir to
his grandfather 13th Feb. 1665.— [G. R.
Inhib., 19th Feb. 1618; Inq. Ret. Fife, 517;
Tombst. ; Campbell's Balmerino, 279 ; G.
R. Sas., xliv., 203.]
JOHN ROBERTSON, M.A. ; adm. be-
fore 2nd Oct. 1633 ; trans, to Third
1604
1633
Charge, Dundee, 8th Dec. 1641.
WILLIAM WEMYSS, adm. about 1642;
died Nov. 1655. He marr. Isobel
Balfonr, who survived him.—
[Brechin Tests.]
JAMES AUCHENLECK, elder son of
James A., skipper, burgess of Dundee;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews;
M.A. (29th July 1609); adm. to Kettins
in 1618; was accused of "defending the
doctrine of universal grace," which he denied,
and was acquitted by the Assembly 7th and
18th Dec. 1638; was a member of Com-
mission of Assembly in 1646; dep. by
Assembly's Committee for Visitation Sept.
1649 ; was called 1st May, and adm. here
30th July 1656. He marr. Grizel Lindsay,
and had issue— Henry, min. of Mains;
James, surgeon - apothecary, Edinburgh ;
William ; Bessie (marr. James Strachan of
310
AUCHTERHOUSE
[PEESB. OF
Kirktoun of Lethendy) ; Catherine, died
before 13th April 1676 ; Magdalen (marr.
John Williamson of Barnhill, sheriff-clerk
of Perth) ; Margaret, died before 22nd June
1676. — [St Andrews Tests. ; Inq. Ret.
Forfar, 530, 531 ; Gen., 7510, 7511 ; Perth
Sheriff-Court Dec, 3rd July 1661; Perth
Sas., iii., 397 ; G. P. Sas., 9th Aug. 1705,
lxxxvii., 343 ; Prot. Book T. Wichton, 319,
320 ; Annals of an Angus Parish, 127.]
JAMES CAMPBELL, ord. 29th Sept.
1665 1665 ; suspended on his own con-
fession of fornication with Marjory
Ramsay, Countess of Buchan, 13th Dec.
that year. Afterwards min. of Lundie and
Foulis, having exchanged charges with John
Robertson in 1667. — [Annals of an Angus
Parish, 130.]
JOHN ROBERTSON, son of John R.,
166„ min. of Dundee ; educated at Univ.
of St Andrews; M.A. (28th July
1659); licen. by Presb. of Dundee 20th
April 1664 ; adm. to Lundie and Foulis
11th June 1665 ; trans, and adm. 1st Sept.
1667 ; died between 5th Feb. 1692 and 15th
Dec. 1700. He marr. 1669, Margaret, daugh.
of Robert Hay of Dronlaw, and had issue —
Robert. — [Brechin Tests. ; G. R. Sas., lx.,
33; Perth Sas., xiii., 338; G. R. Inhib.,
17th Sept. 1669; Dundee Sas., cclxxix., 120.]
ANDREW ROBERTSON, Presb. min.
1688 in 1688.
PATRICK JOHNSTONE, born about
1702 1675, only son of George J. of
Pittendreich ; educated at Univ. of
St Andrews ; M.A. (20th July 1695) ; licen.
by United Presb. of Dundee, Meigle, and
Forfar, 14th June 1699; called by the
Presb. jure devoluto 16th Sept., and ord.
29th Dec. 1702 ; died 2nd May 1740. He
marr. 13th Dec. 1705, Agnes, third daugh.
of John Dalgleish, min. of Dundee, and
had issue — George, min. of Monikie. —
[Forfar Sas., xi., 34; Inglis's An Angus
Parish in the Eighteenth Century, 23.]
DAVID SCOTT, M.A. (St Andrews,
1740 4th May 1731); licen. by Presb. of
Forfar 20th April 1738 ; called 18th
Sept., pres. by John, Earl of Airlie, and
ord. 18th Dec. 1740; died 4th Jan. 1773.
He marr. 7th July 1742, Mary (died 30th
May 1794), daugh. of Thomas Mitchell,
min. of Aberlemno, and had issue — Mary,
born 10th June 1743 ; Jean, born 10th Aug.
1747; Thomas, born 9th Aug. 1749, died
5th July 1771 ; Elizabeth, born and died
9th April 1751 ; Janet, born 10th Feb. 1753;
Helenus, merchant, London, author of
Adventures of a Rupee, etc., born 23rd Aug.
1758; Elizabeth, born 27th Feb. 1761.
JAMES SCOTT, licen. by Presb. of
1774 Dundee 27th March 1771; pres. by
Hon. Walter Ogilvy of Clova 30th
July, and called 4th Nov. 1773 ; ord. 22nd
April 1774 ; died 28th Feb. 1804. He marr.
13th Nov. 1780, Margaret (died at Wooden
28th Dec. 1834), daugh. of James Munro,
min. of Kinloss, and had issue — George of
Wooden, Roxburghshire, Admiral R.N.,
born 27th Oct. 1782, died 1867; Robert
Haldane of Kinloss and Wooden, born 7th
Dec. 1783, died 1836; Mary Agnes, born
27th Feb. 1785 (marr. George Addison,
D.D., min. of Liff) ; James, went to Jamaica,
born 6th June 1786, died 12th Dec. 1824;
William Mercer, born 16th Sept. 1787, died
1820 ; General Duncan Gordon of Wooden,
born 5th Dec. 1788, died 1863; Barbara,
born 31st July 1790, died 1870; Margaret,
born 27th Nov. 1791 (marr. Lieut. -Colonel
Munro), died 1820 ; Katherine, born 31st
July 1793, died 1863; Thomas Munro of
Benrig, born 1st May 1795, died 1862;
Milliken, born 4th Oct. 1796 ; Adam, born
22nd Jan. 1798, died 25th Jan. 1799 ; Janet,
born 18th Feb. 1801. Publication — Account
of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xiv.).
— [An Angus Parish in the Eighteenth
Century, 151-3.]
GEORGE ADDISON, M.A.; trans.
1804 from Glenisla; pres. by trustees of
David Ogilvie of Airlie in June, and
by the tutor of David Ogilvie of Airlie same
month, trans, and adm. 11th Oct. 1804 ;
trans, to Liff and Benvie 4th Sept. 1817.
GEORGE WINEHOUSE, born about
1818 1'81, son of Alexander W., gardener,
Kemnay ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (31st March
DUNDEE]
AUCHTERHOUSE— BROUGHTY FERRY
311
1801) ; became schoolmaster of Kincardine,
Eoss-shire, 1803, and Newhills 26th March
1806; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 2nd
Dec. 1807 ; ord. missionary at Clova 16th
Feb. 1811 ; pres. by Walter, Earl of Airlie,
in April, trans, and adm. 2nd July 1818;
died in London 28th June 1851. Publica-
tion— Account of the Parish {New Stat.
Ace, xi.).
1844
HUGH ARBUTHNOTT LYELL, born
8th Jan. 1812, son of David L., min.
of Careston ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; ord. (assistant and successor)
8th Feb. 1844 ; died in Edinburgh 7th May
1878. He marr. 1st Dec. 1868, Elizabeth
(died 21st July 1895), eldest daugh. of
Eobert Hardie, Prospect Bank, Leith, and
had issue — Elizabeth Catherine Helen
Wedderburn, born 16th July 1870; David
John Stewart, born 20th Oct. 1871 ; Clare
Jane Isabella, born 24th Sept. 1873 ;
Williamina Scott Arbuthnott, born 15th
May 1876.
1878
WILLIAM MASON INGLIS, born 1850,
son of Alexander I., market gardener,
and Margaret Sheriff; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (1872); licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh 28th Feb. 1877;
assistant at Strathmiglo ; ord. 24th Oct.
1878 ; died unmarr. 10th July 1912. Publi-
cations ■ — Annals of an Angus Parish
(Dundee, 1888) ; An Angus Parish in the
Eighteenth Century (Dundee, 1904).
JOHN KIRKLAND CAMERON, born
Rothesay, 11th Feb. 1871, son of
Duncan C. and Margaret Kirkland ;
educated at Rothesay School, High School,
and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow 2nd May 1900 ; assistant at Kirk-
liston 1902-3, New Parish, Ardrossan, 1903 ;
ord. (assistant and successor) there 29th
Sept. 1904 ; trans, and adm. 18th Dec.
1912 ; chaplain to Forces during European
War. Marr. 4th April 1905, Lillias Stewart,
daugh. of James Steel Robertson and
Helen MacGowan Brown, and has issue —
Jessie Helen Margaret Kirkland, born
17th Feb. 1906.
BROUGHTY FERRY (Q.S.).
[A chapel-of-ease was opened here 7th
May 1826. The parish of Broughty Ferry
was disjoined from Dundee and Monifieth
on 15th July 1863.]
DAVID DAVIDSON, born 29th Dec.
1827 1801, son of David D., D.D., min.
of Second Charge, Dundee; edu-
cated at Univs. of Edinburgh and St
Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of Dundee 31st
July 1822 ; elected unanimously 25th Oct.,
and ord. 13th Dec. 1827. Joined the Free
Church in 1843 ; signed the Protest on
his deathbed; died 25th Aug. 1843. He
marr. 15th Jan. 1828, Mary (died 7th June
1873), daugh. of Walter Foggo Ireland,
D.D., min. of North Leith, and had issue
— Mary Brown, born 1828 (marr. Alexander
Mackie), died 15th May 1865 ; David, born
1829, died 8th Feb. 1836 ; Jane Alves, born
1830, died 27th Oct. 1842; John Thain,
D.D., born 25th April 1833, died 7th Nov.
1904, min. successively of Free Church,
Maryton, Montrose, of Presbyterian Church,
Salford, Manchester, Islington, London,
and Ealing, Moderator of Presbyterian
Church of England 1872, author of Talks
with Young Men and other works ; Jessie
Macgillivray, born 1837 (marr. Captain
Walter Foggo Ireland, Bengal Native
Infantry), died 28th Oct. 1872. Publica-
tion— A Sermon on Acts x., 43 (Dundee,
1830).— [Diet. Nat. Biog., 2 Supp., i., 474 ;
Reminiscences of John Thain Davidson
(1906).]
ANDREW JAMES M'INTYRE, ord.
1843 20tl1 ^ept- 1843' trans- to Strath-
miglo 29th Dec. 1843.
JOHN WOOD, born 1794, son of John
W., crofter and tailor, Careston, and
Jane M'Leish; educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh; M.A. (1823); licen. by
Presb. of Haddington 21st June 1825;
ord. to Scots Church at Monkwearmouth,
Sunderland, 7th July 1825 ; in addition to
his pastoral work he conducted a boarding-
school at Hylton Castle and afterwards
i in Sunderland; LL.D. (Glasgow 1833);
I elected in March, and adm. here 4th April
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BROUGHTY FERRY— BEACH PARISH
[PRESB. OF
1864
1844; died 10th April 1864. He marr.
27th Sept. 1824, Annabella (died 6th Sept.
1865, aged 59), daugh. of Captain Martin
Bryden, Brechin, and had issue — Thomas
Buchan Hepburn, bom 1826, died 1879;
James Henry, died in infancy ; Jane (marr.
J. H. Blakey), died 1871 ; Helen' Maria,
born 1831, died at Brechin 9th July 1868 ;
Annabella, born 1834 (marr. the Kev. Cosmo
Keid Gordon, D.D., Manchester), died 19th
May 1859 ; Martin Bryden, born 1837, died
at Sydney, N.S.W., 15th April 1918; John
Wood, born 1839, died 12th March 1864 ;
Ann Lamb, born 1845, died 24th March
1866.— [A portrait of Dr W. in his church
at Monkwearmouth.]
JAMES LAMONT, trans, from
Kelvinhaugh, Glasgow (assistant and
successor), 4th Dec. 1856 ; trans, to
Dalkeith West 8th May 1863.
JAMES WILSON, born 5th Sept. 1835,
eldest son of Robert Bhedarius W.,
Beith, and Mary Wilson ; educated
at Hazelhead School, Beith, and Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (1860); licen. by Presb.
of Irvine 30th June 1863 ; assistant at
Kilbarchan ; ord. (assistant and successor)
31st March 1864; res. 17th May 1915;
died at Helenslea, Newport, 8th Dec. 1922.
He marr. 29th Aug. 1864, Euphemia, daugh.
of John Anderson and Margaret Stewart
Honeyman, and had issue — Charlotte
Margaret, born 19th Nov. 1865 (marr.
David F. Stewart) ; John Robert, born
27th Sept. 1867, died 20th March 1885 ;
Mary, born 28th July 1869; Euphemia,
born 2nd June 1871 ; Jane, born 28th
March 1876 ; James, born 23rd May 1880.
WILLIAM JOHN SYM, born Edin-
burgh, 14th July 1885, son of James
Pitcairn S., W.S., and Elizabeth
Leslie Watt ; educated at George Watson's
College and Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A.
(1907), B.D. (1910); licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh in 1910 ; assistant at Robertson
Memorial, Edinburgh ; ord. to Balfron 5th
June 1912 ; trans, and adm. 20th Oct. 1915 ;
served as chaplain to Forces in European
War (wounded) ; trans, to Mayfield, Edin-
burgh, 28th April 1921. Marr. 12th Oct.
1912, Marjorie, eldest daugh. of James
Bisset, Yokohama, Japan, and Mary Kerr,
and has issue — Doris Marjorie, born 17th
Nov. 1913 ; Rosemary Elizabeth, born 31st
July 1918.
WILLIAM DEY FYFE, born Aber-
, deen, 17th Feb. 1885, son of William
Thomson F. and Helen Macbeth
Gray ; educated at George Watson's
College and Univs. of Edinburgh (M.A.
1906), Aberdeen (B.D. 1910), and Oxford ;
licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen May 1909;
assistant at St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh,
Newtonmore, and Elgin ; ord. to Rattray
2nd Sept. 1915; served in R.G.A. for
eight months in 1917, and chaplain to the
Forces in France, 1917-18 ; trans, and adm.
15th Nov. 1921.
BEACH PARISH (Q.S.).
[Begun as a mission in 1887. A chapel
was built and opened 22nd Feb. 1890. The
Beach Parish was disjoined from Broughty
Ferry on 19th July 1907.]
ALEXANDER MILLER MACLEAN,
M.A. ; served from 6th June to Dec.
1887
1887 (afterwards min. of Paisley
Abbey).
ANDREW ARMIT, missionary, 4th
1887 Dec. 1887 to 10th Dec. 1892 ; ord.
to Pictou, Nova Scotia, 11th April
1893 (afterwards min. of Monikie).
JOHN EASTON BLACK, M.A, B.D. ;
missionary, 14th Feb. 1893 to 13th
1893 Dec. 1897 [afterwards min. of Drum-
chapel].
JOHN M'KECHNIE, app. missionary
1st Feb. 1898 ; ord. 28th Dec. 1899 ;
trans, to Buckhaven 23rd Feb. 1905.
1905
JAMES BURGESS, born 1864, son of
John B. and Mary Fingland ; edu-
cated at Waterside School and Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr 7th
May 1890 ; ord. to Andover, New Bruns-
wick, 17th Nov. 1891 ; adm. here 18th May
DUNDEE]
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313
1905 ; died 11th Nov. 1924; adm. first min.
of parish in 1907. He marr. 3rd Sept.
1901, Harriet Louise, daugh. of Calvin P.
Bartlett and Eliza Cameron Foster.
ST STEPHEN'S (Q.S.).
[A chapel was opened here on 26th Nov.
1871. The parish of St Stephen's was dis-
joined from Broughty Ferry and Monifieth
19th July 1875.]
EOBEKT SCOTT, M.A. ; ord. 23rd Dec.
1869 1869 ; trans, to Craig 5th Feb. 1873.
JAMES COOPEB, M.A. ; ord. 9th April
1873 *^3 > a(^m- nrs'; mul- °f me Parish
5th Aug. 1875 ; trans, to East Parish,
Aberdeen, 17th May 1881.
JAMES LEASK, born Gamrie, 13th
lg81 April 1848, son of George L. ;
educated at Univ. of Aberdeen;
M.A. (1869) ; assistant at Dysart and Lady
Yester's, Edinburgh ; ord. to Lonmay 6th
Aug. 1874 ; trans, to Kosemount, Aberdeen,
13th June 1878 ; trans, and adm. 24th Nov.
1881 ; D.D. (Aberdeen 1903) ; res. 22nd
Nov. 1918 ; died in Aberdeen 20th Dec.
1923. He was a great Greek scholar.
• DOUGLAS WILLIAM BRUCE, bom
lglg 1st June 1885, son of William Straton
B., D.D., min. of Banff; educated
at Banff and Fordyce Academies, and
Univs. of Aberdeen (M.A. 1907) and Edin-
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Fordyce May
1910 ; assistant at Buenos Ayres in 1910,
St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, 1912; ord.
to Cadzow 10th Feb. 1915 ; trans, and
adm. 2nd • May 1919 ; served as a
combatant in France, 1916-18. Marr.
26th June 1915, Cecily Mary, M.B., Ch.B.,
daugh. of James Thomas Kerby, vicar of
Goosnargh, Preston, Lancashire, and has
issue — Maurice Straton, born 1st April
1916; Jean Gordon, born 14th Aug. 1917;
Alastair Douglas, born 18th May 1919;
Denys William, bom 12th Feb. 1924.
Publication — A Message from the Trenches
(1917).
DUDHOPE.
[A chapel was opened here in 1841. In
1843 the congregation joined the Free
Church and retained the building.]
1841
ALEXANDER M'PHERSON, born
Glasgow, 1806, only son of Alex-
ander M., merchant, Glasgow, and
Lilias M'Pherson ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; B.A. (1834); ord. 25th Aug.
1841. Joined the Free Church in 1843;
became min. of Free Church, Meigle, 1843 ;
died 17th June 1892. During the rebuild-
ing of Meigle Parish Church after a fire, its
congregation met in the Free Church there
from 4th April 1869 to 3rd July 1870.
In recognition of this, the heritors and
members of the Parish Church presented
M. with a solid silver tea-service. He
marr. Eliza Bartie. — [Mackay's Meigle, Past
and Present, 26.]
DUNDEE.
ST MARY'S.
[The fame of Dundee as a harbour and
a place of trade goes back to early times.
Its ancient parish church was dedicated to
St Clement, the recognised patron of all
such as go down to the sea in ships. A
royal castle, built to guard the harbour,
became, in the reign of William the Lion,
the seat of the King's brother, David, Earl
of Huntingdon. Earl David, though owning
great possessions in England, had his chief
residence at Dundee. Like his royal grand-
father, David I., he was a notable builder
of churches. Towards the end of the
twelfth century, he reared, beside his
Castle of Dundee, the great Church of
St Mary, now the High Kirk of the city.
This church the Earl bestowed upon the
Abbey of Lindores, which he had himself
founded. As early as 1210 Dundee was
made a royal burgh. Its commercial
eminence brought it much distress during
the long English wars. From the troops
of Edward I. the town suffered sorely, and
St Mary's was laid in ruins. It was long
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[PRESB. OF
before the church could be restored, and
soon after that came the invasion organised
by the Lord Protector Somerset, the regent
for his nephew, Edward VI. An English
garrison was then placed in Broughty
Castle, and all Dundee was laid waste. Of
its fine church the tower alone was left
standing. That tower, however, had ever
been its chief glory. In 1588 the choir
and transepts were set up again, and so
the church stood until 1641, when an
accidental fire swept all away, except again
the solid, ancient tower. The restoration
of the devastated church was promptly
begun, but, while the work was still in
progress, on 4th April 1645 a fresh out-
break of fire destroyed the new building.
It was only in 1789 that these disasters
were repaired. Still another conflagration
occurred on 3rd Jan. 1841, and burned
down the transepts. A complete and
costly restoration was carried out in
1843. It must be owned that the result
fails somewhat in proportion. The choir
and transepts lack the graceful dignity of
the grand old tower. There were of old
many altars in St Mary's. Among them
were dedications to St Salvator, the Holy
Blood, St Magdalene, St Michael, St
Mark, St Andrew, St Paul, St Stephen,
St Aubert, St Denys, St Blaise, St Agatha,
St Erasmus, St Leonard, St Gregory, St
George, St Martin, St Severinus, St
Magnus, St Margaret, St Thomas the
Martyr, St Tridwal, St Anthony, St Helen,
and St Barbara. Dundee was not without
monastic foundations. The Nuns of St
Clara established a convent here in 1260.
The Red Friars of the Holy Trinity made
a settlement in 1283. The Black Friars
came early, and the Grey Friars founded
a priory in 1292. The havoc made in
Dundee by the troops of the Lord Protector
Somerset was great. Many notable build-
ings perished altogether. Of the ancient
parish church of St Clement we know only
that it was found to be beyond restoration.
Therefore, when St Mary's was renewed in
1588, it was made the parish church of the
town. The present church of St Clement
belongs to a parish of modern origin. In
the course of the seventeenth century the
population of Dundee grew greatly. To
afford spiritual and ecclesiastical oversight
to the multiplying community was no easy
task. The strife and civil wars of the time,
with their heavy financial burdens, made
it really hopeless. The Town Council of
Dundee, like others, sought refuge in the
poor expedient of increasing the number
of clergy without adding to the parochial
organisation, or even to the church
buildings. In 1590 a Second Charge
was founded for St Mary's. In 1609 a
Third was added. On 23rd July 1788
the Court of Teinds sanctioned the setting
up of Fourth and Fifth Charges for the
parish. Thus St Mary's had five clergymen,
each of whom was deemed minister of the
parish. They conducted their services and
duties by turns, and the great church was
partitioned off into sections in which the
various congregations met. One huge Kirk-
Session, like a Parliament in its number,
did its best to cope with the business
arrangements of the parish. It speaks
volumes for their Christian forbearance
that they all got along peaceably and did
their necessary work. A change was slow
of coming, but it came in 1823. A sixth
minister was then settled in Dundee, but
not as a colleague with the five ministers
of St Mary's. The new parish of St
David was erected. In 1834 this over-
grown parish was further reduced by the
breaking up of its collegiate endowments.
St Mary's became again an ordinary parish
with one minister of its own, and the funds
thus set free were used to found the new
parishes of St Paul, St John, and St
Clement. In old times there were several
chapels in this large parish. Of these, the
best known was perhaps St Roque's, out-
side the Cowgate Port of the town. There
were also the Chapel of the Holy Rood at
Kilcraig, St Mary's beside Our Lady's Well,
St Nicholas' on the Ship Craig, west of the
harbour, and in the town another Chapel
of the Holy Rood, and those of St Salvator,
St John, St Paul, St Michael, and St
Anthony. Dundee had Wells of Our Lady,
St Clement, and St Francis. Two fairs
were held in honour of St Mary, one in
Aug. on Our Lady Day in autumn, and the
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315
other in Sept. on Marymas Day in harvest.
There are now mission chapels in the
parish at Blackscroft and Drumgeith.]
First Charge.
PAUL METHVEN, for his preaching
lss„ publicly in the town, where the first
reformed church in Scotland was
formed in 1558, was summoned before the
Queen Regent and Bishops, 2nd Feb. that
year, but the summons was withdrawn.
He was summoned a second time in Nov.
following, and failing to appear, he was
banished. His fellow-townsmen, one after
another, gave him protection, even the
Provost (James Halyburton of Pitcur) de-
clining to apprehend him on the royal
command. Summoned, with others, to
appear before the Lord Justice at Stirling,
10th May 1559, and not appearing, he was
denounced rebel. He was charged with
"usurping the authority of the ministry
of the Church, and administering the
sacraments within the burghs of Dundee,
Montrose, and elsewhere, in a manner far
different from the divine and laudable
use of the faithful Catholic Church." He
was further charged " with persuading and
seducing the lieges to his erroneous and
seditious doctrines and heresies." He
removed to Jedburgh in 1560.
WILLIAM CHRISTISON, app. by the
1S60 Lords of the Congregation, etc.,
19th July 1560, was a member of
the first General Assembly 20th Dec. that
year, and of sixty succeeding Assemblies
he attended no fewer than thirty-eight,
being Moderator of that of 6th July 1569 ;
pres. to the vicarage by James VI. 17th
Nov. 1569; had Ballumbie also in charge
in 1574; was at Convention Jan. 1571;
app. conjunct visitor by the Assembly,
June 1578, of the higher parts of Mar, the
Garioch, and Angus and Mearns. In 1579
his visitation was restricted to the latter
county. In 1589 he was nominated by
the Privy Council one of the Commissioners
for defence of the True Religion in Angus,
but as he was unable to discharge his
duties through age, another was app.
to supply his place, 14th March 1597 ;
died in 1603. He marr. Anna Wynton,
who survived him. — [Scott's Reformers ;
Maxwell's Old Dundee, 129 ; Melvill's
Autob., 38, 55, 302.]
ROBERT HOWIE, Principal of
1S9_ Marischal College, Aberdeen, and
min. of Third Charge, Aberdeen ;
elected by the General Assembly 14th
March 1597 ; adm. before 26th Sept. 1598 ;
was a member of Assembly 1600, 1601,
1602, and 1606; declared by the Privy
Council " nowyse to be capable of any office,
function or charge within the said town,"
23rd July 1605, for aiding and abetting a
faction in opposing the election of magis-
trates. He afterwards had a charge in the
Presb. of Strathbogie, and was Principal
of St Mary's College, St Andrews (q.v.).
DAVID LINDSAY, M.A. ; adm. before
16oa 1606 ; consecrated Bishop of Brechin
(q.v.) 23rd Nov. 1619, holding this
parsonage till 1634.
PATRICK PANTER, M.A. ; probably
assistant or substitute to preceding ;
promoted to Professorship of Divinity
in St Mary's College, St Andrews, 1627 (q.v.).
ANDREW COLLACE, M.A. ; trans,
from Ecclesgreig before 24th July
1635 ; dep. in 1639 ; was officiating
at Wapping, London, in 1650 ; was allowed
£2000 by Parliament from vacant stipends
30th May 1661, and adm. to Duns in 1663.
ANDREW AUCHENLECK, son of
John A., min. of Largo; educated
at Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A.
(1615); ord. to Largo in 1620; was a
member of Assembly in 1638 and 1639 ;
was nominated in 1641 to visit Arran and
adjacent islands with Robert Blair next
spring; trans, and adm. (after a plea
between the Constable of Dundee and the
Town regarding the patronage) in 1642 ;
was app. by the Assembly, with two others,
to visit Orkney and Shetland that year, and
was a member of Commissions of Assemblies
1643, 1645, 1647, and 1648. He favoured
the restoration of King Charles II. without
any condition, and at the siege of the town,
1626
1635
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ST MARY'S
[PRESB. OF
1st Sept. 1651, was carried prisoner to
London and detained there till the spring
of 1653. He died April 1663, aged about
68. He marr. (1) 27th April 1619, Janet
Lindsay of the parish of Kirkcaldy, and
had issue — John, min. of Newburn ; Alex-
ander, min. of Dunbog ; Andrew ; William ;
David ; Katherine (marr. Thomas Ander-
son) ; Agnes : (2) before 1634, Margaret
Wemyss, sister of James W. of Pilmuir
and widow of Andrew Bruce of Balquharg :
(3) before 1647, Martha (died 1651), daugh.
of Sir Patrick Monypenny, and had issue —
Thomas, merchant, Copenhagen ; Charles ;
Margaret ; Eupham ; Lilias (marr. John
Fletcher, merchant, Edinburgh) : (4) 1654,
Margaret Bower, widow of James Wich-
toune, notary, Dundee (she survived him,
and marr. (3) James Fletcher, min. of
Nenthorn), and had issue — Isobel. — [Perth
Inhib., xiii., 220 ; Reg. of Deeds, cccclxxii.,
395 ; Decreets, Durie, cxiii., 132; Fife Sas.,
xvi., 94; Brechin Tests. ; Playfair's Baronet.,
ii. ; Lamont's Diary, 156, 163, 168.]
1664
HENRY SCRYMGEOUR, of Bowhill,
son of David S. of Bowhill ; educated
at King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1651); adm. and inst 25th Aug. 1664;
dem. Nov. 1690 ; parish declared vacant
by Committee of Assembly for the North
4th July 1694. He marr. (cont. 5th Dec.
1676) Janet, probably daugh. of Colonel
James Alexander. She gave 500 merks for
help " of poor honest widows," etc., in the
town, 1st July 1689. — [G. B. Inhib., 30th
Aug. 1675 ; Spalding Club Miscell., ii.]
SAMUEL JOHNSTONE, born 1655;
16gg M.A. (Edinburgh 1677); adm. to
Southdean in 1690 ; called 1st Feb.,
trans, and adm. 6th Sept. 1699 ; died 24th
Feb. 1731. He marr. Isobel Hall, and had
issue— Samuel, bapt. March 1699 ; Eliza-
beth, bapt. 2nd Dec. 1700; Nathaniel,
bapt. 27th Dec. 1702; Joseph, bapt. 4th
May 1709; Gabriel, Professor of Hebrew
in New College, St Andrews.
THOMAS DAVIDSON, born 1676,
1732 son °^ Thomas D., merchant,
burgess of Glasgow, and Mary
Campbell, daugh. of George Campbell of
Kinnochtree, sheriff - depute of Argyll ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Scots Presb. in London, 12th Dec. 1700 ;
received by that of Edinburgh 25th Nov.
1702 ; elected sole lecturer in the Tron
Church, Edinburgh, by the Town Council
there 11th Sept. 1706 ; commissioned
chaplain by Queen Anne, and ord. to
Stirling Castle 28th Oct. 1709; trans, to
Whitekirk 19th Aug. 1713; called 21st
Nov. 1731 ; trans, and adm. 16th March
1732 ; died 27th Nov. 1760. He left £300
to the poor. He marr. 16th Aug. 1710,
Janet (died at Stirling, 19th March 1775,
aged 94), daugh. of William Rodger, Kil-
winning, and had issue — William of
Muirhouse, merchant in Rotterdam, born
1713, died 20th Sept. 1794; Thomas;
Hugh, rector of Kirkby, Yorkshire;
Mary (marr. (1) 13th March 1733,
Thomas Elliot of Chapelhill, writer,
Edinburgh : (2) Thomas Randall, min.
of Stirling, and was ancestress of Randall
Thomas Davidson, Archbishop of Canter-
bury).— [Burke's Landed Gentry ; Philip's
Ancestry of Randall Davidson.]
ROBERT SMALL, born 12th Dec. 1732,
17e, son of James S., min. of Carmylie ;
educated at Grammar School, Dun-
dee, and Univ. of St Andrews ; elected
by the Town Council preacher in the
Cross Church and catechist, which ap-
pointment was approved by the Presb.
and he was licen. 2nd May 1759; called
to this charge 4th Feb., and ord. 20th
May 1761 ; D.D. (St Andrews, 20th Oct.
1778) ; app. chaplain to 83rd Foot or
Royal Highlanders in 1778 ; elected
Moderator of the General Assembly 19th
May 1791; died 23rd Aug. 1808. He
appeared before the General Assembly
in 1800 in answer to a charge of having
put questions to elders at their ordination
different from those in the formularies,
and not requiring their subscription to
the Confession of Faith. He was ad-
monished and cautioned to be more careful
in future. He was an excellent classical
scholar and a highly interesting preacher,
deeply versed in mathematics, natural
philosophy and astronomy, and a patron
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of literature. In conjunction with Kobert
Stewart, surgeon, he founded in 1782 a
medical dispensary for the poor. This at
a later period gave rise to Dundee Eoyal
Infirmary. He marr. 24th April 1764, Jean
(died 7th May 1772), daugh. of Patrick
Yeaman of Blacklaw, merchant and Provost
of Dundee, and had issue — Isabel, born 23rd
Feb. 1765, died 17th Feb. 1767; Lillias,
born 26th Aug. 1766, died 16th July 1796 ;
James, manufacturer in Dundee, whose
failure in business ruined his father, born
28th Feb. 1768 ; Catherine, born 1st May
1769; Agnes, born 9th April 1772 (marr.
Eobert Thornton, merchant, Dundee).
Publications — Two Sermons (Edinburgh,
1792) ; The Importance of the Poor illus-
trated, a sermon (Dundee, 1794) ; Account
of the Astronomical Discoveries of Kepler
(London, 1804); "Demonstrations of some of
Dr Matthew Stewart's General Theorems "
(Trans. Bop. Soc. Edin., ii.); Account of
the Town and Parish of Dundee (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, viii.) [published separately
(Dundee, 1792), and with notes and
additions (1793)]. — [Nome's Dundee
Celebrities, 21.]
ARCHIBALD M'LACHLAN, born
1762, probably son of Duncan M.,
merchant, Greenock ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Dunbarton 6th Dec. 1791 ; ord. to
Greenock (East) Chapel-of-Ease 13th June
1794 ; trans, to St Clement's, Dundee, 16th
Oct. 1805; trans, to Third Charge 22nd
April 1806; D.D. (Marischal College,
Aberdeen, 1808); pres. by Town Council;
trans, and adm. 5th Oct. 1808 ; died 29th
March 1848. He marr. 23rd Dec. 1806,
Isabella (died 1st Nov. 1852), daugh. of
John Gellatly, min. of Tealing, and had
issue— Mary, born 7th Nov. 1807 ; Duncan,
born 18th Aug. 1810 ; Ann, born 28th May
1812 (marr. 22nd Dec. 1840, William Thorns,
banker, Dundee) ; Isobel, born 15th March
1814 ; Catherine, born 14th Feb. 1816, died
26th June 1817; Clementina (twin), born
14th Feb. 1816 ; Johanna, born 17th Feb.
1818; Jamina, born 4th, died 23rd April
1821; Archibald, born 19th March 1824,
died 28th Nov. 1839; John Gellatly,
born 13th May 1827.— [Nome's Dundee
Celebrities, 113.]
CHAELES ADIE, born Dundee, 18th
1848 ^eC- 1^85' son °* Robert A. and
Margaret Smith ; educated at
Dundee Grammar School and Univ. of
St Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of Dundee
5th Dec. 1810 ; ord. to Tealing 17th March
1814 ; trans, to South Parish, Dundee, 12th
Oct. 1826; D.D. (St Andrews, 9th Feb.
1833); trans, and adm. 12th July 1848;
died 25th June 1861. He was offered but
declined the Moderatorship of Assembly.
He marr. 5th Sept. 1814, Janet (died 14th
Nov. 1857), daugh. of Andrew Crichton,
writer, Dundee, and had issue — Charles
Smith, min. of Tibbermore, born 28th Oct.
1815 ; Margaret, born 30th June 1817, died
16th Nov. 1909 ; Eobert, engineer, India,
born 11th June 1819, died 26th April 1869 ;
William Scott, born 27th Dec. 1820, died
at Manickgungi, Bengal, 19th Nov. 1855;
Andrew, jute merchant, Dundee, born 19th
Nov. 1822, died 24th July 1897; James,
jute merchant, Dundee, born 9th Nov. 1824,
died 13th Dec. 1895 ; Janet, born 15th July
1826, died 7th Feb. 1827; George, jute
merchant, Calcutta, born 1st Feb. 1828,
died in France 1864. Publications — The
Righteousness of a Nation, its Glory, a
discourse (Dundee, 1835); A Series of
Questions to explain and illustrate the
Nature and Uses of the Lord's Supper
(Dundee, 1836) ; A Sermon occasioned by
the Burning of three of the Churches in
Dundee (Dundee, 1841) ; Sermon VII.
(Church of Scotland Pulpit, i.) ; Civil
History in the Account of the Town and
Parish (New Stat. Ace, si.).— [Norrie's
Dundee Celebrities, 198.]
AECHIBALD WATSON, born 9th July
1862 1821j eldest son of John W., shoe-
maker, Lochwinnoch, and Annette
Clullich ; educated at Lochwinnoch and
Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1845); licen. by
Presb. of Irvine in 1845; assistant at Beith;
ord. to St Matthew's, Glasgow, 26th Feb.
1846; trans, and adm. 20th Feb. 1862;
D.D. (Glasgow 1862) ; app. chaplain to
Queen Victoria 2nd May 1868 ; elected
Moderator of the General Assembly 20th
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[PRESB. OF
May 1880 ; died 20th July 1881. In 1867
he accompanied Norman Macleod, D.D., to
India with a Commission to visit all the
mission stations, and furnish a Report of
what they saw and heard. This Report,
drawn up by Dr Watson, was presented to
the General Assembly of 1868. " Nowhere
is there more vivid description of mission
work as it then existed, and never, except
in Dr Duff's address to the General
Assembly, had there been any speech in
that Court dealing so fully and so ably
with the problems of missionary work as
the address of Dr Macleod." He marr.
16th Nov. 1847, Eobina (died 4th Dec.
1913), daugh. of Robert Urquhart, min. of
Kilbirnie, and had issue — Elizabeth, born
24th Feb. 1849, died 1893; John Morrice,
stockbroker, Dundee, born 24th April 1850,
died 1915 ; Anne, born 9th Aug. 1852, died
10th April 1854; Jessie Urquhart, born
10th Feb. 1854 (marr. William Ross, min.
of St Mary's, Partick); Mary, born 1st
Feb. 1856, died 9th March 1857; Archibald,
tea planter, born 23rd Dec. 1857 ; Robina,
born 23rd June 1859; Robert Matthew,
min. of Clova, born 9th Feb. 1862;
Frederick, born 13th April 1864, died
1919. Publications — Report to the General
Assembly of 1868 on Indian Missions ;
Address at close of the General Assembly
of 1880 ; Christ's Authority, and other
Sermons, with memoir by John Caird, D.D.
(Edinburgh, 1883).— [Weir's History of the
Foreign Missions of the Church of Scotland
(portrait), 69.]
COLIN CAMPBELL, born Campbel-
1882 town> 29th July 1848, youngest son
of Archibald C. and Anne Maclean
educated at Campbeltown School and Univ
of Glasgow; M.A. (1874), B.D. (1877)
assistant at Morningside, Edinburgh ; ord
to St Mary's, Partick, 14th May 1878
Black Theological Fellowship, Univ. of
Glasgow, 1879 ; trans, and adm. 2nd March
1882; D.D. (Glasgow 1892); Gunning
Lecturer, Univ. of Edinburgh (Egypt-
ology), 1916-19. He marr. (1) 11th June
1879, Penelope Anne (died March 1909),
daugh. of Captain John Alexander Mackay
of Blackcastle : (2) 4th Oct. 1911, Jessie,
daugh. of Malcolm Campbell Taylor, D.D.,
LL.D., Professor of Ecclesiastical History
in Univ. of Edinburgh. Publications —
The First Three Gospels in Greek in
parallel columns (Glasgow 1882, 3rd
edition 1918); Lectures in St Giles
Series (iii., iv.) on Andrew Melville and
Presbyterian Churches (Edinburgh, 1883,
1884) ; Critical Studies in St Luke's
Gospel (Edinburgh, 1891); What mean ye
by this Service ? (Dundee, 1900) ; Sen-
nofer's Tomb at Thebes (London, 1908) ;
Two Theban Queens and their Tombs
(London, 1909) ; translation of E. Naville's
La Religion des Anciens Egyptiens (1909) ;
Sarcophagus of Pa-ba-sa (c. 650 B.C.) in
Hamilton Palace, Scotland (Edinburgh,
1910) ; Two Theban Princes and the
Tomb of Menna (Edinburgh, 1910); The
Miraculous Birth of King Amen-hotep
III., and other Egyptian Studies (Edin-
burgh, 1912).
WILLIAM LYALL WILSON, M.A.;
lg05 trans, from Lesmahagow (assistant
and successor) 29th June 1905 ;
trans, to St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, 12th
May 1911.
ADAM WIGHTMAN FERGUSSON,
1911 k°rn Langholm, 23rd Nov. 1865 ;
educated at Langholm School,
Church of Scotland Training College, and
Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (1890), B.D.
(1893); licen. by Presb. of Langholm 16th
May 1893 ; assistant at Earlston ; ord. to
Crichton 5th April 1895 ; trans, to Maxwell
Parish, Glasgow, 5th Sept. 1901 ; chaplain
to Moderator of Assembly in 1897, 1901,
1903, 1906 ; took charge of the Scots Kirk,
Melbourne, Nov. 1910 to Feb. 1911 ; trans,
and adm. (assistant and successor) 20th
Dec. 1911 ; D.D. (St Andrews, 6th July
1923). Marr. 2nd June 1898, Janet,
daugh. of James Mair, min. at Martin-
town, Canada, brother of William M.,
D.D., min. of Earlston, and has issue —
James Wightman, born 11th March 1899 ;
Margaret Beveridge, born 28th March
1902 ; Beatrice Mair, born 18th April 1905.
Publications — Notes on the Duties, Cere-
monial and Hospitable, of the Moderator
of the General Assembly (privately printed,
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1588
1901 and 1907) ; Towards the Cross : Notes
of Four Services in Scots Church, Melbourne
(privately printed, 1911) ; Sons of the Manse
(Dundee, 1923).
SOUTH CHURCH, or Second
Charge.
[The Church building called the South
Kirk was destroyed by fire in 1645. In
1836 it was rebuilt and called the Grey-
friars Church. It was again burned on
3rd Jan. 1841.]
JAMES ROBERTSON, born 1555;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews,
where he became third master in
the New College ; adm. about 1588 ; pres.
to the vicarage by James VI. 21st May
1596; dem. in 1608; was a member of
Assembly in 1594, 1598, and 1601 ; signed
the Protestation for the Liberties of the
Kirk 27th June 1617 ; probably died in
1623. He marr. Margaret Scrymgeour,
and had issue — Alexander, Margaret. —
[Maxwell's Old Dundee, 287; MelvilTs
Autob., 218, 549.]
JOHN DUNCANSON, educated at
1624 Univ. of Edinburgh; MA. (27th
July 1611); elected by the Town
Council of Dundee 29th Feb. 1624, and
previously by the Lord Commissioners of
the Kirk ; on the leet for a charge in
Edinburgh 13th Jan., elected to South
Quarter there 16th Aug. 1626, but refused
to accept; died after 1st Sept. 1651, leaving
to the Kirk-Session £360, 3s. 8d. for the
poor. — [Nicoll's Diary.]
GEORGE MARTIN, M.A., second son
less °^ George M., D.D., Principal of
St Salvator's College, St Andrews,
and Catherine, daugh. of Patrick Schevez
of Kemback ; became a regent in the Old
College of St Andrews for seven years ;
adm. before 29th July 1658 ; died of fever
21st April 1660, aged about 45. He marr.
13th Oct. 1643, Barbara, daugh. of Alex-
ander Gledstanes, D.D., Archdeacon of
St Andrews (she survived him and marr.
(2) William Ogilvie, min. of Newburn),
and had issue— George ; James ; William ;
Alexander ; Katherine ; Helen (marr.
William Dalmahoy of Ravelrig) ; Barbara
(marr. (1) Charles Carnegie, Dean of
Brechin: (2) cont., 1st Nov. 1701, Robert
Scott, min. of Hamilton); Jane, born
1642, died of smallpox 1660. An Act of
Parliament was passed 25th June 1661 in
favour of his widow and children that they
might obtain the £100 due by the college
for his services therein. — [Brechin Tests. ;
Lamont's..Z>ia«/, 121; Acts of Pari., vii.,282;
Inq. Ret. Fife, 1053, et Gen., 8060; Carnegies
of Southesk, 247 ; G. R. Sas., xxii., 431 ;
Macfarlane Geneal. Coll., ii., 173, 194.]
ALEXANDER MYLNE of Pilmore, son
leei °^ Alexander M., bailie in Dundee,
and Elizabeth Fleshour ; educated
at Univ. of St Andrews 2nd May 1639;
adm. to Longforgan after 29th July 1649 ;
app. by Commission of Assembly to " attend
the Lord Brechin's regiment for performing
ministeriall duties to them," Nov. 1650
and March 1651 ; trans, and adm. 19th
Sept. 1661 ; died between 26th June and
5th Sept. 1665, aged about 47. He
bequeathed £133, 6s. 8d. to the Kirk-
Session for the poor. He marr. Agnes
Fletcher, and had issue— Alexander, served
heir 10th Nov. 1666 ; James ; Thomas,
ancestor of the Mylnes of Mylnefield ;
George ; John, bapt. 3rd Feb. 1663 ; Jean
(marr. Robert Kinloch, merchant, Dundee) ;
Margaret (marr. John Duncan, merchant,
Dundee) ; Janet. Mrs M. gifted and
dedicated, 24th July 1659, tablecloths
and towels to the service of the kirk of
Longforgan "in all tyme hereafter." —
[Brechin Tests. ; Inq. Ret. Gen., 5039 ;
Acts of Pari., vii., 483 ; Burke's Landed
Gentry, 4th edition, 1062 ; Glasgow Com.
Records, iii., 134, 345.]
JOHN GUTHRIE, born 13th Aug. 1631,
.__„ son of James G., min. of Arbirlot ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (20th July 1650); adm. to Arbirlot
4th Oct. 1655 ; trans, and adm. 14th
March 1667; died after 4th April 1685.
He marr. 3rd Feb. 1663, Isabel (died 23rd
Dec. 1683), daugh. of James Lamb of South
Tarrie, and had issue — John of Westhall,
merchant, Stockholm, born 5th April 1664 ;
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[PRESB. OF
Isobel, born 27th Sept. 1665 ; Margaret,
bom 4th Oct. 1666 (marr. Gilbert Guthrie);
James, merchant, Stockholm, born 20th
April 1669, died 1711 ; Nicolas, born 18th
June 1672, died 24th June 1674; Eobert,
born 22nd April 1674; Ann, born 7th
Sept. 1677 ; Alexander, born 6th Jan.
1679. His wife left £100 for the help
and use of poor honest widows. — [Brechin
Tests. ; Tombst. ; Inq. Ret. Gen., 6838.]
EOBERT NOETE, educated at St
Leonard's College, St Andrews ;
M.A. (27th July 1667); passed
trials before the Presb. of St Andrews
and had a testimonial 30th May 1678 for
ordination ; adm. to Dunfermline 18th
Sept. that year; trans, and adm. 14th
June 1686 ; deprived by Privy Council
29th Aug. 1689, for not reading the
Proclamation of the Estates, etc., and dep.
26th Dec. 1716 for disloyalty. He was
prosecuted with others before the Lords
of Justiciary , 29th July 1717, for intruding
into parish churches, leasing-making and
praying for the Chevalier, but the diet
was deserted in terms of the King's Act
of Grace. He was consecrated a bishop of
the Nonjurant Church at Edinburgh in
1724, and had the district of Brechin
assigned to him; died Jan. 1727, aged
about 80. He marr. (cont. 30th April
1708) Isabel, eldest daugh. and co-heiress
of John Guthrie of Westhall. — [Fife
Sas., xii., 300.]
GEOEGE ANDEESON, M.A. ; adm.
1690 Del°re 2nd Nov. 1690 ; trans, to
Logie, Cupar, 29th Dec. 1690.
JOHN SPALDING, M.A. (St Andrews
1651) ; adm. to Dreghorn 19th Nov.
1656; deprived 11th June 1662, but
had an indulgence there 3rd March 1670 ;
adm. to Kirkcudbright in 1689 ; clerk to
General Meeting of Presbyterian mins. ;
trans, and adm. 6th Aug. 1691 ; was a
member of Assembly in 1692 ; died before
29th March 1699, aged about 68. He marr.
(cont. dated 3rd Nov. 1658) Jean (died
1690), daugh. of Robert Hunter of
Hunterston and Elizabeth, daugh. of
Patrick Crauford of Auchenames, and had
1700
issue — Marjory (marr. George Wemyss,
min. of Fern); Mary; Catherine. Publica-
tions— (Two) Sermons preached before His
Majestie'sHigh Commissioner and the Parlia-
ment (Edinburgh, 1690-1 696) ; Synaxis Sacra
(Edinburgh, 1703; Glasgow, ' 1750) ; The
(Economy of the Holy Trinity about Man's
Salvation (Edinburgh, 1720).
JOHN DALGLEISH, born about 1641,
son of William D., min. of Cramond ;
educated at St Salvator's and St
Mary's Colleges, St Andrews ; M.A. (1662) ;
licen. 9th Sept. 1667 ; became chaplain to
William, Earl of Eoxburgh ; ord. to Eox-
burgh 26th March 1673 ; went to Queens-
ferry in 1688 but returned to Eoxburgh 4th
Nov. 1690; called 7th Feb., trans, and
adm. 27th Aug. 1700 ; preached a Thanks-
giving Sermon at the Synod 20th Oct. 1714,
on the Coronation of George I., from Psalm
xxi., 1 ; died after 1st Nov. 1715. He
marr. Agnes, daugh. of Gideon Wauchope
of Pendicle, who survived him, and had
issue — Isobel (marr. Eobert M'Gill, min.
of Kinross) ; Agnes (marr. cont. 30th Oct.
1705, Patrick Johnstone, min. of Auchter-
house) ; Emilia. Publication — Sermons
concerning Self - Resignation and Self -
Denial (Edinburgh, 1711).— [<?. R. Inhib.,
13th Aug. 1677 ; Forfar Sas., xi., 84.]
JOHN WTLLISON, born 1680, son of
1716 James W. of Craigforth, near Stir-
ling, and Bethia Gourlay; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow (where he is said to
have graduated, but his name does not
appear on any list) ; licen. by Presb. of
Stirling 12th Nov. 1701; ord. to First
Charge, Brechin, 3rd Dec. 1703 (in face of
considerable opposition from the Jacobite
or Episcopalian element). In 1705 he
reported to the Presb. that with the con-
nivance of the magistrates, John Skinner,
the deprived min., had " repossessed him-
self of the afternoon diet," and that any
attempt to prevent Skinner would be
followed by riots by his supporters and
the actual " rabbling " of the Presbyterian
min. Energetic measures were taken by
the Presb., and the matter is again and
again referred to in the Eegister, till in
1708 the intruding min. was libelled and
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dep., a sentence which had to be enforced
by warrant of the Court of Justiciary. On
20th June 1716 W. was called to this charge,
and adm. 6th Sept. afterwards. He died
3rd May 1750. He took a prominent part
in the life and work of the Church. He
opposed the tenets of Glas of Tealing ;
sympathised with the Seceders, though
not to the extent of joining with them,
did everything in his power to prevent a
schism, counselling conciliatory measures,
and was overwhelmed with grief when
all his efforts failed. A strong opponent of
patronage, he was sent, in 1734, with two
others, to London to petition Parliament
for a repeal of the Act of Queen Anne
which had restored patronage, and though
unsuccessful, he received the thanks of
the Assembly. In 1742 he visited Cambus-
lang to witness for himself the results of the
Whitefield revival, and a sermon which he
preached at Kilsyth on his return journey
was followed by a similar movement there.
During the "Forty-Five," soldiers from
Prince Charlie's army twice entered his
church and threatened to shoot him if he
prayed for King George, and for a time the
church was closed and services were held
in private houses. He was an eminently
pious and devoted min., rigidly evangelical,
and while a keen controversialist, it was
said " there was no asperity in what he said
or wrote." He was specially noted for his
diligence in catechising, and for his care
of the sick. His Afflicted Man's Companion
was one of the most widely read books of
its time, and has been frequently reprinted.
He left £66, 13s. 4d. to the poor. He
marr. 4th Dec. 1704, Margaret (died March
1758), eldest (laugh, of William Arrott,
min. of Montrose, and had issue — Andrew,
physician, Dundee ; David, printer and
publisher, Edinburgh, born 1715, died
1748, father of George W., an eminent por-
trait painter ; Margaret, bapt. 22nd Nov.
1716 ; Samuel ; Bethia, born 1720 (marr.
William Bell, min. of Arbroath). Publica-
tions— Queries to the Scots Innovators in
Divine Service, and particularly to the
Liturgical Party in the Shire of Angus, by
a Lover of the Church of Scotland (Edin-
burgh, 1712) ; A Letter from, a Parochial
VOL. V.
Bishop to a Prelatical Gentleman concern-
ing the Government of the Church (Edin-
burgh, 1714) ; A Treatise concerning the
Sanctifying of the Lord's Day (Edinburgh,
1716) ; A Sacramental Directory (Edin-
burgh, 1716) ; An Apology for the Church
of Scotland against the Accusations of
Prelatists and Jacobites, and particidarly
the Reflections of J. S., late Incumbent at
Forfar (Edinburgh, 1719); Letter to an
English Member of Parliament [on the
Bondage in which the Scottish People were
kept from the Remains of the Feudal
System] (Edinburgh, 1721) ; Sermons before
and after the Lord's Supper (Edinburgh,
1 722) ; A Defence of National Churches
. . . against the Cavils of Independents
[against the Glassites] (Edinburgh, 1729) ;
The Mother's Catechism, an example of
plain catechising on the Shorter Catechism
(Edinburgh, 1731); The Church's Danger
[in which he recommended conciliation with
the Seceders] (Edinburgh, 1733); [see Letter
by John Glas (Edinburgh, 1734)]; The
Young Communicant's Catechism (Edin-
burgh, 1734) ; The Afflicted Man's Com-
panion (Edinburgh 1737, and numerous
editions) ; The Balm of Gilead (Edinburgh,
1742) ; Epistle to the Reader [Edward's
Marks of a Work of the Spirit] (1742) ;
A Letter on the Duty and Advantage of
Religious Societies (Edinburgh, 1743); A
Letter to Mr Fisher . . . concerning his
Unfair Dealing in his Review of Mr Robe's
Preface (Edinburgh, 1743) ; A Fair and
Impartial Testimony against the Defec-
tions of the National Church (Edinburgh,
1744) ; Popery, another Gospel [dedicated
to the Duke of Cumberland] (Edin-
burgh, 1745) ; Preface [Gray's Sermons]
(1746) ; Sacramental Meditations and
Advices (Edinburgh, 1747); Gospel Hymns
(Edinburgh, 1767; 1791); On the Increase
of Christ's Kingdom, two sermons [contain-
ing an allusion to the demoralised state
of France ; they were published under the
title A Prophecy of the French Revolution
and the Downfall of Anti-Christ (London,
1793); Collected Works (Aberdeen, 1817);
Practical Works, with an Essay on his Life
and Times [by W. M. Hetherington, LL.D.]
(Glasgow, 1844). — [Black's Brechin, 115;
322
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[PEESB. OF
Brechin Tests. ; Life [by W. M. Hethering-
ton, LL.D.] prefixed to Works (1844) ; Some
Dying Words of the late Rev. Mr J.
Willison to his Wife and Children
(Glasgow, 1764); Diet. Nat. Biog.; Wodrow;s
Corresp., iii., 247, 255, 429.]
1751
GERSHOM CARMICHAEL, born
1701, son of Gershom C., Professor
of Moral Philosophy, Glasgow ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1733);
librarian to Univ., 1737-9 ; ord. to Monimail
22nd April 1742; called 5th Feb., trans.
and adm. 1st Aug. 1751 ; died 6th Nov.
1761.
ALEXANDER FERRIER, born 19th
1763 Nov. 1728, son of John F., min. of
Largo ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews; M.A. (1748), the first after the
union of the colleges ; licen. by Presb. of St
Andrews 7th Nov. 1753 ; ord. min. of
Presbyterian Congregation, Alnwick, 5th
Nov. 1755 ; trans, to Oxnam 21st Sept.
1758; called 4th Aug. 1762; trans, and
adm. 3rd Aug. 1763 ; died 28th Oct. 1764.
He marr. 26th Nov. 1760, Mary Burn (who
marr. (2) Sept. 1774, Thomas Ilderton,
Northumberland), and had issue — John,
M.D., Manchester, author of Illustrations
of Sterne, etc., born 21st Nov. 1761, died
4th Feb. 1815 ; Andrew, born 7th May
1763 ; Elizabeth, born 2nd Sept. 1764 —
[Brechin Tests. ; Diet. Nat. Biog. ; Edin.
Med. and Surg. Journal, 1815, xi., 268.]
v WILLIAM BISSET, born 11th Nov.
17 1735, son of John B., min. of East
Church, Aberdeen ; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1753);
licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 11th Oct.
1758; ord. to Footdee 7th May 1760; trans.
to Drumblade 11th July 1764; called 3rd
April, trans, and adm. 20th June 1765 ;
died of consumption, unmarr., 26th Oct.
1773.
JOHN SNODGRASS, M.A. ; trans.
from Norrieston Chapel; called
1774 3rd Aug., and adm. 10th Nov. 1774 ;
trans, to Middle Church, Paisley, 19th
Dec. 1781.
1782
DAVID DAVIDSON, bapt. 11th Feb.
1750, son of William D. in Foulis-
Wester ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of Dunblane
17th Aug. 1773; ord. assistant at Monzie
2nd Jan. 1776 ; trans, to Kippen 2nd May
1776 ; called 27th March, trans, and adm.
18th July 1782; D.D. (Marischal College,
1810); died 22nd Dec. 1825. He was
reputed the most popular preacher in
Dundee of his time. He marr. 15th July
1776, Janet Sword, who died 18th Dec.
1828, and had issue — Susanna, born 14th
April 1797 (marr. 20th Sept. 1813, William
Kirkcaldy, merchant, Dundee) ; William,
born 26th Dec. 1799; David, D.D., min.
of Broughty Ferry, born 29th Dec. 1801 ;
Janet, born 16th June 1803 (marr. 28th
Aug. 1820, John Thain, merchant, Dundee).
— [Nome's Dundee Celebrities, 35, 270.]
CHARLES ADIE, trans, from Tealing;
pres. by Town Council in June, and
adm. 12th Oct. 1826; D.D. (1833);
trans, to St Mary's Church 12th July 1848.
1826
ST CLEMENT'S.
[In 1789 the nave of St Mary's Church
was occupied by a body known as the
Steeple Kirk Congregation or the Fifth
Charge of Dundee. A new church was
erected 23rd July 1788 and opened 17th
May 1789. St Clement's parish was dis-
joined by the Court of Teinds from St
Mary's on 3rd Dec. 1834.]
1789
JOHN ANDERSON, called 4th March,
and adm. 10th June 1789 ; trans.
to Third Charge 7th Dec. 1803.
ARCHIBALD M'LACHLAN, trana.
from Greenock Chapel - of - Ease ;
1805 pres. by Town Council 13th June,
and adm. 16th Oct. 1805 ; trans, to Third
Charge 22nd April 1806.
1806
JAMES THOMSON, born Tynron,
Dumfriesshire, 1771, son of James
T. ; educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 30th Sept.
1801 ; ord. to Newark Chapel, Port-Glasgow,
24th June 1802 ; pres. by the Town Council
DUNDEE]
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323
14th May, trans, and adm. 23rd Oct. 1806 ;
M.A. (Edinburgh, Vth April 1832); died
29th Nov. 1857. He took a prominent
share in civic affairs and was chiefly
instrumental in procuring the Eoyal Charter
under which the Infirmary and the Asylum
were incorporated. He figures as one of
the leading characters in The Executive
by Harry Harwood. He marr. 27th June
1803, Hannah Turnbull, who died 10th
June 1833, and had issue — Hannah, born
11th June 1807; James, born 23rd Feb.
1810 ; John William, writer, Dundee, born
27th Aug. 1811. Publications— "Industry"
in Account of the Town and Parish {New
Stat. Ace, xi.). He was sometime editor
of the Dundee Courier. — [Norrie's Dundee
Celebrities, 173.]
JAMES DODDS, trans, from Melville
1858 Church, Montrose, 23rd Sept. 1858 ;
trans, to St Stephen's, Glasgow,
2nd Aug. 1860.
ROBERT SMITH, born 27th May
1827, son of Robert S., D.D., min.
of Montrose ; educated at Univ.
of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of
Brechin ; assistant at Crail ; ord. 23rd
Dec. 1852 ; trans, and adm. 21st March
1861 ; res. 3rd April 1868 ; died 13th July
1886. He marr. (1) 1st June 1863 : (2) 6th
Sept. 1870, Margaret Alice (died in Edin-
burgh, 18th Jan. 1922), third daugh. of
Henry D. Wright of Harston, Cambridge,
and had issue — Mabel, born 1873, died in
1861
JAMES MACKAY, ord. (under Belhaven
Act) 22nd Dec. 1864; adm. to full
charge 10th June 1868 ; trans, to
First Charge, Brechin, 26th Aug. 1875.
1864
CHARLES RICHARDSON WHITE,
18*7« born 1848, son of Thomas W.,
master joiner, and Margaret Nicol-
son ; ord. to Chalmers Parish, Glasgow,
20th Aug. 1874; trans, and adm. 2nd
March 1876; died 25th Feb. 1880. He
marr. 4th Nov. 1873, Flora, daugh. of
Nicolas Joseph Lambrd, hotel - keeper,
North Berwick, and Ann Brownlee (she
marr. (2) 20th June 1885), and had issue —
1880
Charles Richardson, born 4th June 1874 ;
Lula Lambre, born 14th Sept. 1875 ; Alfred
Lambre, born 23rd May 1877.
JOHN TROUP, born 1850, son of
Alexander T., farmer, and Christian
Ferries; ord. to Stoneywood 17th
Dec. 1879; trans, and adm. 15th July
1880; res. 21st Nov. 1884; died 24th
Feb. 1886. He marr. 19th July 1881,
Helen (died 16th Feb. 1896), daugh. of
William Gray, Ledcameroch, New Kil-
patrick.
JAMES EDWARD HOUSTON, M.A.,
B.D. ; ord. 29th April 1885 ; trans.
1885
to Cambuslang 27th Dec. 1892.
1894
JAMES MUIRHEAD BENSON, born
7th June 1856; licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow May 1888 ; assistant in
this parish ; ord. 19th July 1894 ; res. 8th
June 1922.
DAVID EASTHAM AUTY, born 31st
1922 ^an" 1882> son °f John A., Bury,
Lancashire, and Alice Eastham ;
educated at Bury Higher Grade School,
Univ. of Manchester, Lancashire Inde-
pendent College, and Univ. of London ;
B.A. (1908), B.D. (1910); ord. min. of
Park Congregational Church, Ramsbottom,
Lancashire, June 1910; trans, to Oaklands
Congregational Church, Shepherd's Bush,
London, June 1913 ; adm. on probation as
licentiate of Church of Scotland by General
Assembly May 1920, and to full status 26th
May 1921 ; assistant at Dunblane in 1920 ;
ord. 20th Sept. 1922. Marr. 20th Sept.
1910, Mary, daugh. of Richard and Ann
Seed, and has issue — Alice Mildred, born
1st Feb. 1912; Eunice Mary, born 3rd
Aug. 1918; Ruth Isabel, born 22nd Feb.
1920.
BALGAY (Q.S.).
[A reformed Episcopal Chapel of St John
was acquired by the Church of Scotland
here in 1885 and was called St Thomas.
A new church was built and opened in
Dec. 1902. On 7th March 1913 the parish
of Balgay was disjoined from St Mary's
and Liff.]
324
BALGAY— CHAPELSHADE
[PKESB. OF
ANDREW RUTHERFORD, M.A.
1885 (1879), B.D. (Glasgow 1882) ; ord. in
1885 ; locum tenens at St Mungo's,
Glasgow, and Kirkpatrick - Irongray ;
became a merchant in Glasgow.
JOHN COLVILLE, M.A., B.D. ; ord. in
18g- 1893 ; res. in 1897 ; [afterwards min.
of Lochranza].
WILLIAM HALL, born Balagan, Bon-
18gg hill, 24th May 1864, son of James H.
and Janet Aiton ; educated at New
Kilpatrick School and Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1885); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
in 1890; assistant at St Mary's, Dundee,
1890, Arbroath in 1893, and Rutherglen
in 1895; ord. 2nd March 1898; adm. first
min. of the parish 7th March 1913; dem.
May 1924. Marr. (1) 23rd April 1895, Louisa
(died 28th Aug. 1895), daugh. of James and
Margaret Macnab : (2) 27th April 1898,
Amy, daugh. of James Johnston and Mary
Kay, and has issue — Amy Aiton, born 22nd
May 1901 ; Norman, born 10th Nov. 1902;
Hugh Russell, born 28th Feb. 1905 ; Harald,
born 14th Dec. 1907.
CYRUS MAXWELL MORTIMER,
1924 M.A. ; ord. 3rd Sept. 1924.
CHAPELSHADE (Q.S.).
[A chapel in connection with the Synod
of Relief was built in Dudhope Crescent
Road in 1789. Its congregation was
admitted into the Church of Scotland 7th
Dec. 1791. The church was retained by
the Free Church in 1843, but possession
was regained in 1847. On 18th March
1872 the parish of Chapelshade was dis-
joined from St Mary's, Dundee.]
JAMES SMITH, born Leslie, Fife, 12th
1791 Feb. 1749 ; licen. by Presb. of Relief
and ord. to Gillespie congregation,
Dunfermline, in 1777 (in succession to
Thomas Gillespie) ; adm. by said Presb.
to this chapel 27th May 1790; was dep.
by it owing to a dispute between him
and the Relief body chiefly on doctrinal
questions. He and his congregation, feeling
aggrieved by this sentence, applied for ad-
mission to the Church of Scotland and were
received by the Presb. of Dundee 7th Sept.
1791; died 25th Sept. 1810. He marr.,
and had issue — Margaret (marr. William
Powrie of Reswallie) ; Janet (marr. Alex-
ander Ogilvy, manufacturer, Dundee) ;
Elizabeth (marr. John Ogilvy, manu-
facturer, Dundee) ; Helen (marr. George
Milne, writer, Dundee, and editor of the
Dundee Chronicle) ; Catherine ; Joanna.
Publications — Historical Sketches of the
Belief Church (Edinburgh, 1773); The
Carnal Alan's Character, and Supplement
(Edinburgh, 1787) [answered in Dangerous
Errors of Mr Smith in reference to the
Atonement, stated and refuted, by Alex.
Simpson, D.D., Pittenweem (1792)];
A Discourse on the Necessity, Nature, and
Design of Christ's Suffering (Edinburgh,
1788); Deism Refuted and Revelation
Vindicated (Dundee, 1799) ; The National
Church Defended and Independency Re-
futed (Dundee, 1806) [on which appeared
"Answers on Two Pamphlets," by James
Gilchrist (Dundee, 1806)] ; Essays on the
First Principles of Christianity, 2 vols.
(London, 1808-10) ; On the different senses
of Scripture Terms ; On the proper method
of establishing sound doctrine from the
Sacred Oracles ; Essay on Confessing the
Truth ; The Golden Calves of Dan and
Bethel, or the Alliance of Church and
State an excellent Political Engine ;
Exposition of the Disputed Passage in
Romans VII., 14-25. — [Small's Hist, of
U.P. Congregations, i., 294, 359 ; Norrie's
Dundee Celebrities, 23.]
WILLIAM JOHNSTON, born 1765;
1811 ^cen- by Presb. of Meigle 3rd Oct.
1787 ; ord. min. of the Scottish
Church at Middelburg, Holland, 4th April
1798; became assistant at Rattray; called
21st Feb., and authorised by Presb. 6th
March 1811 ; died 3rd March 1833. He
marr., and had issue — William, merchant,
Dundee, born 15th Aug. 1798, died 1867.
WILLIAM REID, born near Glasgow
1830 1793, probably second son of John
R., artificer; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Dundee (" not
without considerable difficulty, and after
he had been sent back for further qualifica-
DUNDEE]
CHAPELSHADE— CLEPINGTON
325
tion ") ; called 7th Oct. 1829 ; ord. (assistant
and successor) 18th Feb. 1830. Joined the
Free Church in 1843 ; min. of Chapel-
shade Free Church, 1843-4 ; adm. to Free
Church, Collessie, 1844; died 22nd Dec.
1854. He marr. 1842, Matilda C. Lawson.
— [Nome's Dundee Celebrities, 158.]
WILLIAM ADAM SMITH, M.A. ;
elected 6th Dec. 1848 ; ord. 4th
Jan. 1849; trans, to Towie 20th
Jan. 1852.
1849
1853
JOHN ALEXANDEE MACKENZIE,
1 „ ord. 22nd April 1852 ; trans, to
Ferryport-on-Craig 22nd Sept. 1853.
GEORGE STEWART BURNS, M.A. ;
elected 12th Oct. ; ord. 15th Dec.
1853; trans, to Newton-upou-Ayr
11th May 1854.
PETER CAMERON, ord. 23rd Nov.
1854; trans, to Glenisla 8th
Sept. 1859.
WILLIAM FERGUSSON WIGHT,
ord. 1st Feb. 1860 ; trans, to Auchter-
gaven 25th Sept. 1862.
^ARCHIBALD BELL, born Kirkpatrick-
.„_ Fleming, 1831, son of Archibald
Bell and Jane Irving ; educated at
St Mungo and Lockerbie Schools, and
Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A. (1858) ; licen.
by Presb. of St Andrews in 1862 ; ord.
30th April 1863 ; D.D. (St Andrews 1894) ;
res. in 1911; died 3rd Dec. 1913. He
marr. 24th Sept. 1872, Nancy Edgar Clark
(died 8th Oct. 1876), daugh. of William
Thorburn and Agnes Herbertson, and had
issue — Agnes Thorburn, born 4th Oct.
1873 ; Archibald, solicitor, Dundee, born
21st April 1875.
STEPHEN FORSYTH, born 8th May
1863, son of Alexander F., min. of
Presbyterian Church, Great Baving-
ton, Northumberland, and Amelia Harvey
Stephen ; educated at Great Bavington
and Aberdeen Grammar School and
Univs. of Aberdeen and Glasgow; M.A.
(1884); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 6th
May 1908 ; assistant at Kenmuir and
Bluevale, Glasgow; ord. to St Serf's,
Springburn, 10th Sept. 1908; trans, and
adm. 4th May 1911 ; died 18th June 1924.
He marr. 17th May 1909, Isabella, daugh.
of William Pettigrew Templeton, solicitor,
and Isabella Fleming.
ARCHIBALD HENDERSON
1924 MITCHELL, ord. 17th Dec, 1924.
CLEPINGTON (Q.S.).
[A mission station was begun here in
1872. The church was built and opened
in 1881. The parish of Clepington was
disjoined from St Mary's, Dundee, on 12th
Jan. 1885.]
DAVID RAE ROBERTSON, bom
Lethendy, 1848, son of Charles R.,
schoolmaster, and Mary Ann Dawson,
Culsalmond, Aberdeenshire, and brother of
James R., D.D., min. of Whittingehame ;
educated at Lethendy School, Madras Col-
lege, and Univ. of St Andrews; M.A.
(1868), B.D. (1872); app. missionary in
1872 ; ord. 30th Dec. 1875 ; adm. first min.
of the parish 4th Feb. 1885; D.D. (St
Andrews 1909); res. 3rd Oct. 1917; died
25th April 1921. He marr. 28th Oct.
1884, Jessie Morris, daugh. of John
Galloway, Hattonburn, Milnathort, and
Mary Ann Thomson, and had issue —
Charles Moncreiff, min. of Little Dunkeld,
born 16th Nov. 1885 ; James Whittinge-
hame, licentiate, assistant to his uncle at
Whittingehame, lieut. 7th Black Watch,
born 11th June 1887, killed in action 23rd
April 1917; Elizabeth (twin), born 11th
June 1887; William Stewart, M.C., lieut.
4th Black Watch, born 29th Nov. 1892,
killed in action in France 3rd Sept. 1916.
1918
GEORGE M'WILLIAM, born Boharm,
Banffshire, 13th Dec. 1882, son of
George M. and Elspeth Lorimer ;
educated at Linton, Teviotdale, Maggie-
knockater, Banff, Aberlour, and Univ. of
Aberdeen ; M.A. (1906), B.D. (1909) ; licen.
by Presb. of Strathbogie May 1909 ; ord.
Professor of History, Scottish Churches
College, Calcutta, 25th Sept. 1910; assistant
at Dunnottar in 1912, Peterhead, 1913-15 ;
adm. to East Parish, Peterhead, 25th Feb.
326
DOWNFIELD— ST DAVID'S
[PRKSB. OF
1915; trans, and adm. 25th March 1918.
Marr. 9th Sept. 1914, Eileen Vanora,
daugh. of James Dawson, Malvern, Mel-
bourne, and Jessie Alexandra Allan, and
has issue — Sheila Maureen Lorimer, born
26th June 1915 ; David Stewart Dawson,
born 19th Aug. 1917; Harcourt Morton
Davidson, born 27th Feb. 1921.
DOWNFIELD (Q.S.).
[The parish of Downfield was disjoined
from Mains and Strathmartine 23rd Feb.
1912. The church was built in 1893.]
DAVID DUTHIE M'LAREN, M.A.,
B.D. ; ord. in 1891 ; trans, to Oldham
1891 Street, Liverpool, 5th Nov. 1893;
[afterwards of Monifieth].
DAVID HARROWER LOCHHEAD,
born 1861, son of John L., shawl
1896 manufacturer, and Agnes Dawson ;
ord. 20th Feb. 1896; died 2nd Sept.
1907. He marr. Emma Jane Mollison or
Fairweather.
WILLIAM SIMPSON, M.A., B.D. ;
app. 15th Jan. 1908 ; adm. first
min. of the parish 24th Feb. 1912 ;
trans, to Maud 23rd Jan. 1919.
1908
1919
HENRY DODD, born 14th Nov. 1852,
son of John D., Tarbolton, and
Janet Stewart; educated at Tar-
bolton School and Univ. of Glasgow ;
L.R.C.P. (Edinburgh 1899), F.P. & S. (Glas-
gow 1899) ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow ;
assistant at St Marnoch's, Kilmarnock ;
ord. to St Stephen's, Perth, 9th March
1880 ; trans, to Birsay 9th March 1883 ;
res. 20th Nov. 1898 ; adm. to Craigneuk
23rd Nov. 1904; res. in 1906; adm. to
Shurrery 19th April 1917 ; trans, and
adm. 4th June 1919. Marr. 13th June
1883, Elizabeth, daugh. of Alexander Scott,
writer, Glasgow, and Margaret Black, and
has issue — George Edward, Indian chaplain,
born 22nd March 1884; Alexander Scott,
B.Sc, F.I.C., F.C.S., F.R.S.E., city analyst,
Edinburgh, born 27th Oct. 1885; Henry
Black, B.Sc, C.E., born 17th May 1890.
1823
ST DAVID'S.
[A chapel was built in North Tay Street
in 1800 by the Haldaneites or Independents,
who called it the Tabernacle; after divisions
in the congregation it was bought by the
Town Council, and the parish of St David's
was erected by the Commissioners of Teinds
18th June 1823.]
DAVID MURRAY, trans, from Second
Charge, Dysart; pres. by Town
Council in Sept., and adm. 27th
Nov. 1823 ; trans, to First Charge, Dysart,
19th Feb. 1829.
GEORGE TOD, born Kinross, 1798;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh;
licen. by Presb. of Brechin 21st
March 1821 ; assistant at First Charge,
Montrose ; ord. (assistant) at Inveresk 12th
July 1825; adm. to Tealing 29th March
1827; elected by the Town Council in
April, trans, and adm. 6th Aug. 1829 ; died
5th Nov. 1838. He marr. 13th Feb. 1835,
Mary Ann (died 11th Aug. 1857), daugh. of
Thomas Drummond of Easter Newton,
Perth. Publications— The Gospel preached
to the Poor, a sermon (Dundee, 1827) ; Some
thoughts on Personal and Family Religion
(Dundee, 1831) ; Population (jointly with
Alexander Peters, D.D.) and Parochial
Economy in Account of Town and Parish
{New Stat. Ace, xi.). He edited the
Montrose Chronicle from its commence-
ment in 1819 to 1822, and was subsequently
editor of the Dundee Courier. — [Nome's
Dundee Celebrities, 59.]
GEORGE LEWIS, born Glasgow, 1803,
son of George L., merchant, Glasgow ;
educated at Univs. of Glasgow, Edin-
burgh, and St Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow 11th June 1828; became one of
the secretaries of the Glasgow Educational
Society ; ord. to Middle Parish, Perth, 22nd
Feb. 1837 ; pres. by Town Council in Feb.,
trans, and adm. 6th June 1839. Joined the
Free Church in 1843; min. of Free St
David's, 1843-9; adm. to Free Church,
Ormiston, 1849; dem. in 1865; died 27th
Jan. 1879. He marr. 15th July 1845, Mary
Anne Elizabeth Miller, who died 21st Dec.
DUNDEE]
ST DAVID'S
327
1895, and had issue — Mary Anne Elizabeth,
born 13th May 1846; Margaret Caroline,
born 17th March 1848. Publications— The
Eldership of the Church of Scotland [anon.]
(1834); The Three Offices of CAmi ["Tracts
on Scottish Church Principles," i.] (Dundee,
1843) ; The Two Magistrates, or the Powers
that be in. Church and State ["Tracts on
Scottish Church Principles," ii.] (Dundee,
1843) ; Christ's Church Government com-
pared . . . with C cesar's Church Government
in the three National Churches of England,
Ireland, and Scotland [" Tracts on Scottish
Church Principles," iii.] (Dundee, 1843);
Impressions of America and the American
Churches (Edinburgh, 1845) ; The Bible, the
Missal, and the Breviary, 2 vols. (Edin-
burgh, 1853); The Doctrines of the Bible
developed in the Facts of the Bible (Edin-
burgh, 1854) ; Helps to Bible Teaching and
Training, No. II. (" Lectures on the Social
and Physical Condition of the People,
especially in Large Towns," Glasgow) ; No.
II. (" Lectures to Young Men," Dundee) ;
Sermon CI.; Lecture XXVIII. {Free
Church Pulpit, ii., iii.) ; editor of the
Scottish Guardian newspaper. — [Smith's
Scottish Clergy, ii., 353-8.]
JOHN LINDSAY ADAMSON, born
1844 1809, son of Eobert A., sawyer,
Anstruther ; educated at Univ. of
St Andrews ; tutor to the family of James
Thomson, D.D., min. of Eccles, 1828-32
app. schoolmaster of Kilmany Aug. 1832
licen. by Presb. of Cupar 27th March 1832
ord. to Thornton 16th Aug. 1838 ; pres. by
the Presb. jure devoluto 17th Jan., trans.
and adm. 1st Feb. 1844 ; died 27th March
1852. He was the friend and encourager
of Alexander Bethune, author of Tales and
Sketches of the Scottish Peasantry, who was
one of his pupils at a night school at
Lochend near the Loch of Lindores.
He marr. Ann (died 31st Aug. 1882),
daugh. of William Lees, wright, Pitten-
weem, and had issue — Alice, born 25th
Nov. 1833 ; John Lindsay, min. of Wallace-
town, born 7th Aug. 1835 ; Isabella Lindsay,
born 24th April 1837, died 2nd April 1884
William Lindsay, born 23rd May 1839
Thomas, born 8th Feb. 1841, died 1842
Margaret, born 2nd June 1843; Hunter
Lindsay, born 2nd Feb. 1846, died 24th
July 1884. Publications — Abraham, the
Father of the Faithful ; Joseph and his
Brethren (Edinburgh, 1844) ; Scripture
Metaphors (Edinburgh, 1849) ; The Grave
of a British Senator, a sermon (Dundee,
1850). — [Norrie's Dundee Celebrities, 133-5 ;
M'Combie's Life of the Bethunes.~\
PETEK MYLES, B.A. ; ord. 16th Dec.
1852 1852; trans, to Monifieth 29th Dec.
1853.
EOBEKT STEVENSON HOKNE, ord.
1855 11th May 1853 ; trans, to Slamannan
10th July 1856 [c/. Vol. I., 229]. His
son, the Eight Hon. Sir E. S. H, M.P.,
LL.D., K.B.E. (1918), G.B.E. (1920), was
Minister of Labour 1919, President of the
Board of Trade 1920-1, and Chancellor of
the Exchequer 1921-2.
ADAM INCH EITCHIE, pres. by the
1856 Magistrates of Dundee 6th Aug.,
and ord. 25th Sept. 1856 ; trans, to
Fettercairn 28th July 1858.
JOHN HAET, pres. by the Magistrates
ls5g of Dundee 18th Dec. 1858 ; ord. 3rd
March 1859 ; trans, to Aberlady 2nd
May 1878. He had issue (cf. Vol. I., 353)—
Janet, born 12th Feb. 1851, died 1912;
Peter Mailer, born 30th Dec. 1854, died
1879 ; Isabella Joan, born 4th Jan. 1856,
died 7th Oct. 1871 ; John, factor and
farmer, Stonehaven, born 6th May 1857 ;
Williamina Muir, born 6th March 1859,
died 1885; George, born 1860, died 1896.
EOBEET SHAEP WAEEEN, born
1878 <^iass°w> i7tn Ju"y I837! son °f
Timothy W. and Margaret Dunn ;
educated at High School and Univ. of
Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
13th June 1866; assistant in this parish,
Kingarth, Carluke, and Kilcreggan, 1870-2 ;
ord. to Stranraer 11th July 1872; trans,
and adm. 3rd Oct. 1878; died at Moffat
28th July 1919. He marr. 1st Nov. 1870,
Elizabeth Aitken (died 15th Jan. 1886),
daugh. of John Henderson, architect, Liver-
pool, and had issue — Isabella, born 26th
Nov. 1871 ; Eobert Sharp, born 22nd Dec.
328
ST DAVID'S— ST JOHN'S
[PKESB. OF
1877 ; Margaret Ann, born 26th Oct. 1879 ;
William Alexander, born 21st Aug. 1881 ;
Elizabeth Aitken Henderson, born 22nd
May 1883 ; James David Norman, lieut.
3rd Coldstream Guards, born 21st Nov.
1884 ; Timothy ; John.
GEOKGE MUKDOCH MACLEAN,
lgog born 27th March 1872, son of
Kenneth M., teacher, Braes, Skye,
and Alexandrina Macdonald ; educated at
Macdiarmid School, Portree, Grammar
School, Old Aberdeen, and Univ. of St
Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of Skye in 1897
ord. to Hallin-in-Waternish 7th July 1897
trans, to Duncansburgh 28th June 1899
trans, and adm. (assistant and successor)
31st March 1909. Marr. 26th Oct. 1898,
Christina Maud, daugh. of Peter Luke,
Kinnettles, and Helen B. Thomson, and
has issue — Helen Alexa, born 28th Oct.
1899 ; Mairi, born 9th July 1901 ; Jessie
Carmichael, born 10th Nov. 1903 ; Kenneth
Norman, born 6th July 1906 ; George
Christopher, born 14th March 1910;
Catriona Cameron, born 6th Aug. 1917.
ST JOHN'S.
[The part of St Mary's Church called the
Cross Kirk, after being destroyed by fire in
1645, was occupied as a stable in 1651 by
General Monk's cavalry, and again in 1745
by those of Prince Charles Edward. It was
repaired and fitted up for divine service
in 1759, and was occupied as the Fourth
Charge of Dundee. This was erected as a
chapel by the Court of Teinds 23rd July
1788, rebuilt in 1839. St John's parish was
disjoined from St Mary's on 3rd Dec. 1834.
In 1912 a new church was erected in
Blackness Avenue, and a portion of Liff
and Benvie parish added quoad sacra."]
EOBEET SMALL, app. preacher by
„ the Town Council in 1759 ; ord. to
First Charge 20th May 1761.
JAMES THOMSON, born 1724; licen.
by Presb. of Linlithgow 17th Dec.
1755; elected 11th May 1761; res.
in 1785; emigrated to America; returned
about 1790 ; died 17th Nov. 1791. He was
very eccentric "if not unsound in mind."
1761
He published a volume of an extraordinary
nature entitled Charles and Alectum, pur-
porting to be an account of his life and
experiences. Among other matters he in-
veighs bitterly against the magistrates of
Dundee, particularly Provost John Pitcairn,
"for their unchristian usage of him, severely
reproaching the Provost for sending a whole
company of soldiers to annoy him by exer-
cising them in his dining-room in South
Tay Street." It is said that the last time
he preached, a black cat walked several
times before him round the pulpit. This
he considered to be the Devil come to put
an end to his usefulness, as it put an un-
ceremonious end to his sermon. — [Thom-
son's Hist, of Dundee, 215.]
WILLIAM EEID, bora about 1760,
17as eldest son of William K., farmer,
Dunblane ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of Dunblane
26th Aug. 1783 ; elected preacher in 1785 ;
called 17th Sept. 1788; ord. 10th June
1789; died 18th Nov. 1794. He marr.
4th Dec. 1787, Elizabeth Wilson, who died
10th Feb. 1844, aged 78, and had issue-
Elizabeth, born 28th Sept. 1788; Lilias,
born 15th Jan. 1790 ; Jean, born 13th
June 1791 ; William, born 11th Jan. 1793 ;
George, born 27th Sept. 1794.
PATRICK MACVICAR, pres. by the
7 Town Council 5th Aug., and ord.
12th Nov. 1795; trans, to Third
Charge 7th Dec. 1808.
ALEXANDER PETERS, bora about
1750, son of Robert P., Bogendollo,
Fasque ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1772); licen.
by Presb. of Brechin 2nd Oct. 1776; ord.
(assistant) to Arbuthnott 16th July 1783;
trans, to Logie-Pert 1st Dec. 1784; D.D.
(Marischal College 1809); pres. by the
Town Council in Jan., trans, and adm.
12th Oct. 1809 ; died 23rd June 1836. He
marr. 20th Feb. 1787, Marjory (died 9th
Nov. 1828), daugh. of George Mowat,
merchant, Aberdeen. Publications — A
Sermon; Account of Logie and Pert
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, ix.); Population
(jointly with the Rev. George Tod) in Ac-
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count of the Town and Parish (New Stat.
Ace, xi.). — [Nome's Dundee Celebrities, 48.]
JOHN EOXBUKGH, born 8th March
18S4 1806' tflir<* son of Archibald K.,
merchant, Glasgow; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1828) ; licen. by
the Presb. there ; assistant at St David's,
Glasgow, and St George's, Edinburgh ;
pres. by the Town Council Nov. 1833 ; ord.
(assistant and successor) 20th Feb. 1834.
Joined the Free Church in 1843; min. of
Free St John's, Dundee, 1843-7 ; adm. to
Free St John's, Glasgow, 18th May 1847 ;
D.D. (Glasgow, 1st May 1849) ; Convener
of Free Church Home Mission Committee,
1857-63; elected Moderator of Free Church
General Assembly 23rd May 1867; died
at Weston-super-Mare 2nd Nov. 1880.
He marr. 7th June 1836, Catherine (died
1st May 1899), daugh. of George Gray of
Yeaman Shore, Dundee, and had issue —
Catherine Balfour, born 6th March 1837
(marr. Francis Sharman, wine merchant),
died 25th March 1908; Elizabeth, born
28th Jan. 1839, died 29th July 1896;
Archibald, merchant, Liverpool, born 6th
Aug. 1841, died Feb. 1906; George Gray,
born 5th May 1842, died in infancy ; Janet
of Dawyck, born 24th Feb. 1844 (marr.
23rd March 1864, Alexander Balfour, mer-
chant, Liverpool), died 22nd Feb. 1923;
Jane Anne, born 7th Jan. 1846 (marr.
1872, James Mellis, min. of Presbyterian
Church of England), Southport ; John,
engineer, born 14th Oct. 1847, died Dec.
1871; Margaret Campbell, born 23rd May
1849, died 1857 ; Helen Jobson, born 5th
Jan. 1851 (marr. Frederick Gourlay, M.D.),
died 1879; Robert, M.D., born 25th April
1853, died 16th Feb. 1917. Publications—
Cruelty to Animals, a sermon ; The Nature
and Design of God's Judgments, a discourse
(Glasgow, 1832) ; The Glory of the Latter
House, a discourse (Dundee, 1843) ; Sermon
III. (Free Church Pulpit, i.). — [Alexander
Balfour, a Liverpool Philanthropist ;
Ernest Roxburgh Balfour (Edinburgh,
n.d.) ; Memorials of John Roxburgh,
D.D. [by George G. Cameron] (Glasgow,
1881) ; Memorial Addresses at Dawyck and
Drumelzier (1923).]
1847
JOHN ANDERSON, pres. by Town
1844 Council of Dundee 19th June, and
ord. 22nd Aug. 1844 ; trans, to East
Parish, Perth, 27th Feb. 1845.
ANDREW JOHNSTONE, pres. by
Presb. jure devoluto and adm. 12th
Feb. 1846; trans, to High Church,
Paisley, 17th Sept. 1846.
JAMES CAESAR, M.A.; pres. by Town
Council of Dundee 3rd Feb., and ord.
29th April 1847 ; trans, to Panbride
20th Feb. 1851.
PETER GRANT, born 1829, son of
Donald G., merchant, and Helen
M'Pherson ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; pres. by Presb. jure devoluto
and ord. 25th Sept. 1851 ; D.D. (Queen's
College, Canada, 1868); died 14th June
1905. He marr. 18th Sept. 1855, Helen
Davidson (died 7th Dec. 1910), daugh. of
John Guillan, manufacturer, and had issue
—John Guillan, born 12th May 1857;
Helen Guillan, born 11th Oct. 1858, died
in Edinburgh, 12th Nov. 1921 ; Anne
Guillan, born 27th Jan. 1861; Peter
Guillan, born 21st Jan. 1862, died at
Victoria, British Columbia, 16th May 1899 ;
William Guillan, born 9th Oct. 1865 ; Jane
Guillan, born 17th Oct. 1870.
GEORGE CHRISTIE, M.A., B.D.;
trans, from Renton and adm.
(assistant and successor) 8th Oct.
1902; trans, to St Andrew's, Edinburgh,
18th May 1908.
MARSHALL BUCHANAN LANG,
lgo9 born Glasgow, 1st April 1868, fifth
son of John Marshall L., C.V.O.,
D.D., LL.D., Principal of Univ. of Aber-
deen; educated at Glasgow Academy, Univs.
of Glasgow, MA. (1887),B.D.(]890),Leipzig,
and Gottingen ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
11th June 1890; missionary at Carrick
Castle in 1890 ; assistant at St Columba's,
Govan, and Kinnoull in 1891 ; assistant at
St Bernard's, Edinburgh, 1891-5; ord. to
Old Meldrum 18th Sept. 1895 ; trans, and
adm. 9th March 1909; Chaplain to the
Forces (1st Class) in Forth Coast Defence
and Aberdeen Coast Defence, and to the
1st and 2nd Scottish General Hospitals
1902
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ST JOHN'S— ST PAUL'S
[PRESB. OF
during European War, T.D. (1918) ; trans.
to Whittingehame 14th Nov. 1918. Marr.
10th June 1896, Mary Eleanor, daugh.
of William W. Farquharson, Secretary
to Eepresentative Council of Scottish
Episcopal Church, and has issue — Hannah
Hamilton Marshall, born 12th Sept. 1897
(marr. 13th Jan. 1921, William Smith
Ramsay Henderson, captain Indian Army)
Annie Laurina, born 18th April 1901
Margaret Eleanor, born 5th Dec. 1905
William Farquharson Marshall, born 2nd
July 1908. Publications— The Story of a
Parish (Meldrum) (1897); Wreaths upon
the Royal Tomb (1901); Contributions to
Expository Times ; The Story of the Cross
Kirk [Bazaar Book, 1913].
JOHN ANTHONY MACRAE, born
1919 19th May 1883, only son of Sir
Colin George M. of Wellbank,
W.S., and Flora Maitland, daugh. of
John Colquhoun, author of The Moor and
the Loch ; educated at Edinburgh Academy,
Royal High School, Monkton Combe School,
Bath, Univs. of Oxford, B.A. (1905), and
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
in 1908 ; assistant at St Michael's in 1908,
Tron in 1911, and St Stephen's, Edinburgh,
1913 ; ord. to Bonnington Chapel 8th April
1915; res. in 1917; adm. to this charge
30th April 1919. Marr. 23rd June 1915,
Jean Hope, only daugh. of Kenneth Moody
Stuart of Annat, min. of St Mary's United
Free Church, Moffat, and Susan Walker,
and has issue — Colin Scougal, born 28th
June 1917 ; Kenneth Martin, born 5th Jan.
1920. Publication — For Kirk and King
(a novel) (Edinburgh, 1911).
ST PAUL'S, FORMERLY
Third Charge.
[From 1609 onwards part of St Mary's
Church was occupied by the Third Charge
of Dundee. Out of this grew up the con-
gregation for which St Paul's Parish was
disjoined from St Mary's on 3rd Dec. 1834.]
WILLIAM WEDDERBURN, born
1611 1573> second son of Alexander W.
of Pittormie, bailie of Dundee, and
Christian Fairny ; educated at Univ. of
St Andrews; M.A. (1592); Regent of
Philosophy in St Salvator's College, St
Andrews ; was a licentiate 13th Nov. 1602 ;
ord. to Pittenweem 25th April 1609 ; trans,
and adm. after 2nd March 1611, when he
was represented to the King as of " a peace-
able inclination, and was bound to obey
all the Acts of the General Assembly
1610 ; next, he shall conform himself unto
whatsoever order of Church Government
the King and the kirk shall set down";
died in 1616. He marr. (cont. 1st June
1611) Magdalen, youngest daugh. of Alex-
ander Wedderburn of Kingennie, and had
issue — Margaret (marr. (1) Dr Andrew
Bruce, Principal of St Leonard's College,
St Andrews : (2) Alexander Forrester in
Innerpeffer) ; Christian, died unmarr. before
1646. His widow marr. (2) 5th March
1625, Sir George Haliburton of Fodder-
ance, Senator of the College of Justice. —
\The Wedderburn Book, i., xxxviii., 43,
47, 48, 139.]
COLIN CAMPBELL, born 1577;
161„ educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (1597); was one of the forty-
two brethren who subscribed a petition to
Parliament, 1st July 1606, against the in-
troduction of Episcopacy, but afterwards
resiled from the same ; min. of Kettins in
1605 ; trans, and adm. in 1617 ; was named
a member of Court of High Commission
15th June 1620, and of the Commission
for the Maintenance of Church Discipline
21st Oct. 1634 ; died 13th June 1638. He
left 40 merks to the poor of the burgh.
He marr. Margaret Hay, who survived him,
and had issue — James, min. of St Madoes ;
David, min. of Menmuir; John, min. of
Tealing ; Margaret (marr. William Rigg,
min. of Inverarity) ; Agnes (marr. George
Fletcher, bailie of Dundee). — [G. R. Inhib.,
4th Jan. 1670 ; Brechin Tests. ; Thomson's
Hist, of Dundee, 214 ; Wedderburn's
Account Book (Scot. Hist. Socy.), 128.]
JOHN ROBERTSON, born about 1610,
1641 son of James R., merchant, burgess
of Stirling ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews ; M.A. (1630) ; adm. to Auchter-
house before 2nd Oct. 1633 ; was a member
of General Assembly in 1638 and 1639;
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trans, and adm. 8th Dec. 1641 ; was a
member of Commissions of Assembly in
1642, 1646, 1649; app. one of the Visitors
of the Univ. of Aberdeen in 1649; was
taken prisoner at the siege of Dundee 1st
Sept. 1651, carried to London, detained
there till spring 1653, and after returning
was confined for some time in the common
prison. He died March 1662, bequeathing
£100 to the Kirk-Session for the poor. He
marr, Isobel Gleig, who survived him,
and had issue — Robert, served heir to his
grandfather and great-grandfather 20th
March 1705; John, min. of Auchterhouse ;
Thomas ; William, apprenticed to John
Mein, merchant, Edinburgh, 2nd Dec.
1663.— [Inq. Ret. Gen., 4252 ; G. R. Inhib.,
17th Sept. 1669 ; Brechin Tests. ; Acts of
Pari., vi. (2), 509, 748, 749; Scot. Notes
and Queries, vii., 52 ; Dundee Sas.,
No. 279, 120.]
WILLIAM RAIT, born about 1615, son
1662 °^ James R-> min- °f Marykirk ;
became a Regent in King's College,
Aberdeen ; adm. to Marykirk about 1643 ;
trans, to Brechin 3rd Dec. 1644 ; trans, to
Principalship of King's College in 1661 ;
trans, and adm. in 1662 ; died July 1679.
He marr. Janet, eldest daugh. of James
Guthrie of Kingennie, and had issue —
William, min. of Monikie ; Robert, min.
of this parish ; James ; John ; David ;
Laurence, merchant, lost at sea ; Alex-
ander ; Jean (marr. John Scrymgeour of
Kirkton) ; Margaret (marr. (1) John Camp-
bell, min. of Tealing : (2) Bailie Kellock,
Dundee) ; Janet ; Agnes. Publication—
A Vindication of the Reformed Religion,
from the Reflections of a Romanist (Aber-
deen, 1671).— [Brechin Tests. ; P. C. Reg.,
3rd series, vii., 67.]
ROBERT RAIT, born about 1651, son
of preceding; educated at Univ. of
'" St Andrews ; M.A. (23rd July 1672) ;
pres. by Town Council ; adm. before 11th
Sept. 1682; deprived by Privy Council,
26th Sept. 1689, for not reading the
Proclamation of the Estates, etc. ; died
between 13th June and 30th Aug. 1704.
He marr. 8th Oct. 1684, Elizabeth (died
before 3rd April 1704), daugh. of Alexander
Wedderburn of Kingennie and Easter
Powrie, and had issue — Alexander, served
heir 12th Dec. 1705.— [The Wedderburn
Book, i., 156; Reg. Mag. Sig., lxxiii., 77;
P. G. Reg., 3rd series, vii., 67.]
WILLIAM MITCHELL, educated at
1691 Marischal College, Aberdeen; elected
to Footdee, Aberdeen, 4th April
1667, probably deprived in 1681 on account
of the Test ; min. at Leslie, Fife, in 1688 ;
trans, and adm. 20th May 1691 ; was a
member of Assembly in 1692 ; died July
1712. He marr. 22nd Nov. 1666, Margaret,
daugh. of Alexander Cant, Aberdeen, who
survived him, and had issne — William, min.
of High Kirk, Edinburgh ; Thomas, min. of
Longforgan; adaugh. (marr.RobertBurnett,
merchant, Aberdeen). Publications — A
Dialogue between a Quaker and a Stable
Christian (Aberdeen, 1670); A Sober Answer
to an Angry Pamphlet, or Animadversions,
by way of Reply, to Robert Barclay's late
book entitled " Truth Cleared of Calumnies"
[an examination of preceding Dialogue]
(Aberdeen, 1671).— [Brechin Tests. ; Maid-
ment's Scots Worthies.]
ROBERT KINLOCH, M.A. ; called
1„1„ unanimously, which was corroborated
by the Presb. jure devoluto ; ord.
26th Aug. 1713; trans, to High Kirk,
Edinburgh, 8th Oct. 1728.
JAMES MONRO, son of John M., min.
1(72_ of Rothesay ; became chaplain to
Thomas, Earl of Haddington; ord.
to Kettle 25th April 1717 ; called 26th
Aug., trans, and adm. 11th Dec. 1729 ;
died 17th Jan. 1744. He marr. 17th Nov.
1730, Katherine, daugh. of Sir Michael
Balfour of Denmyln, Bart., and had
issue — Helen. — [Fife Sas., xxix., 359.]
JOHN GELLATLY, ord. to Forgan
1745 24th April 1729 ; called 6th Dec.
1744 ; trans, and adm. 18th July
1745 ; died 3rd July 1759. He marr. 12th
Oct. 1731, Isabella (died 18th Feb. 1779),
daugh. of John Scrymsoure of Tealing and
Jean Duncan, and had issue — Jean, born
29th Aug. 1732 ; Susanna, born 14th April
1734; Ann, born 17th March 1736; Isobel,
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ST PAUL'S
[PRESB. OF
born 22nd Dec. 1737 ; Alexander, born 1st
April 1740; John, min. of Tealing, born
27th Feb. 1742 ; Patrick, born 9th March
1744 ; Janet, born 28th Jan. 1746. —
[Gellatly's Sermons (Aberdeen, 1800).]
v JAMES BALLINGALL, born 1729, son
„ of Andrew B., merchant, Strath-
miglo ; licen. by Presb. of Cupar
7th Jan. 1755 ; ord. to Collessie 22nd Sept.
1757; trans, and adm. 22nd Nov. 1759;
D.D, (Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1762) ;
died 4th Nov. 1763.
JAMES BLINSHALL, son of David B.,
.„-. min. of Lamington ; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(1739); licen. by Presb. of Biggar 28th
June 1744 ; adm. min. of English Church,
Amsterdam, 1758 ; D.D. (Marischal College,
18th Jan. 1762); called 16th Feb., and
adm. 6th Sept. 1764; app. chaplain to
George III. in 1795 ; died 14th Aug. 1803.
He bequeathed to the Kirk-Session £25
for the poor. In remembrance of his
services to Guthrie's fund for orphans,
Blinshall Street was named after him. He
marr. 22nd Jan. 1771, Jean (died 27th Nov.
1775, aged 29), daugh. of Joseph William-
son, advocate. Publication — The Evidence
of the Future Publication of the Gospel to
all Rations, a sermon (Edinburgh, 1780).
He left in MS. A Short History of the
English Presbyterian Church in Amster-
dam.—{Steven's Hist. Scot. Ch., Rotterdam,
279.]
JOHN ANDEBSON, born about 1760,
probably second son of John A.,
merchant, Glasgow ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of
Dunbarton 7th Dec. 1784 ; ord. min. of
Groat Market Presbyterian Congregation,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 12th Sept. 1786;
adm. to Steeple Church 10th June 1789;
pres. by Town Council, trans, and adm.
7th Dec. 1803; died 17th Jan. 1806. He
marr. 21st Dec. 1802, Margaret Imlach,
widow of George Ogilvie of Baikie (who
survived him and marr. (3) James John-
ston, min. of Blairgowrie), and had issue —
James, born 10th Aug. 1805.
ARCHIBALD M'LACHLAN, D.D. ;
trans, from Steeple Church, pres. by
Town Council, and adm. 22nd April
1806 ; trans, to First Charge 5th Oct. 1808.
PATBICK MACVICAR, born 1765,
third son of Archibald M., farmer,
Kilfinan, Argyllshire ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by the Presb.
there 4th Sept. 1793 ; ord. to Cross Church
12th Nov. 1795 ; elected by Town Council
24th Nov., trans, and adm. 7th Dec. 1808 ;
D.D. (St Andrews, 14th April 1827) ; died
30th Sept. 1842. He marr. (1) 7th Feb.
1797, Agnes (died 11th Sept. 1808), daugh.
of John Gibson, min. of Mains, and had
issue — Archibald, student at St Andrews
Univ., born' 11th Dec. 1797, died 9th
Oct. 1814 ; Euphemia, born 6th May 1799,
died 5th Sept. 1814; John Gibson, D.D.,
LL.D., min. of Moffat, born ]6th March
1801 ; Catherine Halyburton, born 26th
June 1804: (2) 24th March 1818, Helen
(died 21st June 1834), daugh. of George
Home, town clerk of Leith, widow of
James Dymoche, min. of Aberfoyle and
rector of St David's, Jamaica.
DAVID ABNOT, D.D. ; pres. by the
Town Council in April, and ord.
(assistant and successor) 29th June
1836 ; trans, to High Church, Edinburgh,
20th Sept. 1843.
JOHN TULLOCH, ord. 4th March 1845;
1845 trans, to Kettins 20th Sept. 1849.
ANDREW TAYLOR, son of John T.,
Auchen Stewart House, Wishaw;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews;
became a teacher at Duddingston ; pres. by
the Presb. jure devoluto 22nd March, and
ord. 9th May 1850; D.D. (St Andrews
1868) ; died at Port-Glasgow 1st July 1873.
He marr. (1) Elizabeth Lees, who died
8th March 1857, and had issue — John
William, born 14th Feb. 1843; David
George, born 7th Sept. 1845, died 10th
Jan. 1853 : (2) 26th Oct. 1858, Elizabeth
Freer (died 6th Feb. 1861), daugh. of Adam
Whitson of Burnhead, Coupar-Angus, and
hadissue— MargaretMatthewWhitson.born
6th Sept. 1859, died 20th Jan. 1862 ; Adam
Whitson, Edinburgh, born 25th Dec. 1860.
Dundee]
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333
THOMAS MARTIN, M.A. ; trans, from
18^. New Parish, Bothesay; pres. by
the magistrates of Dundee 17th Dec.
1873; trans, and adm. 26th Feb. 1874;
trans, to Lauder 21st Dec. 1876.
JAMES EDGAR HILL, born 1842;
la77 educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
MA. (1868), B.D. (1872) ; ord. to
Burntisland in 1873 ; trans, and adm. 5th
April 1877 ; res. 26th Oct. 1882 on appoint-
ment to St Andrew's Church, Montreal ;
D.D. (Edinburgh, 1899); died 3rd March
1911. He marr. Marianne Fletcher Philip
(died 19th Aug. 1915), and had issue —
Maggie Mudie Leslie, born 28th Feb. 1868 ;
James, born 28th Sept. 1870; Catherine
Hunter, born 30th April 1872; Walter
Henry Philip, born 18th Nov. 1875;
Marianne Paulina, born 11th June 1877 ;
Norman Edgar. Publication — Queen
Charity, and other Sermons (1891).
WILLIAM SMITH, born 1852, son of
Kobert Sinclair S., surveyor of taxes,
and Catherine Spence ; missionary
at Waterside ; ord. to Colliston 14th May
1877 ; trans, and adm. 9th May 1883 ; died
19th Jan. 1897. He marr. (1) 2nd June
1885, Christina Drummond (died 11th Feb.
1889), daugh. of George Campbell, min. of
Eastwood, and had issue — Eobert Sinclair,
born 12th June 1886; George Campbell,
born 21st Aug. 1887, died of wounds while
serving with Canadians in France, 27th
Sept. 1916; William Christian, born 11th
Feb. 1889 : (2) 9th Aug. 1893, Jessie,
eldest daugh. of John Bayne, Elmwood,
Bridge of Allan.
JAMES BOATH WOOD, born Forfar,
, „ 2nd Sept. 1866, son of Alexander
W. and Betsy Boath ; educated at
Brechin High School, Grammar School,
Old Aberdeen, and Univs. of St Andrews,
M.A. (1887), and Glasgow, B.D. (1890); licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow 11th June 1890;
assistant at Middle Parish, Paisley, and
Ladhope; ord. to Buckie 19th Dec. 1894;
trans, and adm. 14th July 1897. Marr. 6th
Feb. 1895, Elizabeth, only daugh. of John
Hair, Sunnybrae, Galashiels, and Agnes
Young (s.p.).
FAIRMUIR (Q.S.).
[A mission station called Victoria Chapel
was opened here in 1899. The parish of
Fairmuir was disjoined from St Mary's,
Dundee, and Mains and Strathmartine on
20th Dec. 1907.]
1903
DONALD DEWAB MACDONALD,
educated at Univ. of Glasgow; M.A.
(1889), B.D. (1894); licen. by Presb.
of Greenock in 1894 ; missionary at Whiting
Bay; assistant at St George's-in-the-West
in 1900; ord. 22nd Dec. 1903; adm. first
min. of the parish 21st Dec. 1907.
GAELIC CHAPEL.
[In 1791 a number of Highland families
formed a congregation for worship and
religions instruction in the Gaelic language,
and a chapel was erected in Long Wynd.
Both minister and congregation joined the
Free Church in 1843.]
1791
MUNGO M'FARLANE, licen. by Presb.
of Cupar ; app. in 1791 ; died 13th
June 1794.
1796
MALCOLM COLQUHOUN, born 1758,
only son of Archibald O, farmer,
Muckairn, Argyllshire ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by the Presb.
there 11th June 1794; ord. 6th April 1796 ;
died 19th March 1819. He marr., and
had issue — Archibald, min. in Canada ;
Agnes, died unmarr. ; Mary (marr. John
Shaw, min. of Bracadale).
ALEXANDER MACLEOD, called 5th
July, and ord. 16th Dec. 1819; trans.
1819
to Gaelic Chapel, Cromarty, 1821.
1822
CHARLES MACALISTER, born
Stewarton, 1789, probably son of
William M., farmer ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Irvine 31st March 1818 ; ord. missionary
at Benbecula 7th Sept. 1819 ; adm. to this
charge June 1822. Joined the Free Church
in 1843; min. of Gaelic Free Church,
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HILLTOWN— LOCHEE— ST LUKE'S
[PEESB. OF
1843-54; died 11th Feb. 1854, "a man of
great devotedness and zeal." He marr.
1825, Sarah P. Macdermid. — [Nome's
Dundee Celebrities, 156.]
HILLTOWN.
[Was constituted a chapel - of - ease by-
General Assembly 30th May 1836, and a
church opened in 1838. The building was
retained by the Free Church in 1843.]
JOHN BAXTEK, born Blairgowrie,
1809, son of John B. of Ashbank,
1838 flax-spinner; educated at Univ. of
St Andrews ; M.A. (1826) ; licen. by Presb.
of Meigle 4th April 1831 ; app. missionary
at Persie Aug. 1831 ; elected 3rd Oct., and
ord. 8th Nov. 1838. Joined the Free
Church in 1843, and was Free Church
min. here 1843 - 58 ; trans, to first Free
Church, Blairgowrie, 1st Sept. 1858 ; D.D.
(St Andrews 1881) ; was proposed for the
Moderatorship of Free Church General
Assembly in 1887 ; died 1893. He marr.
1840, Jane Soutar. — [Macdonald's Hist, of
Blairgowrie, 97, 221.]
LOCHEE.
[A chapel-of-ease was opened here 6th
Feb. 1831. The parish of Lochee was dis-
joined from Liff and St Mary's, Dundee,
7th June 1880.]
WILLIAM STEWART, born Comrie,
1795; originally a joiner, he saved
1832 as much from his wages as enabled
him to attend the Univ., and worked at
his trade during the summer months;
educated at Comrie School and Univ. of
Edinburgh; elected 26th Jan., and ord.
4th April 1832. Joined the Free Church
in 1843 [the building in which he and
his congregation worshipped having been
erected by voluntary subscription, the
managers wished to retain possession of
it. S., however, knowing that the deed
of constitution declared it to be in con-
nection with the Church of Scotland,
declined their proposal, and preached from
his parlour window, with his hearers seated
on the lawn in front] ; became min. of Free
Church, Dudhope, 1843; died 12th Oct.
1852. He marr. 1834, Mary Key.— [Nome's
Dundee Celebrities, 148-50.]
JAMES FORSYTH, born Forres, 1818,
1845 son °^ William F. and Margaret
Asher; educated at Forres School
and Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb.
of St Andrews May 1845 ; ord. 21st Aug.
1845 ; adm. first min. of the parish 9th
June 1880 ; died 8th Oct. 1882.
WILLIAM WRIGHT, born 8th Jan.
1871 1839, eldest son of John W., fisher,
Alloa, and Jean Burrell; educated
at Alloa and Denny Schools and Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Stirling
26th Nov. 1861 ; assistant at Alloa, Leslie,
Fife, and Lochee ; ord. (assistant and
successor) 20th July 1871 ; died 27th
Jan. 1915. He marr. 28th Oct. 1880,
Margaret Asher, daugh. of James Bell and
Barbara Forsyth, and had issue — Jane
Forsyth, born 17th Aug. 1881 (marr. 23rd
Dec. 1902, Thomson) ; Kate Suther-
land, born 22nd April 1883; Margaret Asher
Bell, born 28th Dec. 1884 (marr. 14th Oct.
1920, Bance) ; James Bell, R.N., born
2nd Sept. 1886 ; Isobel Ancell, born 3rd
Oct. 1887 ; William, born 28th Oct. 1889.
THOMAS DOWNIE MEREDITH,
M.A. ; ord. 23rd June 1915 ; trans.
1915
to Inchture 17th May 1920.
RICHARD GIBB, born 23rd Aug. 1887,
son of Richard G., Coatbridge, and
1920 Mary M'Fadyen ; educated at Car-
luke Higher Grade School and Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (1919); licen. by Presb.
of Irvine 6th April 1920; assistant at
Dairy and St Paul's, Glasgow; ord. 27th
Oct. 1920. Marr. 9th Dec. 1920, Maggie,
M.A., daugh. of James Craig and Martha
Wilson, and has issue — John Watson, born
21st Oct. 1921.
ST LUKE'S (Q.S.).
[The church, formerly United Presby-
terian, was acquired in 1870 by Messrs
Cox Brothers, made over to the Church of
Scotland. It was opened as a chapel-of-
ease 14th March 1874. St Luke's parish
was disjoined from Liff on 13th March 1876.]
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335
1879
PETER MACLEOD, ord. 17th Sept.
1874; adm. first mio. of the parish
5th April 1876; trans, to Neilston
29th April 1879.
WILLIAM MAY, born Ipswich, Suf-
folk, 31st July 1844, son of Benjamin
M. and Susannah Faith Bennett;
educated at John Watson's Institution and
Univ. of Edinburgh; MA. (1875); licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh 16th May 1877;
assistant at Govan ; ord. 25th Sept. 1879 ;
res. 27th Oct. 1916 ; died 7th Jan. 1925.
He marr. 14th June 1898, Annie Reid,
daugh. of Richard M'Dougall, Castlemilk
Gates, Lockerbie, and Margaret Irving.
EVELYN GALL, born 26th April 1888,
son of William G., min. of Torry-
burn ; educated at High School,
Stirling, and Univs. of Glasgow, MA.
(1910), and Edinburgh, B.D. (1913) ; licen.
by Presb. of Stirling May 1913; assistant
at St Mark's, Dundee ; ord. to Logie, Fife,
23rd Sept. 1914 ; trans, and adm. 28th
March 1917. Marr. 30th Nov. 1915,
Roberta Jean Purdon, youngest daugh.
of James Brown, Glasgow, and Jessie
Cunningham, and has issue — Evelyn
Graham, born 9th Dec. 1916; Douglas
Muir, born 5th July 1920.
LOGIE (Q.S.).
[The church prior to the Reformation
belonged to the Abbey of St Andrews. The
parish was united to Liff by the Commis-
sioners of Parliament before 3rd Sept. 1613,
but was served quoad spiritualia by the
parson of Dundee. Logie was constituted
a chapel-of-ease 5th Aug. 1874, and on
16th July 1877 this parish was disjoined
again quoad sacra from Liff, Benvie, and
Invergowrie.]
WILLIAM HAITLIE, trans, from
Abernyte in 1574, with Liff, Inver-
gowrie, Abernyte, and Lundie also
in the charge ; trans, to Benvie before
1576.
ANDREW HANY, reader here, and at
1574 Liff.
1574
JOHN CHRISTISON, reader at Dun-
15„6 fermline from Nov. 1570 to 1574 ;
adm. before 1576, with Liff and
Invergowrie also in the charge ; decree
against him as a usurer 4th June 1612 ;
died before 30th June 1615. He marr.
(1) 30th April 1570, Bessie Keir, and had
issue — William, born 27th Jan. 1572-3:
(2) Janet (died before 12th Feb. 1609),
sister of John Davidson in Dunfermline.
— [Reg. of Deeds, clxx., 180 ; Forfar Inhib.,
17th July 1615 ; Dunfermline Reg. ; Reg.
Mag. Sig., vi., 1374 ; P. C. Reg., vs.., 385.]
1873
GEORGE BELL LUNAN, M.A., B.D. ;
ord. 13th Jan. 1873; trans, to New-
tyle 8th Jan. 1874.
GEORGE BRUCE SCOULAR
WATSON, M.A., B.D. ; ord. 19th
1874
March 1874; trans, to Cavers 30th
Nov. 1876 (c/. Vol. II., 107) ; died 30th Dec.
1923.
STEWART GALLOWAY, born
Milnathort, 1847, son of John G.,
1877
Hattonburn, and Mary Ann Thom-
son ; educated at Milnathort School, Cupar
Academy, and Univs. of Aberdeen and
St Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of St
Andrews in 1874 ; assistant at St Paul's,
Dundee, and St Mungo's, Glasgow ; ord.
20th Feb. 1877; adm. first min. of the
parish 3rd Oct. 1877 ; died 4th April 1909.
He marr. 27th Oct. 1898, a daugh. of
Thomas Cram and Janet Galloway.
RICHARD MACKIE CLARK, born
1B0_ Kinglassie, 15th Dec. 1884, son of
Alexander C. and Helen Gow ; edu-
cated at Mackie Academy, Stonehaven,
and Univ. of Aberdeen; M.A. (1905);
licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen in 1908 ;
assistant in this parish ; ord. 20th Sept.
1909 ; chaplain to Forces during European
War ; trans, to Wamphray 22nd June 1922.
Marr. 12th Jan. 1910, Jeanie, daugh. of
Alexander Scott, East Donside, Monikie,
and Jessie Fairweather, and has issue —
Alexander Scott, born 20th April 1911 ;
Olive, born 16th May 1914 ; Florence, born
9th May 1916.
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MARINERS'— MARYFIELD— ROSEBANK, ETC. [presb. of
JAMES WILSON MUGGOCH, MA.,
1922 B.D.; trans, and adm. from Hurlford
(q.v.) 13th Dec. 1922.
MARINERS'.
JAMES LAW, acted first as chaplain to
1843 seamen in Dundee, then app. 6th
May 1840 as min. at request of
Seamen's Society. Joined the Free Church
and ord. 6th July 1843; was re -adm.
1st May 1844 on his petition, along with
his congregation which worshipped in a
church in Reform Street. He was sus-
pended 19th June 1844 because of doubtful
doctrinal position and Episcopal tendencies;
reponed 31st July 1844, and left the Presb.
2nd Oct. 1844, being granted a certificate ;
became min. at Kirriemuir, South, 24th
April 1845 (q.v.).
MARYFIELD (Q.S.).
[A chapel attached to the old asylum in
Albert Street was acquired here in 1886.
In 1889 it was enlarged. The parish of
Maryfield was disjoined from St Mary's,
Dundee, 5th Feb. 1904.]
JAMES DOWIE, born Kemback, 13th
.__„ July 1858, son of Meldrum D. and
Isabella Galloway; educated at
Madras College and Univ. of St Andrews
licen. by Presb. there 7th May 1882
assistant at St John's (Cross), Dundee
ord. 17th Feb. 1887; adm. first min. of
parish 12th Feb. 1904 ; res. owing to failing
health 15th May 1922.
JOHN M'lL WRAITH, born Co. Antrim,
7th June 1888, son of John G. M.
and Margaret Dunlop ; educated at
M'Crea-Magee College, Londonderry, and
Trinity College, Dublin ; B.A. (June 1912);
licen. by Presb. of Ballymena 13th May
1915 ; ord. to Templepatrick, Co. Antrim,
3rd Aug. 1915; chaplain to Forces in 1917;
adm. to Church of Scotland by General
Assembly May 1921 ; assistant at St Mary's,
Dundee ; adm. to this charge 19th Sept.
1922. Marr. 9th Jan. 1923, Ethel Helen
Margaret, only daugh. of John Davidson,
Crail.
1922
ROSEBANK (Q.S.).
[A chapel-of-ease was constituted here
5th Aug. 1874. The parish of Eosebank
was disjoined from St Mary's, Dundee,
18th Jan. 1875.]
JAMES NICOLL, ord. 14th Jan., and
1873 trans, to Murroes 5th June 1873.
DAVID BARRIE CAMERON, born
1873 Hamilton, 1839, youngest son of
John C, merchant, Cambusnethan,
and Marion Barrie ; educated at Hamil-
ton Academy and 'Univ. of Glasgow ;
B.A. (1859), MA. (1860) ; licen. by Presb.
of Hamilton in 1863 ; assistant at East
Kilpatrick and New Monkland; ord. 26th
Dec. 1873 ; adm. first min. of the parish
3rd Feb. 1875 ; app. clerk of Presb. in 1905
and of Synod in 1908 ; D.D. (St Andrews
1906); died 14th Aug. 1919. He took a
prominent part in the public life of Dundee,
was Chairman of its School Board, and
a member of many educational committees.
He marr. (1) 9th Nov. 1875, Isa Salt Bell,
who died 10th March 1892, and had issue —
Marion Barrie Hamilton, born 10th June
1877, died 11th April 1902; Edith, born
3rd Sept. 1878 (marr. 29th Oct. 1909,
Sir Trehawke Herbert Kekewich, Bart.,
barrister) : (2) 31st July 1912, Anna
Robertson, daugh. of David Taylor and
Mary Wilson.
■ ALEXANDER FORBES BLACK, born
East Calder, Midlothian, 16th Nov.
1876, son of James B. and Margaret
Thomson ; educated at Fettes College and
Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (1898), B.D.
(1912) ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 9th
May 1912; assistant at Holb urn, Aberdeen;
ord. to Kiltearn 7th Jan. 1915 ; trans, and
adm. 17th May 1920. Marr. 7th June 1923,
Barbara, eldest daugh. of Alexander Camp-
bell, Balnabeen, Conon Bridge.
ST ANDREW'S (Q.S.).
[A chapel-of-ease was built here in 1772.
St Andrew's parish was disjoined from St
Mary's 3rd March 1873.]
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THOMAS EAITT, elected by the
_ Trades; ord. 3rd May 1775; trans,
to Lundie and Fowlis 31st July
1806.
WILLIAM HAMILTON, elected by the
Kirk-Session Oct., and ord. 23rd Dec.
1807; trans, to Strathblane 14th
Sept. 1809.
1807
ALEXANDER MACNEIL, licen. by
1809 Presl3- °f Edinburgh in 1806; ord.
by Presb. of Kincardine O'Neil
missionary at Braemar 6th May 1807 ;
elected by the Trades ; trans, and adm. 6th
Dec. 1809 ; died 16th April 1853.
GAVIN PARKER, ord. (assistant) 1st
1823 ®c^' 1^23 ' trans- t0 Union Terrace
Chapel, Aberdeen, 16th Oct. 1828.
JAMES EWING, born Concraig, 1810,
.„„„ eldest son of Robert E., farmer,
Muthill, Perthshire, and Catherine
Comrie ; educated at Muthill School and
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Dunkeld 2nd July 1833; elected by the
Kirk-Session 11th Oct. and ord. (assistant
and successor) 11th Dec. 1837. Joined
the Free Church in 1843; min. of St
Andrew's Free Church in 1843 ; died 12th
Feb. 1886. He marr. 5th Jan. 1847,
Marjory (died 7th Oct. 1900), daugh. of
John Ferguson, writer, Glasgow, and had
issue— Robert, M.A., D.D., Fellow of St
John's College, Oxford, Vicar of Trinity
Church, Trowbridge, Wilts, Canon of
Salisbury, born 14th Dec. 1847, died 19th
May 1908; John Ferguson, M.A., min. of
Toorak Presbyterian Church, Melbourne,
Australia, born 17th June 1849, died 7th May
1890 ; Jane Roxburgh, born 27th Feb., and
died 18th March 1853; Sir James Alfred,
K.C.B., M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., Vice-Chan-
cellor and Principal of Univ. of Edinburgh,
born 27th March 1855 ; Catherine Edith
Roxburgh, born 23rd Aug. 1862, marr. 1st
Aug. 1900, Charles Shaw, min. of St
Andrew's Free Church, Dundee ; Patrick
Archibald, born 13th Feb., and died 25th
May 1864. Publication — Sermon XLII.
{Free Church Pulpit, i.).
VOL. V.
JAMES RANKEN, trans, from Maxwell-
1845 *own (assistant and successor) and
adm. 6th Feb. 1845 ; trans, to Kin-
naird 13th Nov. 1845.
RICHARD LOGAN, born 1798, third
1846 son °^ J°nn k., Anderston, Glasgow,
and brother of Alexander Stuart L.,
Sheriff of Forfarshire, and nephew of James
L., min. of the Relief Church, St Ninians ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; ord. min.
of Roxburgh Terrace Relief Church, Edin-
burgh, 18th Dec. 1834 ; res. 16th May 1842.
Joined the Church of Scotland in 1845 ;
adm. to this charge (assistant and successor)
8th Jan. 1846 ; died at Culross after pro-
longed ill-health 17th July 1871.— [Small's
Hist, of U.P. Congs., i., 459.]
^ROBERT HOPE BROWN, ord.
1867 (assistant and successor to preceding
min.) 16th May 1867 ; trans, to
Kilsyth 1st June 1871.
ALEXANDER MILNE, trans, from
1871 Hillside, Montrose, 1st Nov. 1871 ;
adm. first min. of the parish in
1873; trans, to Swinton 13th June 1878.
ALEXANDER LEGGE, ord. 19th Dec.
187s 1878 ; trans, to Kilconquhar 2nd
June 1886.
HARCOURT MORTON DAVIDSON,
1886 k°rn 25tn ^an' 18^°j son °f George
Smyttan D., min. of Kinfauns [c/.
Vol. IV., p. 218. Publication — Jottings
(1902)]; educated at Royal High School and
Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Perth June 1884; assistant at West St Giles
and St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh; ord. 16th
Dec. 1886. Marr. 25th July 1887, Jane
Primrose Wylie, second daugh. of Robert
Hutchison of Carlowrie and Mary Jemima,
daugh. of Adam Duncan Tait, min. of
Kirkliston, and sister of Sir Thomas
Hutchison, Bart., Lord Provost of Edin-
burgh.
ST ENOCH'S (Q.S.).
[A congregation formed partly from St
John's and partly from Dudhope Free
Churches was recognised by the Free
Church General Assembly. It met in
338
ST ENOCH'S
[PEESB. OF
Thistle Hall, Union Street. A new
church called St Enoch's was opened 1st
Jan. 1874. The parish of St Enoch's was
erected 13th March 1876.]
WILLIAM ANGUS KNIGHT, born
1 „4 22nd Feb. 1836, second son of
George Fulton K., min. of Mording-
ton ; educated at Circus Place and High
Schools, Univ. and Free Church College
of Edinburgh ; assistant at Free St John's,
Dundee, and Mordington Free Church, and
locum tenens Dudhope Free Church ; ord.
by Free Church Presb. 26th July 1866
min. of St Enoch's Free Church. K.
preached in a Unitarian chapel, and
published a discourse on the subject of
Prayer, which some of his co-Presbyters
deemed heretical, the matter came before
the Presb. and caused considerable dis-
cussion, with the result that he and his
congregation, who were very much attached
to him, severed their connection with the
Free Church, and were adm. to the Church
of Scotland by the General Assembly 1st
June 1874; adm. first min. of the parish 13th
March 1876 ; res. 6th Dec. 1876 on appoint-
ment to Chair of Moral Philosophy in Univ.
of St Andrews; LL.D. (Glasgow 1879);
Examiner in Mental and Moral Science to
the Univ. of London in 1887 ; Examiner in
Philosophy to Victoria Univ., Manchester,
1893 ; Dean of Faculty of Arts and Organiser
and Director of St Andrews Univ. Extension
Lecture Scheme. A leading authority on
Wordsworth, he founded the Wordsworth
Society and gifted to the trustees of Dove
Cottage, Grasmere (the Wordsworths' old
home), all the editions of Wordsworth's
poems in his collection, many portraits,
sketches, MSS., and other relics of the
poet and his sister. He retired in 1902
from his Chair and died at Keswick
4th March 1916. He marr. 19th July
1865, Mary Simpson, daugh. of David
Landale, St Mary's, Kirkcaldy, and had
issue — Mary Eussell Landale, born 21st
March 1867 ; Herbert Theodore, born 23rd
March 1869. Publications — Poems from
the Dawn of English Literature to the Year
1699 (1863) ; Colloquia Peripatetica, or
Deep Sea Surroundings (1870); The English
Lake District, as Interpreted in the Poems of
Wordsworth (Edinburgh, 1878-91) ; Studies
in Philosophy and Literature (London,
1879) ; Transactions of the Wordsworth
Society, 8 vols. (1880-86); edited Philo-
sophical Classics for English Readers, 15
vols. (Edinburgh, 1880-90); Wordsworth's
Poetical Works and Life, 11 vols. (London,
1881-89); Spinoza Essays (edited 1882,
London) ; Memorials of Coleorton, 2 vols.
(Edinburgh, 1887) ; Principal Shairp and
His Friends (London, 1888) ; Selections
from Wordsworth (1889) ; Wordsworthiana
(1889); Essays in Philosophy, Old and
New (1890) ; The White Doe of Rylstone
(edited 1891) ; edited University Extension
Manuals, 25 vols. (1891-99); The Philosophy
of the Beautiful : Its History (London,
1891) : Its Theory (London, 1893) ; Through
the Wordsivorth Country (London, 1892) ;
Wordsworth's Prose (1893) ; Stories and
Rhymes of Golf (1893) ; Aspects of Theism
(London, 1894) ; The Christian Ethic
(1894) ; edited Rectorial Addresses delivered
at the University of St Andrews (London,
1894) ; The Literature of the Georgian Era,
by Prof. Minto, edited with Biographical
Introduction (1894) ^ Memoir of John
Nichol, Professor of English Literature in
Glasgow University (Glasgow, 1895); The
Works of William Wordsivorth and Dorothy
Wordsivorth, 12 vols. (1896-97); Nugce
Viatoris (1897-1903); Lord Monboddo and
some of his Contemporaries (London, 1900);
Dove Cottage from 1800-1900; Varia, being
Studies on Problems of Philosophy and
Ethics (1901); Inter Amicos (1901); Pro
Patria et Regina (1901); Early Chapters
in the History of the University of St
Andrews and Dundee (1902) ; Some Nine-
teenth Century Scotsmen (Edinburgh, 1902);
Andreapolis (1902) ; Official Catalogue of
the Contents of Dove Cottage (1902);
Catalogue of Portraits of Philosophers,
Poets, etc., presented to the University of St
Andrews (1902); Retrospects (London, 1904);
Reciprocity in Trade, the Empire's Safe-
guard (1903) ; Biographical Sketch of Sir
Thomas Thornton (1905) ; Prayers, Ancient
and Modern (1905) ; The Poems of Cole-
ridge, edited ; Letters of the Wordsworth
Family (1907) ; The Poems of Sir Walter
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339
Scott, edited ; Memorials of Thomas David-
son (1907); Coleridge and Wordsworth, in
the West Country, their Friendship and
Surroundings (London, 1913).
HUGH GEORGE WATT, born 28th
187? Jan. 1853, son of William Martin
W., min. of Shotts; educated at
Shotts Parish School and Univ. of
Glasgow ; MA. (1872), B.D. (1875) ; licen.
by Presb. of Hamilton May 1874 ; assistant
at Anderston, Glasgow, and locum tenens
Hebrew Chair, Univ. of Glasgow ; ord. 2nd
May 1877; D.D. (Glasgow 1897); died
suddenly, immediately after concluding
service at Lecropt Church, 26th Nov. 1922.
He marr. 26th June 1878, Amy Stanley,
daugh. of William Wylie Allan, M.D., and
had issue — William Martin, civil engineer,
born 30th May 1879, died at Salisbury,
Rhodesia, 25th Dec. 1918 ; George Herbert
Johnston, grain broker, born 15th Feb.
1882 ; Lilian, born 30th March 1885 (marr.
2nd June 1918, George Welsher, wine
merchant, Dundee) ; John Campbell, tea
planter, born 9th Jan. 1889 ; Charles Hugh,
mercantile clerk, born 18th Jan. 1892. Publi-
cation— The Sacraments and Prayer, being
Services for Public Worship, Sacramental
and other Occasions (Edinburgh, 1912).
WILLIAM YOUNG COLQUHOUN,
1923 born Glasgow, 18th April 1887, son
of John C. and Margaret Taverew;
educated at Springburn Public School,
Whitehill Higher Grade School, Glasgow,
and Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (April 1907) ;
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 1st May 1912 ;
assistant at Bluevale, 1912-13 ; Barony
Parish, Glasgow, 1913-14 ; ord. to Ellon 8th
May 1914; chaplain to Forces in Egypt
and Palestine in 1918; trans, and adm. 17th
May 1923. Marr. 27th April 1915, Rebecca
Graham Rennie, youngest daugh. of William
Macalister and Rebecca Graham Rennie, and
has issue — John Gordon, born 9th March
1916; Donald Macalister, born 17th July
1918.
ST MARK'S (Q.S.).
[A church in Perth Road was opened
for worship on 7th Nov. 1869. The parish
of St Mark was erected 3rd July 1871.]
DONALD MACLEOD, trans, from
1870 First Charge, Montrose, 16th June
1870; adm. first min. of the parish
1871 ; trans, to Jedburgh 3rd May 1877.
CHARLES MARTIN GRANT, born
1877 Nova Scotia, 1842, son of James G.,
schoolmaster, and Mary, daugh. of
George Ross Monro, and brother of George
Monro G., D.D., L.L.D., C.M.G., Principal
of Queen's College, Kingston, Ontario ;
educated at Univs. of Glasgow, M.A. (1865),
Edinburgh, B.D. (1866); licen. by Presb.
of Ayr 25th July 1866; ord. missionary
in Nova Scotia 8th Aug. 1866; min. of
St Andrew's Church, Halifax, Oct. 1866
to Nov. 1868 ; missionary at Calcutta, Nov.
1868 to 1871, but obliged to come home
on account of his health ; adm. to St
Mary's, Partick, 22nd Feb. 1872; trans,
and adm. 16th Nov. 1877; D.D. (1900);
res. 2nd April 1913; died 1st May 1916.
He marr. (1) 9th Jan. 1871, Emily Ann
M'Arthur, who died 13th Jan. 1873, and
had issue — James Stuart Monro, born 18th
Dec. 1872, died 29th Jan. 1889 : (2) 3rd
Feb. 1875, Eliza Jamesa Pollock (died 10th
April 1902), daugh. of James Muirhead
and Mary Pollock, and had issue — Mary
Pollock, sometime missionary in India,
now lecturer, born 2nd Dec. 1875 ; Charles
Frederick, Indian Civil Service, born 29th
Sept. 1878; Georgette Helena, born 20th
Dec. 1882 (marr. Idwal Lloyd, Indian Civil
Service); James Muirhead, captain 15th
Hussars, born 5th Oct. 1884, died on
service 29th Sept. 1915 ; Cara Jamesa,
born 2nd Dec. 1886 (marr. Frank Lang).
Publications— Bible Heathens (Edinburgh,
1886) ; Between the Testaments [Guild Text
Book] (Edinburgh, 1907).
JOSEPH ROBERT PRENTER, born
1913 Dromore, Co. Down, 19th July 1872,
son of Samuel P., D.D., LL.D., min.
of Ormonde Quay Presbyterian Church,
Dublin, and Helen Kinnear Brown, Stone-
haven ; educated at High School, Dublin,
and Trinity College, Dublin ; B.A. (1896),
M.A. (1902); licen. by Presb. of Dublin
May 1899; ord. to Ahoghill, Co. Antrim,
Sept. 1900 ; trans, to St Paul's, Leith, 7th
April 1909; trans, and adm. 15th Oct.
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ST MARK'S— ST MATTHEW'S— ST PETER'S [peesb. of
1913. Marr. 3rd Oct. 1900, Louisa, daugh.
of John Gibson Moore and Sarah Woods,
and has issue — Helen, born 3rd Aug. 1901 ;
Kathleen Louisa, born 19th March 1903;
Robert Gibson, cadet in Royal Navy, born
27th July 1905; Lucie Blanche Woods,
born 30th Sept. 1913.
ST MATTHEW'S (Q.S.).
[A chapel-of-ease was constituted here
5th Aug. 1875. The parish of St Matthew's
was erected 12th Jan. 1885.]
JOHN MILLS, born Glasgow, 20th
18„. Aug. 1844, son of Thomas M. and
Susan Adam ; educated at High
School and Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1865);
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow in 1869 ; assist-
ant at Bothwell; ord. 9th Jan. 1874; adm.
first min. of the parish 4th Feb. 1885; res.
19th May 1913 ; died 10th Jan. 1923.
ALEXANDER MAUCHLINE, born in
lgl„ Dalserf parish 29th April 1881, son
of John M. and Elizabeth Nicol ;
educated at Larkhall Academy and Univs.
of Edinburgh, M.A. (1904), and Glasgow,
B.D. (1909) ; licen. by Presb. of Hamilton
April 1909 ; assistant at Buccleuch, Edin-
burgh ; ord. as Professor of English,
Scottish Churches College, Calcutta, 15th
Sept. 1909; adm. here 20th Nov. 1913;
served as lieutenant R.G.A. in European
War ; res. 22nd June 1920 on appointment
as missionary at Blantyre, Nyasaland ;
adm. to St Mary's, Dalziel, 12th Sept. 1923.
Marr. 22nd Oct. 1910, Janet Kerr, daugh. of
John Neil and Elizabeth Louden, and has
issue— Mary Elizabeth, born May 1915.
MATTHEW WELSH NEILSON, born
1920 Patna> 4tn Sept. 1890, son of David
N. and Elizabeth Brown ; educated
at Ayr Academy and Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1910), B.D. (1914) ; licen. by Presb.
of Ayr 28th March 1914; acted as army
chaplain and as assistant at Rosyth ; ord.
17th Nov. 1920; trans, to New Deer 1924.
Marr. 4th July 1916, Louise, daugh. of John
and Christina Morrison, and has issue —
Christina M'Leod.
HUGH CLARKE M'COLL, M.A..; trans.
1924 from Kilbirnie (q.v.) 9th Oct. 1924.
ST PETER'S.
[Detached from St John's parish and
opened as a chapel-of-ease in 1836. Re-
tained by the Free Church in 1843.]
ROBERT MURRAY M'CHEYNE,
1836 born at Edinburgh 21st May 1813,
youngest son of Adam M., W.S.,
and Lockhart Murray, daugh. of David
Dickson of Locherwoods, Dumfriesshire ;
educated at High School and Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Annan
1st July 1835 ; assistant at Larbert and
Dunipace ; elected in Aug., and ord. 24th
Nov. 1836. Never robust, he suffered a
serious breakdown in health in 1838 and
was obliged to give up his pastoral duties.
He went to Edinburgh to rest and re-
cuperate. During his absence his pulpit
was supplied by William Chalmers Burns,
afterwards the celebrated missionary to
China. In 1839 he was one of a Deputa-
tion appointed by the Committee of the
General Assembly on the Conversion of
the Jews, to visit Palestine to consider the
expediency of beginning a Jewish mission
there. M. was away from 12th April to 6th
Nov. 1839. On his return he resumed his
work at Dundee with renewed energy, and
devoted himself to evangelistic missions in
England and Scotland. He preached to his
own people on 12th March, and two days
afterwards was seized with typhus fever,
which he had contracted in the course of
visitation, and died 25th March 1 843. He
was buried beside his own church, where an
imposing monument marks his grave. He
was unmarr. Perhaps no min. in the
Church of Scotland is better remembered
for the saintliness of his ' character, the
anxious devotion which influenced the
whole of his short ministry, and the success
which everywhere accompanied his efforts
as a preacher of the Gospel. He was a
diligent Bible student and a good classical
scholar. He learned to read Greek when
he was but a boy, and he could carry on
a conversation in Hebrew. He had fine
poetical, artistic, and musical gifts. He
trained his congregation in psalmody, and
his hymns are the property of all the
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341
Churches. Publications — Why is God a
Stranger in the Land ? (Edinburgh, 1838) ;
Reasons why Children should fly to Christ
without Delay (Edinburgh, 1839); To the
Lambs of the Flock (Edinburgh, 1840) ;
Testimony against the running of Railway
Trains on Sabbath (Dundee, 1841) : / love
the Lord's Bay (Dundee, 1841) ; Daily
Bread (Edinburgh, 1842); Another Lily
Gathered (Edinburgh, 1842) ; Narrative of
a Mission of Lnquiry to the Jews from the
Church of Scotland in 1839 [jointly with
Andrew A. Bonar] (Edinburgh, 1842) ; The
Eternal Inheritance, the Believer's Portion,
and the Vessels of Wrath fitted to Destruc-
tion, two discourses (Dundee, 1843) ;
Expositions of the Epistles to the Seven
Churches of Asia (Dundee, 1843) ; Songs of
Zion to cheer and guide Pilgrims on their
way to the New Jerusalem (Dundee, 1843) ;
Memoir and Remains (portrait) by Andrew
A. Bonar (Edinburgh, 1844 ; numerous
editions, and Gaelic translation by Allan
Sinclair, 1895) ; Additional Remains con-
sisting of various Sermons and Lectures
(Edinburgh, 1846) ; Basket of Fragments,
the Substance of Sermons (Aberdeen, 1848) ;
Revival Truth, being Sermons hitherto
unpublished (London, 1860). He wrote
the hymns — "When this Passing World
is done," " I once was a Stranger to Grace
and to God," "Beneath Moriah's Kocky
Side" [written at the foot of Carmel,
June 1839], " Like Mist on the Mountains,"
and "Ten Virgins clothed in White." —
[Memoir and Remains ; Jean Logan
Watson's Life; Autobiography of Thomas
Guthrie, D.D. [in which is described the
accident said to have been the beginning
of M'Cheyne's illness], 174 ; (London, 1874) ;
Nome's Dundee Celebrities, 81-5 ; Julian's
Diet, of Eymnology, 707 ; Diet. Nat. Biog.]
WALLACETOWN (Q.S.).
[A church was opened here in 1840. In
1843 the min. and congregation joined
the Free Church and retained the building
until 1853, when it was sold by public roup
and purchased by the Presb. of Dundee.
The parish of Wallace town was disjoined
from St Mary's 9th March 1874.]
PATEICK LESLIE MILLEE, born
1840 Edinburgh, 1812 (he was the play-
mate and companion of Eobert
Murray M'Cheyne), son of Thomas Hamil-
ton M., advocate, Sheriff of Selkirkshire,
and Mary Ann, daugh. of Abel Earn, M.P. :
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen
by Presb. of Edinburgh ; assistant at St
David's, Dundee, and at Botriphnie
elected 18th Sept., and ord. 16th Dec. 1840.
Joined the Free Church in 1843 ; min. of
Wallacetown Free Church, 1843-7; trans,
to Groat Market Presbyterian Church,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 25th March 1847 ;
died 16th April 1866. He marr., and had
issue — four children. — [Hist. Memorials
of Presbyterianism in Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
107 ; Norrie's Dundee Celebrities, 267 ;
Memoir of M'Cheyne, 249.]
JAMES ANDEESON, pres. by the
Presb. ; ord. 13th Aug. 1856 ; trans,
to Forteviot 7th May 1857.
ANDEEW GEAY, M.A. ; ord. 1st Dec.
j ~ 1857; trans, to New Parish, Dum-
fries, 9th Sept. 1858.
ALEXANDEE M'LEAN, ord. 17th Feb.
1859 1859; trans, to Strachan 7th Nov. 1861.
JOHN LINDSAY ADAMSON, born
1862 7tn ^Ug" 1835' son °* ^otm Lindsay
A., min. of St David's, Dundee ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews; ord.
20th March 1862; adm. first min. of the
parish 1st April 1874; res. in 1883; died
10th Jan. 1885.
JAMES MONTGOMEEY CAMPBELL,
ord. 7th March 1883; trans, to St
Michael's, Dumfries, 20th Dec. 1905;
app. Convener of Home Mission Committee,
1922.
JOHN MOEEISON M'LUCKIE, trans.
1906 from Rutnrieston lltn APril 19065
trans, to Lady Yester's, Edinburgh,
9th June 1910.
JOHN STEWAET EOBEETSON,
M.A., B.D. ; trans, from High Kirk,
Kilmarnock, 10th Feb. 1911 ; trans.
to First Charge, Montrose, 17th May 1918.
342
WILLISON CHURCH— INCHTURE AND ROSSIE [presb. of
STANLEY BUCHANAN CAREY,
191g born Edinburgh, 9th Sept. 1884, son
of Malcolm C, Davidson's Mains,
and Mary Ann Buchanan ; educated at
George Watson's College and Univ. of
Edinburgh; M.A. (1906); licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh in 1909 ; ord. to Douglas
Water 25th March 1915 ; trans, and adm.
29th Jan. 1919. Marr. 8th June 1915,
Isabella, daugh. of John Stewart Mac-
lachlan, Larbert, and has issue' — Eleanor
Isabella Buchanan, born 9th July 1917.
WILLISON CHURCH.
[Formerly an Original Secession Church ;
it was retained by the Free Church in 1843
and named after John Willison, min. of
Dundee.]
ROBERT AIKEN, born 1787, eldest son
lg40 of William A., artificer, Glasgow ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow and
Original Secession Divinity Hall ; licen. by
Original Secession Presb. of Glasgow 20th
Nov. 1810 ; had calls to Dunfermline,
Kirkintilloch, and Shotts, but was ord.
Original Secession min. at Kirkintilloch 5th
Sept. 1811 ; removed to Barrack Street
Church, Dundee, 5th June 1816. Joined
the Church of Scotland with his congrega-
tion 7th Oct. 1840. Joined the Free Church
in 1843; min. of Willison Free Church in
1843-5 ; died at Rothesay 1st July 1845.—
[Scott's Annals of Original Secession
Church, 485.]
INCHTURE AND ROSSIE, or
ROSSANCLEARACH.
[These parishes were united by Act of
Parliament of 22nd Aug. 1670.
Inehture. — The church of Inchture be-
longed to the Priory of St Andrews.
Rossanclearach, now Rossie. — The church
of Rossanclearach was dedicated to St
Coman of Tyrconell, but there was a later
dedication to St Laurence. The church
belonged to the Priory of St Andrews.]
ALEXANDER JARDEN, canon of St
1565 Andrews Priory; min. in 1565. —
[Process in Register House, 18th Jan.
1565-6.]
JOHN SMYTH, reader in 1567; ex-
„ horter at Longforgan and Canon of
St Andrews Priory.
JAMES WICHTAND, reader in 1574,
1574 and also at Kinnaird ; died 1579.
ARCHIBALD SIBBIT [or SIBBALD],
157g pres. to the vicarage by James VI.
14th Jan. 1579.
DAVID ROBERTSON, Canon of St
Andrews Priory ; was min. of Rossie
in 1565 ; trans, and adm. before
1585, with Kinnaird and Rossie also in his
charge ; still min. in 1588.
THOMAS RAMSAY, adm. in 1589;
1589 trans, to Rossie about 1591.
1599
ALEXANDER SCRYMGEOUR, M.A.;
adm. before 1599, with Benvie also
in his charge ; pres. by James VI.
in 1606; trans, to Kinghorn Nov. 1620.
ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, M.A.
1626 (Edinburgh, 25th June 1618); adm.
before 31st Dec. 1626; still min.
13th May 1649 ; probably one of the
eighteen mins. in Synod dep. by Com-
mittee of Visitation that year ; was recom-
mended by the Synod 14th Oct. 1662 for
charity, being then aged and in distress ;
died at Dundee before 25th Nov. 1667.
1653
JOHN AUCHENLECK, M.A; adm.
before 10th July 1653; trans, to
Newburn 30th Sept. 1663.
ROBERT WHITE, ord. 12th June
1664; trans, to Ferryport-on-Craig
24th May 1666.
JAMES CARSTAIRS, born 1651, son of
Thomas O, Boarhills; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A. (1662) ;
licen. by Presb. of St Andrews in 1666;
ord. to Tannadice 22nd Aug. 1667; pres.
and coll. by Alexander, Archbishop of St
Andrews, in Feb., trans, and adm. 22nd
March 1682; died before 4th May 1709.
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343
* GEOEGE BLAIKIE, licen. by Presb. of
1710 Selkirk 11th Aug. 1698; ord. to
Redgorton 25th April 1700; called
7th, which was corroborated by the Presb.
jure devoluto 8th Feb., trans, and adm. 1st
June 1710 ; died 9th Sept. 1725. He marr.
Anne Gardiner, who died 31st March 1756,
and had issue— George, min. at Charles-
town, South Carolina. — [Tombst.]
JAMES OGILVIE, MA. ; trans, from
l72a Footdee; called 15th March, and
adm. 28th April 1726; trans, to
First Charge, Aberdeen, 29th May 1729.
JOHN RANKINE, born 1693, son of
,„„_ Alexander R., Episcopal min. in
Dundee ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews ; MA. (18th May 1710) ; ord. to
Clunie 12th May 1720 ; pres. by George II.
9th, and called 24th Sept., trans, and adm.
10th Dec. 1729; died 14th Dec. 1737. He
marr. Alison Haliburton, and had issue —
George ; Alexander, served heir 22nd Jan.
1743 ; Barbara ; Ann, died before 28th Nov.
1763 ; Elizabeth (marr. John Hepburn, min.
of Crawford). — [Index to Services.']
THOMAS RANDALL, M.A., son of
17S9 -David R., merchant ; called 1st Aug.
1738; ord. 21st March 1739; trans,
to First Charge, Stirling, 21st June 1770.
He marr. 28th Sept. 1742, and had issue
(c/. Vol. IV., 321)— David ; Thomas, born
11th June 1747; William, born 2nd Nov.
1748, died 11th Nov. 1759 ; Janet, born
14th July 1750; Mary, born 14th Feb.
1752, died 17th July 1766.
THOMAS RANDALL, son of preceding;
1771 pres. by George III. 30th June 1770 ;
ord. 21st Feb. 1771 ; trans, to Outer
High Church, Glasgow, 18th Dec. 1773.
JOHN MILLAR, born 1734; educated
1774 a* Univ. of St Andrews; MA.
(1759) ; ord. to Newburgh 23rd Sept.
1762 ; pres. by George III. 9th Dec. 1773 ;
trans, and adm. 1st June 1774 ; died 26th
Jan. 1799. He marr. 22nd June 1764, Jean
Chrystie, who died 20th July 1803, and
had issue — Thomas, min. of Abdie, born
21st March 1765; Margaret, born 16th
Nov. 1766; Elizabeth, born 21st June
1768; Robert, born 5th Dec. 1769;
1799
1836
Catherine, born 21st May 1771 ; Alexander,
born 10th Feb. 1773 ; Agnes, born 1st
March 1777; Patrick, born 7th Sept. 1779;
Jean, born 20th Oct. 1781, died 14th Sept.
1782. Publication — Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace., iv., xxi.).
ALEXANDER DAVIE, born 1763;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
pres. by George III. 1st Feb., and ord.
8th Aug. 1799; was libelled by the Presb. in
1811 on a fama clamosa, but the libel was
withdrawn; again libelled in 1812 by certain
parishioners, but after much procedure the
General Assembly dismissed the same as
not proven ; died unmarr. 3rd Sept. 1840.
JOHN ADAMSON HONEY of Blair-
hall, born Spoutwells, Scone, 31st
Oct. 1810, son of John H., min. of
Bendochy; educated at Univs. of St
Andrews and Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb.
of Perth 31st July 1833 ; pres. by William
IV. in June, and ord. (assistant and suc-
cessor) 1st Sept. 1836 ; D.D. (St Andrews,
8th Feb. 1868); died 21st Nov. 1898. He
was a tall, handsome, courtly " gentleman
of the olden time " and a keen sportsman.
He marr. 9th Oct. 1837, Margaret Thomson
(died 27th Sept. 1864), youngest daugh. of
George Constable, Cupar-Fife, and had
issue — John, born 5th Oct. 1838, died that
month; M'Kenzie, born 12th Oct. 1839,
died at Sydney, N.S.W., 5th March 1880 ;
Mary Elizabeth, born 10th Jan. 1841
(marr. 31st July 1878, Allan Menzies,
D.D., Professor of Biblical Criticism, Univ.
of St Andrews) ; Frederica Anne, born
3rd Sept. 1842, died 19th Nov. 1916;
Amelia Catherina, born 6th Feb. 1844,
died 14th March 1865 ; Alfred James, born
29th Jan. 1846, licen. by Presb. of Dundee
3rd Feb. 1869, elected assistant and suc-
cessor in this parish 19th May, but died
at Edinburgh, 1st Sept. 1883; George
Augustus Kinloch, born 27th Aug. 1847,
died at St Leonards-on-Sea 11th April
1887 ; John Adamson, successor in the
parish. Publication — Account of the
Parish (New Stat. Ace, x.).— [Memoir of
Allan Menzies in A Study of Calvin
(London, 1918); Voices of Yesterday (por-
trait), 20-34.]
344
ROSSIE— INVERGOWRIE
[PEESB. OF
1884
JOHN ADAMSON HONEY of Blair-
hall, born 7th Nov. 1849, youngest
son of preceding ; educated at
Dundee High School and Univ. of St
Andrews ; M.A. (1869) ; licen. by Presb.
of Dundee Sept. 1873 ; locum tenens at
Inverarity, 1873-4; ord. to Clova 17th
April 1874; trans, and adm. (assistant
and successor) 7th Feb. 1884 ; died in St
Andrews 3rd March 1924. He marr.' 8th
Aug. 1901. Jessie, youngest daugh. of John
Syme of Inchture, and had issue — John
Adamson, born 26th March 1903.
1920
THOMAS DOWNIE MEKEDITH,
born Castle-Douglas, 2nd Oct. 1884,
son of John Williams M. and Margaret
Downie; educated at Castle-Douglas Higher
Grade School, Moray House Training
College, and Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A.
(1910) ; licen. by Presb. of Kirkcudbright
April 1913 ; assistant at Arbroath ; ord. to
Lochee 23rd June 1915 ; trans, and adm.
(assistant and successor) 17th May 1920.
Marr. 3rd Nov. 1915, Lizzie Buist, L.L.A.,
eldest daugh. of George Graham, Leslie,
and Isabella Steele.
ROSSIE.
DAVID ROBEKTSON, min. in 1565 ;
pres. to the vicarage by James VI.
12th Oct. 1570; had Inchture and
Kinnaird also in the charge in 1574 ; trans,
to Inchture before 1585.
1574 DAVID COOK, reader in 1574.
THOMAS RAMSAY, educated at St
Leonard's College, St Andrews;
adm. to Inchture in or before 1589 ;
trans, and adm. before 1591 ; died 1st Oct.
1597. He marr. Christian Rutherford, who
survived him, and had issue — John ; Agnes ;
Helen. He app. John Ramsay of Jordans-
town and David Ramsay, his son, tutors
to his daughs. in case of their mother
marrying again. — [Edin. Tests.]
1565
1591
GEORGE HAITLIE, trans, from
Abernyte before 1599 ; pres. to the
vicarage by James VI. 11th Aug.
1607 ; returned to Abernyte before 1614.
1599
1628
v JAMES BLAIR, pres. by Charles I.
3rd Oct. 1628; died in 1647. He
marr. Agnes Ogilvie, who lived at
Leys, and died Dec. 1682, and had issue —
Bryce, served heir 27th Nov. 1649 ; John ;
Alexander ; Agnes (marr. Peter Hay of
Leys); Anna (marr. Francis Henderson,
min. of St Mungo, Lochmaben). — [St
Andrews Tests. ; Inq. Ret. Gen., 3576.]
1650
ANDREW OLIPHANT of Prinlaws;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (1642) ; was a licentiate in the
Presb. of Kirkcaldy 11th Nov. 1646 ; adm.
6th Nov. 1650 ; removed before 26th March
1682, probably for refusing the Test. The
Synod of Fife, 2nd Oct. 1690, proposed he
should return to his charge and resolved to
recommend him to the General Assembly,
he having expressed his repentance for
his compliance with prelacy. He marr.
(1) and had issue — John : (2) (cont.
13th Nov. 1656) Margaret, daugh. of
William Rigg, min. of Inverarity, and had
issue — John, writer, Edinburgh ; Thomas ;
George ; Andrew ; Margaret ; Agnes ; Janet ;
Magdalen ; Jean ; Mary : (3) (cont. 3rd
Aug. 1683) Isabel, only daugh. of John
Shaw, citizen of St Andrews. — [Fife Sas.,
vi. 283, xi. 56 ; Reg. of Deeds, Mack., 26th
Sept. 1671 ; Fife Mornings, xxvi., 312.]
INVERGOWRIE (Q.S.).
[The ancient church of Invergowrie, now
roofless, was dedicated to St Peter. It is
said to have been the earliest Christian
church built north of the Tay. It belonged
to the Abbey of Scone. On 3rd Sept.
1613 this parish was united to Liff, Benvie,
and Logie. On 28th Jan. 1916 Inver-
gowrie was again disjoined, and with the
addition of an adjoining district taken
from Longforgan, the parish was erected
of new.]
NINIAN HALL, trans, from Liff Nov.
1571 1571 ; trans, to Biggar in 1573.
ALEXANDER FORBES, reader in
1574 1574.
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345
1899
ALEXANDER. WADDELL, ord. 16th
Nov. 1899 ; trans, to Eassie and
Nevay 6th May 1901.
1901
DONALD DAVIDSON, born Inverness,
30th April 1854, son of Donald D.
and Catherine Davidson ; educated at
Bell's School and privately and at Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. there June
1883 ; assistant at Campbeltown and St
Michael's, Edinburgh ; ord. to Kingston,
Jamaica, March 1888 ; missionary at
Robertson Mission Church, Grassmarket,
Edinburgh, 1899-1901 ; adm. to this charge
9th Oct. 1901 ; adm. first min. of the
parish 1916. Marr. 5th March 1888, Lily,
daugh. of Alan Munro, and has issue —
Janet, nurse ; Helen Katherine, died 11th
Dec. 1897; Donald, M.A., B.D., B.Litt.,
assistant at St Mary's, Dundee, ord. to
Lowland Charge, Campbeltown, 4th April
1923 ; Alan, M.A., ord. Chaplain to Forces
11th Dec. 1920 ; James, medical student.
Publications — A Dwelling-Place for God
(1909) ; What Christ is to the Believer
(Dundee, 1917).
KINNAIRD IN GOWRIE.
[To distinguish this parish from several
other places of the same name, it is styled
Kinnaird in Gowrie.]
JAMES WICHTAND, reader here and
1574 at Inchture in 1574.
GEORGE HAITLIE, adm. about 1590 ;
1690 trans, to Abernyte before 1593.
JOHN OGILVIE, min. of Benvie, had
1601 charge here in 1601.
ROBERT SEYMOUR [or SYMMER],
1607 M.A., eldest son of Robert S. and
nephew of George S. of Balzeordie ;
pres. to the vicarage by James VI. 6th
March 1607 ; trans, to Holyrood - house
(Canongate) before 16th June 1621. —
[Reg. of Deeds, cccxxxvi., 404.]
ROBERT MONTGOMERIE, M.A.;
1622 a<^m- m !622; trans, to St Quivox
in 1633.
v^JOHN BARCLAY, M.A. ; inst. 24th
16S3 N^17, 1633 ; pres. to the vicarage
by Charles I. 22nd April 1634;
trans, to Monifieth 9th May 1649.
THOMAS KINNARES, educated at
1649 Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A. (1635) ;
adm. 22nd Aug. 1649 ; there was no
service 6th to 20th July 1651, "he being
with the army " ; 3rd and 10th Aug., " the
enemy being at Perth," and 19th thereafter
the enemy being in their fields ; on several
occasions in 1675 it is recorded there was
no preaching " because the barn doors,
wherein the min. did formerly preach, were
closed, all the seats removed, and the kirk
not in a condition to preach in " ; died
April 1677, aged about 62. He marr., and
had issue — James, D.D., min. of Selkirk ;
William ; Thomas ; Janet. — [Philip's The
Evangel in Gowrie, 152.]
WILLIAM PIERSON, M.A., fourth son
16__ of David P. of Lochlands ; ord.
(assistant and successor) 31st March
1659; trans, to Paisley before 29th Oct.
1663.
JOHN SHAW, educated at Univ. of
1678 Glasgow ; M.A. (1661) ; passed trials
before the Presb. of Stirling ; licen.
by George, Bishop of Edinburgh, 16th
June 1663 ; adm. to Kells before 25th Oct.
1664; trans, to Carnock 1st Feb. 1665;
trans, and adm. 13th March 1678 ; had
a gift of the escheat of George Bruce of
Wester Comrie 6th March 1688 ; conformed
at the Revolution, but was suspended by
the Privy Council 4th April 1700. He
marr. (1) Anna Bennet, who died 12th
March 1671, and had issue — George of
Carsiebank, advocate, born 15th July
1669, died June 1739 ; Anna ; Jean, born
6th March 1671 : (2) Isabella Steedman
(or Strachan), and had issue — Henry;
Isabella ; Catherine, born 21st June 1675 ;
John, died 1st Dec. 1676.
JAMES ADAMS, born about 1682, son
1TO7 of Francis A. ; educated at Univ. of
St Andrews ; M.A. (12th July 1699) ;
pres. by Sir David Threipland of Fingask ;
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KINNAIRD IN GOWRIE
[PRESB. OF
called unanimously 5th Nov. 1706 ; ord.
25th Feb. 1707; died between 2nd Jan.
and 6th Feb. 1734. Robert Chambers
calls him an " officious minister," from his
frequent interferences with the Fingask
family, who were chivalrous Jacobites,
A. being a Covenanter of a somewhat
fiery type. He opposed the Marrow
Doctrine, the tenets of John Glas, and
the teaching of Professor Campbell of St
Andrews. He marr. (1) (cont. 12th May
1708) Elizabeth Maxwell : (2) 1717, Jean,
second daugh. of Thomas Stark of Bal-
merino, and had issue — Francis, min. of
Creich ; Henry ; Robert ; James ; Margaret
(marr. James Donaldson, min. of Glamis) ;
she was sole surviving member of family
in 1771 ; Elizabeth ; Mary. Publications —
The Snake in the Grass, or Remarks
upon a Book entituled " The Marrow of
Modern Divinity" 47 pp. (Edinburgh, 1719)
[answered in a Letter to a Gentleman,
containing a detection of errors in a print,
entituled, "The Snake, etc." (1719)]; The
Gromwelian Ghost conjur'd, etc., and put
from creeping into Houses, or Epaphroditus
and Espaphras called to a new Conference
in vindication of the Author of " The Snake "
(n.p., 1720) ; Marrow-chicaning display'd
in a letter to the Rev. Mr Ebenezer
Erskine (n.p., 1720) [answered in The
Viper Shaken off] ; Queries concerning
the Lawfulness of National Covenanting
(1727) [addressed to John Glas, min. of
Tearing]; The Independent Ghost conjur'd
(1728) ; Remarks on a late Pamphlet,
entituled, " The Apostles no Enthusiasts "
[by Professor Archibald Campbell, D.D.]
(London, 1730, Edinburgh, 1731). — [Fife
Sas., xxi. 347, xxx. 354; Philip's The
Evangel in Gowrie, 171-83 ; Chambers's
The Threiplands of Fingask, 32.]
[GEORGE BLAIKIE, born about 1708,
son of George B., min. of Inchture ; pres.
by George II. 27th April 1734, but the
General Assembly found, 21st May 1736,
that he could not be admitted min. of
the parish, and that the parish must be
settled according to the rules of the
Church. He was afterwards pres. to
Madderty (q.v.y]
JAMES MYLNE [MILN], licen. by
1736 Presb- °f Haddington 3rd Sept. 1734;
called, 27th Feb. 1735, by the Presb.
jure devoluto 2nd, and ord. 16th Dec. 1736;
died 17th Dec. 1783. He marr. 15th June
1741, Janet (died 21st Nov. 1790), daugh. of
James Faichney, min. of St Martin's, and
had issue — Elizabeth, born 4th April 1742,
died 19th June 1771 ; Isobel, born 15th
Sept. 1743; Mary, born 25th Oct. 1745
(marr. Andrew Hally, min. of Lundie) ;
Janet, born 24th July 1747 (marr. 12th
Nov. 1764, Alexander Wright, jun.,
merchant, Dundee), died 20th Oct. 1769 ;
Anne, born 12th Aug. 1749, died 2nd Aug.
1771 ; John, born 13th July 1751, died 12th
Sept. 1764 ; Margaret, born 1st June 1753,
died 9th April 1755 ; James, min. of Paisley,
Professor of Moral Philosophy, Glasgow,
born 3rd Sept. 1757, died 21st Sept. 1839;
George in Bellardie, born 18th March 1760 ;
Margaret (marr. Adam Cairns, min. of
Longforgan).
DAVID SPENCE, born 16th Dec. 1750,
1784 son of John S., min. of Orwell ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; MA.
(29th April 1766); licen. by Presb. of
Dunfermline 1st April 1778 ; pres. by
George III. 3rd Feb., and ord. 16th Sept.
1784; died 8th April 1830. He marr.
30th Oct. 1793, Jerment (died 24th Nov.
1833), daugh. of Alexander Dalling, min.
of Cleish, and had issue — Margaret, born
20th July 1794, died 12th Feb. 1805 ; Jean,
born 12th Oct. 1797, died 10th April 1799 ;
John, min. of this parish. Publication —
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, vi.).
JOHN SPENCE, born 27th April 1800,
1825 son °^ Preceding ; educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Dundee 6th Oct. 1824 ; pres. by George
IV. in June, ord. (assistant and successor)
27th Oct. 1825 ; died 24th Dec. 1866. He
bequeathed £1000 to the Dundee Royal
Infirmary, £1000 to Perth Infirmary, and
the residue of his estate, about £12,000,
to the Univs. of St Andrews and Edinburgh
for bursaries. Publication — Account of the
Parish {New Stat. Ace, x.).
Dundee] KINNAIRD IN GOWRIE— LIFF AND BENVIE
347
JAMES EANKEN, born 1811, third
1845 son °^ J°nn R-> merchant, Glasgow ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. there 28th March 1832 ; ord. to
Maxwelltown 20th March 1834; trans, to
St Andrew's Chapel, Dundee, 6th May
1845 ; pres. by Queen Victoria 10th Sept.,
trans, and adm. (assistant and successor)
13th Nov. 1845 ; died 6th Dec. 1868. He
marr. 24th Aug. 1836, Margaret (died 23rd
Feb. 1892), daugh. of David Ritchie, and
had issue — John Hunter, born 15th Jan.
1838; James, born 30th Jan. 1840, died
21st Nov. 1863; William David, born 1st
Sept., died 23rd Oct. 1842 ; Jane Oliphant,
born 7th Jan. 1846; Mary Wilhelmina,
born 28th April 1848; David Eitchie,
born 9th Aug. 1851.
1869
WILLIAM SINCLAIR, born about
1840, second son of Robert S.,
schoolmaster, Stewarton ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Irvine ; assistant at Kersland Barony ;
pres. by Queen Victoria 16th Feb., and
ord. 24th June 1869 ; died unmarr. at
Crieff 10th Jan. 1879.
JAMES ROSE MACPHERSON, M.A.,
7 B.D. ; ord. 1st July 1879; trans, to
Dingwall 5th Jan. 1899.
JOHN MILNE ANDERSON, born St
1899 Andrews 30tn Sept. 1869> SOn of
George A. and Isabella Milne ;
educated at Madras College and Univ. of
St Andrews; M.A. (1892), B.Sc. (1894),
B.D. (1898); licen. by Presb. of St
Andrews 5th May 1897 ; assistant at
West Parish, Perth, and Old Machar ;
ord. 15th May 1899.
LIFF AND BENVIE.
[The parishes of Liff, Invergowrie, and
Logie were united on 3rd Sept. 1613. On
8th Aug. 1753 Benviewas also joined with
them. Logie was disjoined again in 1877,
and Invergowrie also was severed from
Liff and Benvie in 1916.]
Liff.— The church of Liff was dedicated
to St Mary. It belonged to the Abbey
1567
1608
of Scone. Our Lady's Well is near the
church.
Benvie. — The parish of Benvie, though
in Gowrie, belonged to the diocese of St
Andrews.
NINIAN HALL, min. in 1567,
with Invergowrie and Logie in the
charge ; trans, to Invergowrie in
1571.
ANDREW HANY, reader here and at
1574 Logie.
JOHN CHRISTISON, min. of Logie,
1601 had charge here also.
JOHN DUNCAN, min. of Lundie in
1607 ; trans, and adm. between 1608
and 1613, when he had also charge
of Logie and Invergowrie ; dem. before
2nd March 1637 ; died in 1650. He marr.
(1) Grizel Durham, and had issue — William :
(2) Isobel Thornton, who received a gift
from the Kirk-Session of Auchterhouse
17th March 1661, and had issue — Andrew,
apprenticed to George Stirling, merchant,
Edinburgh, 9th Dec. 1635 ; John ; Agnes,
died May 1615. — [Inq. Ret. Gen., 2129;
Beg. of Leeds, ccclxxxi. 34, ccccxcix. 221.]
JAMES DUNCAN, educated at Univ.
1637 of St Andrews; M.A. (1631); pres.
to Liff, Logie, and Invergowrie by
Charles I. 2nd March 1637 ; still min. 15th
July 1643. He marr., and had issue —
Alexander of Ardounie, who, being desirous
of leaving the country, had thirty shillings
given him by the Kirk-Session 6th March
1667; William.— [St Andrews Tests.; Acts
of Dec, Dal., 7th July 1696; Bamtf
Charters, 226.]
v PATRICK BALLINGALL, M.A. (St
Andrews, 25th April 1635); adm.
before 1st May 1649; still min.
5th June 1650.
ANDREW WEDDERBURN, M.A.,
son of James W., min. of Moonzie ;
adm. 29th July 1650 ; dep. 11th June
1664; restored by Act of Parliament,
25th April 1690, but did not return here
on account of his health, and because the
people adhered to John Christison.
348
LIFF AND BENVIE
[ PRESB. OF
WILLIAM SKINNER, born about 1640,
1684 son of Lawrence S., min. of Navar,
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
MA. (18th May 1654) ; passed trials before
the Presb. there ; recommended for licence
25th March 1663; adm. 19th Aug., pres.
by Charles II. 13th Oct., coll. 8th Nov.,
and inst. 24th Dec. 1664 ; died April
1673. He marr. Nicolas Auchterlonie, who
survived him. — [St Andrews Tests. ; G. R.
Homings, 29th Nov. 1672.]
JOHN CHRISTISON, probably son or
1673 grandson °f John C, min. of Logie ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (25th July 1663); licen. by Presb.
of St Andrews in 1668 ; adm. to Kemback
30th June 1672 ; app. by James, Arch-
bishop of St Andrews ; pres. by Charles II.
8th June, trans, and adm. 30th July 1673 ;
deprived by Act of Parliament restoring
Presbyterian mins. ; received into com-
munion between 17th May and 11th Oct.
1694 ; died April 1703, aged about 68. He
marr. Sept. 1670, Euphemia, sixth daugh.
and co-heiress of David Balfour of Nether
Sanford; she was in indigent circumstances
in 1718, and had issue — John. — [G. R.
Homings, 3rd June 1671.]
ANDREW WEDDERBURN, M.A.,
1690 above mentioned.
JOHN CHEISTISON, M.A, above
1694 mentioned.
ALEXANDER SCOTT, educated at
1704 Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (12th
July 1699); licen. by the Presb.
there 21st April 1703 ; called 17th Feb.,
which was corroborated by the Presb.
jure devoluto 1st March, and ord. 16th Aug.
1704; died 7th Jan. 1724, aged about 45.
He marr. (pro. 10th Dec. 1704), Margaret,
daugh. of Donald Maxwell of Cowhill.—
[St Andrews Tests. ; Edin. Marr. Reg.]
THOMAS DONALDSON, licen. by
1726 Presb. of Dunkeld 14th Feb. 1722 ;
called 8th Oct. 1724; ord. (by a
committee of Synod) 5th April 1726 ; died
26th Sept. 1758. He marr. 5th Nov. 1727,
Christian Hunter, and had issue — John,
1758
born 1728, served heir 8th Oct. 1762.
Publication — A Sermon on Psalm exxxiii.,
1 (1754).
JAMES PLAYFAIR, bapt. 6th Nov.
1712, son of John P., tenant of
Coupar Grange, and Jane Ure ;
educated at St Andrews Univ. ; M.A. (4th
May 1731) ; became chaplain to Thomas
Gifford of Busta in Shetland in 1739 ;
licen. by Presb. of Lerwick 6th Sept.
1739; called 30th Nov. 1742; ord. to
Benvie 23rd March 1743 ; removed here
in terms of Decreet of Annexation 19th
Nov. 1758; died 28th May 1772. He
marr. (1) Isobel Ure (died s.p.) : (2) 9th
Sept. 1746, Margaret Young (died in
Edinburgh, 31st Jan. 1805, aged 85),
and had issue — John, his successor in the
parish ; Robert, born 5th Nov. 1751 ;
Andrew, born 26th Feb. 1752, died 10th
Feb. 1753; Jean, born 6th April 1754;
James, architect, London, author of A
Method of Constructing Vapor Baths (1783)
[father of William Henry P., architect,
Edinburgh, whose first public employment
was the laying out of the new town of
Edinburgh, designer of Royal and Regent
Terraces, the College of Surgeons, Donald-
son's Hospital, the National Gallery, and
the unfinished National Monument on the
Calton Hill], born 5th Aug. 1755 ; Charles,
born 22nd Sept. 1759, died 8th March
1760; William (twin), publicist, inventor,
and author of A Statistical Account of
the United States of America (1807), and
various works on history, genealogy, and
antiquity, born 22nd Sept. 1759, died in
London 11th Feb. 1823; Andrew, born
2nd May 1761 ; Margaret, born 16th July
1763; Barbara, born 2nd July 1768 —
[Four Perthshire Families, 52 ; Diet. Nat.
Biog.]
JOHN PLAYFAIR, born 26th Feb. 1748
[not 10th March as in Diet. Nat.
Biog.], eldest son of preceding ; edu-
cated at home and Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (1765) ; acted as assistant to Professor
of Natural Philosophy there during his
illness ; was (at the age of 18) an unsuccess-
ful competitor for Chair of Mathematics in
Marischal College, Aberdeen, but came out
1773
Dundee]
LIFF AND BENV1E
349
third ; licen. by Presb. of Dundee 3rd Oct.
1770 j unsuccessful candidate for Chair
of Natural Philosophy at St Andrews in
1772; pres. by John, Lord Gray, 16th
June 1772 ; ord. 30th June 1773 ; res.
8th Jan. 1783 on becoming tutor to the
sons of William Ferguson of Raith; app.
joint Professor of Mathematics [with Dr
Adam Ferguson] in Univ. of Edinburgh,
21st May 1785 ; trans, to Chair of Natural
Philosophy 30th March 1805; F.R.S.
(1807); died unmarr. 20th July 1819.
Publications— Elements of Geometry (Edin-
burgh, 1795, 11 editions); llhistrations of
the Huttonian Theory of the Earth (Edin-
burgh, 1802) ; Letter to the Author of the
Examination of Professor Stewart's Short
Statement of Facts relative to the Election
of Professor Leslie (Edinburgh, 1806);
Outlines of Natural Philosophy (Edin-
burgh, 1812, 1816, 1819) ; Dissertation . . .
exhibiting a General View of the Progress
of Mathematical and Physical Science
since the Revival of Letters in Europe
(supplement to 4th, 5th, and 6th editions
of Encyclopedia Britannica). Seventeen
papers in the Trans, of the Royal Society
of Edinburgh [of which he was General
Secretary]. Collected edition of his Works
in 4 vols, [edited by James G. Playfair]
(1822). — {Diet. Nat. Biog.;> Memoir pre-
fixed to Works; Cockburn's Memorials.']
THOMAS CONSTABLE, born 1750,
178g eldest son of David C, grazier,
Dundee, and Agnes Watson ; edu-
cated at Univ. of St Andrews; M.A.
(1772); licen. by Presb. of Dundee 8th
Jan. 1783 ; pres. by George III. 13th, and
Charles, Lord Gray, 26th June 1783, but
owing to competing presentation, not ord.
till 12th May 1785; D.D. (St Andrews,
4th Feb. 1809); died unmarr. 17th April
1817. Publication— Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xiii.).— [Four Perth-
shire Families, 108.]
GEORGE ADDISON, bom 1779, son
of William A., miller, Huntly; edu-
cated at King's College, Aberdeen ;
MA. (1794); was tutor in family of
David, Earl of Airlie, for twelve years ;
licen. by Presb. of Forfar 20th Oct. 1802 ;
1852
pres. by George III. 7th June, and ord.
to Glenisla 22nd Sept. 1803; trans, to
Auchterhouse 11th Oct. 1804; pres. by
Francis, Lord Gray, in May, trans, and
adm. 4th Sept. 1817 ; D.D. (St Andrews,
24th April 1830) ; died 4th Jan. 1852. He
was a man of high intellectual powers and
an admirable preacher. He was proposed
for the position of Moderator of Assembly
but declined. He marr. 14th May 1810,
Mary Agnes (died 18th Dec. 1861), daugh.
of James Scott, min. of Auchterhouse, and
had issue — Margaret, born 2nd May 1812 ;
George, min. of Arbirlot, born 7th April
1815; Mary Christina, born 4th April
1819 ; William Scott, born 25th June 1822 ;
James, born 26th Dec. 1823, died 5th July
1824. Publication — Account of the Parish
{New Stat. Ace, xi.).
LAUCHLAN M'LEAN, born 1797, son
of Charles M., lieutenant in the
army, and Jane Stewart; ord. to
Kinfauns 25th Sept. 1843; pres. by John,
Lord Gray, and Queen Victoria 2nd April,
trans, and adm. 21st July 1852; died 7th
March 1868. He marr. 7th May 1822,
Christina Maclean, who died 2nd Jan.
1882, and had issue — Charles Stuart, min.
of Dun, born 19th June 1823; Alexander
Brunton, born 14th June 1825, died 23rd
Nov. 1859; Mary, born 23rd Feb. 1827;
Lauchlan, born 3rd Dec. 1829 ; Christina
Sinclair, born 20th July 1831 ; Allan
Douglas, born 20th June 1833; Marion
Hope Mackenzie, born 5th March 1835,
died 27th April 1865; Donald Kennedy,
accountant, Bank of Bombay, born 13th
Aug. 1837; David Ridpath, born 22nd
Jan. 1840, died 20th March 1863; John
Fitzroy, born 17th Sept. 1842, died 14th
Nov. 1866.
JOHN WILSON, born Aberdeen, 3rd
Aug. 1839, son of Robert W. and
Christian Rannie; educated at Univ.
of Aberdeen ; M.A. (1864) ; licen. by Presb.
of Aberdeen 14th May 1867 ; assistant at
the Barony, Glasgow ; pres. 13th Oct. 1868 ;
ord. 4th March 1869; died in Edinburgh,
12th April 1892. He marr. 25th Nov. 1869,
Marianne (died in London, 17th Aug. 1908),
eldest daugh. of Alexander Rae, Dowanhill
1869
350
LIFF AND BENVIE— BENVIE
[PRESB. OF
House, Glasgow, and Sarah Corson, and
had issue — James Rae, engineer, born 10th
Sept. 1870, killed in railway accident at
Seattle, U.S.A., 26th Jan. 1916 ; Alexander
Eobert Eae, born 23rd Aug. 1872, died 26th
Nov. 1877 ; Mary Sedgwick Rae, born 19th
July 1873; Christian Sarah, born 26th
July 1874, died Nov. 1898 ; Mabel Camp-
bell, born 1st Feb. 1876 (marr. 19th Dec.
1900, Frederick Collins Clifton) ; Norah
Fitzmaurice, born 24th Jan. 1877 (marr.
16th Aug. 1904, David Charles Wilson,
solicitor); Maud Alexandra, born 12th
Feb. 1878 (marr. July 1904, Francis
Clement Yardley) ; Hilda Muriel Banner-
man Ramsay, born 2nd Nov. 1879 (marr.
16th Aug. 1904, Frederick Ambrose
Stapleton Gwatkin).
GEORGE DINGWALL, born Turriff,
23rd March 1855, son of George
1892 D. ; educated at Univ. of Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1875), B.D. (1881) ; ord. to Craigie-
buckler 22nd Dec. 1881 ; trans, and adm.
28th Sept. 1892; died 19th May 1918.
He marr. 24th Aug. 1887, Annie Esther
(died 15th March 1924), daugh. of James
Reid, and had issue— George, mercantile
marine, born 3rd Nov. 1888 ; Esther, born
21st April 1890; Alice, born 21st Nov. 1891,
died 29th June 1901 ; Archibald, M.C.,
engineer, born 8th June 1893 ; Neil, born
27th Dec. 1896, died 7th Oct. 1914.
v WILLIAM SUTHERLAND BUCHAN,
M.A., B.D. ; trans, from West Parish,
1919 Galashiels (q.v.), and adm. 3rd Jan.
1919 ; trans, to St James's, Portobello, 1924 ;
app. editor of the Church of Scotland Year-
Book, March 1921.
BENVIE.
WILLIAM LUDE, pres. by David
Lude, factor of Benvie.— [Scrymgeour
Invent., Scot. Bee. Socy., 50.]
s/ 1574 JOHN BLAIR, reader in 1574.
NICOLAS SPITTALL, trans, from
Fowlis, with that parish and Long-
1574 f organ also in his charge; removed
to Longf organ in 1576.
1576
WILLIAM HAITLIE, trans, from Logie,
with Abernyte and Lundie also in
the charge ; removed to Abernyte
before 1585.
ROBERT SCRIMGEOUR, min. in
1585 1585.
PATRICK WATTERSTON, M.A.; min.
in 1590; trans, to St Andrews and
Deerness, Orkney, 1591.
ALEXANDER SCRYMGEOUR, adm.
in 1591 ; trans, to Inchture in 1599,
but because he retained this charge,
the Synod, 6th Oct. 1613, ordered him to
demit, which he did, into the hands of the
Constable of Dundee between 3rd May
and 4th Oct. 1614.
JOHN OGILVTE, M.A; adm. about
1599, having Kinnaird also in charge;
1599 pres. to the vicarages of Inchture and
Kinnaird by James VI. 3rd March 1601 ;
trans, to Kingoldrum in 1606.
JOHN RAMSAY, educated at Univ. of
St Andrews ; M.A. (29th July 1609) ;
adm. before 3rd Nov. 1619; still
min. Sept. 1622.
HENRY FITHIE, M.A.; pres. by Sir
John Scrymgeour of Dudhope 2nd,
and coll. 25th March 1627 ; trans, to
Mains in 1633.
1619
1627
ANDREW SHIPPERT, second son of
Andrew S., baker burgess of Dundee ;
1633 educated at Univ. of St Andrews;
M.A. (1626) ; pres. by Sir John Scrymgeour
of Dudhope 2nd March, coll. 4th, and adm.
8th April 1633; still min. 21st July 1650.
He marr., and had issue— Andrew, min.
of Abernyte.— [Pro*. Booh, T. Wichtoun;
G. B. Homings, 14th April 1670; Mon-
teith's Mort., 89.]
WILLIAM GRAY, min. in 1655, with
Fowlis also in charge; dern. before
9th June 1664— [ff. B. Homings,
13th June 1672.]
ALEXANDER SCRYMGEOUR, born
about 1642, eldest son of John S.,
1665 merchant burgess of Dundee; edu-
cated at Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A. (14th
DUNDEE]
BEN VIE— LONGFORG AN
351
July 1660); passed trials before Presb. of
Dundee and received a testimonial for
licence 22nd Feb. 1665; pres. by John,
Earl of Dundee, 9th June, and coll. by
Archbishop of St Andrews 20th July 1665 ;
inst. 9th May 1665 ; pres. to the vicarage
by the Archbishop 11th May 1669 ; died
Oct. 1686. He marr. Oct. 1664, Martha
Granger, who survived him, and had issue,
a daugh. (marr. Fernie, shipbuilder,
Burntisland). — [St Andrews Tests. ; Forfar
Inhib., 4th Feb. 1670; G. B. Homings,
13th Jan. 1672.]
GEOKGE THOMSON, MA. ; promoted
j--- from being regent in the Old College,
St Andrews ; passed trials before
Presb. of St Andrews ; recommended for
ordination 7th, and adm. 22nd Sept. 1687 ;
because he prayed publicly for King James
at a meeting of the Presb., his gown was
pulled off by the populace and he himself
imprisoned by the magistrates about the
time of the Revolution. He dem. before
3rd Jan. 1692, and retired to Edinburgh,
where he died 18th April 1692, aged about
47. He marr. Oct. 1672, Margaret Wood
in St Andrews, and had issue — William ;
Elizabeth ; Anna. — [Edin. Tests. ; Edin.
Bur. Beg.]
[ALEXANDER RANKIN, educated at
Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (27th July
1667) ; adm. a deacon under Episcopacy ;
intruded here 1692 to 1706 ; he afterwards
lived in Dundee, and died 7th April 1729,
aged 82. He marr., and had issue — John,
min. of Inchture. — [Dunkeld Tests.]]
GEORGE OGILVY, M.A. ; called 7th
17o7 May, and ord. 27th Aug. 1707 ; trans.
to Kirriemuir 13th Sept. 1713.
1716
v THOMAS BEVERIDGE, educated at
Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (5th
Aug. 1704); licen. by Presb. of
Cupar 19th Dec. 1710 ; assistant at Second
Charge, Dundee ; pres. by John, Lord Gray,
in June, and ord. 20th Sept. 1716; died
between 6th Jan. and 3rd Feb. 1731, aged
about 47. He marr. Barbara Rankine, who
survived him, marr. secondly, and died 2nd
April 1777.
THOMAS LAWRIE, educated at Univ.
17gl of Edinburgh; M.A. (30th April
1700) ; became chaplain to Thomas
Shairp of Houston ; licen. by Presb. of
Linlithgow 16th March 1709; ord. to
Bathgate in face of much opposition 25th
Dec. 1717 ; called 10th Aug., trans, and
adm. 18th Nov. 1731 ; died between 4th
Nov. and 2nd Dec. 1741, aged about 62.
He marr. (1) Jean, third daugh. of John
Hamilton of Begs : (2) Margaret Ferguson,
who died 12th Nov. 1789, and had issue —
Helen ; Flora ; Katherine. — [Fam. of
Broomhill, 39.]
JAMES PLAYFAIR, called 30th Nov.
174S 1742; ord. 23rd March 1743;
removed to Liff in terms of Decreet
of Annexation in 1758.
LONGFORGAN.
[The church of Longforgan was dedicated
to St Monenna. It belonged to the priory
of St Andrews.]
NICOLAS SPITTALL, Canon of the
156a Priory of St Andrews, min. of
Fowlis - Wester and Benvie, had
charge here ; removed in 1576 ; died in
Dundee 9th April 1576. — [Beg. Min.,
Wodrow Miscell., i., 353 ; Frocess in
Begister House, 18th Jan. 1565-6.]
JOHN GOODFELLOW, was a member
15171 of the Chapter of St Andrews before
the Reformation. Probably identical
with J. G., min. of Benholme. — [Calder-
wood's Hist., iii., 186 ; Wodrow's Biog., i.,
350 ; Test. Beg.]
1574 JOHN SMITH, reader in 1574.
NICOLAS SPITTALL, above
1576 mentioned.
PATRICK GALLOWAY, min. of
„„„ Fowlis-Easter, had charge here in
1577.
ROBERT RYND, son of William R.,
lsgo min. of Kinnoull ; reader in that
parish in 1574; adm. to Ednam in
1579 ; trans, to Mertoun in 1580 ; trans, to
352
LONGFORGAN
[PRESB. OF
Fowlis-Easter in 1581 ; trans, and adm. in
1590 ; pres. to the vicarage by James VI.
before 12th April 1595; was a member of
Assembly in 1610 ; died suddenly together
with James Row, min. of Kilspindie, in a
house in Dundee 29th Dec. 1614. He marr.
Mary, daugh. of John Row, min. of Perth,
who survived him, and had issue— James,
on whose behalf a royal missive was given
to the Archbishop of St Andrews, 24th Feb.
1615, requiring his presentation to the first
competent living which should fall vacant,
that he might be able to support his mother,
brothers, and sisters in their necessity ;
Andrew, min. of Alva ; three daughs.
JAMES JARDEN, educated at Univ. of
1615 St Andrews ; M.A. (1606) ; pres. to
vicarage of Caerlaverock 27th July
1609, which he did not accept; pres. to
vicarage of Ferryport-on-Craig by James
VI. 4th Nov. 1609; pres. by the King to
this parish 20th Feb. 1615 ; died after 5th
Oct. 1630, aged about 44.
JOSEPH LAURIE, trans, from Stirling;
inst. 24th Nov., and pres. by Charles
I. 24th Dec. 1630; trans, to Second
Charge, Perth, Feb. 1635.
DAVID BROWN, possibly of the
less Fordel family; educated at Univ.
of St Andrews; M.A. (July 1612);
adm. to Eassie after 2nd Oct. 1617 ; pres. by
Charles I. 1st Feb. 1635; still min. 14th
July 1644, died in 1646. He marr., and
had issue — Patrick; Jean; Anne. — [Philip's
The Parish of Long/organ, 168.]
ALEXANDER MYLNE of Pilmore,
1649 M.A. ; adm. after 29th July 1649 ;
trans, to Second Charge, Dundee,
19th Sept. 1661.
JAMES MIDDLETON, was a licentiate
16B1 21st Nov. 1650; ord. to Second
Charge, Montrose, 17th March 1659 ;
trans, and adm. 18th Dec. 1661 ; died 1672.
He marr. Elizabeth Murray, and had issue
— John ; Helen. — [St Andreivs Tests."]
1673
ALEXANDER SYMMER, born about
1647, son of John S., min. of Meigle ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (27th July 1667) ; licen. by the Presb.
of Dundee ; recommended for ordination
13th April, and adm. 7th May 1673; died
unmarr. Oct. 1683.— [Philip's Long/organ,
173 7.]
DAVID FORRESTER of Milnhill,
born 1634, son of Alexander F., a
prominent citizen of Dundee, after-
wards of Milnhill ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews; M.A. (12th June 1652); licen.
by the Presb. there 30th July 1656 ; ord. to
Lauder in 1659. He promised, 22nd Dec.
1661, to "disown the pretended Commission
of the Church erected by some brethren and
never to own the same " ; trans, and adm.
7th Sept. (not before 12th Aug. as in Vol.
II., 154) 1684 ; died 4th Aug. 1697, " a man
most highly distinguished by integrity of
life, erudition, and orthodoxy." He was a
partner in the Darien Scheme. He marr.,
and had issue — -Alexander of Milnhill,
advocate, died 1715, aged 49 ; John of
Milnhill ; Martha ; Magdalena. Publica-
tion— The Differences of the Time, in three
Dialogues [a thesis in favour of Episcopacy]
(Edinburgh, 1679). — [St Cuthbert's Sess.
Reg. ; Tombst. ; St Andreivs Tests. ; Philip's
Long/organ, 177-93.]
[The parish vacant about five years.]
THOMAS MITCHELL, born about
1672, son of William M., min. of
Third Charge, Dundee ; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (22nd July
1693) ; became schoolmaster of St Martins ;
licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith 13th July 1697 ;
ord. to Coupar-Angus 17th Oct. 1699; called
22nd May 1701 ; trans, and adm. 28th May
1702; dem. 18th Aug. 1708; died Dec.
1713.
JAMES HODGE of Bathkemmar ; ord.
to Mains 6th March 1707 ; called by
the Presb. jure devoluto 9th Aug.,
trans, and adm. 5th Oct. 1709; died 21st
Nov. 1737. He left 400 merks for the poor
of the parish. In 1715 he was obliged to
leave the parish for a time, when William
DUNDEE]
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353
ElpMnston intruded. He marr. 19th Jan.
1710, Margaret Scrinigeour, who died 30th
Jan. 1762, and had issue— John ; Elizabeth ;
Jean (marr. 1732, John Guthrie, younger,
of that ilk) ; Janet ; Margaret ; Catherine
(marr. George Lyon, min. of this parish). —
[Philip's Long/organ, 197-205.]
[WILLIAM ELPHINSTON. From 4th
Sept. 1715 to 19th Feb. 1716 the Long-
forgan Kecords are blank. But there is
this note : — " Observe : That in regard the
unhappy and unnatural rebellion headed
by the late Earl of Mar in favour of a
Popish Pretender had the entire manage-
ment of this Country ; ministers for their
safety were obliged to retire South so that
we had no sermon by our own Minister
until the first Sabbath of February ensuing,
when His Majesty King George his forces
under the command of His Grace the Duke
of Argile, dispersed the rebels and reduced
this Country to its former liberties."
During this period William Elphinston
(with the connivance of the Strathmore
family, who then owned Castle Huntly)
intruded. He had been min. of Logie
Wallach but was deprived and officiated
as Episcopal min. here in 1709. See Vol.
IV., 355.]
GEORGE LYON of Wester Ogil, born
26th Aug. 1711, son of William L.,
min. of Airlie ; educated at Univ. of
St Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of Meigle
15th Dec. 1736 ; pres. by George II. ; called
31st May, and ord. 20th Sept. 1738; died
12th Feb. 1793. He is described as a man
of " unimpeachable character. His charity,
benevolence, and attention to the poor made
him extremely useful and much beloved."
He marr. (1) (cont. 23rd Aug. 1739)
Catherine (died 1742), daugh. of James
Hodge, min. of this parish, and had issue —
Margaret : (2) 15th June 1744, Margaret
(died 9th April 1793, aged 76), daugh. of
Hugh Rodger, merchant, and Provost of
Glasgow, and had issue — William of
Wester Ogil, born 10th May 1745, died
12th Aug. 1795; Margaret, born 20th
April 1746; Hugh of Wester Ogil, captain
H.E.I.C.S., born 29th Jan. 1748, died 12th
Oct. 1797; Jean, born 12th Sept. 1749;
VOL. V.
1738
Margaret, born 24th March 1751 (marr.
James Playfair, Principal of St Andrews
Univ. (q.v.)) ; George, born 20th Jan. 1755,
died in London 7th Sept. 1812 ; Thomas,
born 25th July 1756, died 7th Nov. 1763 ;
James, D.D., min. of Glamis, born 29th
March 1759; Janet, born 4th Jan. 1762
(marr. George Moncrieff, physician, Perth).
— [Tombst. ; Lyons of Cossins, 99 ; Philip's
Long/organ, 205-14.]
ADAM CAIRNS, born 1758 ; educated
.„-„ at Parish School, Temple ; licen. by
Presb. of Dundee 7th March 1787 ;
pres. by George III. 7th March, and ord.
12th Sept. 1793; died 6th Nov. 1821. He
marr. (1) 27th Nov. 1795, Margaret (died
28th Feb. 1798), daugh. of James Mylne,
min. of Kinnaird, and had issue — James
George Paterson, born 30th Aug. 1796,
died 24th Feb. 1797 : (2) 23rd April 1799,
Elizabeth (died 28th Nov. 1847), daugh. of
Andrew Hally, min. of Lundie, and had
issue— Mary Anne, born 1st July 1800 ;
Adam, D.D., min. of Cupar, afterwards of
Melbourne, born 30th Jan. 1802 ; John
Paterson, born 26th March 1804 ; Margaret
Paterson, born 29th Oct. 1805 ; James
Mylne, born 18th Nov. 1806; Francis
Charteris, born 3rd Sept. 1808 ; Alexander,
born 7th July 1810.
ROBERT SKENE WALKER, born
1822 Strathmiglo, 1780 ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by
Presb. of Cupar 29th Sept. 1801 ; ord. to
Auchtergaven 28th July 1808 ; trans, to
Kinclaven 19th March 1812 ; pres. by
George IV. 22nd Nov. 1821 ; trans, and
adm. 5th Sept. 1822. Joined the Free
Church in 1843 ; min. of Longforgan Free
Church, 1843-54; died 11th May 1854.
He marr. (1) 1st Feb. 1809, Cecilia Corn-
fute (died 13th Feb. 1833), daugh. of a
Perth merchant, and had issue — Anne
Margaret, born 10th Aug. 1823 : (2) 14th
Dec. 1836, Mary Holmes (died at Dundee
14th Jan. 1870), youngest daugh. of James
Howden, watchmaker, Edinburgh, and had
issue — David, born 4th Jan. 1840. Pub-
lication — Account of the Parish {New
Stat. Ace, x.).
354
LONGFORGAN— LUNDIE AND FOWLIS EASTER [pkesb. of
WILLIAM RITCHIE, born 1805, son
of William R., shoemaker and crofter,
Tibbermore, and Barbara Robertson;
educated at Parish School, Tibbermore, and
Univ. of Edinburgh; licen. by Presb. of Edin-
burgh 27th April 1836; ord. to St Martin's
22nd Feb. 1838 ; pres. by Queen Victoria 21st
Aug. 1843; trans, and adm.25th Oct. 1843;
D.D. (St Andrews 1850) ; died 3rd July 1895.
During the difficult times of the Secession
of 1S43 he rendered valuable services to the
Church in ministering to congregations in
Dundee left without a min. As a result of an
overture brought forward by him, the first
Sunday School Committee of the Church
was appointed in 1850. He visited in 1851
the stations in British North America as
deputy of the Colonial Committee. He
marr. 18th June 1839, Margaret (died 9th
April 1898), eldest daugh. of Robert Bower,
Perth, and Jeanie Marshall, and had issue —
William Marshall, stockbroker,Dundee,born
10th Aug. 1840 ; Robert Bower, C.A., born
26th Oct. 1842, died 17th Feb. 1900; James
Andrew, clerk,born 31st Aug. 1S44, died 11th
July 1879 ; John, min. of Creich, born 2nd
May 1846; Jeanie Marshall, born 10th Oct.
1847, died 12th Aug. 1899; Edward Thomas,
Bank of Scotland, Glasgow, born 7th May
1850; David, sheep rancher, born 12th Dec.
1S51, died 25th Dec. 1912 ; Barbara Robert-
son, born 7th May 1854, died 6th Sept. 1877.
— [Voices of Yesterday (portrait), 1-4.]
1885
NEIL KENNEDY MACKENZIE, born
9th June 1S55, son of Ewen M., min.
of Kirkhill ; educated at Univs. of
Aberdeen, M.A. (1SS0), and Edinburgh;
licen. by Presb. of Inverness 16th May
1S82; ord. to Alves 11th Sept. 1884;
trans, and adm. (assistant and successor)
24th Dec. 1885 ; died 5th Aug. 1924. Marr.
7th Aug. 1895, Edith Henrietta Frances,
daugh. of Major-Gen. James Murray Grant
of the Glenmoriston family, and Helen
Cameron, and has issue — Edith Helen
Georgina, born 21st April 1S9S (marr. 17th
Aug. 1921, Captain John Fearley Campbell
Haslam, M.C., M.D., D.P.H.); Cecilia Emily
Grant, born 10th Nov. 1899 (marr. 5th Aug.
1924, David C. Heron Watson, captain
Cameron Highlanders) ; Ewen James Grant,
born 5th March, and died 23rd Nov. 1901 ;
Neil Allan Patrick Grant, born 8th May 1905.
LUNDIE AND FOWLIS EASTER.
[These parishes were united 31st
Jan. 1618.
Lundie. — The church of Lundie was
dedicated to St Laurence. It belonged to
the Priory of St Andrews. The church was
restored in 1892 at a cost of £1200.
FowKs Easter or Foiolis in Gowrie. —
The church of Fowlis was dedicated to St
Marnoch. It belonged to the Priory of
St Andrews. In 1446 Andrew, Lord Gray,
granted to this parish a collegiate endow-
ment. The church was restored in 1889 at
a cost of £2500.]
ARCHIBALD KEITH, formerly of
.,.„„ Logie -Murdoch ; adm. before 1567;
trans, to Longley (St Fergus) after
Nov. 1567.
GEORGE COCHRANE, reader in 1574.
1574 — [Misc. Wod. Soc, 353.]
WILLIAM RAIT, removed from Mains
in 1593, with that parish also in
his charge ; trans, to Strathmartine
about 1594.
ALEXANDER SCRYMGEOUR, trans.
1594 from Benvie in 1594 ; returned there
in 1595.
ANDREW MORTON, M.A. ; educated
at Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A. (1590) ;
adm. to Fowlis-Easter in 1594 ; pres.
to parsonage of Lundie 6th Jan. 1593-4 ;
re-trans, to Fowlis Easter after 19th Dec.
1608 ; returned here after 21st Sept. 1610 ;
was required by the Synod to have the
paintings on the pulpit and rood loft in
the church of Fowlis removed as monuments
of idolatry, and, 14th April 1613, he and
others were commissioned to have this
done. He replied that Lord Gray will
demolish such of the "paintrie" as is
offensive. This fortunately was not done.
He died Dec. 1613. He marr. Margaret,
daugh. of William Blackball of that ilk;
she survived him, and had issue — Andrew;
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355
Jean ; Bessie (marr. James Leckie). — [St
Andretvs Tests.; Aberdeen Sheriff-Court
Records, ii., 140; G. R. Inhib., 1st Nov.
1670; Warden's Angus [has a description
of above paintings], iv., 260-72.]
JOHN DUNCAN, min. in 1607 ; trans.
1607 to Liff before 1613.
ANDREW MORTON, above
1613 mentioned.
HENRY FITHIE, educated at Univ.
1614 of St Andrews; M.A. (1603); adm.
to Kinnell 4th May 1612 ; trans, and
adm. (at Fowlis) 11th April 1614; died
in Dundee May 1620, aged about 37. He
requested his body to be buried in the West
Kirk of Dundee and directed James Fithie
to purchase a bell for the church of Lundie.
He marr. Janet Pierson, who survived him.
— [Brechin Tests. ; Session Papers, 1623.]
[ALEXANDER FOTHERINGHAM,
1620 pres' ky Andrew, Lord Gray, and
letters of charge issued to the
Archbishop of St Andrews thereon 30th
June 1620, but he was apparently not
settled. — [Fowlis Easter Inventory.]]
- JAMES BLAIR, D.D., son of William
1620 ^" °^ Balgillo, and Jean, daugh. of
Alexander Blair of Denhead ; pro-
moted from Second Mastership in New
College of St Andrews; ord. 21st Sept.
1620 ; trans, to another charge before 31st
March 1636. He marr. (cont. 11th Oct.
1611) Catherine, daugh. of Andrew Wood
of Greenside. — [Forfar Inhib., 21st Aug.
1633 ; Fife Sas., vii., 396 ; Reg. of Deeds,
ccccl., 424, 426.]
v DONALD BLAIR, fifth son of Patrick
1636 ^- °^ Pittendreich ; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. 1632;
pres. by Charles I. 31st March 1636 ; dep.
in 1649 by the Commission of the Kirk,
for supporting the royal cause and favour-
ing the expedition of 1648. He was granted
1st Aug. 1661 by the Privy Council £15
from vacant stipend on account of his
great misery, infirmity of body and many
children whom he had nothing to support.
He marr. a lady whose initials were
K. O., and had issue — James, died 1647 ;
James, died 1649 ; Colin, died 1651, and
others. — [Douglas's Baronage, 192; Tombst.;
P. C. Reg., 3rd series, i., 24.]
WILLIAM RIGG, son of William R.,
1660 min. of Inverarity ; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A. (1648) ;
adm. before 10th April 1660 ; died before
26th April 1665.
JOHN ROBERTSON, M.A. ; adm. (at
166g Fowlis) 11th June 1665 ; trans, to
Auchterhouse 1st Sept. 1667, having
exchanged livings with James Campbell.
JAMES CAMPBELL, said to be son of
166„ Sir Colin Campbell of Lundie, Bart.,
and Jean Stirling ; educated at Univ.
of St Andrews 28th July 1656 ; became
tutor in the family of the laird of Pitcur ;
licen. by Presb. of Meigle (recommended
29th Nov. 1664); became chaplain to
Marjory, Countess of Buchan; ord. to
Auchterhouse 29th Sept. 1665 ; suspended
on his own confession, 13th Dec. that
year, till next Synod for illicit inter-
course with the said Countess, but on
repentance absolved 24th and retired from
that charge ; adm. here 24th and inst. 25th
Nov. 1667. The parish was vacant 9th
May 1683, C. having been " a great burden
for three years by reason of his sickness."
He died Dec. 1682. He marr. Marjory
Ramsay, daugh. of William, first Earl of
Dalhousie, and widow of James Erskine,
Earl of Buchan, and had issue — [P. C.
Reg., 3rd series, viii., 327 ; Scots Peerage,
ii. 273, iii. 100.]
v JAMES BROWN, educated at Univ. of
1685 St Andrews ; M.A. (23rd July 1674) ;
pres. by Alexander, Archbishop of
St Andrews, June 1684, but settlement
was delayed owing to a dispute about
the patronage ; passed trials before Presb.
of Dundee ; recommended 19th Nov. for
ordination ; adm. 3rd Feb. 1685 ; dep. 19th
Oct. 1698; died between 8th Nov. 1699
and 10th April 1707.— [St Andrews Tests.]
WALTER AINSLLE, born 1666, nephew
1701 of James A., min. of Minto; edu-
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A.
(22nd May 1685); licen. by Presb. of
356
LUNDIE AND FOWLIS EASTER
[PEESB. OF
Haddington 7th April 1695 ; ord. to Minto
2nd March 169S ; trans, and adm. 8th May
1701 ; dep. for neglect of duty, etc., 20th
April 1710, 'which sentence was annulled
21st Oct. 1714 ; took up residence in Edin-
burgh, where he was suspended for three
months by the Presb., 29th July 1724, for
marrying persons irregularly, and dep. 24th
Feb. 1725 for continuing that offence ;
died there 20th Feb. 1728. He marr. (1)
Mary Lawson, and had issue — Alexander ;
George: (2) 16th April 1705, Beatrix,
daugh. . of George Chalmer, writer, Edin-
burgh, widow of David Main, writer,
Edinburgh, and had issue — Beatrix (marr.
John Douglas, min. of Jedburgh). — [Edin.
Marr. Beg. ; Calton Bur.]
GEOEGE FLEMING, educated at Univ.
17n of Edinburgh: M.A. (30th April
1700) ; became chaplain to the laird
of Lundie ; licen. by the United Presb. of
Dundee and Forfar 8th June 1709 ; called
in April, and ord. 22nd Aug. 1711 ; died
between 4th Sept. and 2nd Oct. 1734, aged
about 55. He marr. (1) 24th Nov. 1712,
Ann Wilkie, Echlin, Dalmeny, and had
issue — Alexander, born 29th March 1715 ;
William, born 7th Aug. 1716; John, born
15th Oct. 1721 ; Christian, born 13th Sept.
1722 : (2) Margaret, daugh. of Alexander
Glas, min. of Kinclaven : (3) (pro. 30th
April 1732), Agnes, widow of Eobert
Hamilton of Nortkbank.
1736
JAMES ANDERSON, licen. by Presb.
of Fordoun 3rd Oct. 1722; ord. to
Guthrie 13th May 1731 ; called at
Fowlis 20th May, trans, and adm. 27th
Oct. 1736; died Sunday morning, 12th
Dec. 1756. He marr. (1) July 1734, Jean,
daugh. of Alexander Bower, bailie and
shipowner, Dundee, and had issue — Janet,
born 5th May 1735 ; James, born 6th March
1743 : (2) 5th Aug. 1745, Helen (died 8th
Oct. 1775), daugh. of John Duncan, Dean
of Guild, Edinburgh.— [St Cuthbert's Marr.
Beg.]
GEORGE SWAN, educated at Univ.
7 of St Andrews ; M.A. (174S) ; licen.
by Presb. of Cupar 7th Jan. 1755 ;
called 24th Nov. 1757 ; ord. (at Fowlis)
30th March 1758; died 5th Aug. 1763.
He marr. 25th April 1760, Elizabeth
Craw (died 5th Nov. 1764), daugh. of a
Montrose merchant, and had issue — two
children (still-born) 8th Feb. 1761; Eliza-
beth, born 13th March 1763.
ANDREW HALLT, born 1733; licen.
1764 ky Presb. of Dundee 5th Oct. 1763 ;
called 7th June, and ord. 20th Sept.
1764 ; died 14th April 1795. He marr.
(1) 14th April 1769, Elizabeth Pilmore
in Blairgowrie, who died 14th Oct. 1769 :
(2) 7th Feb. 1771, Mary (died 1821),
daugh. of James Mylne, min. of Kinnaird,
and had issue — Elizabeth, born 17th Dec.
1772 (marr. Adam Cairns, min. of Long-
forgan); Janet, born 26th June 1774 (marr.
William Gordon, Stockbridge) ; James,
born 30th May 1776, died 12th Sept. 1780 ;
Catherine, born 9th Jan. 1778 ; John, born
Sth Aug. 1779, died 12th May 1793 ; Mary,
born 26th Feb. 1781; Anne, born 14th
Sept. 1782 (marr. 11th Aug. 1807, George
Knight, teacher, Edinburgh) ; Marion, born
10th June 1784 ; Alexander, born 16th
March 1786; Christian, born 5th Jan.
1790; Henrietta Dundas, born 24th Nov.
1791, died 7th Dec. 1793.
WALTER TAIT, pres. by his uncle,
Alexander Duncan of Lundie, 30th
June, and ord. 23rd Sept. 1795 ;
trans, to Tealing 5th Oct. 1797.
1795
1S06
CHARLES CUNNINGHAM, pres. by
17g8 Adam, Viscount Duncan, Dec. 1797 ;
ord. 3rd May 1798 ; trans, to Dailly
Sth May 1806.
THOMAS RAITT, born St Andrews
1746 ; educated at Grammar School
and Univ. there; licen. by that Presb.
21st Oct. 1772 ; assistant at Leuchars ;
ord. to St Andrew's Chapel - of - Ease,
Dundee, 3rd May 1775 ; pres. by Robert,
Viscount Duncan, in June, trans, and adm.
31st July 1806 ; died 2Sth Nov. 1828.
THOMAS IRVINE, born Balmaghie,
lsol 1794 ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; Keen, by Presb. of Kirkcud-
bright 7th July 1819; became tutor in
family of Viscount Duncan ; pres. by
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Robert, Viscount Duncan, in April, and
ord. (assistant and successor at Fowlis)
23rd Aug. 1821. Having lost his sight, he
employed his time in knitting for charit-
able purposes; died 29th April 1874. He
marr. 23rd Aug. 1831, Elizabeth (died 10th
June 1870), daugh. of James Webster of
Balruddery, and had issue — Walter, min.
of Kilconquhar, born 13th Nov. 1833 ;
Agnes Webster, born 10th Jan. 1837, died
25th April 1838. Publications — Account
of the Parish {Neiv Stat. Ace, xi.) ; Sermon
XVIII. {Church of Scotland Pulpit, i.).
" PETER LORIMER BURR, born 17th
May 1834, son of John B. and
Susan Lorimer; educated at Heriot's
School and Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh 31st July 1861 ;
assistant at St Stephen's, Edinburgh ; pres.
by Adam, Earl of Camperdown ; ord.
(assistant and successor) 26th July 1866 ;
clerk of Presb., 1871 to 1904; D.D.
(St Andrews 1895); died 9th Oct. 1909.
He marr. 25th Dec. 1866, Mary Smith
(died 21st July 1919, aged 85), daugh. of
James Keith, merchant, Arbroath, and
Mary Smith, and had issue — Mary Smith,
born 9th Sept. 1867, died 20th Jan. 1868 ;
John, min. of Bowden, born 25th April
1869 ; Susan Lorimer, born 13th Dec. 1870
(marr. 24th July 1901, Dr Robert Henry
Somers, Iowa, U.S.A.), died 31st Dec.
1902; James Keith, born 19th July 1873,
died 24th May 1878 ; Margaret Adam
Keith, born 24th, and died 30th April
1875.
CHARLES SCOTT BURDON, born
3rd Nov. 1862; trans, from Black-
hill 21st April 1910 ; trans, to Dean
Park, Govan, 6th Feb. 1919.
1910
1919
JOHN SINCLAIR, born Edinburgh,
31st Dec. 1889, son of Charles
William S. and Jessie Craig; edu-
cated at Royal High School and Univ.
of Edinburgh; M.A. (1910); licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh April 1913 ; assistant
at Woodside, Aberdeen ; locum tenens at
Armadale; ord. to Fauldhouse 16th Feb.
1916 ; trans, and adm. 17th July 1919.
FOWLIS IN GOWRIE, or
FOWLIS EASTER.
NICOLAS SPITTALL, min. in 1563,
with Forgan and Benvie also in the
charge in 1567 ; trans, to Benvie
before 1574.
1563
PATRICK MORTIMER, reader
1574 in 1574.
PATRICK GALLOWAY, min.
ivje in 1576, with Longforgan also in
the charge ; trans, to Perth after
24th April 1581.
ROBERT RYND, trans, from Mertoun ;
pres. to the vicarage by James VI.
9th Dec. 1581 ; trans, to Longforgan
in 1590.
ANDREW MORTON, M.A., min. in
1594 1594 ; trans, to Lundie in 1595.
GILBERT RAMSAY, M.A., min. in
1595 1595 ; still min. in 1607.
ANDREW MORTON, above mentioned;
trans, from Lundie in 1608; re-trans.
1608
there after 21st Sept. 1610.
MAINS AND STRATHMARTINE.
[These parishes were united on 21st
Nov. 1792.
Mains, of old Strathdighty. — The church
of Strathdighty, now ruined, was dedicated
to St Ninian. It belonged to the Abbey of
Arbroath. There was here a Well of St
Ninian.
Strathmartine. — The church of this parish
was dedicated to St Martin.]
WILLIAM AUCHMOWTIE, adm. Aug.
1568, with Lundie also in his charge;
trans, to Strathmartine in 1572.
1572 NINIAN COOK, reader at Mains.
ALEXANDER TYRIE, trans, from
Meigle in 1574, having Strath-
martine, Auchterhouse, and Tealing
also in his charge ; trans, to Auchterhouse
before 1582.
358
MAINS AND STRATHMARTINE
[PRESB. OF
WILLIAM BRUCE, reader in 1585.
1585 [Aud. of Exchequer, 1584-98, 102.]
1590
WILLIAM EAIT, min. in 1590 ; trans,
to Lundie in 1593 ; trans, to Strath-
martine in 1594 ; returned here in
1595 ; was one of the forty-two mins. who
signed a protest to Parliament against the
introduction of Episcopacy; had Strath-
martine also in his charge in 1612 ; died
between 5th Oct. 1630 and 19th Feb. 1633.
He marr. Janet Lundie, and had issue —
David, min. of Kinnaird ; Harry ; Margaret.
— [Reg. of Deeds, ccxxii., 3rd June 1614.]
HENRY FITHIE, son of James F.,
merchant, burgess of Dundee, and
Anna Mayne ; educated at Univ. of
St Andrews; M.A. (1621); adm. to Benvie
25th March 1627 ; pres. by Charles I. 19th
Feb. 1633; was compelled by the General
Assembly, 10th Aug. 1643, to crave pardon
on his knees and promise amendment for
not naming the malignants in a sermon
at the Synod ; dep. with seventeen others
in the Synod by the Committee of the
Assembly for Visitation ; died before 1655.
He marr. Isobel Erskine, who died between
1668 and 1673, and had issue — Henry;
James, min. of this parish. — [Perth Sas.,
ii., 297; G. R. Inhib., 3rd Jan. 1656,
14th Jan. 1674; Acts and Bee, Durie,
cxiii., 132.]
HENRY AUCHENLECK, M.A.; ord.
14th Oct. 1652; trans, to Second
Charge, Perth, 23rd Dec. 1662.
JAMES FITHIE, born about 1630, son
of Henry F., min. of this parish ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (20th July 1650); ord. May 1663;
died, after preaching, 23rd June 1672. He
marr. (1) Martha Souter, and had issue —
David ; Henry ; Isobel (marr. (1) James
Ramsay, clerk-depute of Dundee : (2) George
Crockett) ; John ; Henry ; Christian : (2)
Martha Johnston, who survived him, and
had issue — James ; Martha. — [G. R. Inhib.,
3rd July 1668, 2nd Nov. 1668, 14th Jan. 1676,
5th July 1680; Perth Inhib., xvii., 238;
G. R. Sas., lxxxvii., 370, 23rd Aug.
1705.]
PATRICK STRACHAN, born about
1673 1650, son of James S., in Carmylie ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (24th July 1669) ; licen. by Presb. of
Arbroath in 1672 ; had a testimonial for
ordination 29th Jan., and adm. 16th March
1673 ; dep. 23rd Oct. 1701 for contumacy,
but continued to perform clerical duties in
the parish till 1707 ; died after 1710, and
was buried at Perth. He marr. (1) 25th
May 1675, Margaret Morton, St Andrews,
and had issue— George : (2) Lucrese, eldest
daugh. of Arthur Granger, min. of Panbride.
— [Laing Papers, 290, Hist. MS. Com.]
JAMES HODGE, called by the Presb.
1707 jure devohito 6th Feb., and ord. 6th
March 1707 ; trans, to Longf organ
5th Oct. 1709.
ANDREW RONALDSON, educated at
1710 Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (24th
July 1696) ; called 28th June, which
was corroborated by the Presb. jure devoluto
26th July, and ord. 25th Oct. 1710; died
between 14th Jan. and 7th Feb. 1722, aged
about 46. He marr. 13th June 1704,
Margaret (died in Edinburgh), daugh. of
William Hackstoun, tailor, Edinburgh, and
had issue — Florence (marr. 7th June 1735,
James, Donaldson, shoemaker, Edinburgh)!;
Helen (marr. 4th March 1735, John White,
shoemaker, Dundee) ; and five others.
JOHN KER, born about 1693, brother
172„ of Thomas K., min. of Balmerino;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (6th May 1713) ; became chaplain to
Sir John Sinclair of Stevenson ; licen. by
Presb. of Hamilton 23rd Feb. 1720 ; called
by Presb. jure devoluto 7th Nov. 1722 ; ord.
6th Feb. 1723; died 30th June 1759. He
marr. 13th Nov. 1726, Elizabeth Campbell,
who died 6th Sept. 1764, and had issue —
Ann; Thomas, born 3rd Jan. 1733; Eliza-
beth, born 14th Feb. 1735 ; Margaret, born
23rd Aug. 1738.
JOHN GIBSON, born 1732, son of John
7R0 G., farmer in Pettinain, Lanarkshire ;
licen. by Presb. of Hamilton 25th
July 1749 ; pres. by George II. 31st Aug.
1759; ord. 12th March 1760; died 9th
Feb. 1795. He marr. 1st Sept. 1766,
DUNDEE]
MAINS AND STRATHMARTINE
359
Euphemia Halliburton, who died 3rd Dec.
1810, and had issue — Agnes, born 13th
Dec. 1773 (marr. Patrick Macvicar, min.
of Third Charge, Dundee).
ALEXANDEB STBACHAN, bom 6th
..,.„ Sept. 1747, son of James S., min.
of Kinkell; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1766); became
schoolmaster of Dun ; licen. by Presb. of
Brechin 4th April 1770; ord. to Strath-
martine 19th Jan. 1775 ; removed to Mains
on the union of the parishes 21st Nov. 1795 ;
died 24th Feb. 1799. He marr. (1) 7th Sept.
1771, Jean Fullerton, who died 27th April
1777, and had issue — Margaret, born 5th
June 1772; James, M.D., Mauritius, born 6th
Dec. 1773, died 16th Feb. 1795 ; Mary, born
29th May 1775, died 31st April 1784 ; Jean,
born 6th Oct. 1776 (marr. James Burnet,
merchant, Arbroath), died 31st Dec. 1806 :
(2) 18th Oct. 1781, Elizabeth Mitchell, who
died 31st July 1796, and had issue — William,
born 5th Dec. 1782; Elizabeth, bora 13th
April 1784 ; Nancy Adamson, bom 12th
Feb. 1786, died 23rd April 1794 ; Euphemia,
born 25th Feb. 1788, died 24th May 1794 ;
Janet, born 25th Feb. 1791 ; Isabella, born
27th April 1792; Lilias, born 23rd Aug.
1794. Publication — Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace., xiii.).
1799
FBANCIS NICOLL, M.A. ; trans, from
Auchtertool; pres. by George III.
29th May, and adm. 19th Sept.
1799 ; trans, to St Leonard's, St Andrews,
20th July 1820.
DAVID CANNAN, born at The Shiel,
parish of Kells, 1774, son of James
O, farmer ; educated at Kells Parish
School and Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by
Presb. of Kirkcudbright 3rd March 1802 ;
ord. to Kirriemuir 24th March 1803 ; trans,
to Murroes 3rd Aug. 1809 ; pres. by George
IV. 17th Aug., trans, and adm. 16th Nov.
1820 ; D.D. (St Andrews, 13th Dec. 1828) ;
dem. 28th June 1848 ; died in Edinburgh,
12th July 1854. He marr. 30th April 1804,
Margaret Low, and had issue — James,
born 30th July 1805; Joseph, bora 19th
Dec. 1806; Mary, born 15th Feb. 1808,
died 23rd Feb. 1815; Francis, min. of
Lintrathen, born 4th Sept. 1809 ; Eobert
lieut.-general (Bihram Pasha) in Turkish
Service, was mainly instrumental for the
Eussian defeat at Giurgevo in 1854,
born 12th Jan. 1811 ; Helen, bom 22nd
July 1812, died 15th Jan. 1845; John,
Principal Eegistrar of the Court of Bank-
ruptcy, born 22nd Feb. 1814; Peter, born
Oct. 1815 ; Thomas, planter, Mysore, born
7th Sept. 1817; David, born 15th Feb.
1819; Alexander, born 17th Nov. 1822;
a daugh., marr. Jas. Forgan, writer,
Dundee. Publications — On the Poor, and
the Duty and Mode of supporting them
(Edinburgh, 1845) ; Account of the Parish
{New Stat. Ace., xi.) ; Contributions to the
Edinburgh Courant. — [The Gallovidian,
xiv., 90.]
JOHN EOBEETSON, pres. by Queen
Victoria 14th July, and ord. 21st
Sept. 1848; trans, to St Mungo's,
Glasgow, 24th June 1858.
JOHN M'MUETEIE, M.A.; pres. by
Queen Victoria 26th June, and
ind. 2nd Sept. 1858 ; trans, to St
Bernard's, Edinburgh, 11th Jan. 1866.
^•WILLIAM BOYD, born Dundee, 30th
Oct. 1840, son of John B., farmer,
and Isabella Thomson ; educated at
Aberayte School, High School, Dundee,
Madras College, and Univs. of St Andrews,
M.A. (1860), Halle, and Tubingen; licen.
by Presb. of St Andrews in 1865 ; assistant
at Leslie; pres. by Queen Victoria 15th
Jan., and ord. 19th April 1866; died of
malarial fever at Florence 2nd April 1873.
He marr. 2nd Oct. 1866, Janet Lockie
(died 29th July 1904), daugh. of David
Eunciman, D.D., min. of St Andrew's,
Glasgow, and had issue — Janet Aitchison,
bom 7th May 1868; John James, born
18th Oct. 1869; David Eunciman, born
26th Feb. 1872.
ALEXANDEE STEWAET, M.A., D.D.;
pres. by Queen Victoria 5th June,
1 and ord. 18th Sept. 1873; res. on
appointment as Professor of Systematic
Theology, Aberdeen, 4th Nov. 1882 (q.v.).
360 MAINS AND STRATHMARTINE— STRATHMARTINE [peesb. of
1888
EICHAKD SPENCER RITCHIE, born
Fife, 1860, son of William Spittal
and Catherine Ritchie ; educated
at Univ. of St Andrews ; ord. to Sorn
21st July 1885 ; trans, and adm. 21st Nov.
1888; died 18th April 1917. He marr.
2nd June 1891, Sophia Playfair, daugh. of
Andrew Chrystal and Eliza Finlay, grand -
daugh. of James Chrystal, D.D., min. of
Auchinleck, and had issue — Sophia Play-
fair, born 20th March 1892 (marr. John
Henry Duncan, min. of St Madoes) ;
Shina Fowler, born 23rd Dec. 1893 ; Eliza
Chrystal, born 11th Nov. 1894; Catherine
Giffen, born 19th Dec. 1896.
ALEXANDER ANDERSON, born
Fraserburgh, 15th Oct. 1876, son
of Alexander A. and Elizabeth
Penny ; educated at Fraserburgh School,
Robert Gordon's College, and Univs. of
Aberdeen, M.A. (1899), St Andrews, B.D.
(1906), and Marburg, Germany; licen. by
Presb. of St Andrews May 1907 ; assistant
to Professor of Hebrew, St Andrews, and
at Uddingston ; ord. to St James's, Kirk-
caldy, 24th Jan. 1912; trans, and adm.
20th Feb. 1918. Publications — Litany of
the Sea Winds and Music (Glasgow, 1916) ;
Song, Shadows of my Night, words and
music (London, 1917).
STRATHMARTINE.
JAMES WEICHT, min. in 1567 ; died
1567 Aug. 1572.
WILLIAM AUCHMOWTIE, adm. to
Mains Aug. 1568 ; trans, and adm.
1 in 1572 ; pres. to the prebend of
Queen's College, founded on the fourth
part of the parsonage of Strathmartine by
James VI. 20th March 1572.
1572 DAVID TYRIE, reader.
WILLIAM RAIT, trans, from Lundie
in 1594; removed to Mains in 1595,
1594 still retaining this charge in conjunc-
tion till after 23rd April 1612.
. WILLIAM ROLLOCK, educated at
1620 Univ- of St Andrews; M-A- (16tl1
July 1620); adm. before 2nd Oct.
1620; died in 1623, .aged about 24. He
probably marr. Elspeth Rollo, called his
future spouse, 10th and 17th April 1623.
— [Brechin Tests. ; Prot. Booh of T.
Wichtowi.~\
1626
DAVID JAMESON, educated
at Univ. of St Andrews; M.A.
(July 1612); adm. before 6th Sept.
1626; died after 8th Aug. 1637, aged
about 45. He marr. Margaret Hay, who
survived him. — [Prot. Book of T. Wichtoun ;
Brechin Tests.]
ALEXANDER RAMSAY, son of Alex-
ander R., jun., in Gedhall, and
Marion Hay; educated at Univ.
of St Andrews ; M.A. (1625) ; adm. about
1638 ; served heir to his father 6th Dec.
1642 ; dep. Sept. 1649, with seventeen
others in the Synod, by the Committee of
General Assembly appointed for Visitation.
He had issue — Marjory. — \_Inq. Bet. Forfar,
276.]
JAMES FRASER of Kirkton, adm.
before 24th Jan. 1653; trans, to
Arbroath 21st July that year.
JOHN MOW, adm. before 8th Dec.
1655 ; had £100 allowed him by
1655 Parliament 5th July 1661 ; still
min. 3rd Feb. 1663.— [Acts of Pari., vii.,
App. 81.]
DAVID FERGUSSON, son of David
F., burgess of Dundee, and great-
grandson of David F., min. of
Dunfermline ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews ; M.A. (1648) ; adm. prior to
18th May 1664; still min. 6th Feb. 1689;
died before 29th June 1696, when the parish
was declared vacant. He bequeathed 6000
merks to maintain two boys at school
and, if capable as bursars, at St Leonard's
College, St Andrews, for four years. He
marr. Barbara Pierson, and had issue —
David, an only son, writer, drowned in
Nor' Loch, Edinburgh. — ,[Inq. Bet. Gen.,
8101.]
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361
THOMAS OGLLVIE, called by the
1697 Presb. jure devoluto 4th Nov. 1696 ;
ord. 13th May 1697 ; trans, to Coupar-
Angus 18th May 1703.
JAMES GOODSIR, caUed 29th Aug.,
1706 and by the Presb. jure devoluto,
and ord. 12th Dec. 1706; trans, to
Monikie 12th Feb. 1717.
1718
1744
WILLIAM THOMSON, educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen; licen.
by Presb. of St Andrews 7th Nov.
1716; called 19th Dec. 1717; ord. 24th
April 1718 ; was one of the fifteen mins.
who dissented from the resolution of the
General Assembly to depose the eight
Seceders 15th May 1740; died 26th Jan.
1743.
HUGH MAXWELL, descended from
the Maxwells of Tealing; educated
at Univ. of St Andrews; MA.
(2nd March 1702) ; licen. by United Presb.
of Dundee, Meigle, and Forfar 1st July
1702; ord. to Tealing 29th July 1703;
trans, to Forfar 21st March 1717; pres.
by George II. 14th March 1743; trans,
and adm. 27th June 1744 ; died 30th Jan.
1751, aged about 69. He marr. (1) 3rd
March 1703, Margaret Kinloch, and had
issue — David, min. of this parish ; Robert ;
George ; Isobel ; Janet (marr. William
Moncreiff, min. of Kinnell) : (2) (cont. 29th
April 1724), Katherine, daugh. of Sir
Alexander Brand of Brandsfield : (3) 19th
Dec. 1745, Katherine, daugh. of Mungo
Murray, collector of the county of Perth,
and widow of William Chalmer, min. of
Kinloch : (4) Anne Dalgleish, who died
20th Jan. 1770. Publication— The Beauty
and Polity of the Gospel Church, with
Remarks and Reflections upon the Doctrine
contained in the Marroiv of Modern
Divinity (Edinburgh, 1721). — [Reg. of
Deeds, Dal., clxiv., 1st July 1748.]
DAVID MAXWELL, born 1704, son
of preceding ; educated at Univ.
of St Andrews; M.A. (6th May
1725); licen. by Presb. of Forfar 21st
July 1731 ; ord. to Eassie 22nd April 1733 ;
called 25th Sept., trans, and adm. 14th
Nov. 1751 ; died 6th June 1774. He was
1751
proprietor of the chief part of Strathmartine.
He marr. 12th Jan. 1737, Isabel (died at
Dundee, 16th Aug. 1775, aged 57), second
daugh. of Alexander Duncan of Lundie,
and had issue — Isabella, born 22nd Aug.
1739 (marr. 8th Feb. 1758, James Morison
of Naughton and Strathmartine), died 9th
May 1767; Catherine, born 22nd April
1743; Janet, born 5th April 1746; Anne,
born 17th Oct. 1749; Helen, born 22nd
April 1751 ; Mary, born 12th Feb. 1754,
died 9th Aug. 1769 ; Lilias, born 9th March
1757, died 1840.
ALEXANDER STRACHAN, M.A. ;
1775 pres. by George III. 7th July 1774 ;
ord. 19th Jan. 1775 ; removed to
Mains in terms of the Act of Annexation
in 1795.
MONIFIETH.
[The church of Monifieth was dedicated
to St Rule. It belonged to the Abbey of
Arbroath. Its bell has this inscription :
" Henricus je suis tout pour veai
Jacob See m.f. MDLXV." In 1922 two
silver Communion cups (1638) gifted to
Monifieth Church in 1645, and subsequently
parted with and lost sight of, were restored
to the parish by Archibald, Earl of Rose-
bery and Midlothian, who had purchased
one of them from a firm of London silver-
smiths, and by the Society of Antiquaries
of Scotland, to whom the other had been
bequeathed by Mrs Jackson, wife of the
rector of Exeter College, Oxford.]
GILBERT GARDEN, was min. and a
1565 member of Assembly 25th Dec. 1565 ;
Monikie was also in his charge in
1567 ; trans, to Fordyce Feb. 1569.
ANDREW CLAYHILLS, born 1546,
156g son of Peter C, Dean of Guild and
burgess of Dundee, and Elizabeth
Wishart ; adm. Feb. 1569 ; trans, to Jed-
burgh about 1574 ; trans, to Eckford before
30th April 1593 ; re-trans, to this charge
16th April 1598; was a member of Assembly
in 1602 ; burgess of Dundee in 1602 ; died
23rd March 1617. He marr. (1) Katherine,
daugh. of David Primrose in Culross and
sister of James P., clerk of Council, and
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MONIFIETH
[PEESB. OF
1616
had issue — Archibald ; Margaret ; Jean ;
Sybilla (marr. Andrew Allan, min. of
Finaven) ; Janet (marr. Patrick Durham,
min. of this parish) ; Allan : (2) (cont. 28th
Nov. 1616), Christian Ogilvie, daugh. of
Cristal Lyall, goodwife of Chapelton and
■widow of William Gray, min. of Logie-Pert.
— [St Andrews Tests. ; Beg. of Deeds, cccv.,
243 ; O. B. Inhib., xxii., 6.]
JAMES LOVELL [LAWAL, or
1574 LYALL], reader.
ANDEEW AUCHLNLECK, min. oU
ls_. Barry, had charge of this parish
1574-98.
PATKICK DTJEHAM, born about 15S9,
son of William D. of Grange and
Jean Leslie ; educated at Univ. of
St Andrews ; MA. (29th July 1609) ; adm.
(colleague and successor to Clayhills) 1st,
and inst. 2nd Oct. 1616, which was ratified
by the King 5th Aug. 1617 ; died 24th Aug.
1624. He marr. (cont. 17th May 1614)
Janet, daugh. of Andrew Clayhills, min.
of this parish, and had issue — Andrew ;
William ; Jean ; Grissell. — [St Andrews
Tests. ; Beg. of Deeds, cccv., 249.]
GEOKGE WISHAET, M.A.; pres. by
1624 James VI. 26th Aug. 1624 ; trans, to
Second Charge, St Andrews, before
18th April 1626.
JOHN EUTHERFOED, born 1565, son
1626 °^ J°nn -R-> mul' of St Andrews;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
MA. (1582); adm. to Second Charge,
Cupar, after 6th March 1590; trans, to
Kilconquhar 21st July 1594 ; dep. for
neglect of duty 29th July 1596; reponed
by Commissioners of Assembly 23rd June
1597 ; pres. to Dairsie by James VI. 22nd
Feb., and adm. between 3rd April and 3rd
May 1611 ; pres. by Charles I. 24th June,
coll. 18th Aug., and adm. 9th Sept. 1626 ;
died 8th June 1632, and was buried in the
Old College of St Andrews. Calderwood
says of him : " He never did good in the
ministrie " after his deposition at Kil-
conquhar in 1596, "neglected it, and tooke
him to the exercise of physick, and now,
a ain, after the exercise of his ministrie in
1632
a cold negligent manner." He marr. before
17th Sept. 1597, Barbara Sandilands, widow
of Thomas Dishington of Ardross, and had
issue — John, min. of Kirkden. — [Wood's
East Ifeuh of Fife, 217; Prot. Book of
T. Wichtoun ; St Andrews Deeds, iii., 8th
March 1624 ; Calderwood's Hist., v., 647 ;
Scot's Apologetical Narration, 100.]
ANDEEW WOOD, MA.; Eegent in the
Old College of St Andrews ; adm. to
Barry after 29th April 1619; pres.
by Charles I. in June, trans, and adm. 7th
Aug. 1632 ; was a member of the Glasgow
Assembly in 1638 and the Assembly of
1639 ; was one of the commissioners for
visiting the Univ. of St Andrews 16th Nov.
1641 ; died before 10th May 1648, aged
about 57. He had issue — William, to
whom James Wood, shipmaster, burgess of
Kirkcaldy, was served nearest of kin. —
[Acts of Pari., v., 413 ; Inq. Bet. de Tut.,
756.]
- JOHN BAECLAY, son of John B. of
i64q Johnston, parish of Laurencekirk ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (1622); inst. to Kinnaird 24th Nov.
1633 ; app. by the Presb. to proceed to
England 5th July 1644, to preach to Lord
Couper's regiment stationed at York, and
returned from Newcastle 21st Sept. that
year ; trans, and adm. 9th May 1649 ;
died 26th Aug. 1675, aged about 73. He
bequeathed £200 to the poor of the parish,
and appointed his body to be buried in the
choir of the church. He marr. (1) Margaret
Lindsay, who died 28th April 1637 : (2)
Nov. 1648, Grizell Fotheringham in the
parish of Longforgan, and had issue — John,
a licentiate ; David ; Alexander ; William ;
George; Thomas; Henry; Patrick;. Grissell
(marr. a relation of the tutor of Omachy) ;
Jean; Marion; Margaret; Elizabeth; Jean.
— [Jervise's Epitaphs, i., 106; St Andrews
Tests.; Perth Sas., vii., 268; Inq. Bet.
Perth, 882 ; Monteitlrs Mort., 126.]
JOHN DEMPSTEE, son of George D.,
glover, burgess of Brechin ; educated
at Univ. of St Andrews; M.A.
(1662); became schoolmaster of Brechin;
adm. (probably as assistant or chaplain
DUNDEE]
MONIFIETH
363
to the Bishop) to Brechin before 23rd
March 1665 ; pres. by George, Earl of
Panmure ; trans, and adm. 16th, and inst.
17th Jan. 1676 ; conformed to the Govern-
ment at the Kevolution, but was dep. for
irregularity; reponed by Commission of
Assembly June 1702 ; died Aug. 1708, aged
about -67. [The date on a monument in
the church is April 1710, but the Presb.
Reg. gives 1708.] He marr. Anna Maule,
■widow of Alexander Erskine, chamberlain
to the Earl of Panmure. She died 27th
June 1722, and had issue — George of
Dunnichen, merchant, Dundee, born 1678,
died 2nd June 1753 [father of George D.,
M.P. and agriculturist] ; John ; Charles ;
James ; Henry ; Mary ; Jean. — [Tombst. ;
Nisbet's Heraldry, i., 60; Jervise's
Memorials, ii., 216 ; Malcolm's Monifieth,
98-101.]
> JOHN BALLANTYNE, educated at
1710 Univ. of St Andrews; MA. (19th
July 1700); called by the Presb.
jure devoluto 16th Nov. 1709 ; ord. 23rd
Feb. 1710 ; was thrust from his charge by
the Jacobites, 6th Nov. 1715, because he
" would not read Marr's Declaration against
His Majesty King George and desist from
praying for him as King of Britain : also
the keys of the church were violently taken
from him by Panmure's orders, and the
church possest by Mr Thomas Auchenleck,
Episcopal preacher, till 4th Feb. 1716, at
which time the minister came home and
took possession of the church again, the
keys being at the church." He died 12th
June 1738, aged about 58. He marr. Mar-
garet Maxwell, who died 3rd July 1734.
WILLIAM DALL, licen. by Presb. of
17„g Arbroath 11th Oct. 1727 ; assistant
to preceding ; called 16th Nov. 1738;
ord. 25th April 1739; died 25th May
1762.
JAMES HENDERSON, licen. by Presb.
1763 of Arbroath 28th Sept. 1743 ; ord. to
Dunnichen 4th Sept. 1746 ; pres. by
William, Earl of Panmure, 6th Sept. 1762 ;
trans, and adm. 9th March 1763 ; died 26th
April 1787. He marr. 9th Jan. 1753, Helen
(died 29th March 1800), daugh. of William
Chalmers, provost of Aberdeen, and Helen
Mollison, and had issue — a son, born 19th
Sept. 1753 ; John, born 23rd May 1754.
WILLIAM JOHNSTONE, born 1752 ;
l787 pres. by George, Earl of Dalhousie,
in Aug., and ord. 27th Sept. 1787;
died unmarr. 25th Sept. 1829. Publica-
tions— A Familiar Contrast between Christ
and Solomon, a sermon (Dundee, 1807) ;
The Principal Causes of the Decline of
Piety (Dundee, 1814) ; A Glossary to the
Holy Scriptures, for the use of Families and
Schools (1824).
- JOHN BISSET, born April 1778 ; edu-
lgl6 cated at King's College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1796); licen. by Presb. of
Garioch 17th March 1802 ; ord. (assistant)
5th April 1808 ; pres. by the Hon. William
Maule of Panmure in June, and adm. 5th
Sept. 1816; died 5th March 1839. He
marr. 26th Oct. 1809, Isabella Dick, who
died 14th Aug. 1825, and had issue — Jean,
born 12th Nov. 1810 ; Margaret, born 26th
Aug. 1812; Thomas, born 4th Feb. 1816;
Isabella, born 25th Feb. 1818; William,
born 20th April 1819 ; Ann, born 29th
Oct. 1820 ; James Erskine, born 25th May
1823 ; David Sim, born 26th June 1825.
SAMUEL MILLER, born 2nd March
lgas 1810, son of James M., min. of
Monikie ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of Dundee 1st
Feb. 1832 ; pres. by the Hon. William
Maule of Panmure, in June, and ord.
(assistant and successor) 17th Sept. 1835.
Joined the Free Church in 1843 ; min. of
Monifieth Free Church, 1843-4 ; min. of St
Matthew's Free Church, Glasgow, 1844-81 ;
D.D. (Princeton, U.S.A., July 1848) ; died
5th July 1881. "Ian Maclaren " said of
him : "He was the best of friends. He
had the unsuspicious nature of a child, the
royal dignity of a king. His love for little
children, whom he delighted to hold in
his arms, was very great, and a more
gracious picture I never saw than when
that splendid-looking man folded to his
breast an infant he had just baptized."
He marr. 13th July 1840, Thomasina
(died s.p. 20th May 1879), daugh. of
364
MONIFIETH
[PKESB. OF
Walter Foggo Ireland, D.D., min. of North
Leith. Publications — A Sermon on Acts
x., 43, in which the Doctrine of Universal
Pardon is considered and refuted (Dundee,
1830) ; Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost
(1845) ; Discourse preached before the Free
Church General Assembly (Edinburgh,
1851); Sermon on the Death of John Gordon
Lorimer, D.D. (Glasgow, 1868); Account
of the Parish {New Stat. Ace, xi.) ; Sermon
X. {Free Church Pulpit, i.). — [Memorials,
by Thomas Smith, D.D. (1883); George
Ernest Philip's Free St Matthew's Church,
Glasgow, a Record of Fifty -five Tears
(portrait), 26-94 (Glasgow, 1898).]
ALEXANDER TODD, born Brechin
about 1815 ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (March
1835) ; Murray Lecturer in 1842 ; ord. to
Lochlee 28th April 1842 ; pres. by William,
Lord Panmure ; trans, and adm. 13th Dec.
1843 ; dep. by General Assembly 27th
May 1853. Publication— The Third Com-
mandment [Murray Lecture] (Aberdeen,
1842).— [Paul's Up Glenesh, 22; Inglis's
Memorials of the Disruption in Edzell and
Lochlee.]
PETER MYLES, born Liff, 21st July
, 5„ 1826, son of David M. and Helen
Isles ; educated at Liff School and
Univ. of St Andrews ; B.A. (1847) ; taught
in Madras College, and was tutor to the
family of Col. Peterkin Grant of Grange,
Forres ; licen. by Presb. of Forres 30th
April 1851 ; assistant at Montrose in 1852 ;
the parishioners of Liff petitioned to have
him as their min., but the patron appointed
another ; ord. to St David's, Dundee, 16th
Dec. 1852 ; trans, and adm. 29th Dec.
1853; died 24th Feb. 1855. His last
sermon was from the text, "We all do
fade as a leaf." He marr. 7th Feb. 1854,
Christina (died 30th Dec. 1923), daugh.
of Captain William Mather, R.N., and
Christina White, but had no issue.
JAMES GERARD YOUNG, born
185S Edinburgh, 1821, son of William Y.,
W.S., agent for the Church of Scot-
land ; served apprenticeship in his father's
office ; educated at Univs. of Edinburgh
and St Andrews ; ord. to Fintray 16th
Jan. 1851 ; trans, and adm. 24th Dec.
1855 ; clerk of Presb. 1860-71 ; Con -
vener of General Assembly's Committee
on Sunday Schools for twenty-six years ;
D.D. (St Andrews 1879); died unmarr.
4th Oct. 1899, bequeathing the bulk of
his estate to found the Gerard Cottage
Hospital, opened in Oct. 1902. He wrote
many poems and hymns, and collected
much valuable information regarding old
Monifieth, but by his will all his manu-
scripts, except his sermons, were destroyed.
Publications — A Sermon on the occasion of
the Death of His Royal Highness the Prince
Consort (Dundee, 1861) ; The Land of
Uprightness, a Sermon for the New Year
(Dundee, 1861); Four Short Lectures on
the Xlth Chapter of St Matthew's Gospel
(Dundee, 1877) ; Faith in Jesus Christ, the
Strength of the Law (Dundee, 1878); A
Winter's Sermon (Dundee, 1880) ; The First
Christmas Day (Dundee, 1885) ; The Times
and Seasons, or Memorable Ninety-Sevens
(Dundee, 1897); Sermon for the First
Sunday of a New Year (Dundee, 1899) ;
Memoir of Dr Robertson, min. of Mains
and Strathmartine [prefixed to Sermons and
Expositions by the late John Robertson,
D.D.] (London, 1865). — [Malcolm's The
Parish of Monifieth (portrait), 105-9.]
DAVID DUTHIE M'LAREN, born
lgoo Fordoun, 18th March 1860; edu-
cated at Univ. of St Andrews;
M.A. (1886), B.D. (1889); ord. to Down-
field Chapel in 1891; trans, to Oldham
Street Church, Liverpool, 5th Nov. 1893;
trans, and adm. 12th April 1900 ; res. 17th
May 1921, on appointment by Colonial
Committee to Belize, British Honduras,
which he res. because of ill-health, July
1922. Marr. (1) 3rd Jan. 1894, Mary Ann
(died 20th Oct. 1903), daugh. of John
Laverock and Margaret Rolland, and has
issue — Margaret Rolland, born 29th Oct.
1895; David Duthie, born 1st April 1898;
John Laverock, born 3rd Dec. 1899 ;
Gordon Bate, born 14th Jan. 1903 : (2)
19th March 1906 ; Annie Grace, daugh. of
James Brebner, D.D., min. of Forgue.
DUNDEE]
MONIFIETH— MONIKIE
365
GORDON QUIG, M.A., B.D.; trans.
1921 fr°m ®* Paul's, Glasgow (q.v.) and
adm. 28th Sept. 1921.
MONIKIE.
[The church of Monikie belonged to the
Abbey of Arbroath. It was dedicated to
St Andrew.]
MATTHEW GRIEVE, vicar pensioner
,561 in 1561 ; reader in 1567 ; pres. to
the vicarage 17th Jan. 1567-8. — [Coll.
of Thirds, 1561, 95.]
HENRY GRIEVE, reader from 1574
1574 to 1585.
JOHN DURHAM, son of Robert D.
-585 of Grange, was min. of Flisk in 1576 ;
trans, and adm. before 1585 ; pres.
by James VI. 1st June 1612 ; died Father
of the Church, 15th Aug. 1639, "an auld
agit man." He marr. and had issue —
Patrick, min. of New Abbey ; Jean (marr.
William Auchinleck, min. of this parish). —
[Brechin Tests. ; Fife Inhib., 11th March
1657.]
WILLIAM AUCHINLECK, M.A. ;
le„. adm. (probably as helper) before
31st Aug.' 1634 ; trans, to Barry in
1642.
1642
PATRICK MAKGILL, tenth son of
James M. of Rankeillour and Jean,
daugh. of Sir David Wemyss of that
Ilk ; educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (21st July 1621) ; pres. to Barry 20th
May 1632 ; pres. by Charles I. 2nd March
1642 ; died 19th Jan. 1680, aged about 79.
He marr. Jane or Lucras Irving, who died
in 1680, and had issue — Patrick, min. of
Tealing ; George, min. of Arbirlot ; John,
drowned in the " Witch Hole," St Andrews,
30th Jan. 1660; Mary, who drew the
stipend which was due in July 1681. —
[Lamont's Diary, 120.]
WILLIAM RAIT of Pitforthy, born
about 1653, eldest son of William
1680 R., min. of Third Charge, Dundee ;
educated at King's College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (7th July 1677); pres. by Lord
Panmure, in July, adm. and inst. 28th
Sept. 1680; took the oaths to William
and Mary at the Revolution, but ceased
exercising ministerial functions 22nd Jan.,
and dep. 30th April 1716, for joining the
Jacobites. He marr. Isobel, daugh. of
Patrick Yeaman of Dryburgh, Forfarshire,
and had issue — George ; James, Episco-
palian min. at Kirriemuir and Dundee,
consecrated Bishop of Brechin in 1742,
born 9th Feb. 1689, died 13th Jan. 1777 ;
Barbara (marr. Henry Edgar, Episcopal
min. in Arbroath) ; Margaret (marr. 19th
Oct. 1699, George Dempster of Dunnichen),
buried 9th May 1741.— [Brechin Tests.;
Forfar Sas., xii., 362 ; Lawson's Hist. Scot.
Epis. Ch., ii., 321 ; Teviotdale's Episcopacy
in Dundee, 9, 16; Philip's The Church in
Kirriemuir, 23.]
JAMES GOODSIR, educated at Univ. '
of St Andrews ; M.A. (19th July
1 1700); licen. by United Presb. of
Dundee and Forfar 6th March, and ord.
to Strathmartine 12th Dec. 1706; called
by the Presb. jure devoluto 26th Dec.
1716; trans, and adm. 12th Feb. 1717;
died between 12th Dec. 1733 and 2nd
Jan. 1734, aged about 54. He took an
active part in the prosecution of John
Glas, min. of Tealing. He marr. Florinda
Griffith, who survived him.
1738
GEORGE JOHNSTONE, son of Patrick
J., min. of Auchterhouse ; educated
at Univ. of St Andrews; M.A.
(6th May 1725) ; licen. by Presb. of Dundee
1st Dec. 1731 ; pres. by George II. 27th
April 1734; ord. 2nd Feb. 1738 (delay
having been caused by opposition in the
Church Courts) ; died 4th Oct. 1773, aged
about 68. He marr. 21st April 1740, Isobel
(died s.p. 7th June 1767), daugh. of Alex-
ander, Lord Colville of Culross : (2) 16th
Dec. 1768, Agnes, daugh. of William Arthur,
min. of Glenisla.
JAMES HUNTER, born about 1720,
Il?74 son of John H., farmer, Kennethlees,
and Margaret Hill ; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb.
of Forfar 21st Sept. 1743 ; ord. to Kirkden
16th Aug. 1753 ; pres. by George III. 19th
366
MONIKIE
[PRESB. OF
1783
1827
Oct. 1773 ; trans, and adm. 21st July 1774 ;
died 17th Aug. 1782. He marr. Janet
Reynolds, Cairnie, Arbroath, and had issue
— John, bom 20th Aug. 1761, died in
Jamaica ; James, merchant, Dundee, born
1st April 1763; Janet, born 13th May
1765 ; Robert, born 1st Oct. 1767.
WILLIAM MAULE, born Angus, 1755 ;
educated at King's College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (1772) ; licen. by Presb.
of Dundee 3rd July 1776; ord. to Stra-
cathro 26th Sept. 1782; pres. by George
DIL 24th Oct. 1782 ; trans, and adm. 3rd
July 1783 ; D.D. (St Andrews, 28th Dec.
1812) ; died 30th Jan. 1827. He marr. 3rd
May 1793, Margaret (died 2nd Oct. 1817),
eldest daugh. of James Bisset, min. of
Caputh, and had issue — Helen, born 26th
Dec. 1796. Publication — Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, iv.).
JAMES MILLER, born Newtyle, 1777,
son of David M. ; educated at Univ.
of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of
Meigle 4th Sept. 1799 ; ord. to Eassie and
Nevay 3rd April 1S03; pres. by George
IV., 27th Feb., trans, and adm. 26th Sept.
1827. Joined the Free Church in 1S43;
min. of Free Church, Monikie, 1843-60;
died 25th May 1860. He marr. 17th April
1806, Barbara (died 21st March 1871),
daugh. of Samuel Martin, D.D., min. of
Monimail, and had issue — David, born
26th April 1807 ; Elizabeth, born 25th
Oct. 1808 (marr. 28th Dec. 1835, Robert
Geikie of Rosemount) ; Samuel, min. of
Monifieth, born 2nd March 1810 ; James,
Professor of Surgery, TJniv. of Edinburgh,
author of A System of Surgery (1864),
well known for his interest in religious
and social questions, born 2nd April 1812,
died 17th June 1864; John, born 20th
Nov. 1813, died 31st March 1S14 ; William,
born 10th Oct. 1815; Barbara, born 19th
April 1817, died 24th Jan. 1829; Mary
Ann, born 6th Sept. 1819 ; Janet, born
24th Sept. 1820; Jane Martin, born 9th
March 1825 ; John, born 20th April 1827 ;
Wilhelmina, born 14th Dec. 1S29, died
14th Dec. 1839. Publications — A Sermon
preached before the Forfar and Strathmore
Auxiliary Bible Society (Dundee, 1816);
1843
A Catechism on the Gospel by Matthao
(Dundee, 1818); Account of the Parish
(j\'eu> Stat. Ace, xi.).
THOMAS M'KIE, pres. by Queen
Victoria 17th Aug., and ord. 8th
Nov. 1843 ; trans, to Erskine 15th
Jan. 1852. He had issue (cf Vol. HI., 194)
—Agnes Dunlop (marr. 23rd Sept. 1886, Dr
Graham Steel, Manchester); Robert Dunlop,
merchant ; John Macmillan, bank agent ;
Thomas George, East India merchant ;
Walter Dunlop, commission agent.
1852
JOHN REID, born Torryburn, 25th
Aug. 1S23, son of William R.,
Inspector of Poor, and Mary
Bruce; educated at Torryburn School and
Univ. of St Andrews; licen. by Presb.
of St Andrews; assistant at St Mary's,
Dundee ; pres. by Queen Victoria 28th
Jan., and ord. 5th May 1852 ; died at
Wormit 8th Sept. 1900. He marr. 16th
May 1855, Elizabeth Davidson (died 1st
May 1911), daugh. of James Reid, min.
of Kirkinner, and had issue — Mary Bruce,
born 2nd May, died 19th Dec. 1856;
William Elliot, commission agent, born
23rd Oct. 1857, died 14th May 1910; Mary
Jane, born 22nd June 1859, died 3rd Oct.
1882 ; Margaret Louise, born ]4th Jan. 1S61
(marr. Gordon Irving Donald, min. of Rath-
ven); James Burnett, student,born 30th Jan.
1863, died 13th Feb. 1881 ; Harry, rancher,
born 16th Sept. 1864, died 2Sth Aug. 1917 ;
Elizabeth Joanna, born 26th March 1867.
ANDREW ARMIT, born 4th Aug. 1865,
son of James A., Kettle, and Eliza-
1896 beth Rattray; educated at Madras
Academy, Cupar, and Univ. of St Andrews ;
licen. by Presb. of Cupar May 1887 ; assist-
ant at Broughty Ferry; ord. to Pictou,
Nova Scotia, 11th April 1893; trans,
(assistant and successor) 18th May 1896.
Marr. 25th Jan. 1893, Elizabeth, daugh.
of James and Georgina Wilson, and has
issue— Ethel Elizabeth, M.A., born 15th
Nov. 1893; James Wilson, M.A, B.Sc,
born 2nd Dec. 1S95 ; Annie Gordon, M.A.,
born 6th Sept. 1897 ; Cecil Brodie, medical
student, born 23rd April 1899; Gerald,
agricultural student, born 13th Feb. 1901.
DUNDEE]
MURROES
367
MURROES.
[The church of Murroes belonged to the
Abbey of Arbroath. Upon its south wall
is a stone panel inscribed : A.D. 1848,
Christo, Luci mundi, et humanas salutis
Auctori ha?c aedes consecrata est : J.I.C.]
NINIAN COOK, vicar and reader
1561 in 1561.
WILLIAM OLIVEK, reader in
1567 1567.
NINIAN COOK, reader in May
1570 1570.
ANDREW AUCHINLECK, min. of
15?. Barry, Monifieth, and of this parish
in 1574.
WILLIAM OLIVER, reader from 1574
1574 to 1589 ; died before 18th June 1599.
HENRY DUNCAN, brother of Alex-
15__ ander D., goldsmith, burgess of
Dundee ; min. at Ballumbie in 1585,
with this parish also in charge ; removed
here in 1590, Ballumbie being still in his
charge ; was one of the forty-two mins.
who signed a Protest to Parliament 1st
July 1606 against the introduction of
Episcopacy; died 5th April 1618, bequeath-
ing his books to William Rait, min. of
Mains, and what he might not take, to the
Presb. He marr. (1) Alison or Margaret
Futhie, who died June 1608 : (2) Janet
Sibbald (who survived him and marr. (2)
cont. 11th Dec. 1621, David Guthrie of
that Ilk), and had issue — Marjory (marr.
George Clephane of Carslogie). — [St An-
drews Tests. ; Douglas's Baron., 319 ; Prot.
Book of T. Wichtoun, 54 ; G. B. Inhib.,
Forfar, 26th Feb. 1636 ; And. of Excheq.,
1584-98, 107 ; Reg. of Deeds, ccccx., 362 ;
Beg. Mag. Sig., vs.., 1639.]
ROBERT ROLLOCK, eldest son and
heir of Walter R., merchant, burgess
of Dundee, and Janet Blyth ; edu-
cated at Univ. of St Andrews; M.A.
(29th July 1609); pres. by James VI.
June 1618 ; dep. by Commission of
Assembly in 1639, for non-residence for
three years together, neglect of his charge
and maintaining the universality of the
benefits of Christ's death. He had issue
—Andrew.— [Perth Sas., 31st May 1635;
Parliamentary Petitions, 21st June 1661 ;
P. C. Beg., 2nd ser., iii., 198.]
JAMES GARDINER, educated at Univ.
1641 of St -A-ndrews; M-A- (1627); pres.
by Charles I. 3rd March 1641 ; died
Nov. 1647, aged about 34.
MICHAEL GILBERT, son of Thomas
1648 *^- °^ Kaimes, advocate, Edinburgh,
licentiate for long at St Andrews ;
pres. by James VI. to North Berwick and
after much dispute inst. 6th Feb. 1622 ;
trans, to Garvock in 1628 ; trans, and
adm. about 1648 ; died before 3rd Jan.
1652. He marr. Eupham Wood, who
survived him. — [St Andrews Tests.]
ROBERT EDWARD, born about 1616,
1648 son °^ Alexander E., Dundee;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
MA. (1632); adm. to Kirkmichael (Ayr),
1637 ; pres. by Patrick, Earl of Panmure,
trans, and adm. before Aug. 1648 ;
deprived at the Revolution ; died in
Edinburgh 23rd March 1696. He marr.
(1) Jean Johnston, and had issue — Alex-
ander, min. of Kemback ; Charles, min.
of this parish ; John, tutor to the son of
Sir James Fleming ; Robert, Episcopal
min. ; Magdalen, born and died 1656, aged
4 months ; Martha, born and died 1660,
aged 4 months : (2) Elizabeth Adamson,
who survived him, and had issue — Jean,
buried 26th Feb. 1694 ; Robert, buried 16th
July 1695, and children buried in Grey-
friars, Edinburgh, 10th March 1691, 12th
April and 11th June 1694, 10th May 1696.
Publications — A Description of the County
of Angus to accompany the map of Angus
(1678). [Edward's Description of Angus
is in Latin, and was printed in the form
of a broadside on one large sheet of paper.
The map was engraved by Gerard Vale
and Peter Schenk of Amsterdam at the
expense of the Earl of Panmure, whose
arms are upon the map, and to whom
the work was dedicated. A translation
[43 pp.] (Dundee, 1793, 1832; Edinburgh,
368
MURROES
[PEESB. OF
1880, 1883) was made by James Trail,
min. of St Cyrus, from a copy found at
Panmure House in 1780. The Latin
version is extremely rare. The Descrip-
tion has been reprinted in Warden's Angus
or Forfarshire, the Land and People, vol.
ii., 234-52 (Dundee, 1881)]; The Doxology
Approven (Edinburgh, 16S3). — [Greyfriars
Bur. Reg. ; Inq. de Tut., 797 ; P. G. Reg.,
3rd series, viii., 99.]
CHARLES EDWARD, son of pre-
1684 ceding ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews; M.A. (24th July 1679);
licen. by Presb. of Dundee ; recommended
for ordination 27th Aug. 1684 as colleague
to his father; is last mentioned on 27th
Aug. 1692.
[The parish was vacant for over six
years.]
JAMES MARR [or MAIR], born about
1674; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews; M.A. (20th July 1695);
licen. by United Presb. of Angus and
Mearns 4th Aug. 1697 ; called by them
jure devoluto ; ord. 30th March 1698 ;
died between 6th Aug. and 3rd Sept.
1740. He marr. Ann Alison, and had
issue— George, his successor in the parish ;
Margaret (marr. James Alison, governor
of Guinea). — [Forfar Sas., 11th Sept.
1732.]
GEORGE MARR [or MAIR], born about
1?41 1709, son of preceding, served heir to
his father 2nd June 1744; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (7th May 1729);
licen. by Presb. of Dundee 7th July 1736 ;
pres. by George II. 30th Dec. 1740; ord.
4th June 1741 ; died 16th Aug. 1760. He
marr. 5th Nov. 1745, Janet Rodger, who
died 12th Feb. 1767, and had issue —
Margaret, born 18th May 1747; Anne,
born 18th Sept. 1748; Janet, born 2nd
Nov. 1749; Elizabeth, born 2nd Feb.
1751 ; James, born 31st May 1752, served
heir to his father 20th Dec. 1770 ; Christian,
born 17th July 1754 ; Mary, born 3rd Aug.
1755 ; Hugh, born 4th Oct. 1756.
ALEXANDER IMLACH, born 1727;
1761 educated at Marischal College,
Aberdeen ; became teacher at
Kirriemuir ; licen. by Presb. of Forfar
18th Oct. 1758 ; pres. by George II. 13th
Aug. 1760 ; ord. 14th May 1761 ; died 5th
Nov. 1808. He marr. 23rd July 1752,
Susan Ogilvy, who died 9th Sept. 1791,
aged 63, and had issue — George, W.S.,
born 23rd Aug. 1753, died 1812; Janet,
born 17th Feb. 1757, died 10th Dec. 1764 ;
Henry, colonel H.E.I.C.S., born 20th May
1760 ; Anne, born 7th June 1762, died 3rd
May 1780; Margaret, born 26th Oct. 1763
(marr., pro. 22nd June 1789, George Ogilvie
of Baikie) ; Jean, born 15th June 1765
(marr., pro. 4th Dec. 1788, James Spence,
writer, Edinburgh) ; Susan, born 6th Feb.
1767. Publication — Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xiii.).
DAVID CANNAN, trans, from Kirrie-
1809 muir; pres. by George III. 29th
Nov. 1808; adm. 3rd Aug. 1809;
trans, to Mains and Strathmartine 16th
Nov. 1820.
JOHN IRVING CURRIE, born Dum-
lgol friesshire ; licen. by Presb. of Edin-
burgh 28th Aug. 1816; pres. by
George IV. 23rd Nov. 1820; ord. 19th
April 1821 ; assumed name of Irving in
1846 ; died 20th July 1863. Publication-
Account of the Parish {New Stat. Ace, xi.).
JOHN BOYD, pres. by Queen Victoria
1oa. 28th Nov. 1863; ord. 17th March
lofcrc T_. . . -
1864 ; trans, to Kirriemuir 10th
Jan. 1873.
JAMES NICOLL, born Dundee, 27th
187_ Sept. 1845, son of Thomas N. and
Agnes Hill ; educated at Dundee
High School and Univ. of St Andrews ;
licen. by Presb. of Dundee Nov. 1S70 ;
assistant at East Parish, Aberdeen ; ord.
to Rosebank, Dundee, 14th Jan. 1873 ;
pres. by Queen Victoria 24th March,
trans, and adm. 5th June 1873 ; res. 15th
May 1919. Marr. 6th June 1877, Cecilia
Beatrice, second daugh. of Richard Baird,
C.E., and has issue — Thomas, born 17th
May 1878 ; James, architect, born 1st Aug.
Dundee] BALLUMBIE— ST MARGARET'S. BARNHILL
369
1879 ; Catherine Burman, born 1st March
1881; Agnes Hill, M.B., CM., born 21st
Aug. 1882; Peter Hill, min. of Abbey
Parish, Arbroath, and St Andrew's, British
Guiana, born 19th Feb. 1884; Cecilia
Baird, born 26th June 1885 ; Jean Cuth-
bert, M.A., born 19th Aug. 1888.
WILLIAM AUGUSTUS FORBES,
born Tain, 15th July 1882, youngest
son of the Rev. Alexander F., B.A.,
classical master, Morgan Academy, Dundee,
and Margaret Surenne ; educated at Morgan
Academy and Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A.
(1902), B.D. (1906) ; assistant at Scots
Church, Buenos Aires, and Lady Yester's,
Edinburgh ; chaplain to Forces in European
War ; ord. to North Ronaldshay 7th Sept.
1910 ; trans, and adm. 24th Sept. 1919.
BALLUMBIE.
HENRY DUNCAN, min. in 1585 with
Murroes also in charge ; removed to
Murroes about 1590.
JAMES FOTHERINGHAM, min. in
1604 1604— [P. C. Beg., vii., 576.]
ST MARGARET'S, BARNHILL
(Q.S.).
[A chapel-of-ease was constituted here
in June 1884. A church, dedicated to St
Margaret of Scotland, was opened on that
Saint's day 16th Nov. 1895. Its lectern is
a replica of that which was gifted to Holy-
rood Abbey by Abbot George Crichton,
when made Bishop of Dunkeld by James
IV. The parish of St Margaret was dis-
joined from Monifieth 8th March 1907.]
THOMAS NEWBIGGING ADAMSON,
born 1st April 1855, son of John A.,
min. of Newton'; educated at Boyal
High School and Univs. of Edinburgh and
Leipzig ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 15th
May 1879 ; assistant at East Parish, Aber-
deen ; ord. 30th Oct. 1884, died 18th Nov.
1911. His alleged ritualistic practices were
the subject of proceedings in the Church
VOL. V.
Courts at different times. He marr. 9th
Oct. 1894, Christina, daugh. of Angus
Fraser, Woodbank, Cults, and Isabella
Carter.
JAMES FLEMING GORDON ORR,
M.A., B.D. ; adm. by the General
Assembly from the Presbyterian
Church of New Zealand May 1910;
assistant at St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh ;
adm. here 27th March 1912; res. on
appointment by Colonial Committee to
Nairobi, East Central Africa (q.v.), 3rd
Feb. 1921.
1921
GEORGE BREMNER, born Forres,
19th March 1875, son of George B. ;
educated at Univ. of Aberdeen ;
MA. (1895), B.D. (1902) ; became English
Master in Mackie Academy, Stonehaven;
licen. by the Presb. of Edinburgh in 1902 ;
assistant at St Bernard's, Edinburgh ; ord.
to Inverarity 18th Jan. 1906; trans, and
adm. 13th July 1921. He marr. 2nd Oct.
1907, Jeannie, daugh. of D. M. Mackay,
Aberdeen.
TEALING.
[The church-of Tealing, dedicated to St
Peter the Apostle, belonged to the Priory
of St Andrews. Tealing was a prebend of
Dunkeld. The min. was Archdeacon of
Dunkeld. St Peter's Well is in the parish.
In the north wall of the church are a
number of inscribed stones.]
ANDREW GIBB, reader from 1567 to
1567 1590.
DAVID ROBERTSON, min. in 1567,
probably holding Rossie in con-
junction.
JOHN RAMSAY [called D.D. on tomb-
stone], born 1569 ; educated at Univ.
1590 of St Andrews ; M.A. (1587) ; min.
in 1590, with Inverarity also in the charge ;
was a member of Assembly March 1596.
May 1597, and March 1597-8 ; had charter
of the half lands of Auchreny in Panbride
in 1602 ; was app. by the Assembly in 1606
constant Moderator of the Presb. ; named
2 A
370
TEALING
[PRESB. OF
member of the Court of High Commission
21st Dec. 1615 ; died 10th May 1618. He
marr. Elizabeth Kinloch, widow of James
Auehinleck of Woodhill, and had issue-
Catherine (marr. William Ochterlony of
Seton); Helen (marr., (1) cont. 2nd July
1619, Alexander, son of James Durham of
Pitkerro : (2) 1632, John Kinloch of Little
Gourdie). — {Reg. of Deeds, ccclxxxvii. 25,
cccclix. 116, 118; Acts and Dec,, cccliii.,
9 ; Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., x., 292 ; Acts of
Pari., iv., 112 ; Tombst. ; Warden's Angus,
v., 212, 231.]
v ALEXANDER BRUCE, brother of Dr
Peter B. ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews; M.A. (1599); adm. to
Kinfauns 6th Sept. 1611 ; trans, and adm.
before 10th Sept. 1623; probably dep.
by the Committee of Assembly appointed
for Visitation, Sept. 1649. He marr. Isabel
Kinman or Kinninmonth, and had issue —
George ; Catherine (marr., cont. 21st Aug.
1663, William Drummond in Baldragon) ;
Barbara ; Margaret. — [Perth Sas., ii. 3, vii.
128, 310 ; Peg. of Deeds, Mack., 14th Dec.
1664.]
JOHN CAMPBELL, third son of Colin
C, min. of Third Charge, Dundee;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (1644); adm. after 12th May 1650;
deprived by Act of Parliament 11th June,
and Decreet of Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662,
but continued 30th Oct. 1663. He marr.
Margaret, daugh. of William Rait, min. of
Third Charge, Dundee (she survived him
and marr. (2) Bailie Kellock, Dundee),
and had issue — a daugh. (marr. George
Fotheringham of Ballindean); a daugh.
(marr. Patrick, son of George Haliburton,
Bishop of Aberdeen). — [P. C. Peg., 3rd ser.,
i., 351.]
1665
PATRICK MAKGILL, eldest son of
Patrick M., min. of Monikie ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (9th July 1655); licen. by Presb.
there after 30th March 1659 ; ord. before
21st, and adm. 25th June 1665 ; died
between 2nd Jan. and 5th March 1684.
He marr., and had issue — George, writer,
Edinburgh, served heir 16th Jan. 1700. —
[P. G. Peg., 3rd ser., iv., 78.]
1684
JOHN LYON, third son of John L. of
Wester Ogil and Catherine Ogilvy ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews;
M.A. (28th July 1656); licen. by Presb. of
Forfar in 1659; ord. to Airlie 17th Oct.
1663 ; trans, to Glamis 21st Dec. 1681 ;
trans, and adm. before 27th July 1684;
Archdeacon of Dunkeld in 1687 ; dem.
3rd Sept. 1701 ; died at Kirriemuir June
1702. He marr., and had issue — John ;
Patrick ; George ; Charles ; Andrew ;
Margaret ; Agnes. — [The Lyons of Cossins,
53; Hunter's Dioc. of Dunkeld, 488; St
Andreivs Tests.]
HUGH MAXWELL, M.A.; called 18th,
„.„ app. by the Presb. jure devoluto 24th
Feb., and ord. 29th July 1703; trans,
to Forfar 21st March 1717.
JOHN GLAS, born Auchtermuchty,
1719 21st Sept. (bapt. 5th Oct.) 1695,
only son of Alexander G., min. of
Auchtermuchty, afterwards of Kinclaven
(descended from the family of Glas of
Sauchie) ; educated at Parish School of
Kinclaven and Univs. of St Andrews,
M.A. (6th May 1713), and Edinburgh;
licen. by Presb. of Dunkeld 20th May 1718 ;
called 19th Feb., and app. by the Presb.
jure devoluto 4th March, and ord. 6th
May 1719. He became very popular as a
preacher. On 13th July 1725 he formed a
society of nearly a hundred persons within
the parish for a monthly celebration of the
Communion. He further adopted views
in regard to the National Covenants, the
relation of the Church to the State, and
the right of the latter to interfere in
matters of religion, which brought him
into conflict with the Church Courts.
Having renounced certain passages of
the Confession of Faith and withdrawn
his signature from the Formula, he
was suspended by the Synod of Angus
and Mearns, 18th April 1728, which
sentence was confirmed by the General
Assembly in May of that year. Heedless
of this sentence and continuing to exercise
ministerial functions, he was dep. by
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the Synod 15th Oct. thereafter, the Com-
mission of Assembly affirming the same,
12th March 1730, notwithstanding strong
appeals in his favour, notably by Duncan
Forbes of Culloden, then Lord Advocate.
G. now removed to Dundee, where he set
up a church according to his views, whose
members became known as Glassites. In
1733 he went to Perth, where he formed a
church in face of much opposition, steps
being taken to eject him from the city.
At Perth he was joined by Eobert Sande-
man (1718-71), a youth of twenty, who
became his son-in-law, and from whom the
sect is known in England and in America
(to which it spread, largely through Sande-
man's labours there). In 1738 George Byres,
min. of St Boswells, dem. his charge and
ministered to a small body of Glassites
at Kippilaw, parish of Bow den. On 22nd
May 1739, the General Assembly on its
own initiative reponed G. to the office of
the Christian ministry, but declined to
recognise him as a min. of the Church
until he should renounce the principles
embraced by him and inconsistent with
the constitution of the Church. He
latterly returned to Dundee, where he
died 2nd Nov. 1773. He marr. 1721,
Katherine (died Dec. 1749), eldest daugh.
of Thomas Black, min. of Perth, and had
issue — Captain George (sometimes called
John), born 1725, bred a sailor, made
several voyages to the West Coast of
Africa and the Canary Islands, and after
an adventurous life was murdered by
mutineers off the south coast of Ireland
in 1765, his wife and daugh. being
thrown overboard and drowned. The
murderers were discovered and executed.
Captain Glas was translator of Galindo's
History of the Discovery and Conquest of
the Canary Islands (London, 1764) [also
in Pinkerton's Collection of Voyages and
Travels, vol. xvi., 808]. He wrote A
Description of Teneriffe ; Thomas, book-
seller, Dundee, and pastor of the Glassite
Congregation there, died of fever in the
prime of life ; Alexander, author of The
River Tay : a Fragment, and other poems,
and Glassite hymns, died young; Katherine
(marr. Eobert Sandeman, founder of the
Sandemanians, and author of Letters in
Criticism of Hervey's " Theronand Aspasio,"
2 vols., 1757), died 1746 ; and eleven others,
all of whom predeceased their parents.
Publications — The Testimony of the King
of Martyrs concerning his Kingdom (Edin-
burgh, 1727, 1728, 1729, 1739, 1747) [Preface
by Eobert Ferrier, min. of Largo, who
joined the Glassite sect in 1768], 1776,
1777, 1813 ; A Narrative of the Rise and
Progress of the Controversy about the
National Covenants (Edinburgh, 1728;
Dundee, 1828) ; An Explication of that
Proposition contained in Mr Glas's Answers
to the Synod's Queries (Edinburgh, 1728) ;
see also The Humble Thoughts of some
Sober and Judicious Christians concerning
the Affair of the Rev. J. G. (n.p., 1728);
A Further Continuation of Mr Glas's
Narrative (n.p., n.d.) ; A Continuation of
Mr Glas's Narrative [3 parts] (Edinburgh,
1729) ; The Speech of Mr J. Glas before
the Commission of the General Assembly,
11th March 1730 (Edinburgh, 1730); Re-
marks upon the Memorial of the Synod of
Angus against Mr Glas, and the Sentence
of the Commission deposing him from
the Ministry (Edinburgh, 1730); Memorial
concerning the Affair of Mr J. G.
vindicating the Synod's Procedtire against
him [by Henry Maxwell] (1730); Some
Observes upon the Original Constitution of
the Christian Church [Edinburgh, 1732) ;
Sermon preached in the Congregational
Church of Dundee (Edinburgh, 1740); A
Plea for Pure and TJndefiled Religion
(Edinburgh, 1741) ; Sermon preached in . . .
Dundee, with a Note on the History of
Mordecai and Haman (Edinburgh, 1741) ;
Catholick Charity (Edinburgh, 1742); The
Unlawfulness of Blood-eating (Edinburgh,
1743) ; A View of the new Communion Office,
together with some thoughts occasioned by
reading Mr Johnson's Unbloody Sacrifice
and Altar Unveil'd (Edinburgh, 1743) ; A
Treatise on the Lord's Supper (Edinburgh,
1743) ; A Dissertation on Infant Baptism
(Edinburgh, 1746) ; Notes on Scripture Texts
[seven numbers] (Edinburgh, 1748-60);
The Works of ... J. G., 4 vols. (Edinburgh,
1761-2; 2nd ed., 5 vols., Perth, 1782-3);
Christian Songs (Dundee, 1775). — [Warden's
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[PEESB. OF
Angus, v., 224 ; Calendar of Home Office
Papers, 1760-5 ; Gentleman's Mag., xxxv.,
545 [has a full account of Captain Glas's
murder] ; Julian's Diet, of Hymnology,
1030 ; Marshall's Historic Scences in Forfar-
shire, 124 ; Wilson's Dissenting Churches
in London, iii., 261 et seq. ; Grub's Ecclesi-
astical Hist, of Scotland, iv., 55 ; Hunt's
Religious Thought in England, iii., 222
et seq. ; Evan's Sketch of the Different
Denominations (1794) ; Cat. Edin. Univ.
Lib., ii., 79 ; Cunningham's Church Hist.,
ii., 309 ; Diet. Nat. Biog.}
JOHN STEWAET, born 15th March
1704, son of William S., min. of
Second Charge, Perth ; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (26th April
1722); licen. by Presb. of Meigle 3rd May
1727; ord. to Dunkeld 27th Dec. 1727;
called 13th Aug. and 14th Oct. 1730;
trans, and adm. 16th Sept. 1731 ; died 12th
Sept. 1763. He marr. 15th Nov. 1744,
Katherine (died at Dundee, 20th July 1784),
second daugh. of Sir Michael Balfour of
Denmyln, Bart., and had issue — William,
born 22nd Feb. 1746. Publication — A
Sermon.
JOHN GELLATLY, born Forgan, 27th
Feb. 1742, son of John G., min. of
Third Charge, Dundee ; educated
at Grammar School, Dundee, and Univ.
of St Andrews; M.A. (1759); licen. by
Presb. of Dundee 4th Jan. 1764 ; pres. by
George III. 23rd Feb., and ord. 2nd Aug.
1764 ; died 16th Dec. 1796. He marr. 26th
Sept. 1780, Mary (died 17th March 1810),
daugh. of David Graham of Meiklewood,
and had issue — John, born 26th Sept.
1782, died 3rd Sept. 1783 ; Isabella, born
5th April 1786 (marr. Archibald M'Lachlan,
min. of First Charge, Dundee). Publica-
tions—.Sermons (Aberdeen, 1800) ; Account
of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, iv.,
xxi.). — [Life (Sermo?is).']
WALTER TAIT, trans, from Lundie;
-„„- pres. by George III. 1st Feb., and
adm. 5th Oct. 1797; trans, to
Trinity, Edinburgh, 25th Nov. 1813. He
had issue (cf. Vol. I., 129)— Eobert Dundas,
born 22nd March 1809, died 26th June
1813.
CHARLES ADIE, pres. by George,
Prince Regent, 1st Dec. 1813; ord.
17th March 1814; trans, to Second
Charge, Dundee, 12th Oct. 1826.
1814
GEORGE TOD, pres. by George IV.
23rd Oct. 1826; adm. 29th March
1827 1827 ; trans, to St David's, Dundee,
6th Aug. 1829.
^PETER BALFOUR, trans, from Evie
and Rendall ; pres. by George IV.
1830 15th Jan., and adm. 22nd April
1830; trans, to Clackmannan 13th May
1835.
DAVID BARCLAY MELLIS, born
16th Nov. 1800, youngest son of
35 James M. of Newhall and Janet
Barclay, niece of Sir William Nairn, Lord
Dunsinnan ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Perth 31st
Dec. 1823; ord. by Presb. of Edinburgh
as min. of a Presbyterian Congregation
at Douglas, Isle of Man, 25th Aug. 1830 ;
assistant at Markinch in 1835 ; pres. by
William IV. in Sept., and adm. 5th Nov.
1835. Joined the Free Church in 1843;
min. of Free Church, Tealing, 1843-61;
died in Edinburgh, 27th May 1861. He
marr. 9th Aug. 1842, Mary (died 27th Nov.
1892), daugh. of John Campbell, D.D., min.
of Tolbooth, Edinburgh, and had issue —
James, M.A., min. of Free Church, Carnbee,
and afterwards at Southport, born 12th
June 1843 ; John Campbell, advocate,
sheriff-substitute, Kirkwall, born 19th Jan.
1845, died 18th Nov. 1887 ; Jane Kinnear,
born 12th May 1846, died 25th July 1901 ;
Jessie Barclay, born 28th Jan. 1848 (marr.
11th Aug. 1881, Robert Fraser, min. in
New Hebrides), died 11th April 1886;
Mary Campbell, born 2nd Aug. 1849
(marr. 16th May 1883, George Smith,
min. at Swatow, China). Publications —
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The Christian Home : or Notes on the
Hundred and First Psalm.
1843
WILLIAM ELDER, bom Dundee,
1804 j educated at Univ. of St
Andrews and Original Secession
Divinity Hall ; licen. by Original Seces-
sion Presb. of Perth and Dunfermline 12th
Aug. 1834 ; declined a call to Cumber-
nauld ; ord. min. of the Original Secession
Church, Cupar-Fife, 25th Aug. 1836. Joined
the Church of Scotland, and became min.
of St Mary's, Cupar, 1839 ; although he
"subscribed the Solemn Engagement and
both series of Resolutions of Convocation,"
he did not join the Free Church, but
was trans, and adm. to this charge 28th
Sept. 1843 ; died unmarr. 26th Aug. 1890.
1889
SAMUEL MACAULAY, born Castle-
blayney, Ireland, son of Matthew M.,
min. of Irish Presbyterian Church,
and Mary Margaret M'Clelland ; educated
at Newry Collegiate School and Queen's
Univ. of Belfast; B.A. (1883), LL.B. (1884),
LL.D. (1886) ; licen. by Presb. of Ballibay
in 1886 ; adm. to Church of Scotland by
General Assembly May 1887 ; assistant at
Brechin and St Bernard's, Edinburgh;
ord. 30th Dec. 1889; app. clerk of Presb.
3rd Sept. 1919. Marr. 5th Aug. 1897,
Helen Scott, daugh. of John Shiell, S.S.C.,
Dundee, and Susan Lyall Guthrie, and
has issue — Mary Margaret, born 23rd Nov.
1898; Sheila Lyall Guthrie (marr. 23rd
July 1924, Graham Nicoll Warner, min.
of Bervie) ; Helen Scott.
PRESBYTERY OF BRECHIN
[The Kegister of the Presbytery of Brechin begins at 9th May 1639. There is no
Kecord between April 1644 and 1st May 1645, the following note being inserted under the
latter date : " The cause for the year's want, viz., from April 1644 to May 1645, is be
reason of the truebles, Brechin being plundered by the commoune ennimie, this
Presbyterie book was taken away by the rebells togedder with the scroll containing the
proceedings of the presbyterie from April 1644 till the first day of May 1645." The
scrolls perished but the book was recovered. The three earliest volumes were given back
to the Presbytery in Feb. 1788 by Sir John Wedderburn of Ballindean, Bart. There are
gaps in the Becord from 11th April 1661 to 5th Aug. 1662, and from 5th June 1688
to 1st Dec. 1698. From 1688 to 1698 the Presbyteries of Dundee and Brechin were
united.]
BRECHIN AND KEL1MORE.
[These parishes were united in the six-
teenth century.
Brechin. — In early times Brechin was
the seat of a great Celtic Abbey. Some-
where about 1150 David I. appropriated
its endowments, and founded with them
the See of Brechin. The old dedication
to the Holy Trinity was retained for both
the parish church and the cathedral.
Soon after the Beformation the cathedral
was made the church of the parish. In
1631 a Second Charge was founded for
the parish. In its two western towers,
both fine, though utterly unlike, the church
possesses a feature all its own. The Bound
Tower, 103 feet high, is a fabric of the
greatest interest. In its origin it was a
watch tower and place of strength belonging
to the Celtic monastery. Its age is very
uncertain, but it was not likely less than
200 years old when the cathedral was built
beside it. It was, in its early times, a
structure standing by itself, not an adjunct
of a larger edifice. The altars in the
cathedral of Brechin included dedications
to the Holy Trinity, the Holy Kood, St
Ninian, St Christopher, St Katherine, St
374
Thomas the Martyr, St Magdalene, St
Duthac, St George, St Laurence, St
Sebastian, and St Nicholas. After the
Beformation the church fell into ruin,
and in 1807 the aisles were taken down
and rebuilt in the taste of the day. In
1900 a complete restoration was begun,
and the church was opened for public
worship 23rd April 1902. In 1267 there
was built in Brechin the hospital or
Maison Dieu of St Mary. There is not
a little architectural interest about the
part of it which still stands in ruin.
There were in the parish chapels of St
Michael and St Magdalene, and another
chapel at Arrat. A fair was held at
Brechin on Trinity Sunday.
Kelimore. — The church of Kelimore, or
Kilmoir, was dedicated to St Mary. This
parish was a prebend of Brechin.]
First Charge.
JOHN HEPBUBN, one of those
1562 "tnoont apt and able to minister"
by the first General Assembly 20th
Dec. 1560 ; was treasurer of Brechin in
1561, and was app. to go to preach in
Moray 29th Dec. 1562. A more extended
commission was given him on 29th June
peesb. of brechin] BRECHIN AND KELIMORE
375
1563. This he was unable to fulfil on
account of sickness, and it was renewed
31st Dec. 1567, Panbride being then also
in the charge. In 1574 Panbride was
excluded, and Farnell, Auldbar, Kelimore,
Buttergill, and Cuikistoun included. In
1587 Farnell and Auldbar were excluded.
He was a member of Assembly, and was
still min. in 1601. — [Gomp. of the Collectorie
of Thirds, crop 1561, /. 95 ; Calderwood's
Hist. ii. 46, 224, 245, iii. 465, iv. 396, 549 ;
Reg. Epis. Brechin.']
1600
JOHN MEESCHELL, M.A. (Edin-
burgh, 29th July 1598) ; adm. before
7th Nov. 1600; had a gift of the
sub-deanery from James VI. 13th Jan.
1602 ; still min. in 1607. He died before
16th July 1635, when his widow, Marjory
Smith, received charity from Calder. She
was again recommended for charity by the
General Assembly Aug. 1647, was in old
age " at the poynt of starving " 2nd May
1657, and alive 3rd Nov. 1659. —\_Mid-
Calder Sess. Rec. ; Newtyle, Menmuir, and
Kennoway Sess. Recs.]
1608
ALEXANDEE BISSET, M.A. (King's
College, Aberdeen, 1605) ; pres. to
the parsonage and vicarage of
Kelimore in the Cathedral Kirk of Brechin
by John Livingston of Dunipace, 26th Aug.
1611, and by Andrew, Bishop of Brechin,
10th Feb. 1612 ; was at Dundee, 17th Aug.
1630, agreeing with a skipper to take the
great bell to Holland, "and found her of
new because she was riven"; refused to
read the Service Book in 1637 ; had a gift
of the feu-duties of Brechin from Charles
I. 12th Oct. 1641, and gifted a silver
Communion cup in 1643. He died 29th
Jan. 1644, aged about 59. He left 300
merks in addition to 400 formerly pro-
vided to the poor of the parish. He marr.
(1) Jean Ogilvy, who died before 14th
July 1614 : (2) Margaret Fullerton, who
survived him, and had issue — Eobert ;
Margaret. — [Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Brechin
Tests. ; Inq. Ret. Gen., 3033 ; Jervise's
Memorials ; Reg. Mag. Sig., vii., 1078 ;
G. R. Inhib.]
WILLIAM EAIT, M.A.; trans, from
1644 Aberluthnot \ adm. 3rd Dec. 1644 ;
there was no service 23rd and 30th
March, 27th July and 16th Nov. 1645, by
reason of the enemies being in the town,
on 28th June 1647 the sermon being at the
Castle for fear of the enemy, and also from
the end of Aug. to end of Oct. 1651, the
mins. being absent owing to the English
forces lying in garrison round about the
town. He gifted a silver Communion cup
in 1643 ; was a member of Commissions of
Assembly 1646, 1647, 1649; was called to
Aberdeen in 1652, but declined to accept ;
nominated by the Council of England one
of those for authorising admissions to the
ministry in Perth, Fife, and Angus ; trans,
to the Principalship of King's College,
Aberdeen, 1661, and afterwards min. of
Dundee.
DAVID STEACHAN, trans, from Fetter-
1662 cai™ > consecrated bishop here 7th
May 1662 (q.v.).
JOHN DEMPSTEE, M.A. ; adm.
1665 (Pr°kably as assistant or chaplain
to the bishop) before 23rd March
1665; trans, to Monifieth 16th Jan. 1676.
EOBEET LAUEIE, M.A. ; Dean of
lfi„„ Edinburgh ; consecrated bishop here
14th July 1672 (q.v.) ; died 1678.
HENEY LINDSAY, M.A. ; app. assist-
- „ ant or chaplain by the bishop before
16th Feb. 1676
before 15th Jan. 1682.
trans, to Farnell
1678
GEOEGE HALIBUBTON, D.D.; trans,
from Coupar - Angus ; consecrated
bishop here 13th June 1678 ; trans, to
bishopric of Aberdeen 15th July 1682 (q.v.).
EOBEET DOUGLAS, M.A. ; trans.
1682 fr°m deanery of Glasgow ; conse-
crated bishop here 25th July 1682 ;
trans, to bishopric of Dunblane 10th Aug.
1684 (q.v.).
ALEXANDEE CAIENCEOSS, trans.
from Dumfries ; consecrated bishop
here 10th Aug. 1684; trans, to
archbishopric of Glasgow 18th Dec.
1684 (q.v.).
1684
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BRECHIN AND KELIMORE
[PEESB. OF
JAMES DRUMMOND, trans, from
1684 ^uthiH '' consecrated bishop here
25th Dec. 1684 (q.v.); deprived at
Revolution.
LAURENCE SKINNER, eldest son of
Laurence S., min. of Navar; educated
at Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A. (11th
May 1637) ; app. master of the Grammar
School of Brechin in May 1642; ord. to
Navar 18th May 1648; trans, to Second
Charge 24th May 1650 ; gave a great Bible
to the church in 1655 ; preached a Thanks-
giving sermon 16th May 1689, "for being
delivered from Popery " ; trans, and adm.
in 1689; died Aug. 1691, aged about 74.
He marr. Margaret, daugh. of James
Guthrie of Pitforthie, and had issue —
John, min. of Second Charge ; Janet, died
before 4th Sept. 1711 ; Margaret (marr.
James Guthrie, min. of Cambusnethan) ;
Katherine ; Anna. One of these daughters
marr. John Kinnear of Bodders, burgess of
Brechin. — [Black's Brechin, 104.]
JOHN WILLISON, called by a com-
17 „ mittee of Synod jure devoluto 8th
Sept., and ord. 3rd Dec. 1703; trans,
to Second Charge, Dundee, 6th Sept. 1716.
So bitter was the feeling against him that
he found it impossible to get a cart to
remove his furniture to his new charge. —
[Black's Brechin, 119.]
ROBERT GRAY, born about 1685, son
171_ of Gilbert G., Elgin ; licen. by Presb.
of Aberdeen 24th April 1710; ord.
to Cabrach 30th Jan. 1711 ; trans, to Edzell
26th Aug. 1714; called 10th April, trans.
and adm. 8th May 1717; died 12th July
1738. He marr. Anne Swinton, and had
issue — Alexander, surgeon in the island
of Sumatra ; and others. — [Brechin Tests.']
v DAVID BLAlTt, born 1701 ; M.A. (St
Andrews, 2nd March 1719); licen.
by Presb. of Dundee 6th March 1728;
became chaplain to Colonel Patrick Ogilvie;
ord. to Lochlee 10th Sept. 1729 ; trans, to
Second Charge 6th June 1733 ; pres. by
George II. 29th Aug., trans, and adm. 11th
Oct. 1738 ; died 20th April 1769. He is
said to have opened the first Sabbath
evening school in Scotland about 1760, and
was a strong opponent of patronage. He
marr. (1) 22nd Sept. 1730, Christian (died
Sept. 1753, aged 44), daugh. and heiress of
John Doig of Cookston, and had issue —
Christian, born 27th Oct. 1731 ; Magdalene,
born 9th Nov. 1732, died 6th Oct. 1815 ;
Isobell, born 28th April 1734; Symmer,
born 19th Aug. 1735 ; James, born 21st
May 1739 ; John, born 25th Feb. 1741 ;
Homer, born 12th Jan. 1743 ; Cumber-
land William, born 9th Sept. 1746;
David of Cookston, born 7th Aug. 1750 :
(2) 14th June 1759, Ann (died 4th Feb.
1792), daugh. of Charles Hope, bailie,
Edinburgh, and had issue — Mary Murray,
born 20th May, died 12th Oct. 1762.
Publications — The Fear that's due unto
God and the King, considered and recom-
mended, two sermons (Edinburgh, 1744) ;
Two Single Sermons (1748-61). — [Brechin
Tests. ; Tombst. ; Jervise's Memorials, i.,
178; Land of the Lindsays; Black's
Brechin, 149-52.]
^JOHN BISSET, born 1725, son of John
176g B., min. of Second Charge, Aberdeen ;
educated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen ; licen. by Presb. of Brechin 2nd Aug.
1749 ; ord. to Culsalmond 20th Nov. 1751 ;
pres. by George III. 24th May, called 25th
Aug., trans, and adm. 9th Nov. 1769 ; died
9th Oct. 1797. He marr. 19th April 1759,
Elizabeth (died 21st Jan. 1799), daugh. of
John Angus, min. of Culsalmond, and had
issue— Ann, born 19th Feb. 1760; John,
born 19th April 1761, M.A. (Marischal
College 1779), ord. min. of St John's, New
Brunswick, 1786, rector of Shrewsbury,
Maryland, 1792, assistant rector at Trinity
Parish, New York, 1795, Professor of
Rhetoric and Belles - Lettres, Columbia
College, res. and died at London in 1810 ;
William, born 15th March 1763 ; Agnes,
born 19th Jan. 1766, died at Nigg Manse
21st Oct. 1847; Keith (daugh.), born 4th
March 1772; Jean, born 1st Feb. 1777.
Publications — Tivo Single Sermons (Aber-
deen, 1794); Preface to Bisset's Signs and
Evidences of Divine Judgments and Visita-
tions— and To Christ the Covenant of the
People (Edinburgh, 1757) ; Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xxi.).
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377
v JAMES BURNS, born Falkirk, 1774,
17g„ son of John B. (who was present as
a boyish spectator at the Battle of
Falkirk, 17th Jan. 1746, when Prince
Charles's army defeated the Hanoverian
troops), surveyor of Customs at Bo'ness,
and factor on the Kinneil estates of the
Duke of Hamilton, and Grizel, daugh. of
John Ferrier, writer, Linlithgow ; educated
at Univs. of Glasgow and St Andrews ;
M.A. (1793) ; licen. by Presb. of Linlithgow
25th Nov. 1795 ; pres. by George III. 23rd
June, and ord. 4th Oct. 1798 ; chaplain to
Brechin Volunteers in 1798; died 2nd Jan.
1837. He marr. 1st Dec. 1802, Christina
(died 6th Oct. 1837, aged 63), daugh. of
James Chalmers, printer, Aberdeen, and
Margaret, daugh. of David Douglas, mer-
chant, London, and had issue — John, born
15th May 1804, died 29th May 1807;
Margaret, born 2nd April 1807, died 20th
March 1817 ; James Chalmers, born 29th
March 1S09, ord. to Scots Church, London
Wall, 1837, adm. to Kirkliston Free Church
30th Nov. 1843, elected Moderator of General
Assembly of the Free Church 22nd May 1879
(D.D. 1884), died 30th Nov. 1892; Anne,
born 25th Nov.1810 (marr. Thomas Guthrie,
D.D., min. of Arbirlot, afterwards of Free
St John's, Edinburgh); David, editor of
the Brechin Advertiser, born 19th June
1812, died 15th Aug. 1906 ; Catherine, born
15th April 1815 ; Walter William, born 13th
Nov. 1820; Christina Elizabeth, born 9th
May 1822. Publications— /Several Single
Sermons; Sermon preached on Occasion of
the Death of the Rev. Robert Goutts (Coutts'
Sermons, Aberdeen, 1806).
[WILLIAM NORVAL, M.A., min. of
the South Parish, Kirriemuir, was pres. by
Queen Victoria 4th April 1837. Three
trial discourses which he preached were
found to be taken almost word for word
from the printed sermons of Henry Melvill,
Canon of St Paul's, who had the reputation
of being the most popular preacher in
London. Proceedings were taken, when N.
intimated resignation of his charge. He
afterwards joined the Church of England,
and died chaplain of Fulham Workhouse,
London. See under Kirriemuir.]
JAMES M'COSH, born 1st April 1811,
183g only son of Andrew M., farmer,
Carskeoch, Straiton, Ayrshire, and
Jean, daugh. of James Carson, farmer ;
educated at Univs. of Glasgow and Edin-
burgh; M.A. (30th March 1833); licen.
by Presb. of Ayr 26th March 1834; ord.
to Abbey Church, Arbroath, 17th Dec.
1835 ; pres. by Queen Victoria 7th June,
and by the Presb. jure devoluto 6th Nov.
1838; trans, and adm. 24th Jan. 1839.
Joined the Free Church in 1843 ; min. of
Free Church, Brechin, 1843-51 ; app. Pro-
fessor of Logic and Metaphysics in Queen's
Univ., Belfast, 14th Nov. 1851 ; President
of Princeton College, New Jersey, 27th
Oct. 1868 to 20th Jan. 1888; LL.D.
(Aberdeen, 1850 ; Harvard, 1868) ; D.D.
(Brown Univ. 1868 ; Washington and
Jefferson, 1868); D.Litt. (Queen's Univ.,
Ireland, 1882) ; res. Presidency in 1888,
but continued Professor of Philosophy
until his death at Princeton, 16th Nov.
1891. Immortalised by Thackeray in the
ballad of "The Last Irish Grievance";
founded bursaries at Brechin and Patna
Schools. He marr. 29th Sept. 1845, Isa-
bella (died 12th Nov. 1909), daugh. of
Alexander Guthrie, surgeon, Brechin, and
had issue — Mary Jane, born 5th July
1846 ; Andrew, born 15th April 1848, died
15th Oct. 1849 ; Alexander Guthrie, born
16th Jan. 1850 ; Margaret Sarah, born 21st
June 1852 ; Andrew James, born 15th
March 1858. Publications — The Wheat
and the Chaff gathered into Bundles: a
Statistical Contribution towards the History
of the Recent Disruption of the Scottish
Ecclesiastical Establishment (Perth, 1843) ;
Does the Established Church acknowledge
Christ as its Head ? (Brechin, 1846) ; A
Tribute to the Memory of Dr Chalmers,
by a Former Pupil (Brechin, 1847); The
Method of the Divine Government, Physical
and Moral (Edinburgh, 1850, last ed.,
New York, 1874); The Ulster Revival
and its Physiological Accidents (Belfast)
[1859] ; The Intuitions of the Mind Induc-
tively Investigated (London, 1860, 1865 ;
New York, 1872); The Supernatural in
relation to the Natural (Cambridge, Belfast,
and New York, 1862) ; Supplement to
378
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[PEESB. OF
Dugald Stewart's " Outlines of Moral Phil-
osophy" (1865) ; An Examination of Mr J.
S. Mill's Philosophy, being a Defence of
Fundamental Truth (London, 1866 and
1886; New York, 1875 and 1880); Phil-
osophical Papers — I., Examination of Sir
William Hamilton's Logic ; //., Reply to
Mr Mill's Third Edition ; III., Present
State of Moral Philosophy in Britain
(London, 1868; New York, 1869); The
Laws of Discursive Thought (London and
New York, 1870-90) ; Christianity and
Positivism : a Series of Lectures on Natural
Theology and Apologetics (London and New
York, 1871-5); The Scottish Philosophy:
Biographical, Expository, Critical, from
Hutcheson to Hamilton (London, 1874 ;
New York, 18S0); Ideas in Nature over-
looked by Dr Tyndall (New York, 1875) ;
The Development Hypothesis : is it sufficient?
(New York, 1876) ; The Emotions (London
and New York, 1880); The Conflicts of
the Age (New York, 1881); Psychology:
the Motive Powers — Emotions, Conscience,
Will (London and New York, 1887);
Realistic Philosophy Defended in a Phil-
osophic Series (London and New York,
1887) ; The Religious Aspect of Evolution,
the Bedell Lectures for 1887 (New York,
1888-90); First and Fundamental Truths
(London and New York, 1889); Psychology :
the Cognitive Powers (London and New
York, 1889-91) ; The Tests of Various Einds
of Truths (Merrick Lectures) (New York and
Cincinnati, 1889-91) ; The Prevailing Types
of Philosophy : can they reach Reality logi-
cally? (New York, 1890); Our Moral Nature
(New York, 1892) ; [jointly with Dr George
Dickie] Typical Forms and Special Ends in
Creation (Edinburgh, 1855 ; London, 1862 ;
New York, 1880)], and a very large number
of contributions to periodical literature. —
[Diet. Nat. £io<7.,Supp.,989; Sloane's Life of
James M'C'osh, 1896; Lib. Cat. Univ. Edin.,
ii., 955 ; M'Bain's Eminent Arbroathians,
317-32; The Princeton College Bulletin,
Feb. 1895 ; America's Celebrities, 76 (1895).]
(1814) ; became a tutor in a family near
Fort George, and subsequently taught
in a school at Caen, in France ; studied
theology at Univs. of Aberdeen and Edin-
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 16th
Oct. 1822 ; ord. to North Blackhall Street,
Greenock, 20th June 1823 ; pres. by Queen
Victoria 17th July, trans, and adm. 28th
Sept. 1843; died 28th March 1847. He
marr. 26th April 1825, Mary (died 16th
July 1875), second daugh. of Alexander
Shand, advocate, Aberdeen. Publications
— Addresses to Children; The Paradise of
Children ; The Nias Boy (1830) ; Biblical
Theology, vol. i. (Edinburgh, 1835) ; Annals
of the General Assembly from 1739 to 1766,
2 vols. (Edinburgh, 1838-40); My Church
Politics (Greenock, 1843) ; Dialogues on
the Church Question (Greenock, 11843) ;
A Word for Myself and a Word to My
People (Glasgow, 1843) ; The National
Church, a National Blessing (Edinburgh,
1844) ; Sermons [with a Memoir] (Edin-
burgh, 1848) ; Sermon (Church of Scot.
Pulpit, i.) ; Articles in Kitto's Biblical
Encyclopaedia. Contributions to Macphail's
Ecclesiastical Journal. Translated from
the German, Rosenmuller's Biblical Geo-
graphy of Central Asia, 3 vols. Conjoint
with others he edited the Imperial Family
Bible and subjoined notes to a pocket edition
of the Bible, 1845.— [Die*. Nat. Biog.].
1847
NATHANIEL MOEREN.born at Aber-
deen, 3rd Feb. 1798, son of George
M., Aberdeen; educated at Grammar
School there and Marischal College ; M.A.
1843
ANDREW HALKETT, born Edin-
burgh, 2nd Nov. 1810, son of
Samuel H., commission agent, and
Euphemia Wallace ; educated at High
School and Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh 28th Dec. 1836;
assistant at St George's, Edinburgh ; ord.
to St Andrew's Church, St John's, New
Brunswick, 7th Sept. 1843 ; pres. by Queen
Victoria 25th May, trans, and adm. 23rd
Sept. 1847; clerk of Presb. 31st Aug.
1852 to 16th April 1857; died at St
Andrews 1st Sept. 1874. He marr. 12th
June 1844, Frances Ann (died 24th Nov.
1896), daugh. of William Taylor, Frederic-
ton, New Brunswick, and had issue —
James Brooke, born 24th Sept. 1845 ;
Sarah Taylor, born 18th Sept. 1847, died
24th March 1886; William, born 29th
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379
June 1849, died 25th Oct. 1854 ; Andrew,
born 4th May 1851, died 14th Oct. 1852 ;
Frances Ann, born 12th Jan. 1853 ;
Andrew, naturalist, Department of Marine
and Fisheries, Canada, born 28th Oct.
1854; Ellen Eliza, born 11th June 1856;
William, born 22nd Dec. 1858, died Oct.
1908 ; Eobert Moir, born 26th Aug. 1862 ;
Charles Samuel, born 27th Sept. 1866.
1875
JAMES MACKAY, born Brae of Tough,
Aberdeenshire, 20th Jan. 1835, son
of William M. and Elizabeth Herd ;
educated at Tough School and Univ. of
Aberdeen ; assistant at West Parish, Aber-
deen ; ord. to St Clement's, Dundee, 22nd
Dec. 1864 ; trans, and adm. 26th Aug.
1875 ; res. 5th Nov. 1891 ; died at St
Andrews, 17th May 1899. He marr. 26 th
Jan. 1869, Isabella, daugh. of David Nicoll,
mill-spinner, Dundee, and had issue — Helen
Boyle, born 17th Feb. 1870 ; William, born
10th Sept. 1871, died 28th March 1875;
Alice, born 6th April 1873 ; Robert Henry,
min. of Boarhills, born 13th Dec. 1874;
Lizzie Herd, born 11th Sept. 1876 ; David
Nicoll, attorney, Condon, Oregon, U.S.A.,
born 30th March 1878 ; James, born 15th
April 1880, died 7th Jan. 1881; Harry,
born 11th May, and died 7th June 1881 ;
Caroline Luise, born 3rd July 1882 (marr.
5th Oct. 1920, James Leask, banker,
Negapatam) ; Douglas Reay, R.N.A.S.,
born 13th April 1884.
1892
JOHN ALEXANDER CLARK, born
Glasgow, 29th Aug. 1859, son of
Laurence C. and Eliza Kerr Jack ;
educated at High School and Univ. of
Glasgow ; MA. (1880), B.D. (1883) ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow June 1883 ; assistant
at Monigaff and St Enoch's, Dundee ; ord.
to Coltness Memorial Parish 23rd April
1886; trans, and adm. 11th May 1892;
died 29th Oct. 1900. It was greatly due
to the energy and thoroughness of his
organising abilities that rapid progress was
made with the scheme for the restoration
of Brechin cathedral, an undertaking he did
not live to see completed. He marr. 25th
June 1890, Margaret Eliza Anna, daugh.
of Peter MTntyre and Eliza Jane Eadie,
and had issue — Elspeth Eadie, born 3rd
March 1891 ; Nancy Stewart, born 20th
March 1893 ; Janet Mary, born 14th Nov.
1894 ; Barbara Macmillan, born 12th Sept.
1896; Dorothy Campbell, born 19th Aug.
1899 ; Edith Margaret (twin), born 19th
Aug. 1899.
WALTER WILLIAM COATS, born
]qf)1 Glasgow, 18th June 1856, son of
John C. of Dykehead, M.D., Glasgow,
and Jane, elder daugh. of John Jackson
of Hallhill and Westquarter ; educated at
Glasgow Academy and Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1875), B.D. (1878); licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow in 1878; assistant at Gala-
shiels and Barony, Glasgow; ord. to
Girthon 1st July 1880 ; trans, and adm.
16th May 1901; D.D. (Glasgow 1904);
Grand Chaplain Grand Lodge of Free-
masons in Scotland, 1911-12 ; Chaplain
to Territorial Forces. Marr. 19th Jan.
1888, Margaret Janet, daugh. of Dundas
Hamilton, Glasgow, and great-great-great-
granddaugh. of Archibald Hamilton, min.
of Cambuslang, and Margaret Jane, daugh.
of Francis Orr, and has issue — Margaret
Jane, born 16th June 1890 ; John Dundas
Orr, B.A. (Oxon), lieut. 5th Black Watch,
served in European War as captain
Machine Gun Corps, born 12th Oct. 1893.
Publications — The Church of Scotland, the
People's Possession (Newton-Stewart, 1887);
The Church's Appeal (Castle Douglas,
1892) ; A Short History of Brechin
Cathedral (Brechin, 1903); occasional
articles in Review of Theology and
Philosophy.
Second Charge.
DAVID CARNEGIE, M.A.; adm. in
1631 1631 ; trans, to Farnell in 1633.
WILLIAM MARSHALL, M.A. ; school-
master of the parish, which office he
held in conjunction in 1633 ; trans,
to Saline before 2nd April 1639.
1633
ROBERT NORRIE, M.A. ; schoolmaster
of the parish, which office he held in
conjunction 3rd Oct. 1639 ; trans, to
Lethnot in 1642.
1639
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[ PRESB. OF
LAURENCE SKINNER, M.A. ; trans,
from Navar, called 13th March and
15th April, and adm. 24th May
1650 ; trans, to First Charge in 1689.
1650
1687
JOHN SKINNER, bapt. 27th Jan.
1662, son of preceding; adm. to
probationary trials 5th Sept. 1683 :
ord. by James, Bishop of Brechin, 9th May
1685 ; pres. and coll. by him, and inst. as
assistant in 1687. S. having failed to take
the Oath of Allegiance according to Acts
of Parliament, 1693 and 1695, and having
abandoned the charge, it was therefore
declared vacant by the Presb. with con-
currence of Commission of Assembly 1st
Aug. 1697. S. intruded in 1700, and was
dep. by the Presb. 14th Sept. which
sentence was affirmed by Synod 20th Oct.
1 709. He continued to perform the duties,
and was prosecuted before the Lords of
Justiciary and imprisoned till he gave an
obligation to desist from exercising minis-
terial functions unless reponed. He was
further ordered to remove out of the
bounds of the Presb. of Brechin at Whit-
sunday 1710. He died in Edinburgh about
1725. He marr. (1) Margaret Little, widow
of Ensign William Campbell in Colonel
Archibald Row's Regiment : (2) Jean
Guild, and had issue — Margaret. — [Black's
Brechin, 99, 104, 114, 115, 129.]
1740
1710
JOHN JOHNSTON, educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen ; licen.
by Presb. of Stirling 13th March
1706 ; called by the Presb. jure devoluto
4th, and ord. 18th May 1710; died 3rd
Nov. 1732. He left upwards of £1000 to
establish a school at Pitpullox in the west
end of the parish. This school was after-
wards removed to Little Brechin. He
marr. (1) March 1711, Marjory Marshall of
the parish of Montrose ; (2) Jean Dow, who
marr. (2) John Weath, min. of Tannadice. —
[Black's Brechin, 140.]
DAVID BLAIR, M.A. ; trans, from
Lochlee; pres. by George II. 24th
Feb., called 23rd April, and adm.
6th June 1733; trans, to First Charge
11th Oct. 1738.
1733
WILLIAM SHANK [or SHANKS],
bapt. 20th June 1714, son of Alex-
ander S., min. of Drumoak; educated
at King's College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1st
April 1730); licen. by Presb. of Kin-
cardine O'Neil 1st June 1736 ; called 28th
June 1739; ord. 16th Jan. 1740; died 11th
April 1744. He left £66, 13s. 4d. to the
school at Pitpullox. — [Brechin Tests. ;
Black's Brechin, 139.]
JAMES FORDYCE, pres. by George
1745 II. 14th Aug., and ord. 28th Aug.
1745; trans, to Alloa 12th Oct.
1753.
THOMAS MATHISON, at first a
„ writer in Edinburgh ; licen. by
Presb. of Dalkeith 1st Nov. 1748;
held an appointment in north of England
for a time ; ord. to Inverkeilor 27th Sept.
1 750 ; pres. by George II. 25th March,
trans, and adm. 11th July 1754; died 19th
June 1760. He marr. 22nd April 1752,
Margaret Whyte, and had issue — Anne,
born 16th June 1753 ; Margaret, born 9th
Oct. 1756; Mary, born 5th Aug. 1758.
Publications — The Goff, an Hero Comical
Poem (Edinburgh, 1743 and 1793); A
Sacred Ode occasioned by the late Successes
attending the British Arms (Edinburgh,
1760).— {Brechin Tests.]
ANDREW BRUCE, born 1722, son of
1760 J°^n B. ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen ; licen. by Presb.
of Deer 3rd Jan. 1753 ; ord. (assistant) at
Pitsligo 21st Sept. 1757 ; assistant at
Montrose ; pres. by George II. 13th Aug.,
and adm. 13th Nov. 1760; died 23rd
Sept. 1801. He marr. Rebecca Forbes,
who died 29th Nov. 1767, and had issue —
John, min. of Forfar, born 24th July 1758 ;
Rebecca, born 6th March 1760; Margaret,
born 15th Sept. 1761; Sophia, born 24th
May 1763; Isabell, born 14th July 1765;
William, born 1st April 1767. Publication
— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, v., xxi.). — [Reid's Bards of Angus and
the Mearns, 527.]
bkechin]
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381
ROBERT COUTTS, born Largo, 1772,
.,,-„_ son of the factor to David, Earl
of Leven ; educated at Univs. of St
Andrews and Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb.
of St Andrews 8th June 1796; became
assistant to Professor Vilant in the Mathe-
matical Chair there ; assistant in this
parish ; pres. by George III. in Nov., and
ord. (assistant and successor) 27th Dec.
1798 ; died at Forfar on his way home
from a tour made in the hope of having his
health restored, 18th June 1803. He marr.
7th July 1801, Janet (died at Edinburgh,
26th May 1849), daugh. of Kobert M'Culloch,
D.D., min. of Dairsie (she was a great
friend of Dr Thomas Chalmers, and is
often referred to in his Life and Letters),
and had issue — Ebenezer, born 6th April
1802, died 14th March 1805 ; Robina, born
2nd Aug. 1803 (posthumous) (marr. 24th
June 1824, Dr James Spence, physician,
Cupar), died 25th May 1825. Publications
— Sermons on Interesting Subjects [Memoir
by Dr Guthrie, Preface by Dr Chalmers
(portrait)] (Aberdeen, 1806, and Brechin,
1847). See also Memoirs and Correspond-
ence of Mrs Coutts, edited by W. M.
Hetherington, D.D. (Edinburgh, 1854).
GEOEGE WHITSON of Parkhill, born
1775, brother of Alexander W. of
Parkhill; licen. by Presb. of St
Andrews 27th Sept. 1797 ; pres. by George
III. 31st Oct. 1803 ; ord. 15th March 1804 ;
died 23rd Nov. 1835. He left £50 to the
poor of the parish. He marr. 29th Aug.
1806, Mary (died s.p. 7th Aug. 1856, aged
83), daugh. of John Molison, provost of
Brechin.
ALEXANDER LEITH ROSS FOOTE,
born 6th Feb. 1805, son of Robert F.,
min. of Fettercairn ; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1821) ;
licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 20th June
1827 ; pres. by William IV. 27th May, and
ord. (assistant and successor) 18th Sept.
1834. Joined the Free Church in 1843;
min. of West Free Church, Brechin,
1843-78; D.D. (Edinburgh, 20th April
1870); died 6th Sept. 1878. He was a
preacher of rare power and felicity — at
times breaking out into the broadest
1804
1834
Doric, which had a peculiar effect upon
the hearer. His portrait, presented by
numerous friends, hangs in the Mechanics'
Hall. He marr. (1) 26th Aug. 1835,
Margaret (died 29th April 1842), daugh.
of William Dingwall Fordyce, younger of
Culsh: (2) 9th Sept. 1847, Jessie (died
9th Oct. 1855), daugh. of Andrew Murray
of Murrayshall, and had issue — Robert
James, born 29th Oct. 1848, died 30th Dec.
1857; Alexander, born 28th Aug. 1850,
died at Bath 6th June 1917 ; Jessie, born
28th Nov. 1854 : (3) 17th Nov. 1859, Alison
Ker (died 4th April 1862), daugh. of Major-
General Cunningham, H.E.I.C.S.,of Newton
and Huntingtower, and had issue — Alice
Marjory, born 11th Nov. 1860; Archibald,
born 10th Feb. 1862, died 14th Jan. 1863.
Publications — Christianity and Life (Edin-
burgh, 1853) ; Incidents in the Life of Our
Saviour : Three Single Sermons (Edinburgh,
1854-7) ; Christianity vieived in some of its
Leading As2)ects (Edinburgh, 1854) ; Views
of Faith, a sermon (1866) ; Closing Scenes
in the Life of Christ ; Fragments of
Truth, a sermon (Free Church Putynt, i.).
— [Edwards's Brechin, 65.]
ALEXANDER GARDNER of Esbie,
1843 k°rn 1810, third son of Matthew
G., farmer, Cambusnethan, and
Euphemia Dalziel ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (1834); licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow 7th Dec. 1835 ; assistant at Annan,
Lanark, Roberton, and Brechin ; ord. to
Lethnot and Navar 12th Aug. 1842 ; pres. by
Queen Victoria 12th July, trans, and adm.
31st Aug. 1843 ; died 12th April 1893. He
marr. 28th Oct. 1851, Jemima (died 17th
Dec. 1890), youngest daugh. of James
Marnie of Deuchar, Fern, and Mary
Ouchterlony, and had issue — James Alex-
ander, M.A., advocate, born 6th Jan. 1857,
died 27th Sept. 1887.
ADAM DUNCAN TAIT HUTCHI-
18q SON, born Carlowrie, Kirkliston,
20th May 1868, son of Robert H. of
Carlowrie and Mary Jemima Tait; educated
at Edinburgh Collegiate School and Univ.
of Edinburgh; M.A. (1888); licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh April 1891 ; assistant
at West Parish, Aberdeen, and at the
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EAST CHURCH— GARDNER MEMORIAL [presb. of
Barony, Glasgow; ord. 15th Nov. 1893.
Marr. 28th March 1895, Margaret, daugh.
of Andrew Menzies of Balornock, Lanark-
shire, and Mary Buchanan, and has issue —
Cecil Tait, M.C., major B.F.A., born 21st
Dec. 1896 ; Lowrie Menzies, born 31st Dec.
1903.
EAST CHURCH (Q.S.).
[A chapel was built here in 1836. The
East Parish was disjoined from Brechin
6th July 1874.]
MUNGO FAIRLIE PARKER, born
18„„ 1807, second son of John P.,
merchant, Kilmarnock ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Haddington 5th Dec. 1833 ; called in June,
and ord. 24th Aug. 1837. Joined the Free
Church in 1843; mm. of East Free Church,
Brechin, 1843-51 ; retired to Buthrieston,
Aberdeen, where he carried on a successful
mission ; died 1st April 1867. Publications
— Sermon XXX. ; Lecture XXVI. (Free
Church Pulpit, i., iii.).
[The church was in possession of the
Free Church 1843-56, when it was restored
to the Church of Scotland.]
DANIEL M'LEAN, app. by mins. of
,„„. Brechin March 1858 ; ord. 18th Aug.
luOy . -n 1
1859 ; res. on appointment to Presby-
terian Church at St Vincent, West Indies,
16th Feb. 1862.
1862
JOHN CUMMING GRANT, born
about 1830, son of Robert G.,
ground officer, Duthil; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1854) ;
became schoolmaster at Daviot 4th July
1854 and Meldrum; licen. by Presb. of
Garioch 29th June 1859 ; ord. ISth Sept.
1862 ; died 19th July 1864.
1867
JOHN YOUNG SCOTT, ord. 17th Oct.
1867; trans, to Invertiel 24th Aug.
1871.
ANDREW RUSSELL, ord. 7th Dec.
1871; trans, to North Church,
Stirling, 17th Sept. 1874.
DAVID MILLER, M.A., B.D. ; mission-
1874 ary at Blackburn ; ord. first niin. of
the parish 31st Dec. 1874 ; trans, to
Ardclach 2nd Feb. 1883.
EOBEBT PAISLEY, ord. 28th June
,___ 1883; trans, to Careston 11th Jan.
loco nn
1905.
HENRY CHALMERS CAEGDLL, born
lgo5 Anstruther Wester, 24th March 1874,
son of John C. and Annie Chalmers ;
educated at Waid Academy, Anstruther,
and Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb.
of St Andrews 4th May 1898; assistant
at Prestonpans, St Enoch's, Dundee, and
Tolbooth, Edinburgh ; ord. 12th July 1905 ;
was Food Controller for Brechin District
during European War 1914 - 18 ; elected
Provost of Brechin Nov. 1920 ; res. charge
and status 1st Feb. 1921. Marr. 18th
July 1906, Agnes Wood M'Queen, only
daugh. of Alexander Inglis, Prestonpans,
and has issue — Ian M'Queen, born 10th
June 1907 ; Alexander Inglis, born 17th
April 1909; Agnes Jessie M'Queen, born
26th March 1911.
REGINALD FREDERICK
1921 WHTTELEY, born Edinburgh, 12th
Jan. 1895, son of Frederick W. and
Carrie Wade; educated at Daniel Stewart's
College and Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A.
(1915), B.D. (1920); licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 31st March 1920; assistant at
Dunnottar; ord. 11th May 1921. Marr.
6th Aug. 1921, Gwendolen, daugh. of
Walter Breach and Mary Josephine Yeo.
GARDNER MEMORIAL (Q.S.).
[This church, erected in memory of Alex-
ander Gardner, min. of the Second Charge,
1843-93, by his trustees and Mrs and Miss
Agnes Milne of Mooranbank, Brechin, was
dedicated 18th Nov. 1898. The parish was
endowed out of Mr Gardner's estate of
Esbie, Dumfriesshire, by his trustees in
memory of his son, and was disjoined
by the Court of Teinds on 14th July
1S99.]
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GARDNER MEMORIAL— CARESTON
383
ALEXANDER MIDDLETON, born
1899 Midstrath, Birse, Aberdeenshire,
26th Sept. 1858, son of Hugh M.
and Margaret Lyall ; educated at Fetter-
cairn School, Grammar School, Aberdeen,
and Univs. of Aberdeen, M.A. (1880), and
Edinburgh, B.D. (1884) ; licen. by Presb. of
Fordoun June 1884 ; assistant at Barony,
Glasgow ; ord. to St Margaret's, Arbroath,
12th July 1892 ; trans, and adm. first min.
of the parish 27th Sept. 1899. Marr. 25th
April 1893, Margaret Stevenson (died 17th
March 1921), daugh. of Andrew Gillespie,
Helensburgh, and Barbara Hogg.
CARESTON.
[A chapel was built here in 1636. The
parish of Careston (originally Caraldston)
was disjoined from Brechin and erected by
Act of Parliament on 17th Nov. 1641. It
was endowed by Sir Alexander Carnegie
of Balnamoon. The church was restored
in 1905.]
DAVID CAMPBELL, M.A.; adm.
1689 before 6th June 1639 ; attended the
army at Newcastle in 1640 ; trans, to
Ecclesgreig [St Cyrus] after 27th Feb. 1644.
JOHN RAMSAY, M.A.; adm. before
1645 1st May 1645 ; trans, to Scoonie
14th Aug. 1662.
THOMAS SKINNER, M.A.; pres. by
Sir John Carnegie of Balnamoon in
1662 ; passed trials before the Presb.,
was recommended 26th March for ordina-
tion, adm. after 9th April 1663 ; trans, to
Dailly 5th July 1665.
GILBERT SKENE, born about 1640,
second son of Alexander S. of
Dumbreck and Agnes, daugh. of
Gilbert Keith of Affrosk ; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen ; doctor in
the Grammar School of Montrose ; ord.
19th Dec. 1666; died between 3rd March
and 29th July 1679. He marr. Elizabeth
Campbell, who survived him, and had
issue — Alexander. — [Brechin Tests. ;
Jervise's Land of the Lindsays, 271 ;
Memorials of the Family of Skene of
Skene, 71.]
1663
1666
WILLIAM CARNEGIE, M.A.; pres.
1679 ky tne laird °f Balnamoon in March,
and adm. in 1679 ; trans, to Hoddam
in 1681.
JOHN MURRAY, M.A. (King's College,
1682 Aberdeen) ; pres. by James Carnegie
of Balnamoon in March ; passed
trials before the Presb., was certified 29th
that month ; adm. in 1682 ; died April
1710, aged about 55. He marr. Marjory
Livingston, and had issue — James ; John ;
Margaret; Elizabeth. — [Fife Sas., 29th
May 1723 ; Forfar Sas., xii., 577 ; Jervise's
Land of the Lindsays, 271.]
ALEXANDER LINDSAY, M.A.;
11710 formerly of Cortachy and Clova
(q.v.) ; intruded here before March
1710.
JOHN GILLIES, born 1681, a native of
117le the West Country, whose ancestors
for seven centuries had occupied
themselves with " the needle and bodkin,"
became schoolmaster of Wigtown ; was
licen. by that Presb. 19th July 1715; app.
schoolmaster of Fern in 1716 ; called by
Presb. jure devoluto 30th Aug., and ord.
18th Sept. 1716; died 1st March 1753.
He marr. 27th Sept. 1711, Mary Watson,
who died 16th May 1779, and had issue
— John, LL.D., min. of Blackfriars,
Glasgow ; Robert of Little Keithock,
merchant, Brechin (father of Adam G.,
one of the Senators of the College of
Justice [Lord Gillies], and of John G.,
LL.D., author of a History of Greece and
Historiographer Royal for Scotland) ;
Thomas, born 1723, died March 1736;
Mary ; Isabel ; Janet, and five others
who died young. — [Jervise's Land of the
Lindsays, 219 ; Edwards's Brechin, 62.]
WILLIAM MORRICE, born 1708,
17g5 son of John M., baker, Aberdeen;
educated at Marischal College,
Aberdeen ; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen
20th June 1753; became schoolmaster at
Skene; pres. by George Skene of Carald-
ston Aug. 1754; ord. 30th April 1755;
dem. 24th June 1772 ; died at Kincardine
O'Neil 18th April 1779.— [Descendants of
James Young, 179.]
384
CARESTON— CRAIG AND DUNNINALD
[PKESB. OF
ANDREW GRAY, born 1735; M.A.
177g (St Andrews 1762) ; licen. by Presb.
of Brechin 6th Jan. 1768; assistant
at Dun ; pres. by George Skene of Skene
Oct. 1772 ; ord. 27th Jan. 1773 ; died 9th
Dec. 1797. He marr. 18th June 1784,
Katherine Baillie, -who died 5th July
1802. Publication — Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, ii.).
•-ALEXANDER BURNETT, son of
jwog John B., min. of Cluny ; educated
at Marischal College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1754) ; became missionary at
Portsoy in 1763; ord. to Footdee, Aber-
deen, 19th June 1765 ; dem. 20th Aug.
1773 ; pres. by George Skene of Skene
in June, and adm. 8th Aug. 1798 ; died
25th Jan. 1800, aged about 64.
1800
DAVID LYELL, born 1769, youngest
son of Stewart L. of Kinneff ; licen.
by Presb. of Arbroath 3rd Aug.
1796 ; pres. by George Skene of Skene in
July, and ord. 30th Oct. 1800; died 15th
July 1854. He marr. 19th April 1805, the
Hon. Catherine (died 16th Dec. 1853),
youngest daugh. of John, seventh Viscount
Arbuthnott, and Isabella, daugh. of William
Barclay Grahame of Morphie, and had issue
— John Gairdener, born 19th March 1806 ;
Stewart Thomas, surgeon, H.E.I.C.S., born
13th July 1807, died 17th July 1853;
James Leitch, born 9th Sept. 1808 ;
Isabella, born 11th Feb. 1810; Hugh
Arbuthnott, min. of Auchterhouse, born
8th Jan. 1812. Publication — Account of
the Parish {New Stat. Ace, xi.).
ROBERT MOIR, M.A. ; ord. 21st
lss4 Dec. 1854 ; trans, to Rothiemay 7th
Jan. 1858.
GEORGE GORDON MILNE, M.A.;
1858 ord. 13th May 1858; trans, to
Cortachy 16th May 1862.
v WILLIAM LINTON BAXTER, born
Brechin, 23rd March 1836, son of
Alexander B., shoemaker, and Jean
Currie ; educated at Brechin Grammar
School and King's College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1856); licen. by Presb. of Brechin
19th June 1860 ; assistant at Crail and
1862
Newhills, Aberdeen; ord. 31st July 1862;
died unmarr. 6th Sept. 1885.
MERCER HALL, ord. 18th March
1 1886; trans, to Roberton 24th Feb.
1887.
HUGH MACKENZIE CAMPBELL,
1887 M.A. ; ord. 13th July 1887; res.
16th June 1892, on appointment as
chaplain to Calton Jail, Edinburgh ; after-
wards missionary at Arisaig in 1902.
DONALD M'MILLAN, M.A. ; ord. 14th
1892 Sept- 1892; reS- 30thi Sept 1904
on appointment to Prestonfield
Chapel, Edinburgh (c/. Vol. I., 87);
app. Chairman of Edinburgh Education
Authority 1923.
ROBERT PAISLEY, born St Ninians,
lgos 22nd March 1855, son of Robert P.,
D.D., min. of St Ninians ; educated
at High School of Stirling and Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Stirling Nov.
1878 ; assistant at St Stephen's, Broughty
Ferry, and East Parish, Dundee ; ord. to
East Parish, Brechin, 28th June 1883;
trans, and adm. 11th Jan. 1905. Marr.
25th June 1884, Amy, daugh. of Thomas
Taylor, Cambustay, Broughty Ferry, and
Sophia Fenton, and has issue — Thomas,
2nd lieut. 10th Scottish Rifles, born 25th
June 1885, fell in action at Loos 25th Sept.
1915; Catherine Hutton, born 31st Aug.
1887 (marr. April 1913, Kenneth Ernest
Nicoll); Robert Ninian, M.A., born 2nd
June 1891, educated at Brechin High
School and Univ. of St Andrews, licen.
by Presb. of Brechin, lieut. 4th Scottish
Rifles, ord. to Ladykirk 11th Jan. 1921.
CRAIG AND DUNNINALD.
[These parishes were united in 1618.
Craig, of old Inchbrioch. — The church of
Inchbrioch was dedicated to St Brioch.
The parish was a prebend of Brechin.
There were within the bounds chapels of
St Fergus and St Mary. The church of
Craig was rebuilt, with its square tower
eighty feet high, by Mrs Ross of Rossie
in 1799.
BRECHIN]
CRAIG AND DUNNINALD
385
JDunnincdd.— The church of Dunninald
was dedicated to St Skiach.]
EICHAKD MELVILLE, adm. in 1562
with Maryton also in the charge ;
was a member of Assembly 29th
June 1562 ; removed to Maryton before
1567.
I J OHN BE ATTIE, formerly of Montrose ;
1571 adm. reader in 1571.
1607
THOMAS HOG, ord. before 1607;
trans, to Second Charge, Dysart,
that year.
1615
JAMES LICHTON, M.A. ; adm. before
4th Oct. 1615 ; was also master of the
Grammar' School, Montrose, 1616,
which he held in conjunction ; trans, to
Dun before 1st Oct. 1622.
JAMES LYON, educated at Univ. of
1622 St Andrews ; M.A. (1615) ; became
tutor to the laird of Clackmae's
bairns; adm. to the Exercise at Perth
21st April 1619 ; pres. to Collace in Aug.,
and certified for ordination, but proceed-
ings were stopped by the Archbishop at
the request of the laird of Pitcur, 15th
Sept. 1621 ; recommended to this Presb.
20th Nov., and adm. here before 1st Sept.
1622; was app. to attend Colonel Henry
Sinclair's Regiment at Stirling 12th June
1631 ; died before Jan. 1663.
ANDREW SPENCE, M.A. (St Andrews,
13th May 1653); became chaplain
to David Carnegie of Craig ; called
27th March, and adm. (assistant) 21st July
1659 ; deprived by Act of Parliament 11th
June, and Decreet of Privy Council 1st
Oct. 1662, being the only member of Presb.
who refused to conform to Episcopacy. —
[Wodrow's Hist., i., 329.]
JOHN MATHIE, M.A. (St Andrews, 20th
July 1656) ; was on the Exercise 2nd
Aug. 1660 ; pres. in March, recom-
mended for ordination 16th June, and adm.
8th Aug. 1664 ; died after 1689. He marr.
Mary Nicolson who, as his widow, was
granted the stipend for 1696 and 1697 —
[Treasury Sederunt Book, 26th June 1697.]
VOL. V.
1699
1714
JAMES FORSYTH, son of James F.,
min. of St Ninians ; passed trials
before Presb. of Stirling, had testi-
monial to the bishop for licence 10th Aug.,
for which he expressed his sorrow to the
Presb. of Angus and Mearns 21st Oct. 1698,
and was received as a probationer ; called
11th July, and ord. 27th Sept. 1699; died
30th Jan. 1713. He marr. Katherine
Watson, who survived him.— [Si Andreivs
Tests.]
ROBERT STEPHEN, born about
1680, son of Robert S., min. of
Aberlour ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen; became tutor in Lady
Chesters' family ; licen. by Scots Presb. of
London ; ord. to Aberlour 18th Sept. 1707 ;
called 22nd July 1713; trans, and adm.
6th May 1714 ; died 12th Aug. 1759. He
marr. 23rd June 1715, Margaret, daugh.
of James Leslie, min. of Ecclesgreig [St
Cyrus].
JAMES PATON, born Auchtergaven,
,.™ 1727; educated at Univs. of St
1760
Andrews, M.A. (1751), and Edin-
burgh ; became tutor in families of James,
Earl of Moray, and John Balfour of Fernie ;
licen. by Presb. of St Andrews 10th May
1758 ; pres. by Principal and Masters of St
Mary's College, St Andrews, 23rd Jan.,
and ord. 8th May 1760; D.D. (King's
College, Aberdeen, 20th Aug. 1792) ; dem.
30th Nov. 1803 ; died 10th Nov. 1811. He
marr. 11th July 1766, Anne (died 26th Oct.
1819), eldest daugh. of David Greig of
Barns of Rossie in this parish, and niece
of Sir James Napier, Inspector-General of
Forces in North America, and physician to
King George III., and had issue — David, in
London, born 26th Oct. 1767 ; James, M.A.
(Marischal College), born 13th Nov. 1768,
died 14th Feb. 1790 ; Jean, born 24th Sept.
1770, died 18th Nov. 1792 ; Ann, born 15th
June 1773, died 5th May 1854; John, flax-
spinner, Montrose, born 9th June 1776,
died 21st Nov. 1847 ; George, (twin),
flax -spinner and Provost of Montrose,
born 9th June 1776, died 1846 ; Elizabeth,
born 14th Oct. 1781 (marr. 6th Feb. 1838,
George Ramsay, Inchyra), died 12th Sept.
1858. Publications — An Attempt to show
2 B
386
CRAIG AND DUNNINALD
[PEKSB. OF
that the Knowledge of God has, in all
Ages, been derived from a Revelation or
Tradition, not from Nature (Glasgow,
1773) ; Letters from a Father to his Son, a
Student of Divinity (Edinburgh, 1796 and
1812) ; Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, ii.).—[Tombst. ; Edwards's Usan
and Ferryden, 52.]
<- JAMES BEEWSTEE, born Botriphnie,
1804 5t^ ^Ug- 1777' e'^est SOn °f James
B., rector of the Grammar School of
Jedburgh, and Margaret Key, and brother
of Sir David B. ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
26th Nov. 1800 ; assistant in this parish ;
pres. by Principal and Masters of the New
College, St Andrews, Dec. 1803 ; ord. 12th
Jan. 1804. Joined the Free Church in
1843; min. of Free Church, Craig [Ferry-
den], 1843-7; died 5th Feb. 1847. He
marr. 8th Feb. 1804, Janet (died 9th Nov.
1850), daugh. of Dr Crichton, Dumfries,
and niece of Dr James C, founder of the
Crichton Institution, Dumfries, and had
issue— James, born 14th April 1805 ; Henry,
min. of Farnell, born 28th Sept. 1806;
David, went to Calcutta, born 22nd Sept.
1808 ; George John, born 7th Oct. 1811 ;
Elizabeth Margaret, born 31st Jan. 1814 ;
Margaret Agnes Scott, born 29th Nov.
1818. Publications — Meditations of a
Recluse (1808); Meditations for the Aged;
Meditations for Penitents ; Lectures on the
Acts, 2 vols. ; Life of Rev. John Newton ;
Lectures upon our Lord's Sermon on the
Mount (Edinburgh, 1809); Testimonies of
Distinguished Laymen to the Truths of
Natural and Revealed Religion (Edinburgh,
1822) ; A Sermon preached in the Parish
Church of Craig after the Funeral of the
late Peter Arkley, Esq., of Dunninald
(Edinburgh, 1826) ; A Sermon (Montrose,
1826) ; The Truth Maketh Free (Montrose,
1844) ; A Discourse on the Evils of Drunken-
ness, and the Principles of Temperance
Societies (Montrose, 1832); Sermons on
Practical Subjects (Edinburgh, 1833) ; A
Letter to the Editor of the '■'Quarterly
Review " in Reply to certain Strictures on
the Rev. Dr Keith's Evidence of Prophecy
(Edinburgh, 1836); "Account of the Be-
markable Case of Margaret Lyall " (Trans.
Royal Soc. Edin., viii.) ; Family Prayers :
Mair's Explication of the Assembly's Shorter
Catechism (Montrose, 1837) ; Account of
the Parish (New Stat. Ace, xi.); Sermon
II. (Free Church Pulpit, i.) ; Articles
in Brewster's Edin. Encyclopedia. —
[Edwards's Usan and Ferryden, 104.]
EOBEET MITCHELL, born at
1843 Dunning, Perthshire, 1802, son of
John M., farmer, iWoodhead, and
Catherine Marshall ; educated at Dunning
School and Univ. of St Andrews ; licen.
by Presb. of Auchterarder 4th March 1830 ;
ord. to Carrington, Dalkeith, 30th June
1835; trans, and adm. 22nd Sept. 1843;
died 4th Aug. 1872. He marr. 19th Oct.
1837, Sophia DuddiDgston (died 2nd Jan.
1902), daugh. of Henry Buist of Berriehill,
Fife, and had issue — Helen Walker, born
7th Oct. 1838 ; Ann Wardlaw, born 9th
Jan. 1841 (marr. Eobert Grant, min. of
Stracathro) ; Sophia Duddingston, born
17th Dec. 1843 (marr. John Fisher, mer-
chant, Dundee), died 6th July 1924 ; Mary
Jane Thomson, born 17th July 1846, died
1st Dec. 1911 ; Henry Buist, born 17th
June 1853, died 15th April 1904.
EOBEET SCOTT, born Perth, 10th
Sept. 1840, son of Eobert S., baker,
and Helen Murray ; educated at
Perth High School and Univ. of St An-
drews ; B.A. (1860), M.A. (1861) ; licen. by
Presb. of Perth ; assistant at Erskine and
Port Dundas, Glasgow ; ord. to Preaching
Station, Broughty Ferry (St Stephen's), 23rd
Dec. 1869 ; trans, and adm. 5th Feb. 1873 ;
D.D. (St Andrews, 2nd April 1907); died
suddenly in Edinburgh, where he had
gone to attend the General Assembly,
24th May 1908. He marr. 30th Sept.
1874, Mary (died 1st April 1917), daugh.
of David Jobson, Provost of Dundee, and
Mary Fender, and had issue — Eobert,
major 54th Sikhs, Cantonment Magistrate,
Mooltan, born 17th Sept. 1875 ; Mary
Jobson, born 19th May 1878; Helen
Murray, born 4th Sept. 1879, died 10th
May 1880; David Jobson, M.D., D.Ph.,
O.B.E., M.C., lieut.-colonel E.A.M.C, born
7th July 1881 ; William, min. of Bressay,
1873
beechin] CRAIG AND DUNNINALD— DUN AND ECCLESJOHN 387
1908
born 24th Sept. 1882 ; Florence, born 19th
March 1884; James, M.C., min. of Scots
Church, Alexandria (Egypt), born 23rd
March 1886, lieut. K.F.A., died of wounds
at Tel Asur, Palestine, 9th March 1918;
Flora Murray, M.A., B.Sc, M.B.E., Unit
Administrator, Queen Mary's Army Auxili-
ary Corps, born 6th Sept. 1891. — [Edwards's
Usan and Ferryden (portrait) 108.]
WPETER SMITH BISSET, born Aboyne,
20th July 1866, son of John B., farmer,
and Sarah Smith ; educated at Maud
Parish School and Grammar School and
Univ. of Aberdeen; M.A. (1891), B.D.
(1894); licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen May
1894 ; assistant at St George's in the West,
Aberdeen ; ord. to Oyne 15th April 1897 ;
trans, and adm. 12th Nov. 1908. Marr.
15th June 1898, Maria Greasham Elrick,
daugh. of Bobert Milne, Aberdeen, and
Margaret Shier, and has issue — Douglas
George, M.A., born 18th April 1900;
Norman William, National Bank, Montrose,
born 22nd Dec. 1904; Edith Margaret,
born 23rd July 1906 ; Winifred May, born
15th May 1909.
DUN AND ECCLESJOHN.
[These parishes were united 2nd May
1583.
Bun. — The vicarage of Dun belonged to
the Priory of Elcho. Its church was dedi-
cated to the Virgin Mary.
Ecclesjohn. — The parsonage of Ecclesjohn
formed a prebend of Brechin.]
JAMES EBSKINE, had a gift of the
Archdeanery of Aberdeen, with the
kirk of Bayne and the mansion and
lodging in Old Aberdeen for his lifetime,
15th April 1565. He was pres. to the
parsonage by James VI. 21st, coll. (by the
Superintendent) 29th Sept. 1570, and inst.
soon afterwards. In 1574 Ecclesjohn was
in his charge; died before 24th March
that year.
[THOMAS EBSKINE, fifth son of Sir
John E. of Dun, Superintendent of Angus
and Mearns ; pres. to the parsonage and
vicarage by James VI. 24th March 1574,
but does not appear to have been settled.]
1575
Sir JOHN EBSKINE of Dun, born
1509, son of Sir John E., younger
of Dun (descended from a branch
of the Erskines of Erskine) who fell at
Flodden along with his father, and Mar-
garet, daugh. of Sir William, first Lord
Ruthven, and widow of Alexander, Earl
of Buchan. He was educated at King's
College, Aberdeen, and on the Continent, to
which be went in his twelfth year, urged
to go thither, it is said, from having acci-
dentally caused the death of a priest, Sir
John Forster, in the bell tower of Montrose.
From France he brought to Scotland a
scholar, Petrus de Masilliers, who opened
a school for classical studies at Montrose
(of which town E. was hereditary Provost),
and was the first to teach Greek in Scot-
land— a step which not inconsiderably
hastened the Kef ormation. From Masilliers
both Andrew Melville and George Wishart
had their introduction to the Greek
language. E. early espoused the Reformed
Faith and became the friend and disciple
of John Knox, who spoke of him as being
" miraculously illuminated." In 1555, after
Knox's first arrival from Geneva, he visited
E. at Dun, where he remained for a month,
preaching and making many converts to
Protestantism. E. was the fourth to sign
the first bond of the Scottish Reformers,
3rd Dec. 1557, inviting Knox to return
from Geneva. On 14th Dec. he was
app. one of the commissioners to witness
Queen Mary's marriage with the Dauphin.
Upon his return he identified himself
more publicly with the Reforming Party,
and on 10th May 1559, at Stirling, he
attended as intermediary between the
Queen Dowager and the preachers who
had refused to attend Mass. He signed
the Act of 23rd Oct. 1559, deposing her
from the Regency. In July 1560, though
a layman, he was elected Superintendent
of Angus and Mearns, was a member of
the first General Assembly 20th Dec.
following, and was one of those thought
apt and able to minister. He was ord. to
the ministry in 1561. He attended forty-
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DUN AND ECCLESJOHN
[PEESB. OF
four out of fifty-six General Assemblies,
and was Moderator of those of 25th Dec.
1564, 25th Dec. 1565, 25th June 1566, 25th
Dec. 1566, and 6th Aug. 1572. He was
one of the framers of the Second Book of
Discipline, and was pres. to this parish by-
James VI. on 11th Aug., and coll. by the
Superintendent of Fife 20th Aug. 1575 ;
dem. before 20th May 1583, and offered
also to resign his office of Superintendent,
but continued after the others had died
or given up their work ; died 12th March
1589, having been second only to Knox in
promoting and accomplishing the work of
Reformation. He marr. (1) (cont. 25th
Dec. 1525, when in his fifteenth year)
Elizabeth Lindsay (died 29th July 1538),
daugh. of David, Earl of Crawford, and
had issue — John, younger of Dun, died
7th Sept. 1563 ; Robert of Dun, died 27th
Dec. 1590; Thomas, pres. to the parsonage
here (supra) : (2) Jan. 1539, Barbara de
Bearle, a native of Picardy, who died
15th Nov. 1572, and had issue — James ;
John of Kirkbuddo ; Margaret (marr.
Patrick Maule of Panmure, and was
mother of Patrick, first Earl of Panmure).
Publication — Part of the Second Book of
Discipline. — [Scot. Antiq., iv., 118; Dun
Papers in Spalding Club Misc., iv. ; Hist.
MSS. Com., fifth Rep., pt. i., App. 633-
44 ; James Melvill's Diary ; Calderwood's
Hist., i. 107, 304, ii. 11, 45 et seq.; Warden's
Angus, iii., 169, 174-81 ; Diet. Nat. Biog.]
ANDREW STRATHAUCHIN
1583 [STRACHAN], adm. to Nigg before
1574 ; trans, to Inverkeilor in 1574 ;
trans, to Maryton in 1575 ; assisted at
consecration of David, Bishop of Aberdeen,
11th Nov. 1577; pres. to the parsonage
and vicarage by James VI. 20th May 1583,
also to the vicarage 7th Dec. that year ;
being aged and infirm in 1610, he had a
dispensation from the General Assembly for
non-residence ; retired to Montrose ; dem.
before 10th Dec. 1614, and died there Sept.
1622. He marr. Christian Arbuthnot, who
survived him, and had issue — Andrew ;
Alexander; James, min. of Kinneff. —
[Brechin Tests.; G. R. Sas., xviii., 377;
Beg. of Deeds, cexciv. 460, ccclxxxvii. 499.]
1622
JOHN ERSKINE, pres. to Ecclesgreig
1614 tSt Cyrus] before 13th May 1592;
was tutor of Dun in 1614 ; pres. by
James VI. 10th Dec. 1614 ; adm. (assistant) ;
died Jan. 1621. He was the only min.
north of the Tay who opposed the Five
Articles of the Perth Assembly. — [St
Andrews Tests. ; Inscrip. on Pu/pit.]
JAMES LICHTON [or LEIGHTON]
of the Usan family ; M.A. (St
Andrews, 22nd July 1608); adm.
to Craig before 4th Oct. 1615 ; trans, and
adm. before 1st Oct. 1622; was suspended
4th Oct. 1649 by the Commission of General
Assembly on various pretexts, and was
reponed by the Commission after personal
application 24th Nov. 1650 ; died 9th Nov.
1666, aged about 79. He marr., and had
issue — William, min. of this parish ;
Alexander, apprenticed to Robert Foulis,
merchant, Edinburgh, 29th March 1643 ;
Mary (marr., cont. 2nd July 1647, Robert
Gordon, merchant burgess of Montrose). —
[Menmuir Sess. Rec. ; Reg. of Deeds, Mack.,
13th Jan. 1711.]
WILLIAM LICHTON, son of preceding ;
1646 educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (11th May 1637); was on the
Exercise 15th Oct. 1640 ; ord. (assistant)
26th Nov. 1646 ; died after 1st July 1685.
He marr., and had issue — Elizabeth.
JOHN DOUGALL, son of Arthur D.
in Ardmanvel ; educated at Univ. of
St Andrews ; M.A. (24th July 1675) ;
became schoolmaster of Kinnettles and
afterwards of Craig ; was chaplain and
tutor to the sons of the laird of Dun ;
adm. after 1685 ; outed for nonjurancy
after 15th June 1697.
JAMES KER, educated at King's
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1668);
ord. 11th Feb. 1701 ; died 7th Nov.
1752. He marr. 12th April 1705, Ann
Beattie, who died 24th Oct. 1759, and
had issue — Margaret, bapt. 11th Feb. 1706 ;
Robert, min. of Lethnot, bapt. 1st June
1707 ; Anna, bapt. 11th Aug. 1708 ; Alex-
ander, bapt. 2nd April 1710; Janet, bapt.
2nd May 1711; Isabel, bapt. 23rd Feb.
1713; Helen, bapt. 15th April 1714;
1685
bkechin] DUN AND ECCLESJOHN— EDZELL AND NEWDOSK 389
1753
James, bapt. 7th Feb. 1716, died young;
John, bapt. 23rd Nov. 1717 ; James, bapt.
17th Jan. 1720 ; Magdalen, bapt. 17th Aug.
1721, died young ; Elizabeth (twin), bapt.
17th Aug. 1721 ; Magdalen, bapt. 27th
March 1724.
JAMES LAUDEK, born Melville Mill,
Lasswade, 1706 ; educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh ; licen. 31st Oct. 1744 ;
pres. by the Hon. David Erskine of Dun
[Lord Dun], Senator of the College of
Justice, 22nd Nov. 1752; ord. 16th May
1753; died 10th April 1802. He marr.
9th Nov. 1771, Esther Campbell, who died
24th June 1828, and had issue — Mary
Erskine, born 22nd Oct. 1772; John
Erskine, born 10th March 1774 ; Magdalene
Erskine, born 28th July 1775 ; Jean, born
15th May 1777; David Erskine, born 4th
Aug. 1779; James, born 29th Jan. 1783.
Publication — Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, iii.).
WILLIAM BUENS, pres. by John
Erskine of Dun in Oct., and ord.
(assistant and successor) 4th Dec.
1800 ; trans, to Kilsyth 19th April 1821.
JOHN EADIE, educated at Univ. of
1821 St Andrews ; M.A. (1808) ; licen. by
Presb. of Arbroath 3rd Feb. 1813;
pres. by Miss Alice Erskine of Dun in May,
and ord. 12th July 1821 ; elected joint-clerk
of Synod 22nd April 1823 ; died 29th Sept.
1857. He marr. 12th Nov. 1821, Helen
(died 20th Nov. 1850), daugh. of David
Scott of Newton, and had issue — Helen,
born 22nd March 1823; Sarah Erskine,
born 23rd March 1824 (marr. Charles Boss,
clothier, Edinburgh) ; Catherine, born 14th
July 1825 ; David, born 10th March 1828 ;
John, born 15th June 1829. Publication —
Account of the Parish {New Stat. Ace, xi.).
CHARLES [STUART] MACLEAN,
born 19th June 1823, son of Lauchlan
M., min. of Liff and Benvie ; edu-
cated at Univ. of St Andrews ; ord. to
St Luke's Chapel, Glasgow, 17th Aug.
1854 ; trans, and adm. 28th April 1858 ;
died 13th March 1865. He marr. 3rd July
1843, Eliza Grace Wilmer Grant Finnies,
who died 19th April 1902, and had issue —
1858
Charles Fitzroy Stuart, born 21st May
1844 ; Christina Mary St Clair, born 19th
Nov. 1845 ; Lachlan Alexander Matthew,
born 2nd July 1849 ; Moray Gordon, born
9th April 1853.
JOHN STEVENSON, trans, from Mill-
brex, and adm. 3rd Aug. 1865 ; trans,
to Glamis 6th Feb. 1873.
1865
ALEXANDEE ANDERSON, born 1832,
la„„ son of Archibald A., min. of Crathie ;
educated at Crathie School and Univ.
of Aberdeen ; licen. by Presb. of Kincar-
dine O'Neil in 1861 ; assistant at Dirleton,
Canisbay, Campbeltown, Culross, and Mon-
trose; ord. 9th May 1873; died 12th Dec.
1909. He marr. 21st Dec. 1881, Amelia
Emily, daugh. of Bobert Eodger, farmer,
Dun, and Margaret Lawrie, and had issue —
Archibald Bobert, engineer, Burma, born
13th Dec. 1882.
EOBEET EWING LEE, born Lenzie,
24th Sept. 1883, son of Thomas
Morton L., Kilmarnock, and Bobina
Ewing ; educated at High School and Univ.
of Glasgow; M.A. (1906), B.D. (1909);
assistant at St Paul's, Leith ; ord. 19th
May 1910 ; res. 29th Sept. 1913 on appoint-
ment as Church of Scotland chaplain in
India ; min. of St Andrew's Church,
Bombay, 23rd Oct 1913; Chaplain to
Forces; M.C. 1918. Marr. 5th Oct. 1910,
Annie, daugh. of Alexander William
Boberts, D.Sc, U.F. Mission, Lovedale,
South Africa, and Elizabeth Dunnett.
v WILLIAM PATEBSON BLACK, born
Craigiss, Shotts, 15th Feb. 1873, son
of James B. and Margaret Paterson ;
educated at Cleland School and Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow May
1912 ; assistant at Uddingston ; ord. 19th
Feb. 1914.
EDZELL AND NEWDOSK.
[These parishes were united in 1658. A
new church was built in 1818.
Edzell. — The church of Edzell was dedi-
cated to St Laurence. The parish was a
rectory. There were in it Wells of Our
Lady and St Laurence.
1914
390
EDZELL AND NEWDOSK
[PEESB. OF
Neivdosk. — The church of Newdosk was
dedicated to St Drostan. There was near
it a Well of St Drostan.]
THOMAS RAMSAY, reader from 1567
1567 to 1571.
JOHN DUNCANSON, pres. by James
VI. 23rd April 1571 ; dem. 9th July
1573.
1571
1573
JAMES FULLARTON, min. of Navar
in 1567; pres. by James VI. 14th
Aug. 1573. In 1574 Dunlappie,
Lethnot, Lochlee, and Navar were also
in his charge; died at his place of Tilli-
birnie, 31st Dec. 1599. He marr. Isobel
Graham, who survived him, and had issue
— Charles ; and others. — [Edin. Tests.]
HENRY STIRLING, M.A. ; min. in
1590, with Lochlee also in his charge,
but it was separated in 1591 ; trans,
to Aberlemno in 1597.
1597
RICHARD MERCHISTON, M.A. ;
adm. in 1597 ; was a member of
Assembly in 1610 ; trans, by the
Synod 3rd April 1611, and settled at
Bower in 1612.
DAVID WOOD, M.A. (King's College,
1613 Aberdeen, 1608) ; was an " expectant "
4th Sept. 1611 ; adm. before 6th Oct.
1613 ; got liberty of transportation from
the Synod 2nd Oct. 1616 ; died before 25th
Nov. 1640. He marr. a sister of John
Guthrie of that ilk, and had issue — Andrew,
Bishop of Caithness.— [Inq. Set. Gen., 2536;
Miller's Dunbar, 217.]
GEORGE FOGO, M.A.; adm. before
1639 16th May 1639 ; trans, to Stracathro
16th Jan. 1644.
DAVID FULLARTON, M.A. (Glasgow,
l644 1620); pres. by the laird of Edzell
in Feb., and adm. 28th July 1644 ;
had no service on 30th Nov. 1651, the
English army being in the district and
having scattered all the people to go and
provide corn and straw; died between
14th April and 19th May 1659. He marr.
Annas Lichton in the parish of Dun, and
had issue — John.
1660
JOHN KEITH, called in Aug., and ord.
13th Dec. 1660 ; trans, to Kirriemuir
30th Dec. 1663.
GEORGE DEMPSTER, was on the
1665 Exercise 2nd Dec. 1658; ord. 16th
Sept. 1664 ; adm. 10th May 1665 ;
dep. 5th May 1682 ; reponed 3rd Sept.
1684; died in Edinburgh, 23rd Jan. 1694.
— [Greyfriars Burials ; Jervise's Land of
the Lindsays, 10.]
1682
1701
WILLIAM IRVINE, educated at Mari-
schal College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(10th July 1673) ; chaplain to David
Lindsay of Edzell ; recommended for ordina-
tion 4th Sept., and adm. in 1682 ; died
probably unmarr. before 5th June 1683.
-JOHN BALVAIRD, M.A. ; adm. in
1684 1684i deserted his charge in 1699,
and intruded at Glamis.
ROBERT LINDSAY, probably son of
David L., min. of Rescobie; M.A.
(St Andrews, 24th July 1680);
recommended for licence 7th Jan. 1685 ;
intruded about 1701 ; was forbidden to
exercise his ministry by the Lords of
Justiciary 8th Feb. 1709, and gave up the
charge 6th June 1710. Having intruded
again, he was dep. 3rd Oct. 1716, and died
before 1720. He marr., and had issue —
Hercules, advocate, Professor of Law,
Glasgow, died 2nd June 1761. — [Lives of
the Lindsays, ii., 261.]
ROBERT GRAY, trans, from Cabrach ;
._.. called by the Presb. jure devoluto
6th May, and adm. (at Brechin) 26th
Aug. 1714. His settlement was opposed
by David Lindsay of Edzell, who with his
friends barricaded the church and attacked
those of the congregation supporting the
min., who had to take safety in flight and
appeal to the civil authority for protec-
tion. On 3rd Jan. 1715 he was allowed to
enter on his labours without molestation,
the laird being glad to settle matters by
advice of the Lords of Justiciary. He was
trans, to Brechin 8th May 1717.
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391
1717
GEORGE LESLIE, son of Peter L.,
Mains of Fy vie, brother of Alexander
L. of Warthill ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen ; MA. (1683) ; licen. by
Presb. of Deer 14th Feb. 1712; ord. to
Navar 23rd Sept. 1714; called 22nd Aug.,
trans, and adm. 19th Sept. 1717 ; died
Dec. 1718. He marr. Sept. 1715, Janet
Keith, who survived him, and had a gift
of vacant stipend from Exchequer 28th
Aug. 1721.— [St Andrews Tests.]
JAMES THOMSON, educated at Mari-
schal College, Aberdeen ; called 10th
Feb. 1720 ; ord. 22nd March 1721 ;
died 30th Jan. 1729. He marr. Ann
Thomson, who died 6th May 1772.
JAMES MURISON, M.A. ; called 18th
June, and ord. 17th Sept. 1729 ;
1721
1729
trans, to Kinnell 13th Oct. 1743.
1744
GEORGE WILSON, pres. by George II.
27th Dec. 1743; called 23rd Feb.,
and ord. 25th April 1744 ; trans, to
Kinnaird (Brechin) 5th Oct. 1748.
- GEORGE BLAIR, born 1707, tutor in
.„.„ Colonel Ogilvie's family ; licen. by
Presb. of Dundee 29th Oct. 1729;
ord. min. of Abernyte 31st Oct. 1733 ; dem.
that charge, 16th Nov. 1738, on appoint-
ment as Master of the Grammar School
of Dundee ; pres. by George II. 20th Dec.
1748 ; called 9th Feb., and adm. 8th March
1749; died 19th June 1773. He marr.
Katherine Fairweather, who died 15th
Feb. 1798, and had issue — Agnes, born
15th May 1742, died 27th Jan. 1806;
James, born 19th July 1743, apprentice
to a W.S., 1759; Elizabeth, born 22nd
June 1745 ; Margaret, born 20th July 1746,
died 1st Dec. 1813; Katherine, born 13th
July 1748 ; Robert, born 2nd July 1752.
DAVID MILLAR, pres. by George III.
23rd July 1773 ; ord. 2nd Feb. 1774 ;
died 24th March 1788.— [St Andrews
1774
Tests.]
ANDREW HUTTON, born 1763 ; licen.
1788 by Presb. of Dalkeith 29th April,
pres. by George III. 16th May, and
ord. 25th Sept. 1788 ; clerk of Presb. ; died
5th June 1842. Publications — Accounts of
the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, x., and
New Stat. Ace, xi.).
ROBERT INGLIS, born Glamis, 4th
1841 ^ec" ^803' son °f David I., min. of
Lochlee ; app. schoolmaster of Loch-
lee in 1819 ; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen; M.A. (30th March 1821); licen.
by Presb. of Brechin 1st March 1826 ; ord.
to Lochlee 8th June 1837 ; trans, and adm.
(assistant and successor) 20th Oct. 1841.
Joined the Free Church in 1843 ; min. of
Free Church, Edzell, 1843-76; died 19th
Jan. 1876. He marr. 3rd Dec. 1830,
Helen (died 9th Oct. 1884), daugh. of
Alexander Brand, shipmaster, Montrose,
and Jean Anderson, and had issue — David,
after an adventurous career in various
parts of the world, became a coach-builder
in Montrose, born 2nd Sept. 1831, died 25th
Aug. 1888 ; Jane, born 28th April 1833, died
13th March 1910 ; Robert, born 26th Sept.
1835, died 8th March 1843 ; Catherine, born
15th May 1837, died 17th March 1843;
Alexander Brand, Indian merchant, Presi-
dent of the Calcutta Chamber of Commerce
and Member of the Legislative Council,
born 26th Jan. 1839, died 13th Sept. 1886 ;
William Panmure, born 27th April 1841,
died 27th Feb. 1843; Lieut.-Col. Sir
Robert William, Kt., stockbroker, London,
Chairman of Committee London Stock
Exchange (1907-17), born 22nd July 1843,
died 10th April 1923; The Hon. James,
colonial politician, Minister of Public In-
struction, New South Wales (1887-9),
author of Oor Ain Folk, being Memories
of Manse Life in the Mearns; Sport and
Work on the Nepaul Frontier ; Tent Life
in Tiger Land ; Our Australian Cousins ;
Our New Zealand Cousins; Tirhoot Rhymes,
born 24th Nov. 1845, died 14th Oct. 1908 ;
Thomas Chalmers, tea-planter, India, born
29th Oct. 1847, died 21st Oct. 1893; John
Knox, M.A., Inspector of Schools, Rai
Bareli, India, born 6th Aug. 1849, died of
cholera 3rd Aug. 1878 ; William Burnett,
banker, born 3rd Oct. 1851, died of sun-
stroke at Wilcannia, Australia, 12th Jan.
1882 ; George Brown, min. of the Presby-
terian Church at Auckland, N.Z., born 11th
392
NEWDOSK— FARNELL AND KINNAIRD [peesb. of
Oct. 1854; Henry, stockbroker, London,
born 31st Jan. 1857. Publications— Sermon
CXIV. {Free Church Pulpit,\\\.); Memorials
of the Disruption in Edzell and Lochlee
(Edinburgh, 1872). — [Oor Ain Folk, by
James Inglis (Edinburgh, 1894).]
CHAELES SMITH ADIE, pres. by
1843 Queen Victoria, 22nd July, and ord.
21st Sept. 1843 ; trans, to Tibbermore
25th March 1869.
DAVID STUAET BOSS, born 1840,
1869 son °^ Alexander E., clothier, New-
Deer, and Jessie Stuart ; educated
at Univ. of Aberdeen ; MA. (1859) ; assist-
ant at Alloa ; ord. at request of min. of
Alloa, by Presb. of Stirling 28th Jan. 1868 j
pres. by Queen Victoria 21st April, and adm.
here 2nd July 1869; clerk of Presb. 1902-5;
died 12th March 1905. He marr. 29th
March 1888, Jemima, daugh. of William
Carnegie of Dunlappie, and Margaret
Elgin, and had issue— Elgin (daugh.), born
21st June 1889.
DAVID WILLIAMSON, born Green-
lgog law, Berwickshire, 21st May 1877,
son of John W., schoolmaster, and
Mary Ann Conacher ; educated at Green-
law School, Dollar Academy, and Univ. of
St Andrews; M.A. (1900), B.D. (1903);
licen. by Presb. of St Andrews in 1903 ;
assistant at Wallacetown, Dundee, and
Lady Glenorchy's, Edinburgh; ord. 17th
Aug. 1905. Marr. 7th Nov. 1908, Emily
Mary, younger daugh. of James Shanks,
engineer, Arbroath, and Margaret Jane
Cargill, and has issue — Olive Margaret,
born 26th Aug. 1909 ; Ella Mary Conacher,
born 12th May 1911 ; Quentin John, born
26th June 1917.
NEWDOSK.
DAVID STBATON, reader from 1574
1574 to 1580.
THOMAS STEWAET, reader in
1586 1586. — [Beg. Aud. of Exch., 16th
Jan. 1586-7.]
FARNELL AND KINNAIRD.
[These parishes were united on 9th Dec.
1772. A new church was built in 1806.
The church of Farnell was dedicated to
St Ninian. The incumbent of this parish
was, as such, Dean of Brechin.]
JOHN MELDEUM, reader and vicar in
1567 1567.
THOMAS SHEWAN, pres. to the
1573 vicarage 2nd Sept. 1573; reader,
1573 to 1577.— [Acts and Dec, lv., 7.]
1577
JAMES NICOLSON, son of James N,
writer and collector-clerk of the feu
mails of the town and lands of
Drumgranis; having completed his course
of Arts and intending to go abroad to
complete his education, had a gift for
four years from James VI., 31st May
1577, of the mails and teinds of Middle
Drums worth £60, which pertained to the
canons of Brechin ; pres. to the deanery
of Brechin 24th Nov. 1577, with a pension
for life of £50 from the rents of the
deanery 24th Jan. 1577-8. He died before
30th Nov. 1581.— [Beg. of Deeds, xvii.,
302.]
1581
DUGALD CAMPBELL, M.A. (Glasgow
1579) ; pres. by James VI. 30th Nov.
1581 ; was Moderator of Presb. in
1597, and app. Constant Moderator by
General Assembly in 1606 ; was a member
of Assembly in 1610 ; died before 8th July
1633, aged about 76. He marr. (1) before
7th Dec. 1599, Margaret Kinnaird, widow
of John Carnegy of Easter Fithie : (2)
Katherine (died before 4th Dec. 1661),
daugh. of John Makure, tailor burgess
of Edinburgh, and had issue — Dugald ;
Margaret (marr., cont. 5th Jan. 1608,
James, son of John Machen, burgess of
Montrose). — [Brechin Tests. ; Inq. Bet.
Edin., 418 ; Beg. of Deeds, lzxxiv., 299 ;
Forfar Inhib., 19th April 1611; G. B.
Inhib., 24th April 1619; Prot. Booh of
John Hay, v., 128 ; Clan Campbell, vi.,
75, 117, 253.]
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FARNELL AND KINNAIRD
393
167S
DAVID CARNEGIE of Craigo, Logie-
less ^>ert' ^0rn 1595' son °^ David C.
of Cookston and Unthank ; educated
at King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1618) ;
adm. to Second Charge, Brechin, 1631 ;
pres. by Charles I. 8th July 1633 ; was one
of the two chaplains of Maison Dieu of
Brechin ; died in 1672. He left 600 merks
to the poor of the parish. He marr. (1)
Helen (died 18th July 1656), eldest daugh.
of David Lindsay of Dunkenny, Bishop of
Edinburgh, and had issue — David of Craigo,
physician ; James, min. of Barry ; Robert,
licentiate ; Agnes (marr. Robert Paterson,
Principal of Marischal College, Aberdeen) :
(2) Helen Stewart (s.p.).—[G. R. Inhib.,
15th Feb. 1672 ; For/a?' Sas., ii. 253, iii.
106 ; Brechin Tests. ; Inq. Ret. Forfar,
269, Gen., 5645.]
JOHN LAMMIE, probably brother of
Silvester L., min. of Glamis ; edu-
cated at Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A.
(1617) ; was tutor and servitor to James,
Marquess of Montrose, 1628-9; ord. to
Maryton 26th May 1642 ; trans, and adm.
between 6th March and 1st May 1673;
died 21st Jan. 1680, aged about 82. He
marr. Katherine, daugh. of Alexander
Lindsay of Canterland and Helen, daugh.
of John Haldane of Gleneagles, who sur-
vived him, and had issue — John, min. of
Ecclesgreig ; Helen ; Margaret (marr. Alex-
ander Arbuthnot, min. of Arbuthnott). —
[Scot. Antiq., x., 96; P. G. Decreets, 29th
Jan. 1685.]
GEORGE HALIBURTON, Bishop of
Brechin (q.v.) ; pres. by Charles II.
21st Jan. 1680, "in respect the
Bishopric is small and inconsiderable, so
that it is very incompetent for maintain-
ing of a Bishop in the dignity due to his
sacred character."
HENRY LINDSAY, M.A. ; trans, from
Brechin and adm. before 15th Jan.
1682 ; trans, to Dunnichen that year.
CHARLES CARNEGIE, fifth son of
Sir Alexander C. first of Pitarrow
and Margaret, sister of first Viscount
Arbuthnott ; became a regent in St Leonard's
College, St Andrews ; pres. by Robert, Earl
1680
1682
of Southesk, 1682; adm. 15th May 1684;
D.D. (St Andrews, 22nd Jan. 1685) ; died
July 1694, aged about 38. He marr. 21st
Feb. 1685, Barbara, daugh. of George
Martin, min. of Second Charge, Dundee,
and had issue — Robert, Snell Exhibitioner,
Glasgow, 23rd Jan. 1699, B.A. (Oxon 1703),
M.A. (1706), M.D., died in London 1721 ;
James, Snell Exhibitioner, Glasgow, 8th
Oct. 1709, student at Balliol College,
Oxford, 1709-10, said to have been expelled,
and becoming a sailor was mate of the
sloop Ruby, drowned 1721 or 1722; Alex-
ander, merchant, London ; Magdalen (marr.
John Mudie of Ardbikie). His widow marr.
(2) Robert Scott, D.D., min. of Hamilton. —
[Tombst. ; Macfarlane's Gen. Coll., ii., 173,
194, 203 ; Snell Exhibitions, 29, 33.]
ANDREW GEDDIE, M.A. (Edinburgh,
17o3 9th July 1688); ord. to Dairsie
3rd March 1696 ; trans, and adm.
5th Oct. 1703; dep. 22nd Feb. 1716 for
compliance with the Rebellion ; died before
27th Feb. 1719. He marr. Christian
Duncan, widow of William Chaplain, and
had issue — Helen, bapt. 26th July 1707 ;
Anne, born 13th Oct. 1708; Mary;
Barbara.— [Brechin Tests. ; Fountainhall's
Decisions, ii.]
DAVID FERGUSSON, licen. by Presb.
of Dalkeith 15th March 1714 ; called
by the Presb. jure devoluto 18th
Sept., and ord. 4th Oct. 1716 ; his manse
was robbed, 11th Feb. 1747, and a silver
watch, about £10 in cash, and other articles
carried off; died 14th Aug. 1751. He
marr. 12th Jan. 1721, Anna, daugh. of
John Russel, merchant, Edinburgh, and
had issue — Margaret, bapt. 5th Nov. 1721 ;
Jean, bapt. 12th Sept. 1723; David, min.
of this parish ; Janet, bapt. 24th March
1726 ; Anna (twin), bapt. 24th March 1726 ;
Katherine, bapt. 17th June 1728; Eliza-
beth, bapt. 7th July 1731.— [Brechin Tests. ;
Tombst.]
DAVID FERGUSSON, bapt. 17th Sept.
1724, son of preceding; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen ; licen.by
the Presb. 2nd May 1750 ; pres. by George II.
in April, and ord. (assistant and successor)
1716
394
FARNELL AND KINNAIRD
[PRESB. OF
25th July 1751 ; died 4th Dec. 1793. He
marr. 8th May 1755, Janet (died 8th Nov.
1796), daugh. of Thomas Mitchell, min. of
Aberlemno, and had issue — David, born
23rd Feb. 1757 ; Mary, born 15th April
1759 (marr. John Bruce, min. of Forfar) ;
Anne, born 29th Sept. 1760; Margaret
Turnbull, born 17th Oct. 1762; Thomas,
born 3rd Jan. 1766; Patrick, student at
Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1783-7, born
27th April 1767 ; Andrew, min. of Maryton,
born 18th March 1769; Katherine, born
24th Sept. 1771. Publication — Account of
the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, iii.).
1794
JAMES WILSON, born 28th Oct. 1756,
son of George W., min. of Kinnaird ;
educated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (1772) ; licen. by Presb. of
Brechin 7th May 1777 ; ord. to Maryton
24th June 1778; pres. by George III. in
March, trans, and adm. 24th Sept. 1794 ;
died 18th Oct. 1829. He marr. 11th Nov.
1797, John (born 1st May 1766, died 22nd
Jan. 1846), daugh. of Sir William Nicolson
of Glenbervie, Bart., and had issue — Helen
Mill, born 29th Nov. 1798 (marr. David
Smith, schoolmaster, Farnell) ; Ann, born
15th Nov. 1799 (marr. 28th Dec. 1831,
Bobert Badenoch of Arthurhouse, M.D.),
died 3rd Oct. 1878; James, born 26th
Oct. 1800 ; George, student at Marischal
College, Aberdeen, born 15th Nov. 1801,
died 1823; Mitchell (daugh.), born 1st
March 1806, died unmarr. ; Elizabeth,
died unmarr. ; Marion Mill, born 15th
June 1809 (marr. 1838, Thomas John
Bremner of Glassaugh). — [Burke's Landed
Gentry, 12th ed., 1402.]
1827
ALEXANDER DOUGLAS, educated
at Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by
Presb. there 11th Feb. 1824; pres.
by George IV. in Feb., and ord. (assistant
and successor) 22nd June 1827 ; died
unmarr. 28th June 1833. Publication —
Account of the Parish (JVeta Stat. Ace, xi.).
' HENRY BREWSTER, born 28th Sept.
1884 1806, second son of James B., D.D.,
min. of Craig ; licen. by Presb. of
Brechin 17th Sept. 1829 ; pres. by William
IV. 30th July 1833; ord. 16th Jan. 1834;
died 1st Dec. 1866. He marr. (1) 15th
Aug. 1837, Jane Valentine (died 31st Oct.
1862), only daugh. of David Leighton of
Bearhill : (2) 26th July 1865, Mary Clark,
widow of Burnett (she died 11th Sept.
1872).
1864
ALEXANDER OGILVY HOOD, born
Hatton of Eassie 1840, son of David
H., farmer, and Jane Ogilvy ; edu-
cated at Eassie School and Univs. of St
Andrews and Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb.
of Meigle 2nd July 1862 ; assistant in this
parish'; ord. (assistant and successor) 22nd
Dec. 1864 ; res. charge and his status as a
min. 12th Sept. 1873 ; died 1st March 1905.
THOMAS ALEXANDER CAMERON,
1874 k°rn Kirkmichael, Banffshire, 1842,
son of John O, contractor, and
Margaret Fraser ; educated at Kirkmichael
School and Univ. of St Andrews ; be-
came schoolmaster at Kingussie ; assistant
at St Mungo's, Glasgow ; ord. to Dunnichen
11th Jan. 1872 ; pres. by Queen Victoria
30th Oct. 1873; trans, and adm. 19th Feb.
1874 ; served as chaplain in South African
Field Force; died 1st Dec. 1922. He
marr. (1) 4th July 1872, Jemima (died
23rd Dec. 1885), daugh. of James Clarke,
lieutenant 42nd Highlanders, and Jane
Stewart, and widow of Grigor Stuart,
min. of Kingussie, and had issue— Thomas
Macpherson Bruce Gardyne, born 27th May
1873; Mary Rose, born 18th June 1877
(marr. 1905, Hugh M'CalmontM'Gildowny),
died 1st Dec. 1922 : (2) 11th Aug. 1887,
Mary Jane Lyon.
IVO MACNAUGHTON CLARK, born
1912 Aberdeen, 12tn Julv 1883> son of
John C, shoemaker, and Elizabeth
Macnaughton ; educated at Robert Gordon's
College and Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1904), B.D. (1908); licen. by Presb. of
Aberdeen 8th Sept. 1908; assistant at
High Church, Inverness ; ord. (assistant
and successor) 22nd Nov. 1912 ; served in
European War as chaplain to Forces in
5th and 6th Black Watch and 2nd Royal
Scots Fusiliers.
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395
KINNAIRD, formerly CUIKSTON.
[The church of Cuikston was dedicated to
St Romuald. A knoll a mile north from the
church is called Hume's Cross. Cuikston
Church was rebuilt by David Carnegie of
Kinnaird, who, in his will, dated 15th
April 1598, the day before his death,
ordained his eldest son and successor to
"complete the work." In 1606 an Act
of Parliament was passed changing the
name of the parish to Kinnaird.]
JOHN WEMYSS, pres. to the parish
„ kirk of the prebendary called the
subdeanery of Brechin by James
VI. 19th April 1597; signed the Protest
with forty-one other mins., 1st July 1606,
against introduction of Episcopacy ; was a
member of Assembly in 1639, and on the
passing of the Act containing the Cause
and Remedy of the bygone Evils of the
Kirk 17th Aug., he "could scarce get a
word spocken for teares trickling doune
along his gray haires, likes droppes of rain
or dewe upon the toppe of the tender
grasse, and yet all smylling for joy," on
which the Moderator (David Dickson, D.D.,
Professor of Divinity at Glasgow) said, " I
believe the King's Majestie made never the
heart of any so blythe in giving them a
bishoprick, as he has made the heart of
that reverend man joyfull in putting them
away." W. was Father of the Church
in 1658. He taught many of the children
in the parish without fees, and assisted
the Carnegie family in matters of legal
business. — [Acts of Pari., iv., 358.]
WILLIAM PIERSON, M.A.; called
(to be assistant and successor) Nov.
1658; ord. 31st March 1659; trans.
to Paisley before 29th Oct. 1663.
DAVID RAIT, son of William R, min.
^^ of Mains ; M. A. ; adm. in 1664 ; died
before 2nd Feb. 1676, aged about 73.
He marr. a lady whose name is unknown,
and had issue— Henry, died Oct. 1669,
aged 18,
JOHN DALL [or DAW], M.A. (St
Andrews, 25th July 1663); became
chaplain to the laird of Dunninald;
pres. by Robert, Earl of Southesk, in Aug.,
and adm. 28th Sept. 1676; died in 1698,
aged about 55.
ALEXANDER WILSON, son of John
W. of Whytecroft ; educated at Univ.
of St Andrews; M.A. (13th May
1653); adm. to Elie 8th June 1678 ; deprived
by the Privy Council 8th Sept. 1689;
intruded here before 17th April 1701. He
marr. 10th July 1666, Janet Weems in
parish of Elie, and had issue — Andrew,
apprenticed to George Leslie, stationer,
Edinburgh, 5th July 1682. — [Edin. Guild
Beg. ; Fife Sas., x. 221, xi. 22.]
FRANCIS RAIT, son of John R., min.
of Inverkeilor; tutor to the Master
of Kinnaird ; intruded here but left
before 6th April 1711. He was prosecuted
before the Lords of Justiciary, 29th July
1717, for intruding into parish churches,
leasing - making and praying for King
James ; but the Solicitor-General deserted
the diet in respect of the King's Act of
Grace ; dep. by Presb. 31st July 1717, for
again intruding during the Rebellion. He
had an illegal meeting-house in Brechin in
1726, which was shut up by the Lords of
Justiciary.
JOHN SMITH, educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1700);
licen. by Presb. of Arbroath 13th
Aug. 1707; called by the Presb. jure
devoluto 22nd March, and ord. 5th April
1716 ; died 22nd Sept. 1723.
ANDREW KNOX, M.A. (St Andrews,
1724 6tn May 1712^ ; became a teacner in
the Grammar School, Brechin ; licen.
by Presb. of Brechin 8th Feb. 1721 ; called
23rd Nov., and pres. by Colonel Straton
11th Dec. 1723 ; ord. 9th April 1724. His
manse was invaded by house-breakers, 12th
Feb. 1747, and silver and other articles
carried off to the value of £15. An elder
having obtained a decree in the Com-
missary Court of Brechin against him for
an alleged slander uttered in the Presb.,
396
KINNAIRD— FERN
[PEESB. OF
he appealed to the Court of Session and
the appeal was sustained on the ground of
privilege ; died 25th Feb. 1748, aged about
54. He marr. 23rd April 1726, Marjory
Glasford, who died 15th May 1761, and
had issue — John ; Andrew ; Stuart. —
[Brechin Tests. ; Scots Mag., ix.]
GEOEGE WILSON, son of Patrick W.
1748 in Mill of Auchry ; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen ; ord.
to Edzell 25th April 1744 ; called 28th July,
trans, and adrn. 5th Oct. 1748 ; died 30th
July 1787. He marr. 24th June 1747, Ann
(died 20th May 1797), daugh. of William
Burnett of Criggie and sister of Sir
Thomas B. of Leys, Bart., and had issue —
Mary, born 10th Dec. 1749 ; Margaret, born
27th March 1751 ; Elizabeth, born ISth
Aug. 1754; James, min. of Farnell, born
28th Feb. 1756 ; Katherine, born 29th Oct.
1759.
[The parish was united to Farnell and
Brechin 9th Dec. 1772.]
FERN.
[The church was originally founded by
Bishop Colman about 666. There was in
the parish a Well of St Aidan, who was
possibly the patron of the Parish Church.
The Bishop of Brechin had a castle at
Fern. The present church was built in 1S83.]
JAMES MELVILLE, M.A. ; adm.
1566 before 4th Sept. 1566 ; at the
Assembly 25th Dec. that year, he,
with others, signed a letter to the bishops
and pastors in England on behalf of such
of their brethren as refused to comply with
the order prescribing the wearing of certain
ecclesiastical vestments in Divine Service ;
in 1567 Menmuir and Kinnell were also in
his charge ; trans, to Tannadice in 1567.
ANDREW LEITCH, pres. to the
1580 vicaraSe °f Kilmoir, within the
Cathedral Kirk of Brechin, by James
VI. 15th May 1577; min. here in 1580
with Dunlappie also in charge ; was
Master of the Grammar School of Brechin
13th Jan. 1580-1 ; trans, to Maryton
before 1585.
ALEXANDER NOEIE, son of Robert
1588 ^"" an<^ Katherine Donaldson ; min.
of Dunlappie in 1585 with Fern also
in charge ; removed here in 1586 ; died
Nov. 1602. He marr., and had issue —
Barbara ; Katherine ; Isobel ; Agnes.
ROBERT NORIE, M.A. ; min. in 1607 ;
160„ trans, to Stracathro before 12th Sept.
1610.
GEORGE SYMMER, second son
1614 °^ -^°^ert S. and Janet Ogilvy and
nephew of George S. of Balzeordie ;
educated at King's College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1604); killed at Dundee in March
1653. He marr. Jean Arbuthnott, and
had issue— Alexander ; Helen, deaf and
dumb ; another daugh. — [Beg. of Deeds,
cccxxxvi., 411 ; Forfar Inhib., 30th July
1632 ; Forfar Sas., vi., 13.]
JAMES CRAMOND, youngest brother
lfis_ of Hercules C. of Balhall ; educated
at King's College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(1644) ; was on the Exercise 1st Oct. 1646 ;
went to England in 1648 as preacher to a
regiment, for which he was suspended, but
having expressed his sorrow for the offence,
he was reponed by the Commission of
Assembly 30th Jan. 1651 ; called in June,
and ord. 14th Sept. 1653 ; died 1690, aged
about 66. He marr. Geils Ramsay, and
had issue — Captain AVilliam ; James ;
Elizabeth (marr. Colonel William Cleph-
ane). — [Fam. of Rose of Eilravock ; G. R.
Inhib., 11th Feb. 1675.]
ALEXANDER WILSON, M.A.,
formerly of Elie, intruded here but
was outed and went to Kinnaird.
GEORGE WEMYSS, M.A. (St Andrews,
1698 19 th July 1690) ; ord. 29th Dec. 1698 ;
died 8th June 1737, aged about 67.
He marr. 2nd April 1699, Marjory, daugh.
of John Spalding, min. of the Second
Charge, Dundee, and had issue — Robert ;
James, min. of the parish. Publication —
The Elevated Flame of a Devout Send in
Actual Communion ivith God, annexed to
Spalding's GZconomy of the Holy Trinity
(Edinburgh, 1720). He edited Spalding's
Synopsis Sacra (1703). — [Cupar Sas. Rec. ;
Jervise's Land of the Lindsays, 222.]
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397
JAMES WEMYSS, son of preceding;
,„__ called 4th Dec. 1734 ; ord. (assistant
and successor) 2nd April 1735 ; trans,
to Errol 30tli Oct. 1744.
GEORGE TYTLER, born 1706, son of
.„._ John T., Corsindae,, Aberdeenshire ;
educated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen ; licen. by Presb. of Alford 13th Sept.
1732; ord. to Premnay 10th Oct. 1733;
pres. by George II. 29th Nov. 1744; called
14th Feb., trans, and adm. 24th April
1745 ; died 29th July 1785. He marr. 22nd
Oct. 1734 Janet Robertson, who died 21st
July 1795, and had issue — Barbara, born
10th Aug. 1735 ; George, student of divinity,
born 4th May 1737, went abroad ; Mary,
born 7th March 1744 ; James, miscellaneous
writer, editor of various periodicals, com-
piler of three-fourths of the second edition
of Encyclopaedia Britannica, author of
"The Bonnie Brucket Lassie" and other
songs, better known as " Balloon Tytler,"
being the first person in Britain to ascend
in a balloon [27th Aug. 1784, at Comely
Gardens, Edinburgh], born 17th Dec. 1745,
died at Salem, U.S.A., 1805; Henry
William, M.D., Brechin, translator and
author, born 4th April 1753, died in
Edinburgh, 24th Aug. 1808. — [Jervise's
Land of the Lindsays, 180, 333 ; Kay's
Portraits, i. ; Black's Brechin, 183 ; Diet.
Nat. Biog.; Gent. Mag., 1784, ii. 709, 711,
1808, ii. 852.]
JOHN GILLANDERS, born Aberdeen-
shire, 1757; M.A. (King's College,
1786 Aberdeen, 25th March 1778) ; school-
master of Tannadice ; licen. by Presb. of
Forfar 19th Feb. 1783; pres. by George
III. 22nd Aug. 1785; called 1st March,
and ord. 7th June 1786; died unmarr.
9th Nov. 1802. Publication— Account of
the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace., iii.).
DAVID HARRIS, born 1774, son of
George H, farmer, and Janet Pirnie ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Dundee 1st Dec. 1802;
pres. by George III. 27th Dec. 1802;
ord. 8th Sept. 1803 ; died Father of the
Church at Riverside Villa, Blairgowrie,
28th Oct. 1867. He marr. 21st May 1812,
Grace (died 22nd Feb. 1845, aged 62),
daugh. of William Dow, min. of Blair-
gowrie. [She had a taste for Scottish
ballad poetry and music, and left a large
collection of both. She and her daughs.
joined the Free Church in 1843, and
continued members till their deaths.] H.
had issue — Mary Duncan, born 4th July
1813, died 24th June 1849; Amelia, born
7th April 1815; George, min. of this
parish ; Grace, born 25th June 1819, died
5th April 1842 ; Elizabeth Greenhill, born
18th Jan. 1821, died 25th May 1840; Jane,
born 18th Jan. 1823; William, born 2nd
June 1825.
GEORGE HARRIS, born 18th Jan.
lgg. 1818, son of preceding; educated
at Fern School and Univs. of Edin-
burgh and Aberdeen ; licen. by Presb. of
Brechin 2nd May 1843 ; assistant at Gamrie;
ord. (assistant and successor) 12th Oct.
1854 ; died unmarr. 20th July 1860.
ANDREW WILSON, born Macduff,
12th Nov. 1819, son of Andrew W.,
seaman, and Margaret West ; edu-
cated at Parish School and King's College,
Aberdeen; M.A. (1837); teacher at Ale-
house-hillock School, Cairnie, 1839 - 41 ;
schoolmaster at Alvah in 1841 ; licen.
by Presb. of Turriff 22nd Jan. 1845 ; head-
master of John Watson's Institution,
Edinburgh, 1850-5 ; ord. to Lochgelly
Chapel 4th July 1856; trans, and adm.
(assistant and successor) 25th April 1861 ;
res. 28th Oct. 1867 ; engaged in literary
work, reviewing and writing for the news-
papers under the nom-de-plume "Cornelius
Crabtree, Gentleman " ; died in Edinburgh
8th Feb. 1891. Publication— Nature Notes
on the Powburn.
1868
WILLIAM WADDELL, born Gavinton,
Langton, Berwickshire, April 1844,
son of Alexander W., builder, and
Elizabeth Rae ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh; M.A. (1863); licen. by Presb.
of Dundee ; assistant at Forfar ; pres. by
Queen Victoria 3rd Jan., and ord. 23rd
April 1868; dep. 30th May 1874; died
18th Sept. 1896. He marr. (1) 7th Oct.
1869, Jane Reid (who died Head of Church
398
FERN— HILLSIDE— LETHNOT AND NAVAR [presb. of
of Scotland Jewish Mission School, Salonica,
21st Dec. 1877), daugh. of John Alexander
Castlemaine Tannoch, D.D., min. of Glamis,
and had issue — John Tannoch, lieut. 48th
Northampton Regiment, born 14th Feb.
1873, killed in action, Tirah Expedition,
India, 1896: (2) 1st Jan. 1884, Mary
Davidson, I who survived him, and marr.
(2) 8th Dec. 1896.
1875
JOHN FERGUSSON, born Kerrow,
Glenshee, 29th July 1834, son of
Donald F., farmer, and Mary
M'Gregor ; educated at Glenshee School,
Dundee High School, and Univs. of St
Andrews and Aberdeen ; licen. by Presb.
of Meigle 4th Aug. 1858 ; assistant at St
John's Parish, Dundee ; ord. to Glenprosen
4th Oct. 1860 ; trans, to New Pitsligo 19th
March 1869 ; pres. by Queen Victoria 11th
Sept. 1874 ; trans, and adm. 7th Jan. 1875 ;
LL.D. (St Andrews 1896); died unmarr.
6th Aug. 1907. He was a noted botanist,
founder of the Cryptogamic Society, an
extensive contributor to British and Con-
tinental Scientific Journals and to Husnot's
Musci Gallim ("Herbier de Meuisses de
France et Diverses Contr^es de 1'Europe ").
1907
ROBERT CONSTABLE MITCHELL,
born Dykehead, Kilry, Glenisla, 19th
Jan. 1872, son of John M., farmer,
and Jessie Dick; educated at Kilry and
Alyth Schools, West End Academy, Dundee,
and Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb.
of Dundee 3rd July 1895 ; assistant at St
Paul's Parish, Perth ; ord. to Wormit
Chapel 15th Sept. 1898 ; trans, and adm.
19th Dec. 1907. Marr. 14th April 1914,
Elizabeth Allan, daugh. of Hugh Allan
Gault, C.E., Christchurch, New Zealand,
and Sarah Semple Black, and has issue —
Malcolm Lionel, born 11th April 1916.
HILLSIDE (Q.S.).
[The parish of Hillside was disjoined
from Montrose 17th March 1879.]
ALEXANDER MILNE, ord. 16th March
1870 ; trans, to St Andrew's Parish,
1870 Dundee, 1st Nov. 1871.
1907
THOMAS MITCHELL, born Auch-
lochter, Fordoun, 31st March 1846,
1872
son of James M. and Helen Duffus ;
educated at Grammar School and Univ.
of Aberdeen ; M.A. (1867) ; licen. by Presb.
of Aberdeen 3rd Dec. 1869 ; assistant at
Montrose ; ord. 4th Jan. 1872 ; first min.
of the parish 1879; res. in 1907. He
marr. 18th April 1876, Elsie Low, daugh.
of Basil M'Killiam, Aberdeen, and had
issue — Thomas, M.B., Auchinblae, born 10th
April 1879.
MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM WILSON,
born Glasgow, 6th Feb. 1879, son of
James W., min. of Gardenstown ;
educated at Bracoden School, Gamrie, and
Univ. of Aberdeen; M.A. (1901), B.D.
(1904) ; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen May
1901 ; assistant at Marnoch, High Church,
Inverness, and Holburn, Aberdeen ; ord.
19th Sept. 1907. Marr. 4th April 1922,
Annie, widow of Colonel William Swynfen
Jones, Southsea, Hants. Publication —
Soldiers' Fare : Addresses (Paisley, 1918).
LETHNOT AND NAVAR.
[These parishes were united by the Com-
missioners of Teinds on 6th Feb. 1723. A
new church was built in 1827.
Lethnot. — The church of Lethnot was
dedicated to St Mary. Near it was Our
Lady's Well. Lethnot was a prebend of
Brechin.
Navar. — The church of Navar was dedi-
cated to St Columba. The incumbent of
Navar was, as such, chancellor of the
diocese of Brechin.]
THOMAS FOULLAR [or FULLAR-
7 TON], probably a relative of James
F. who was incumbent in 1517 ;
reader in Lethnot 1567 to 1586.
JOHN MAN, min. in 1589, with Loch-
lee also in his charge; trans, to
1589
Menmuir after 1590.
JOHN LINDSAY, son of John L. of
Barras, parish of Kinneff; min. in
1591 ; still min. in 1595 ; became
servitor to Sir David Lindsay of Edzell,
bkechin]
LETHNOT AND NAVAR
399
and was one of the followers of David
Lindsay, younger of Edzell, who, on the
night of 5th July 1607 in the High Street
of Edinburgh, attacked David, Master of
Crawford, and mortally wounded Alexander,
Lord Spynie, for which act they were
denounced rebels by the Justiciary Court.
In 1616 the charge against them was revived
by the son of the slain lord, but a com-
promise was arranged, followed by a full
pardon from the Crown to all parties con-
cerned.— [Pitcairn's Crim. Trials, ii. 529,
iii. 62 ; Lives of the Lindsays, i., 386 ; P. C.
Reg., vii., 383, 393; G. R. Inhib., xxiv.,
349, 350.]
JOHN PIGGOT, M.A.; adm. before
1622 17tk ^ay 1622 ' trans- t0 Cortachy
after 7th Sept. 1637.
EOBERT NOEIE [or NOBBIE], M.A.
16S9 ^ Andrews 1630) ; became Master
of the Grammar School, Brechin,
which he dem. before 19th May 1642 ; adm.
22nd Aug. 1639; was still min. 5th Dec.
1683. He marr. and had issue — two sons.
— [Land of the Lindsays, 128, 135, 344.]
EOBERT THOMSON, son of George
168S T., merchant, Aberdeen; educated
at Marischal College, Aberdeen ;
became chaplain to the laird of Edzell ;
recommended for licence 24th Sept. 1684 ;
pres. in May, and certified for ordination
1st July, and adm. before 2nd Dec. 1685 ;
dep. 7th March 1716 for intrusion and
support of the Jacobite cause. He was
prosecuted by the Lord Advocate for
keeping a meeting-house contrary to law,
but defended himself, stating he only
preached to his own family. He marr.
Anna Lindsay of the House of Edzell,
and had issue. — [Jervise's Land of the
Lindsays, 128, 130 ; Case of Greenshields.]
ROBEET KEE, called by the Presb.
yjyj jure devoluto 4th, and ord. 18th
July 1717 ; trans, to Lochlee on its
erection in 1723.
JOHN BOW, born Leslie, Fife, became
a schoolmaster; M.A. (St Andrews,
23rd July 1697) ; licen. by Presb. of
Kirkcaldy 10th Jan. 1717 ; ord. to Navar
1st May 1718 ; removed here on union of
parishes 4th Nov. 1723; died 24th Dec.
1745, aged about 69. He left £10 for
maintaining the bridge of Lethnot. He
marr. 1703, Elizabeth Young, who died
8th Sept. 1746, leaving £10 to the poor of
the parish, and £10 the interest of which
was to be applied to the maintenance of
the stone bridge on the West-water,
Lethnot. — [Brechin Tests. ; Jervise's Land
of the Lindsays, 106.]
WILLIAM DAVIDSON, born
1746 Aberdeenshire, 1702 ; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1728); became schoolmaster of Navar;
licen. by Presb. of Brechin 19th Aug. 1741 ;
called 11th Aug., and ord. 25th Sept. 1746 ;
died 12th March 1775. He marr. Janet
Farres, who died 24th Feb. 1795, and had
issue — George, born 25th Feb. 1745, died
16th Aug. 1760; Alexander, sailor, born
2nd Nov. 1746, died 23rd July 1763.—
[Brechin Tests. ; Jervise's Land of the
Lindsays, 107.]
JOHN TAYLOE, M.A. (King's College,
j—. Aberdeen, 1765); licen. by Presb.
of Fordoun 1st April 1772 ; school-
master at St Cyrus ; pres. by George III.
15th June, and ord. 14th Sept. 1775 ;
clerk of Presb. ; died 8th Nov. 1808, aged
about 63. He marr. 27th Nov. 1788, Isabel
(died 13th Dec. 1818), daugh. of John
Pirie, min. of Lochlee, and had issue —
Helen, born 20th Nov. 1789 (marr. 20th
Aug. 1806, Andrew Smith of Edzell);
Ann, born 17th July 1791 ; Alexander,
born 23rd Nov. 1793; John of Bellfield,
M.D., born 6th March 1796 ; Eobert, M.A.,
born 8th Nov. 1797; David, born 17th
June 1800; Margaret, born 24th Feb.
1802; Katherine, born 23rd Nov. 1805.
Publication — Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, iv.).
ALEXANDEE SYMMEES, born
1809 Montrose, 1767; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(23rd March 1787); licen. by Presb. of
Arbroath 2nd May 1798 ; pres. by George
III. 7th Dec. 1808 ; ord. 14th Sept. 1809 ;
died 9th May 1842. He marr. Clementina
400
LETHNOT AND NAVAR— NAVAR
[PRESB. OF
(died 14th Feb. 1851), daugh. of James
Carnegy of Balmachie, Panbride, and bad
issue — George, surgeon, R.N., born 28th
Dec. 1797 ; Thomas Lyell, born 28th May
1 799 ; Stewart Lyell Seymour, merchant,
Tranent, born 30th Sept. 1800; David,
born 17th Feb. 1802, died 6th May 1821 ;
Alexander, commander of ship Haidie,
born 19th April 1803, drowned at sea
1838; John Peter, born 29th Jan. 1805,
died 2nd June 1821 ; Clementina Lyell,
born 12th May 1806, died 24th Aug. 1824 ;
Marjorie, born 6th Jan. 1808, died at
Edinburgh, 19th June 1899; Katherine,
born 17th July 1809 ; Margaret (twin), born
17th July 1809, died June 1820; Patricia
Alison, born 9th Nov. 1815, died Jan. 1817.
ALEXANDER GARDNER, MA. ;
pres. by Queen Victoria 20th May,
and ord. 12th Aug. 1842; trans, to
Second Charge, Brechin, 31st Aug. 1843.
JOHN WHYTE, born Glenmark, Loch-
1844 *ee' !'93> son of James W., farmer ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
became teacher in Dollar Academy ; pres.
by Queen Victoria 1st Dec. 1843 ; ord. 7th
Feb. 1844; died unmarr. 1st Aug. 1853,
having been seized with apoplexy when in
the pulpit a Sunday or two before.
FREDERICK CRUICKSHANK, born
Kirriemuir, 17th May 1826, son of
William C, weaver, and Janet Muir ;
educated at Kirriemuir School and Univs.
of St Andrews and Aberdeen ; became
teacher at Kirriemuir ; licen. by Presb. of
Forfar in 1852 ; assistant at Montrose ;
pres. by Queen Victoria 28th Nov. 1853 ;
ord. 23rd Feb. 1854 ; res. 20th June 1905 ;
died 29th Feb. 1908. He marr. 9th April
1856, Isabella (died 3rd Jan. 1906), daugh.
of David Tosh and Marjory Lindsay, and
had issue — William, born 18th Jan. 1857 ;
Francis Lyell Tosh, born 14th Nov. 1858 ;
David Tosh, born 26th Feb. 1861 ; Janet,
born 18th Sept. 1863; Thomas, born 8th
March 1866; Marjory (twin), born 8th
March 1866, died at Brooklyn, U.S.A., 14th
Dec. 1891 ; Eliza Jane, born 19th Oct.
1868 ; Isabella, born 5th Feb. 1872 ; Henry
Muir, born 16th March 1874, died 17th April
1908. Publication — Historic Footmarks in
Stracathro (Brechin, 1891) ; Navar and
Lethnot: the History of a Glen Parish in the
North-East of Forfarshire (Brechin, 1899).
JAMES GOODLET ROBERTSON,
1905 k°m Dundee, 21st July 1868, son of
James R. and Susan Isles ; educated
at Birrell's School, West End Academy,
Dundee, and Univ. of St Andrews ; licen.
by Presb. of Dundee May 1895 ; assistant
at St Paul's, Dundee, Kinning Park,
Glasgow, and South Dalziel; ord. 27th
Oct. 1905. Marr. 9th Jan. 1906, Christina
Cobb, daugh. of John Chapman, Broughty
Ferry, and Christina Cobb, and has issue —
Eileen Smith Goodlet, born 21st June 1907.
NAVAR.
JAMES FULLARTON, min. in 1567,
.„_ with Lethnot also in charge; trans,
to Edzell in 1573.
EDWARD HEPBURN, M.A. ; pres. to
the chancellary of Brechin by James
VI. 24th Feb. 1585 ; trans, to Preston-
kirk in 1597.
JAMES SCHEWAN, min. of Dunlappie
159„ in 1593 ; pres. by James VI. 23rd
May 1597; still min. in 1615. He
marr. (1), and had issue — Margaret (marr.
William Hog, burgess of Montrose) : (2)
Margaret Erskine, who died at Brechin
before 19th Nov. 1635.— [Brechin Tests.]
LAURENCE SKINNER, M.A. (St
1621 Andrews 1603) ; adm. to Dunlappie
5th Oct. 1615 ; trans, and adm.
before 17th Feb. 1621 ; was a member
of General Assembly in 1639 and Com-
mission of Assembly in 1646 ; had a gift
of £255, 13s. 4d. from Charles I. from the
teinds of the bishopric of Brechin 4th Nov.
1641 ; died April 1647, aged about 64.
He marr. (1) 15th Sept. 1617, Katherine
Thain, who died 26th Nov. 1626, and had
issue — Laurence, min. of this parish ;
William, min. of Liff: (2) Eupham
Cramond, who also died April 1647, and
had issue — Hercules, min. of this parish.
The min. and his wife died of the plague
then raging throughout the country. —
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NAVAR— LOCHLEE
401
1650
[Brechin Tests. ; Reg. Sec. Sic/. ; Acts of
Pari., v., 478, 553 ; Cruickshank's Navar
and Lethnot, 36-39.]
LAUBENCE SKINNEE, son of pre-
1648 cedins ; M-A- ; ord- 18tn Mav 1648 >
trans, to Second Charge, Brechin,
24th May 1650.
JOHN FYFE, was proposed for Brechin
26th Oct. 1648, but refused; ord.
24th Sept. 1 650 ; died probably un-
marr. between 12th May and 17th June
1658. In 1655 he gave a bell to the parish
and left £100 to the poor of the parish,
1000 merks for the maintenance of a
student at the Theological College of St
Andrews, and his books to John, son of
his brother Alexander.— [Brechin Tests. ;
Black's Brechin, 279 ; Jervise's Land of
the Lindsays, 134 ; Cruickshank's Navar
and Lethnot, 40-4.]
HEECULES SKINNEK, M.A. ; caUed
to be helper 6th May, and ord. 22nd
July 1658 ; trans, to Fettercairn 29th
Oct. 1669.
1658
1670
ALEXANDEB SYMSON, M.A. (King's
College, Aberdeen, 19th July 1666) ;
licen. by George, Bishop of Edin-
burgh, 14th July, and pres. by Charles II.
Dec. 1669 ; ord. 26th May 1670 ; died June
1707, aged about 64. He marr. Margaret
Carnegie, who was alive in Sept. 1735, and
" in so low and penurious a condition that
she had nothing to live upon but what was
given her in charity."
HENEY HAMILTON, M.A. ; called by
the Fresb. jure devoluto 11th Feb.,
1708 and ord. 3rd March 1708; trans, to
Glenbervie 4th April 1712.
1713
ANDBEW HAMILTON, younger son
of Alexander H. of Kinkell, and
brother of preceding ; M.A. (St
Andrews, 22nd July 1693) ; licen. by Presb.
of St Andrews 10th Aug. 1694; app. to
supply vacancies within the bounds of the
Presb. 20th Oct. 1708; was on trials for
Careston 28th Nov. 1711, but did not wish
to be settled in that parish ; called by the
Presb. jure devoluto 4th, and ord. 19th Feb.
VOL. V.
1713 ; died unmarr. at Menmuir, 19th Feb.
1714, aged about 41, and was buried there.
— [Brechin Tests.]
GEOEGE LESLIE, called by the Presb.
jure devoluto 9th, and ord. 23rd
Sept. 1714; trans, to Edzell 19th
Sept. 1717.
JOHN BOW, M.A.; called by the Presb.
jure devoluto 9th April, and ord. 1st
May 1718 ; removed to Lethnot on
the union of the parishes in 1723.
1714
1718
LOCHLEE.
[The church of Lochlee was dedicated
to St Drostan. Near it was St Drostan's
Well. Lochlee was united to Lethnot in
or about 1618. The two parishes were
severed again by the Commissioners of
Teinds on 6th Feb. 1723. Lochlee Church
was burned in 1645 by the troops of the
Marquess of Montrose. A new church
was built in 1803.]
JAMES FULLAETON, M.A.; had
1_R_ charge of Edzell, Dunlappie, Leth-
not and Navar, and of this parish.
WILLIAM HAY, reader in 1567 to
1567 1587.
THOMAS FULLAETON, reader in
1588 1588 to 1590.
GEOEGE DONALDSON, min. in 1607;
1607 trans, to Dunlappie in 1611.
DAVID WOOD, M.A. ; min. of Edzell;
held this parish in conjunction in
1615
1615.
EOBEET KEE, bapt. 1st June 1707,
i"723 son °^ ^ames K., min. of Dun ; ord.
to Lethnot 18th July 1717 ; removed
here on erection of parish in 1723 ; dem.
9th Oct. 1728; died Feb. 1735.— [Brechin
Tests.]
"DAVID BLAIE, M.A. ; called 22nd
May, and ord. 10th Sept. 1729;
trans, to Second Charge, Brechin,
6th June 1733.
2 C
1729
402
LOCHLEE
[PEESB. OF
1734
JOHN SCOTT, licen. by Presb. of Edin-
burgh 28th July 1731 ; called 19th
Dec. 1733; ord. 25th April 1734.
Killed near Tarfside by being thrown from
his horse when on his way to the Presb.
at Brechin 23rd Jan. 1749. He was much
opposed to the Episcopal meeting-house
in the parish, and is stated to have been
instrumental in bringing the Argyll High-
landers to the district, and of having made
the first attempt to prohibit the wearing
of the Highland dress. He marr. 26th
Aug. 1735, Magdalen Mill, who died 27th
July 1781. — [Brechin Tests.; Jervise's
Land of the Lindsays, 78.]
ALEXANDER ROSS, born 1684, eldest
son of Alexander R., farmer, Kincar-
dine ONeil; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1718); licen.
by Presb. of Deer 26th July 1727 ; ord.
assistant at Auchindoir 1st Oct. 1746 ;
afterwards assistant at Pitsligo ; called
29th June, and adm. 4th Oct. 1749 ; died
20th March 1773. He marr. 30th Oct.
1750, Elizabeth (died 28th June 1764),
probably daugh. of William Thain, niin.
of Auchindoir. The schoolmaster of the
parish during R.'s incumbency was Alex-
ander Ross, M.A. (1699-1784), author of
Helerwre, or the Fortunate Shepherdess,
and, by strangers, was frequently mis-
taken for the min. On one occasion a
gentleman called at the manse for an
interview with the poet, when the min.
frankly observed, "Ml be the schule-
maister ye're wantin' — I'm only the
minister." A public monument to the
poet's memory is in the churchyard. —
[Ross's Helenore, with Life by Thomson
(1812) ; Jervise's Land of the Lindsays, 85.]
1771
JOHN PIRIE, son of John P., Arbuth-
nott; educated at Marischal College,
Aberdeen ; became schoolmaster of
Brechin ; licen. by Presb. of Brechin 9 th Nov.
1768 ; called 31st Oct., and ord. (assistant
and successor) 4th Dec. 1771 ; died 3rd Feb.
1806. He marr. 29th April 1763, Helen
Webster, who died 29th March 1795, and
had issue — Jean, born 3rd Feb. 1764;
Isabel, born 23rd Jan. 1766 (marr. John
Taylor, min. of Lethnot) ; John, school-
master, Lochlee, born 2nd March 1768;
James, born 31st July 1770; Margaret,
born 24th May 1773; Robert, born 18th
Jan. 1776 ; Katherine, born 2nd Feb. 1778 ;
Ann, born 25th June 1780. Publication-
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, v.).
DAVID INGLIS, born Dairsie, Fife,
1771, son of David I. and Christian
1806 Urquhart; educated at King's Col-
lege, Aberdeen; M.A. (1797); licen. by
Presb. of Cupar 6th Sept. 1803 ; pres. by
George III. 5th June, and ord. 18th Sept.
1806 ; died 18th Jan. 1837. He marr. 7th
Aug. 1801, Catherine (died 30th Jan. 1861),
daugh. of Thomas Collier, and had issue-
David, farmer, Baillies, Glenesk, born 19th
April 1S02, died 7th Sept. 1868; Robert,
min. of this parish and of Edzell ; Agnes,
born 7th June 1805 (marr. Thomas Merry,
farmer, Midtown, Lochlee), died 30th July
1874 ; Charlotte, born 30th Jan. 1807 (marr.
Robert Brand, shipmaster, Montrose), died
6th March 1S82 ; Jane, born 23rd Nov.
1808, died 11th Sept. 1811 ; William Bur-
nett, born 5th Oct. 1810, died 12th Sept.
1815; Jane Christina, born 27th April
1812, died unmarr. 14th July 1893 ; Chris-
tina, born 31st May 1814 (marr. James
Warden Urquhart, banker, Edinburgh),
died 1890 ; Wilhelmina Burnett, born 30th
Aug. 1816 (marr. James Stormonth, farmer),
died 6th July 1866. Publication— Account
of the Parish {New Stat. Ace, xi.).— [Memoir
ofR. M. JFCheyne, 178, 234.]
ROBERT LNGLIS, M.A., son of pre-
ceding ; pres. by William IV. 27th
Feb., and ord. 8th June 1837 ; trans,
to Edzell 20th Oct. 1841.
ALEXANDER TODD, pres. by Queen
Victoria 20th Dec. 1841 ; ord. 28th
1842 April 1S42 ; trans, to Monifieth 13th
Dec. 1S43.
WALTER LOW, born Arbroath, 19th
July 1801, son of Walter L. and Jean
1844 Jamieson; educated at Arbroath
School and Univ. of Edinburgh; licen.
by Presb. of Arbroath 10th Oct. 1827;
became schoolmaster at Ladyloan; preacher
1837
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LOCHLEE— LOGIE
403
in Auchmithie Chapel ; pres. by Queen
Victoria 3rd Jan., and ord. 18th April
1844; died 22nd March 1887. He marr.
20th Sept. 1824, Marjory (died 8th Jan.
1853), daugh. of John Malcolm and
Elizabeth Peters, and had issue — Jean
Jamieson, born 17th June 1825, died 7th
Oct. 1846 ; Walter, shipowner, and alder-
man of the City of London, born 5th Aug.
1826, died 1910 ; James Beattie, born 29th
July 1827; Ann, born 15th Dec. 1828;
Robert Thomson, born 27th June 1831,
died 2nd Sept. 1858 ; Isabella, born 20th
Oct. 1834; Alexander, born 20th March
1836; Elizabeth Durrie, born 9th Nov.
1837 ; David, born 27th March 1839 ; Mary
Ann, born 10th June 1840, died 1st June
1853 ; William, born 22nd April 1842, died
24th Sept. 1877 ; Panmure, born 7th Feb.
1845, died 10th May 1870 ; and four others.
1885
JOHN STEWAKT, born Ballinlick,
Little Dunkeld, 23rd May 1852,
son of Thomas S., farmer, and Jessie
Forbes ; educated at Drumour and Little
Dunkeld Schools and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (1879) ; was a certificated teacher in
several schools ; licen. by Presb. of Edin-
burgh 18th May 1882; assistant at
Fodderty and Blair-Atholl ; ord. (assistant
and successor) 22nd Dec. 1885; died 18th
Dec. 1921. He marr. 18th Nov. 1908,
Annie Morris, daugh. of Charles Venters,
Methil, Fife, and Janet Christie, and had
issue — Janet May, born 21st Aug. 1909.
1922
JOHN M'ROEIE KAY, formerly min.
of Ardrishaig (q.v.) ; adm. 19th May
1922.
LOGIE, or LOGIE MONTROSE,
afterwards LOGIE-PERT.
[The parishes of Logie and Pert were
united in or about 1612. The church was
rebuilt in 1775 and 1841.
Logie. — The old church of Logie (restored
in 1857 as a burial-place for the Carnegies
of Craigo) was dedicated to St Martin.
Near it are St Martin's Well and St Martin's
Den.
Pert. — The old church of Pert still stands
ruined. Thebuilding is about forty-five feet
long.]
WILLIAM GRAY, brother to Andrew
1563 *^" °^ Dunninald, " a guid lerned kynd
man," who also kept an academy or
school, at which James Melville attended
for five years, describing his residence in the
manse as "a happie and golden tyme," it
being here that he first " fand the spirit of
sanctifi cation beginning to work some
motiones in his heart " ; was min. here in
1563 ; trans, to Pert in 1567, still having
Logie in charge ; returned and was pres. to
the parsonage and vicarage by James VI.
6th Feb. 1573. In 1574 Pert, Menmuir, and
Fern were also in the charge ; died before
22nd March 1603. He marr. Christian,
daugh. of Cristal Lyall or Ogilvy, goodwif e
of Chapleton ; she survived him, and marr.
(2) Andrew Clayhills, min. of Monifieth. —
[Reg. of Deeds, cxxi., 263 ; G. R. Inhib.,
xx., 116; Melvill's Diary, 16.]
1574 JOHN WILSON, reader.
JOSHUA DURIE, M.A; trans, from
1603 Forfar ; pres. by James VI. 22nd
March 1603 ; trans, to Second
Charge, St Andrews, after 22nd Oct. 1606.
THOMAS MONTGOMERIE, adm. in
1607 1607; died between 4th April 1644
and 15th May 1645. He marr. a lady
who survived him, and had issue — James,
bursar of Presb. in 1625.
PATRICK SYMSON, son of Alexander
1645 ^-' m*n' °^ Laurencekirk ; M.A.
(King's College, Aberdeen, 1635);
ord. preacher at Second Charge of Montrose
7th June 1643 ; nominated by the Presb.
16th Oct. 1645; inst. 10th Sept. 1646;
died of old age Oct. 1690. He marr.
1645, and had issue — Patrick, min. of this
parish.
PATRICK SYMSON, son of preceding ;
16„7 educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(27th July 1676) ; recommended for
ordination 1st Feb., and inst. (colleague)
23rd Aug. 1677 ; dem. 4th July 1716 ; died
5th Jan. 1722, aged about 66.
404
LOGIE
[PEESB. OP
JAMES BELL, M.A. (Edinburgh, 12th
171„ May 1703) ; became chaplain to the
laird of Beanstoun ; licen. by Presb.
of Dunbar 22nd Feb. 1710 ; called by the
Presb. jure devoluto 30th Jan., and ord.
20th Feb. 1717 ; died 12th Feb. 1740, aged
about 57. He marr. May 1719, Elizabeth,
daugh. of William Arrott, min. of Montrose,
and had issue— James, and four others.
Publication— The Cause of the Church's
being brought low and her cure by the
tender mercies of God, a sermon (Edin-
burgh, 1735).
WILLIAM TRAIL, M.A. ; called 20th
Aug., and ord. 19th Nov. 1740 ; trans,
to Abercrombie 3rd June 1752.
WILLIAM CRUDEN, born 1726, son of
Alexander C, beadle at Pitsligo,
probably of the same family as
Alexander C, author of the Concordance;
educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1743) ; became teacher of English at
Montrose ; licen. by Presb. of Brechin 20th
Sept. 1752; called 27th Dec. that year;
ord. 12th Sept. 1753 ; dem. 16th June 1767
on appointment to the first Relief Meeting-
House, Glasgow, and parish declared vacant
1st July 1767 ; adm. to Scots Presbyterian
Congregation, Crown Court, London, 1774,
when he advised his congregation to return
to the Church of Scotland ; died 5th Nov.
1785, and was buried in Bunhill Fields, " a
worthy minister." He marr. Clementina
Hadden, and had issue— William, born
29th June 1749; John, born 13th June
1754; Elizabeth, born 26th Nov. 1756;
James, born 24th Oct. 1760. Publications
— Hymns on a Variety of Divine Subjects
(Aberdeen, 1761), revised as Divine Hymns
(London, 1795) ; Nature Spiritualised, in
a variety of Poems containing pious and
practical observations on the works of
Nature and the ordinary occurrences in
life (London, 1766); Sermons on Evan-
gelical and Practical Subjects (portrait)
(London, 1787).— [Scots Mag., xxx., xxxv. ;
Wilson's Hist, of Dissenting Churches, iv., 9 ;
Jones's Bunhill Memorials, 36 ; Notes and
Queries, 2nd ser., iii., 447, 516 ; Aberdeen
Univ. Lib. Bulletin 513 (April 1917).]
v DANIEL BRYCE, schoolmaster of
Fowlis-Wester and a distinguished
teacher ; pres. by George III. 26th
Aug. 1767; ord. 28th Jan. 1768; died 14th
July 1784. He marr. 20th Sept. 1770, Mary
Chalmers, who died 1st Sept. 1792.
ALEXANDER PETERS, M.A., D.D. ;
adm. 1st Dec. 1784 ; trans, to St
John's, Dundee, 12th Oct. 1809.
1784
JAMES FOOTE, M.A. ; pres. by George
III. 7th July, and ord. 21st Dec.
1809 ; trans, to North Church, Aber-
deen, 23rd June 1825.
THOMAS HILL, born 11th Aug. 1798,
son of George H., D.D., Principal of
Univ. of St Andrews ; educated at
Univ. there ; licen. by Presb. of St Andrews
14th Sept. 1820; ord. to Ballantrae 9th Sept.
1824; pres. by the Principal and Masters
of St Mary's College, St Andrews, in July,
trans, and adm. 22nd Sept. 1825 ; was sus-
pended with nine others by the General
Assembly, 30th July 1842 until 1st March
1843, for holding communion with the
deposed mins. of Strathbogie ; died 1st
Jan. 1864. Publications — A Discourse
preached on the last occasion on which
Public Worship was performed in the
Church of Logie-Pert (Montrose, 1840) ;
A Discourse preached at the Opening of the
new Parish Church in Logie-Pert (Mon-
trose, 1841) ; Address to Parishioners
(Montrose, 1843) ; Account of the Parish
{New Stat. Ace, xi.).
■ ARCHIBALD BUCHANAN, born Bal-
fron, 27th May 1817, third son of
John B. and Elizabeth Sutherland ;
educated at High School and Univ. of
Glasgow ; assistant at St Clement's,
Dundee ; ord. to Ladyloan, Arbroath,
Sept. 1847 ; trans, to St Thomas's, Leith,
13th Feb. 1851 ; pres. by Queen Victoria
10th March, trans, and adm. 27th July
1864; died 2nd Aug. 1886. He marr.
(1) 23rd Dec. 1851, Margaret (died 27th
May 1861), daugh. of James Mill and
Elizabeth Guild, and had issue — Elizabeth
Sutherland, deaconess, Church of Scotland,
born 14th Sept. 1852 ; Jacobina Mill,
born 2nd May 1854 ; Grace Marshall, born
1864
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LOGIE— PERT— MARYTON
405
25th Jan. 1856 ; Archibald, born 15th Nov.
1858 j Margaret Mill, born 12th May 1861 :
(2) 8th July 1863, Anne Murray (died 24th
Sept. 1896), daugh. of John Archibald.
JAMES LANDEETH, born Cupar-Fife,
8th Aug. 1850, son of Peter L., some-
time min. of the Secession Church,
Aberchirder, and Jessie Turnbull, youngest
daugh. of Adam Thomson, D.D., min. of the
Secession Church, Coldstream, and Isabella
Turnbull ; educated at Glasgow Academy,
Univ. of Edinburgh, M. A. (1874), and United
Presbyterian Theological Hall; licen. by
United Presbyterian Presb. of Edinburgh in
1875 ; ord. to United Presbyterian Church,
Maison Dieu, Brechin, 26th Jan. 1876; adm.
by the General Assembly 2nd June 1884 ;
adm. (assistant and successor) 18th Sept.
that year ; app. clerk of Presb. in 1905.
Marr. (1) 28th Nov. 1889, Elizabeth (died s.p.
24th Sept. 1890), daugh. of Thomas Stewart,
farmer, Ballinlick, Little Dunkeld, and
Jessie Forbes : (2) 22nd May 1914, Janet
Patton, daugh. of David Gorrie, farmer,
Ardoch of Gallery, Logie-Pert, and Mar-
garet Young, and has issue — James, born 3rd
April 1915 ; David Peter, born 23rd Sept.
1917. Publications — Brechin Cathedral :
its History, with a Survey of the Religious
Bodies that have worshipped on its Site
(Brechin, 1883); The People's Church (Mon-
trose, 1885) ; The Whole Family in Earth
and Heaven (Brechin, 1886); The Future
Church of Scotland (Perth, 1897) ; A Plea
for Common Prayer in the Church of Scot-
land (Edinburgh, 1898); A Grampian
Diary (Paisley, 1921).— [Peter Landreth's
Life of Dr Alexander Thomson.]
PERT, ok OVER INCH BRA YOCK.
[Was united to Logie in 1612. An Act
of Parliament for building a central church
was passed 12th March 1647, and ratified
4th July 1661.]
WILLIAM GBAY, min. here in 1567
. „fil7 with Logie - Montrose also in his
charge ; trans, to Logie in 1573.
ALEXANDEE FEASEE, min. in 1608 ;
1608 still min. 3rd April 1616.
MARYTON, or OLD MONTROSE.
[The church of this parish was dedicated
to St Mary. Near it was St Mary's Well.
The church belonged to the Abbey of
Arbroath. A new church was built
in 1791.]
1561
DAVID MELDEUM, reader and vicar
in 1561.— [Coll. Gen. of Thirds,
1561-95.]
1567
EICHAED MELVILLE of Baldovie,
born about 1522, second son of
Eichard M. of Baldovie, Forfar-
shire (who was killed at the Battle of
Pinkie), and brother of Andrew, the
Eeformer, and Giles, daugh. of Thomas
Abercrombie of Montrose ; became tutor
to James Erskine, son of the laird of
Dun ; studied theology in Germany and
under Melanchthon; was one of those
thought apt and able to minister by
first General Assembly 20th Dec. 1560;
adm. to Craig with this parish also in his
charge in 1562 ; was a member of Assembly
29th June 1562 ; removed here in 1567, with
Lunan, Inchbrayock (Craig), and St Kaa
or Dunnynaid in his charge ; died June
1575, having been " a man of rare wisdom,
judgment, and discretion, and therefore
mikle employed in the trysts and effeares
of the noble and gentlemen of the country,
quilk distracted him fra his calling, hinderit
his vertew and schortened his lyff. There
was none of his rank, and verie few above
it, that was sa honored and loven as he."
He marr. Isabel Scrymgeour, sister of
Henry S. of Glasswell, and had issue —
Patrick of Baldovie; James, min. of
Kilrenny, born 26th July 1556; David;
Barbara (marr. James Balfour, min. of
St Giles, Edinburgh). — [Melvill's Autob. ;
M'Crie's Melville; Jervise's Land of the
Lindsays, 346.]
JOHN MELVILLE, brother of pre-
1567 ceding, reader.
ANDEEW STEACHAN, trans, from
, „„,. Inverkeilor in 1575 ; trans, to Dun
15,5 in 1583.
406
MARYTON
[PRESB. OF
ANDREW LEITCH, brother of James
„„ L. in St Andrews ; pres. to the
vicarage of Kilmoir by James VI.
15th May 1577; had Dunlappie also in
charge in 1580; Master of the Grammar
School of Brechin that year ; trans, and
adm. before 1585, with Inchbrayock, Lunan,
and St Kaa also in his charge. Lunan and
St Kaa were dropped in 1598. He was a
member of seven of seventeen Assemblies
from 1590 to 1600, and of the Court of
High Commission 15th Feb. 1610 ; died in
Montrose, June 1611. He marr. (1) Isa-
bella, daugh. of Robert Donaldson and
Mary Meldrum, and had issue — John,
M.A. (1614); Andrew, M.A. (1621); David;
Nicolas (marr. Paul Somer) ; Christian :
(2) (cont. 22nd Dec. 1605), Magdalen Adam-
son, Montrose, widow of David Orme of
Mugdrum. — [Brechin Tests.; Acts and Dec,
xcvi., 67; G. R. Inhib., 16th May 1608,
27th March 1620, 3rd Dec. 1622 ; Forfar
Inhib., 8th Sept. 1623; Black's Brechin,
45 ; G. R. Sas., xi., 102.]
RICHARD MELVILLE of Baldovie,
nephew of the Reformer ; M.A. (St
Andrews 1603); adm. before 28th
Aug. 1613 ; died 1641, aged about 58, and
had issue — Andrew of Baldovie, min. of the
parish ; Patrick of Baldovie, served heir
to his brother Andrew 6th Dec. 1642. —
[Bannatyne Miscell., iii.]
ANDREW MELVILLE of Baldovie,
1639 son °^ Preceding j educated at Univ.
of St Andrews ; M.A. (1630) ; ord.
(probably assistant and successor) 22nd
June 1639 ; died unmarr. at Baldovie April
1613
1642
JOHN LAMMIE, ord. 26th May 1642 ;
suspended by Commission of As-
sembly 4th Oct. 1649, for actively
promoting the views of David, Earl of
Southesk, to be a member of the Assembly
in 1648, as he had joined in the unlawful
Engagement against England; re-adm. 24th
Nov. 1650 ; trans, to Farnell in 1673.
DAVID LINDSAY, born 1645, eldest
son of David L., min. of Rescobie ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
pres. by Archbishop of St Andrews 1st
1726
May 1673 ; recommended 5th June, and
adm. before 3rd July 1673 ; died 16th Sept.
1706. He marr. 17th Dec. 1673, Cecil,
daugh. of Sir William Nisbet of Dean,
and had issue — David in Montrose, died
before 10th March 1749; William; Alex-
ander, died young ; Cecil (marr. Hercules
Skinner, merchant, Montrose) ; Katherine,
died young. — [Brechin Tests. ; Forfar Sas.,
xii., 530 ; Jervise's Land of the Lindsays,
423 ; Rogers's Epitaphs, ii., 252.]
GEORGE STEPHEN, born 1673, son
of Robert S., min. of Aberlour ;
1707
licen. by Presb. of Angus and
Mearns 18th May 1698 ; ord. to Second
Charge, Montrose, 27th Dec. same year ;
called 19th Feb., trans, and adm. 10th
June 1707; died 8th March 1724. He
marr. Mary Barclay, who died 3rd May
1774, and had issue — James ; Robert ;
Elizabeth ; Mary. — [Brechin Tests. ; Ser-
vices of Heirs.]
CHARLES IRVINE, born 1687, said
to be descended from the family
of Drum ; educated at Univ. of
St Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of Arbroath
4th Aug. 1714 ; ord. to Lunan 28th June
1715 ; called 1st June, trans, and adm.
14th Sept. 1726; died "a very poor man"
12th Aug. 1737. Owing to his strong
support of the Hanoverian Government he
had to take shelter in Edinburgh during
the Rebellion of 1715. He marr. Bethia
Forbes, who died at Edinburgh, March
1770, aged 79, and had issue — two sons and
three daughs. Publication — A Collection,
of Evangelical Discourses adapted to the
Family and Closet (Edinburgh, 1772).
v JAMES BEATTIE, son of Alexander
B., Halcarton, and cousin of Dr
Beattie, author of The Minstrel ;
educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen ;
called 7th Aug., and ord. 29th Nov. 1738 ;
died 25th Nov. 1777. He marr. 22nd Dec.
1740, Margaret Farquharson, and had issue
— Mary, born 21st Dec. 1741. — [Fraser's
St Mary's of Old Montrose, 197.]
JAMES WILSON, pres. by George III.
2nd Jan., and ord. 24th June 1778 ;
1738
1778
trans, to Farnell 24th Sept. 1794,
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MARYTON— MENMUIR
407
ANDEEW FEEGUSSON, born 18th
1795 March 1769, son of David F., min.
of Farnell; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (23rd March
1787); ord. assistant at Farnell 16th Oct.
1793; pres. by George III. in Feb., and
adm. 17th March 1795. Joined the Free
Church in 1843 ; died 24th Oct. 1843. Not
being able on account of age and infirmity
to travel to Edinburgh to sign the Deed of
Demission, his signature was taken in his
own manse. He was on his way to take
up residence at Baldovie, but was seized
with sudden illness at Maryton farmhouse,
where he died next day. He marr. 27th
Dec. 1800, Elizabeth (died 4th Feb. 1827),
daugh. of William Bruce, Episcopal min. at
Arbroath, and had issue — David Scott, min.
of Strachan, born 11th June 1808 ; Andrew
Forbes, M.D., born 2nd Feb. 1811, died 24th
April 1853.
WILLIAM EEID, born Kirriemuir, 12th
1843 Sept. 1800, son of John E., school-
master, and Jean Milne ; educated
at Kirriemuir School and Marischal College,
Aberdeen; M.A. (1820); licen. by Presb.
of Dundee 7th Dec. 1829 ; became school-
master at Mains and Strathmartine ; pres.
by Queen Victoria 22nd Aug., and ord. 26th
Oct. 1843; clerk to Presb. 1848-52; died
25th July 1867. He marr. Margaret Bruce,
who died 30th Dec. 1876, and had issue —
William, born 16th April 1842, died 26th
July 1860.
WILLIAM BUXTON FEASEE, born
.__„ Laurencekirk, 20th June 1832, son
of William F., tailor, and Mary
Buxton ; educated at Laurencekirk School,
Grammar School, and King's College,
Aberdeen ; M.A. (1852) ; became school-
master at Auchterhouse in 1854 ; licen.
by Presb. of Dundee in 1857 ; assistant at
Lundie and Fowlis ; pres. by Queen
Victoria 20th Aug., and ord. 28th Nov.
1867 ; died unmarr. 7th April 1897. Pub-
lications— History of the Parish and Burgh
of Laurencekirk (Edinburgh, 1880) ; St
Mary's of Old Montrose, or Parish of
Maryton (Edinburgh, 1896).
EICHAED HENDEESON, M.A., B.D.;
1893 0r^- Cassistant and successor) 1st
Nov. 1893; trans, to Longside 11th
Aug. 1904.
JOHN DAWSON M'LEAN, born 22nd
lgo5 July 1870, son of Alexander M.,
min. of Strachan ; educated at
Milne's Institution, Fochabers, and Univ.
of Aberdeen; M.A. (1892), B.D. (1893);
licen. by Presb. of Kincardine O'Neil 3rd
May 1893 ; student missionary at Grey-
friars Parish, Aberdeen; assistant at Slains,
Dalziel, and St Andrew's, Perth ; ord. to
St Modan's Chapel, Falkirk, 15th Aug.
1899 ; trans, and adm. 5th Jan. 1905.
MENMUIR.
[The church of Menmuir was dedicated
to St Aidan. Not far from it was St
Aidan's Well. A new church was built
in 1767.]
JAMES MELVILL, trans, from
1568 Tannadice in 1568 ; member of
Assembly 6th Aug. 1571 ; trans, to
St Vigeans between 12th Aug. 1573 and
6th March 1573-4.
ANDEEW ELDEE, vicar and reader
1569 in 1569.— [Acts and Dec, xli., 300.]
JOHN LINDSAY, called parson in 1584.
1584 — [Bamff Charters, 64, 97.]
JOHN MAN, min. of Lethnot in 1589 ;
trans, and adm. after 1590 ; pres. by
James VI. 13th Sept. 1598; still
min. 3rd Feb. 1636.
THOMAS COUPEE, M.A. ; trans, from
Saline and adm. before 2nd April
1639; trans, to Montrose 16th
June 1642.
1639
GEOEGE HALYBUETON, M.A. ;
pres. by General Assembly 1st Aug.,
and adm. 15th Nov. 1642; attended
the army at Newcastle in 1643 ; trans, to
Second Charge, Perth, 4th Aug. 1644.
408
MENMUIR
[PEESB. OF
DAVID CAMPBELL, born 1619, second
1644 son °^ Colin Campbell, min. of
Third Charge of Dundee ; educated
at Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A. (2nd May
1639); adm. 17th Dec. 1644; had no
services from 13th Feb. to 17th Aug.
1645 because the enemy was still in the
fields, so that the minister durst not be
seen in the parish, and again on 17th Nov.
that year because the enemy's horse under
Ludovick Lindsay were in the parish. He
was app. by the Presb. 28th May 1646
to go to Perth to the army, and 8th
Aug. 1650 to attend the Earl of Argyll's
Regiment for a month; died June 1696.
He marr. Magdalen Livingston, who died
in Findowie before 11th July 1705, and
had issue — Colin of Baldovan ; James,
who intruded here. — [P. C. Beg., 3rd ser.,
i., 351.]
JAMES CAMPBELL, son of preceding ;
le_ educated at St Leonard's College,
St Andrews; M.A. (24th July 1679) ;
adm. to trials 5th Sept. 1683 ; recommended
by Presb. of Brechin for licence 1st Jan.
1684 ; intruded here but was deposed ;
died at Balzeordie in the parish 1720,
aged about 61. — [Dunkeld Tests.]
JAMES ROBERTSON, M.A. ; ord. 3rd
1)701 Sept. 1701 ; trans, to Craigie 23rd
March 1709.
JOHN DUNBAR, educated at Marischal
1709 College, Aberdeen ; licen. by Presb.
of Fordoun 27th March 1706; ord.
23rd Nov. 1709; died 18th July 1744. He
marr. 20th Aug. 1717, Elizabeth (died 29th
June 1768), daugh. of Thomas Ogilvie,
min. of Coupar-Angus (she marr. (2)
Thomas Ogilvie of Coul), and had issue —
Margaret ; Elizabeth ; Katherine ; Anne ;
John ; Robert ; David.— [Z>i«i£eM Tests.]
GEORGE OGILVY, born 1715, son of
„. George O., min. of Kirriemuir ; licen.
by Presb. of Forfar 6th July 1737 ;
ord. to Cortachy 22nd Dec. that year ; pres.
by the Hon. David Erskine of Dun, Lord
of Session, in Jan., trans, and adm. 22nd
Aug. 1745 ; died 9th Aug. 1779. He marr.
(1) Elizabeth Crawford, who died 13th
Sept. 1746 : (2) 13th Sept. 1750, Isobel
Yeoman, who died 10th Aug. 1771, and
had issue — George, apprenticed to a W.S.
1769, born 9th Sept. 1751 ; James, born
14th Oct. 1753; Alexander, born 11th
Sept. 1759.— [Forfar Sas., xxiii., 420.]
JAMES GILLIES, eldest son of Robert
jn-q G. of Little Keithock, merchant,
Brechin ; became an apprentice to
an advocate in Aberdeen ; licen. by the
Presbyterian Classis at Newcastle and
received as a preacher by Presb. of
Brechin 3rd July 1776 ; pres. by John
Erskine of Dun in Nov., and ord. (with-
out undergoing trials) 23rd Dec. 1779 ;
died 11th Jan. 1783. He marr. Ann
Durward, who died 16th Nov. 1801, and
had issue— Robert, born 15th May 1777;
Peter (twin), born 15th May 1777 ; Colin,
born 3rd June 1781.
JOHN WAUGH, born 9th Jan. 1756,
11782 son of Robert W., min. of Whitsome
and Hilton ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Brechin
2nd April 1783; pres. by John Erskine
of Dun in June, and ord. 30th Oct. 1783;
died 7th July 1824. He marr. 14th Nov.
1783, Frances Elizabeth Gregory, who died
s.p. 28th May 1827. Publication — Account
of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, v.).
WILLIAM CRON, born Dumfriesshire,
1825 1'87, son of John C, farmer, and
Johanna Irving ; tutor in the family
of Sir Paulus M melius Irving of Wood-
house ; licen. by Presb. of Annan 3rd Dec.
1812; pres. by Alexander Erskine of Balhall
in 1824 ; ord. 21st April 1825 ; died unmarr.
4th May 1859.
MARK LOUDEN ANDERSON, ord.
22nd Sept. 1859 ; trans, to Second
Charge, St Andrews, 22nd July 1875.
JAMES LAING THOMSON, born
1875 New Pitsligo, 30th Sept. 1848, son
of James T. and Margaret Laing ;
educated at New Pitsligo School, Grammar
School and Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1869); B.D. (1884); licen. by Presb. of
BRECHIN]
MENMUIR— MONTROSE
409
Aberdeen 4th Feb. 1873; assistant at
Gamrie, St Enoch's, Dundee, and at St
Cyrus; ord. 27th Sept. 1875; died 10th
Oct. 1902. He marr. 3rd May 1877, Eliza
Ann (died 19th April 1887), daugh. of
James Laing, farmer, and Elspeth Willox,
and had issue — James Laing, min. of Peter-
culter,born 19th April 1878; George Eddie,
min. of Murthly, born 8th June 1880;
Margaret Willot, born 11th Feb. 1883, died
14th June 1884; William, M.A, B.D., M.B.,
min. of Caledonian Church, Holloway, and
medical practitioner, London, born 7th May
1885.
ALEXANDER HANNAY M'lLRAITH,
1903 M.A. ; ord. 25th March 1903 ; trans,
to Kinghorn 16th April 1908.
DAVID AVENEL VIPONT [formerly
1908 MELVILLE ANDERSON], born
Whaw (now Armadale), Auckland,
New Zealand, 5th March 1864, only son of
Andrew Anderson, min. at Armadale, New
Zealand, 1865-6, afterwards of the Free
Church, Cowdenbeath, Fife, and Eliza
Whyte; educated at High School, Dun-
fermline, and Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh 27th Nov. 1889;
assistant at North Berwick ; ord. to Ann-
bank 28th Sept. 1895 ; app. to St Ninian's
Mission, Edinburgh, in 1898 ; app. to
Townhill Chapel, Dunfermline, 27th Oct.
1904; dem.1907; adm. here 26th Aug. 1908;
died 27th Nov. 1922. He marr. (1) 21st
April 1897, Jane Florence Clark (died 15th
Feb. 1906), daugh. of George Mackay, M.A.,
min. of Presbyterian Church, Whitehaven,
Cumberland, and Helen Cowan Eddie, and
had issue — Olga Florence Gladys, born 12th
April 1898, died 26th Feb. 1902; Helena
Frances Charteris Avenel, born 14th Oct.
1899 ; Ermyntrude Rose Muriel Soulis
Morville, born 9th April 1901 ; Roland
Seaward Alan Avenel, born 21st Feb. 1903 ;
Francis George Malise Avenel, born 21st
Feb. 1903 : (2) 5th March 1907, Flora Anna
Laing, eldest daugh. of Duncan Macdonald,
min. of Kirkmichael, Perthshire. Assumed
name of Vipont in lieu of paternal surname
of Anderson, with official recognition of
Lyon King-of-Arms, 21st Nov. 1899.
^WILLIAM BUCHANAN, born Auchen-
heath, 17th Sept. 1890, son of George
B. and Anne Stewart ; educated at
Lesmahagow Higher Grade School and
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Lanark Dec. 1921 ; assistant at Larbert ;
ord. 20th April 1923. Marr. 4th Sept. 1923,
Jennie Manson Bowie, daugh. of George
and Helen Porter.
MONTROSE.
[The church of Montrose was dedicated
to St John the Evangelist. In it there
were altars of St Bride and St Sebastian.
The parish was a prebend of Brechin.
There were within the bounds chapels of
the Holy Rood and St John the Baptist.
There were also Wells of the Holy Rood
and St Fergus. A Second Charge for the
parish was erected in the sixteenth century.
St Mary's Convent of the Black Friars at
Montrose was founded by Alan Durward
in 1230. A Roodmas Fair was held at
Montrose.]
First Charge.
THOMAS ANDERSON, schoolmaster
in the town, stated by his pupil
James Melville to have been esteemed
" the best maister in his tyme, howbeit
nocht the maist lernit " ; adm. before 4th
Sept. 1566; died 1585, "being aged and
unable," and "a man of mean gifts but
of singular guid lyf." — [Zurich Letters;
Melvill's Autob., 22, 38.]
JOHN CRAIG, trans, from St Giles,
1571 Edinburgh, in 1571 ; trans, to Aber-
deen 6th Aug. 1573.
JOHN DURIE, born Mauchline, 1537 ;
lsg5 educated at Ayr ; through the
influence of his cousin George,
Abbot of Dunfermline, became a con-
ventual brother in that abbey, but falling
under suspicion of heresy, was condemned
to be shut up till he died. On the Refor-
mation taking place, he escaped through
the influence of James, Earl of Arran, and
became exhorter at Restalrig between 1563
and 1567 ; was min. at Hailes (Colinton) in
410
MONTROSE
[PRESB. OF
1569; trans, to South Leith May 1570;
trans, to St Giles, Edinburgh, before
6th Aug. 1573 ; adm. here in 1585 ; was
a member of Assembly of 15S6, 1587, 158S,
1590, 1593, and 1595 ; had a pension of £140
granted to him out of the lands of Altyre,
7th Aug. 1590, for his services in advancing
the public affairs of the Church for many
years; died 29th Feb. 1600. He marr.
Marion, daugh. of Sir John Marjoribanks,
Provost of Edinburgh ; she survived him,
and had issue — Joshua, min. of Inverkeilor;
Robert, min. of Anstruther ; Simeon, min.
of Arbroath ; Christian (marr. George
Gledstanes, Archbishop of St Andrews);
Elizabeth (marr. James Melvill, min. of
Kilrenny) ; a daugh. (marr. John Dykes,
min. of Kilrenny).— [Melvill 's Autdb. ; Acts
of Pari., iii. 551, iv. 311 ; Edin. Tests.)
SAMUEL EAMSAY, min. of Glamis in
1595; trans, and adm. in 1601 ; died
April 1631. He left his books and
gown to Andrew Collace, min. of Eccles-
greig [St Cyrus], and £40 to the poor of
the parish. He marr. Janet Moncur (died
1625, aged 56), widow of William Hali-
burton, burgess of Dundee, and had issue —
John ; Annas (marr., cont. 8th March 1621,
James Govan, min. of Blackford). — [Brechin
Tests.; Monteith's Mort., 226; Reg. Mag.
Sig., viii., 1509 ; Reg. of Deeds, ccclxsxvii.,
56, 57.]
ARCHIBALD STMMER, adm. before
18th Dec. 1631 ; still min. 17th
Dec. 1633. He had issue — Archi-
bald ; Grizell.
1631
JAMES DUNCAN, M.A. (St Andrews
1633 1625); adm. before 12th Nov. 1633;
died Aug. 1641, aged about 36. He
marr. Jean, daugh. of David Lindsay of
Dunkenny, Bishop of Edinburgh ; she
survived him and marr. (2) (cont., 30th
March 1649) Patrick Aire, burgess of
Dundee, and had issue — David, born 9th
Sept. 1634 ; James ; Athertune (daugh.),
born 25th Feb. 1636 ; Jean ; Mary ;
Catherine. — [Inq. Fet. Forfar, 270 ;
Forfar Sas., iii., 109.]
THOMAS COUPER, son of Thomas C,
1642 DUrSess °f Edinburgh ; educated at
Univ. there ; M.A. (23rd July 1625) ;
on Exercise at Perth 11th Dec. 1627 ; adm.
to Saline before 21st June 1634; trans, to
Menmuir before 2nd April 1639; trans, and
adm. 16th June 1642 ; died "of grief" 28th
March 1662, aged about 56. He marr.
(died Aug. 1672), daugh. of Robert Burrell
in Cooper, Perth, a reputed witch, and
had issue — James ; Eliza ; Janet (marr.
Theodore LTmphray, min. of Nesting). —
[Brechin Tests.]
DAVID STRACHAN, bom 1640, eldest
1Q6<> son of David S., Bishop of Brechin ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews,
25th July 1657 ; adm. in 1662 ; died 2nd
July 1672. He marr. a daugh. of James
Melville of Dysart, and had issue —
Margaret, bapt. 14th June 1663, died
8th May 1676; James, bapt. 30th May
1666; David, bapt. 15th July 1668 —
[Fam. of Strachan and Wise, 89.]
DAVID LYELL, born 1634, son of Walter
167„ L. of Balhall, hereditary town-clerk
of Montrose, and Margaret Hamilton
of Borland ; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen ; M.A. (1654) ; licen. by Presb. of
Brechin 10th July 1656 ; ord. to Banchory-
Devenick before 18th Oct. 1658; trans, to
Third Charge, Aberdeen, 1666 ; trans, and
adm. before 3rd April 1673 ; elected to
Trinity Parish, Edinburgh, 18th Dec.
1678, but did not accept; died March
1696. He had "a thundering way of
preaching." He left £100 to the poor.
He marr. shortly after 17th Nov. 165S,
Mary (died 1689), daugh. of Sir James
Sandilands of St Monans, and Agnes,
daugh. of Sir David Carnegie, first Earl
of Southesk, and had issue — James of
Balhall, advocate, died Feb. 1696; Patrick
of Balhall, died 1703; Anne; Mary.—
[Brechin Tests. ; Inq. Ret. Foifar, 541 ;
Gen., 7706 ; Reg. of Dec, Durie, 27th
Feb. 1667.]
WILLIAM ARROTT, son of Andrew
ieg7 A. of Dumbarrow ; educated at St
Leonard's College, St Andrews ;
M.A. (25th July 1676) ; passed trials before
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MONTROSE
411
Presb. of Forfar and recommended for
licence 1st Dec. 1680 ; adm. to Channel-
kirk 31st Aug. 1682; received into com-
munion by the Presb. of Lauder 12th
Oct. 1691; called 26th June 1696; adm.
6th Jan. 1697; died (after a lengthened
illness) 15th Aug. 1730, aged about 73.
He marr. Magdalen Oliphant, who survived
him, and had issue — Andrew, min. of Dun-
nichen ; Margaret (marr. John Willison,
min. of Second Charge, Dundee) ; Eliza-
beth (marr. James Bell, min. of Logie-
Pert).— [Brechin Tests. ; Allan's Hist, of
Channelkirk, 184-91.]
JOHN COUPEE, born 1697, son of
i>jS1 Matthew O, min. of Kinfauns, and
chaplain to John, Duke of Atholl ;
ord. to Second Charge 24th Sept. 1724;
pres. by George II. 19th Oct. 1730; trans.
and adm. 20th April 1731 ; retired from
public duty in 1746, and his charge supplied
by licentiates till 1764 ; died at Nether
Caldhame 21st Jan. 1774, leaving all his
estate to Elizabeth Pratt, his servant. —
[Brechin Tests.]
CHAELES NISBET, born 21st Jan.
1764 1736, third son of William N,
schoolmaster at Long Yester, East
Lothian ; educated at High School and
Univ. of Edinburgh; MA. (1754); licen.
by Presb. there 24th Sept. 1760 ; became
preacher at Gorbals Chapel-of-Ease in
1760; res. in 1762; pres. by George III.
25th Nov. 1763 ; called 25th Jan., and ord.
(assistant and successor) 17th May 1764 ;
D.D. (College of New Jersey, Nov. 1783).
During the American War he espoused the
Colonial cause in such a way as to make his
position at home uncomfortable. Because h e
absented himself for some time and visited
America, the Presb. resolved, 3rd Aug. 1785,
that if he did not return, or if they had not
notice of his being on the way to Britain,
they would declare the charge vacant 5th
Oct. that year. This was done. He was
elected President of Dickinson College,
Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1786; died 18th
Jan. 1804. He left his library to Prince-
ton College, New Jersey. His course of
theological lectures was the first of the
kind to be delivered in America ; he
lectured also on classics and philosophy,
in which subjects he was a considerable
proficient. He marr. 18th June 1766,
Anne (bapt. 11th Jan. 1735, died 12th
May 1807), daugh. of Thomas Tweedie of
Quarter and Kingledores, Peeblesshire,
and Mary Stevenson, and had issue —
Thomas, born 8th April 1767 ; Mary, born
2nd April 1769; William, born 1st Feb.
1771; Alison, born 28th May 1773; Ann
(twin), born 28th May 1773; Elizabeth,
born 2nd March 1775 ; Alexander, judge at
Baltimore, born 26th July 1777 ; Charles,
born 18th Aug. 1780. Publications — Address
to the Students of Dickinson College, Carlisle
(Edinburgh, 1786) ; Miscellaneous Writings
(1806).— [Memoir by Samuel Miller, D.D.,
of Princeton (New York, 1840) ; Kay's
Portraits, i. ; Scots Mag., lxx. ; Diet. Nat.
Biog. ; Hist, of the Tiveedie Family, 166 ;
Appleton's Cyclo. of American Biog.]
ALEXANDEE MOLLISON, born
1785 1749, son of James M., Kinnell,
Forfarshire ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1767); licen.
by Presb. of Kirkcaldy 1st Sept. 1773
ord. to Second Charge 8th Feb. 1776
pres. by George III. 20th Oct., trans, and
adm. 17th Nov. 1785 ; died 19th Feb.
1825. He marr. Anna Lyon, who died 4th
Feb. 1795, and had issue— Jean, born 29th
Sept. 1769 (marr. 23rd May 1791, James
Mitchell, min. of Second Charge); Alex-
ander, merchant, Glasgow, born 15th Jan.
1772; James, M.D., Edinburgh, born 1st
Dec. 1774; George Crawford, M.A.,
licentiate of the Church, born 16th Aug.
1777. Publication— Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, v.). — [Low's Memorials
of the Parish Church of Montrose, 70.]
EOBEET SMITH, born 1st Aug.
1788, son of Theophilus S., farmer,
Stanley; educated at Dunning
School and Univs. of St Andrews and
Edinburgh ; became tutor in the families
of Bruce of Kennet and Dundas of
Arniston ; licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith 4th
Aug. 1812; ord. (assistant and successor)
to Borthwick 22nd July 1814; trans, to
Newtyle 24th Sept. 1818; joint clerk to
Synod of Angus and Mearns 22nd April
412
MONTROSE
[PRESB. OF
1823 to 1825; pres. by George IV. 9th
June, trans, and adm. 15th Sept. 1825 ;
D.D. (St Andrews,' 12th Nov. 1836) ; died
13th May 1853. He marr. 14th Oct. 1818,
Elizabeth (accidentally killed at Waverley
Station, Edinburgh, 4th Aug. 1865, aged
70), eldest daugh. of Alexander Thomson,
Edinburgh, and authoress of some poetical
works, and had issue — Louisa, born 1st
Aug. 1819 (marr. 13th Sept. 1838, James
Wilson, woollen manufacturer, Earlston),
died 18th Jan. 1892; Margaret Marshall,
born 21st Oct. 1820; Theophilus, min. of
Temple, born 12th March 1822 ; Elizabeth,
born 3rd April 1824 ; Alexander Thomson,
born 24th Feb. 1826; Kobert, min. of St
Clement's, Dundee, born 27th May 1827;
Mary Ann, born 10th Jan. 1829 ; Sybella,
born 29th Oct. 1830; Edward Lothian,
born 20th Nov. 1832; Frederick, born
26th April 1835 ; Frances, born 4th April
1837; James, licentiate of the Church,
born 2nd Jan. 1839. Publications— Helps
for Hearers ; or the True Touchstone of
Gospel Preaching (Montrose, 1820); Con-
siderations at the Commencement of a
New Year (Montrose, 1823); Address on
the Grounds of the late Secession (Montrose,
1843) ; Address to a Young Communicant
(Montrose, 1846); Discourses, ivith a Memoir
(Montrose, 1853) [jointly with Dr Paterson];
Account of the Parish (New Stat. Ace, xi.).
COLIN M'CULLOCH, pres. by Queen
Victoria 31st Aug., trans, from
Denny 22nd Dec. 1853 ; trans, to
East Parish, Aberdeen, 26th June 1862.
GEORGE STEWART BURNS, pres. by
Queen Victoria 28th Oct. 1862 ; trans,
from Houston 12th Feb. 1863 ; trans,
to St Mungo's, Glasgow, 22nd June 1865.
MALCOLM CAMPBELL TAYLOR,
pres. by Queen Victoria 7th July,
and trans, from New Kirk and
Parish (Greyfriars), Dumfries, 28th Sept.
1865; trans, to Crathie 6th June 1867.
DONALD MACLEOD, D.D. ; pres. by
Queen Victoria 18th July, trans,
from Greyfriars, Dumfries, 15th
Nov. 1867 ; res. on appointment to St
Mark's Chapel, Dundee, 16th June 1870.
1870
1865
1867
WILLIAM EWAN BULL GUNN,
eldest son of William G., soldier,
Africa; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; ord. to Newton-upon-Ayr 17th
Jan. 1867 ; trans, to Anderston, Glasgow,
31st Dec. 1868; pres. by Queen Victoria
27th June, trans, and adm. 28th Sept.
1870 ; res. on appointment to St Andrew's
Church, Rodney Street, Liverpool, 30th
Oct. 1873. He joined the Church of
England ; deacon in 1878 ; priest in 1879 ;
vicar of Egremont, Cheshire ; died 16th
Sept. 1911. He marr. (1) 18th July 1876 :
(2) 18th Nov. 1891, Sophie M. Chater.
ROBERT DUNCAN, born Blackburn,
Livingston, 30th March 1837, son
of George D. and Jane Muirhead ;
educated at Livingston School and Leith
School and Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh ; assistant at Path-
head, Kirkcaldy; ord. to Middle Parish,
Paisley, 7th May 1868; pres. by Queen
Victoria 8th Nov. 1873; trans, and adm.
26th Feb. 1874 ; died 26th Oct. 1893.
JAMES NIBLOCK - STUART, born
Avelbane House, Co. Monaghan,
Ireland, 14th April 1844, son of
James N. of Corniglar, and Mary, only
child of John Stuart of Edneneam ; edu-
cated at Classical Seminary, Monaghan,
Queen's Univ. and Presb. College, Belfast ;
B.A. (Dublin 1864); licen. by Presb. of
Balliboy 6th June 1866 ; ord. to Newry
30th March 1869 ; adm. to Comber,
Ireland, 17th June 1873; trans, to New-
ark, Port-Glasgow, 7th Aug. 1877; trans,
to Tester 25th July 1878 ; trans, to South
Dulwich, London, 4th Feb. 1886 ; trans,
to North Church, Stirling, 17th Jan. 1889 ;
trans, and adm. 12th July 1894; died at
Edinburgh 20th July 1921. He marr. 11th
June 1869, Lizzie (died 27th June 1915),
daugh. of Joseph Gray of Rockfield,
Monaghan, and Elizabeth Smith, and has
issue— William Johnston Smith, insurance
manager, born 9th Aug. 1871 ; Elizabeth
Marion, born 13th May 1874; Caroline
Louise, born 24th April 1876; James in
Woods Service, South Africa, born 6th
March 1878 ; Julia Evelyn, born 18th June
1880; Joseph Gray, electrical engineer,
1894
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born 22nd Aug. 1881 ; John Herbert,
Colonial Service, Nairobi, British East
Africa, born 25th Feb. 1884. N. assumed
the surname of Stuart with official
recognition of Lyon King-of-Arms 24th
Nov. 1882. Publications — John Knox ;
Fallen Empires of the World; St Paul at
Rome, Corinth, etc., with other historical
discourses.
JOHN STEWART ROBEETSON, born
lgl8 Banffshire, 1869, son of John B.,
agricultural engineer, and Margaret
Fordyce ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1892), B.D. (1905); licen. byPresb. of
Glasgow 10th May 1905; assistantat Barony,
Glasgow ; ord. to High Kirk, Kilmarnock,
24th Oct. 1907 ; trans, to Wallacetown,
Dundee, 10th Feb. 1911 ; trans, and adm.
(assistant and successor) 17th May 1918.
He marr. 25th Jan. 1911, Euphemia Clark,
daugh. of James Bobertson, builder, and
Agnes Bobertson.
Second Charge.
[The date when a second minister was
first appointed is not known. At different
times prior to 1650 he is referred to in the
Presb. Becords as "Preacheour of God's
Word at the Kirk of Monrose."]
JOHN BEATTIE, reader in 1566 ; trans.
1566 to Inchbrayock (Craig), 1571.
GEORGE GLEDSTANES, reader,
1586-7; ord. to Ecclesgreig 23rd
1586
July 1585.
JOSHUA DUBIE, M.A. ; min. in 1594 ;
1594 trans, to Forfar in 1596.
1626
JOHN OSWALD, M.A.; adm. before
29th Jan. 1626 ; trans, to Pencait-
land 7th July 1629.
1635
JAMES GBANGEE, M.A. ; min. from
Martinmas 1635 to Martinmas 1640 ;
afterwards min. of Kinneff.
WILLIAM FOBBES, servitor to the
Earl of Montrose; ord. 20th Nov.
1640 ; trans, to Inverurie 14th
Jan. 1643.
PATBICK SYMSON, ord. 7th June
1643 1643 > insfc- to Logie - Pert 10th
Sept. 1646.
JOHN BAIT, M.A.; ord. 23rd Dec.
1647 1647 ; trans, to Inverkeilor after 5th
Sept. 1650.
JAMES MIDDLETON, called June
1659 1653; ord. 17th March 1659; trans,
to Longforgan 18th Dec. 1661.
[JAMES FITHIE, preacher at Leith;
1663 app' 19tlx Marcl1 1663> but ord-
to Mains and Strathmartine May
1663.]
JAMES STBACHAN, app. in 1663;
1663 ^em" ^e^- 16^8; afterwards min. of
Oyne.
GEOEGE STBACHAN, M.A.; adm.
1669 24th April 1669; trans, to Old
Machar before 15th Feb. 1672.
ALEXANDEE MYLNE, M.A. ; adm.
1672 14th Feb. 1672 ; trans, to Benholme
23rd July 1684.
JOHN MILNE, son of William M.,
1684 tail°rJ Aberdeen ; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen ; passed
trials before Presb. of Fordoun and had
testimonial for ordination 17th Nov. 1669 ;
ord. to Garvock 2nd March 1670; trans,
and adm. Oct. 1684 ; deprived by Privy
Council for nonjurancy in 1695 ; had a
meeting-house at Inverarity in 1701 ; died
Sept. 1710. He marr. June 1670, Elizabeth
Milne of the parish of Fetteresso, and
had issue — Bobert, admitted burgess of
Montrose 9th Sept. 1690; Jean (marr.,
cont. 1st and 9th July 1707, Thomas
Thomson, notary at Chance Inn). —
[Brechin Tests. ; Reg. of Deeds, Mack.,
20th Aug. 1730.]
GEOEGE STEPHEN, caUed 19th and
by Presb. jure devoluto 21st Sept.,
and ord. 27th Dec. 1698; trans, to
Maryton 10th June 1707.
414
MONTROSE
[PRESB. OF
JAMES TRAIL, born Ballindret, near
,„__ LiflFord, Ireland, 1681, son of William
T., min. of Borthwick ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (26th June
1699); called 23rd Nov. 1708; ord. 22nd
Feb. 1709 ; having subscribed a guinea
towards building an Episcopal chapel in
the parish, he was libelled by the Presb.
in 1718 for encouraging malignants ; died
of a broken heart 25th March 1723. He
marr. Nov. 1714, Christian (died at Brechin
Sept. 1747), daugh. of John Allardes or
Allardice, provost of Aberdeen, and had
issue — John, student at Aberdeen, 1728;
Agnes (marr. Alexander Thomson, book-
seller, Aberdeen) ; Susanna, born 1720
(marr. 1739, James Chalmers, printer,
Aberdeen, and founder of the Aberdeen
Journal, son of James C, Professor of
Divinity in Marischal College), died 1791.
— [Brechin Tests. ; Wodrow's Corresp. ;
Lord Guthrie's Chalmers and Trail An-
cestry (portrait), 40, 127.]
JOHN COUPER, called 4th June, and
1724 ord. 24th Sept. 1724 ; trans, to First
Charge 20th April 1731.
WILLIAM HOPPER, a native of
173„ Berwickshire ; chaplain to the laird
of Allanbank ; licen. by Presb. of
Kelso 7th Oct. 1729; called 17th June
1731 ; pres. by Town Council 1st Feb., and
ord. 7th Feb. 1732 ; dep. for immorality
21st Nov. 1733.
GEORGE AITKEN, educated at St
1735 Salvator's College, St Andrews ;
M.A. (3rd May 1721); licen. by
Presb. of Kirkcaldy 28th Nov. 1728 ; called
17th Sept. 1734 ; ord. 29th Jan. 1735 ; died
24th Aug. 1775, aged about 74. He marr.
(1) 29th April 1735, Margaret (died 5th
Dec. 1763), daugh. of William Burnet of
Criggie: (2) 6th Nov. 1764, Margaret
Mudie, who died 23rd April 1783.—
[Brechin Tests. ; Douglas's Baronage, 43.]
ALEXANDER MOLLISON, M.A. ;
17„e pres. by Town Council 4th Dec.
1775; ord. 8th Feb. 1776; trans,
to First Charge 17th Nov. 1785.
JAMES MITCHELL, born 1763; edu-
17S6 cated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh 30th July
1783 ; became chaplain to Willielma, Lady
Glenorchy ; ord. 22nd June 1784 to Presby-
terian congregation at South Shields ; pres.
by Town Council in May, and adm. 22nd
June 1786. On account of certain local
difficulties, chiefly "because he could not
persuade the mariners of the guilt of setting
sail of a Sabbath," he dem. 13th Feb.
1805. He accepted charge of the Scots
congregation at Wooler, and died there
20th Oct. 1835. His classical attainments
were of a high order. Whilst a divinity
student he was tutor to Sir Walter Scott,
who thus writes of him in his Autobio-
graphical fragment : " He was a young man
of excellent disposition and a laborious
student. From him I learned writing and
arithmetic. I repeated to him my French
lessons, and studied with him my themes
in the classics. I also acquired by disputing
with him (for this he readily permitted)
some knowledge of school - divinity and
church history, and a great acquaintance
in particular with the old books describing
the early history of the Church of Scotland,
the wars and sufferings of the Covenanters,
and so forth. I, with a head on fire for
chivalry, was a Cavalier, my friend was a
Roundhead ; I was a Tory, and he was
a Whig. I hated Presbyterians, and
admired Montrose with his victorious
Highlanders ; he liked the Presbyterian
Ulysses, the dark and politic Argyle, so
that we never wanted subjects of dispute ;
but our disputes were always amicable."
In 1796 Scott paid him a visit at Montrose
and spent the night. "Few visits have
been more gratifying," says M. "Im-
pressed with the conviction that he would
one day arrive at honour and influence in
his native country, I endeavoured to improve
the occasion to secure his patronage in
behalf of the strict and evangelical party
in the Church of Scotland, in exerting
himself to induce patrons to grant to the
Christian people liberty to elect their own
pastors in cases of vacancy. His answer
struck me much, it was : ' Nay, nay, Mr
Mitchell, I'll not do that, for if that were
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to be done, I and the like of me would
have no life with such as you,1 from
which I inferred he thought that, were the
evangelical clergy to obtain the superiority,
they would introduce such strictness of
discipline as would not quadrate with the
ideas of that party called the moderate in
the Church of Scotland, whose views, I
presume, Sir Walter had now adopted."
M. left in MS. "Memorials of the most
remarkable occurrences and transactions of
my life," one chapter of which was devoted
to his association with Scott and the
Scott family, and was used by Lockhart
in the Life. He marr. 23rd May 1791,
Jean (died 1848), daugh. of Alexander
Mollison, min. of the First Charge, and
had issue — James, born 15th Oct. 1792 ;
Alexander, indigo-planter, Tirhoot, born
8th Dec. 1797 ; Jean, born 5th April 1802.
■ — [Lockhart's Scott (Edinburgh Edition),
i., 31, 113-24, 275.]
JAMES ESDAILE, pres. by Town
lso,. Council in June, and ord. 14th Aug.
1805 ; trans, to East Church, Perth,
29th Nov. 1810.
JOSEPH PATEESON, born Aberdeen,
1811 17th Jan. 1779, son of Alexander P.,
Aberdeen ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (31st March
1797) ; tutor to Lord Byron ; licen. by
Presb. of Aberdeen 8th May 1805; app.
schoolmaster of Fintray in 1809 ; elected
by the Town Council 22nd Dec. 1810 ; ord.
18th April 1811 ; D.D. (Aberdeen, March
1821); died 24th April 1871. In 1858 he
was presented at a banquet with his
portrait, subscribed for by people of all
denominations. In making his reply he
struck a fine note when he said, with
tenderness, " Since I came to Montrose
a new generation has arisen, but it cannot
be said that they ' knew not Joseph.1 " He
marr. 6th June 1814, Janet (died 14th
Sept. 1854, aged 73), daugh. of Eobert
Hunter, Dundee, and had issue — Jane
Scott, born 14th April 1815; Elizabeth
Crawford, born 5th Sept. 1816, died 19th
July 1845 ; Eobert, student of medicine,
born 29th Dec. 1817, died 6th Nov.
1837; Mary, born 4th April 1819; Susan
Scott, born 28th Oct. 1820; Alexander
M'Naughtane, born 26th March 1822, died
31st March 1851 ; Janet, born 21st Jan.
1825 (marr. Andrew Spence, Broughty
Ferry), died 1st Jan. 1860. Publication
(jointly with Dr Smith) — Account of the
Parish (New Stat. Ace, xi.). — [Dr William
Mair's My Life, 56.]
JOHN METHVEN EOBEETSON,
M.A. ; trans, from Dunnichen 12th
1871
1873.
Oct. 1871 ; trans, to Stow 17th July
* GEOEGE BEOWN, trans, from Newtyle
187„ 25th Sept. 1873 ; trans, to Bendochy
6th July 1875.
WILLIAM WORKMAN, trans, from
lg7s Fullarton 2nd Dec. 1875 ; trans, to
Stow 20th April 1882.
HUGH CAMEEON, ord. 14th Sept.
1882 1882 > trans, to Newington, Edin-
burgh, 8th June 1898. (Cf. Vol. I.,
p. 86.) Publication — Prayers for Use in
Public Worship (Edinburgh, 1921).
HUGH CALLAN, born Ayr, 13th Aug.
1860, son of Thomas C. and Free-
bairn Dickie ; educated at Wallace-
town School, Ayr Academy, and Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (1885); Interim Modern
Languages Master at Ayr Academy in
1880 ; Modern Languages Master at Bella-
houston Academy in 1885-6 ; English and
Botany Master at West End Girls' School,
Glasgow, 1886-7; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow in 1887 ; assistant at St Andrew's
Parish, Glasgow, and Deputy Chaplain to
Barlinnie Prison ; ord. to Catrine 8th Nov.
1893 ; trans, and adm. 13th Jan. 1899 ;
died 13th Aug. 1924. He marr. 19th
March 1901, Jessie Dickie, daugh. of
Sir John M'Dowall, Piraeus, Greece.
Publications — Wanderings on Wheel
and on Foot through Europe (London,
1887); The Story of Jerusalem (Edin-
burgh, 1890); From the Clyde to the
Jordan (Glasgow, 1895) ; Memorial Sermon
and Appreciation (Montrose, 1909) ; Heart
Cures from the Beatitudes (London, 1912).
416
ST JOHN'S CHAPEL— MELVILLE
[PKESB. OF
ST JOHJVS CHAPEL.
[Opened 4th Jan. 1829 ; had a constitu-
tion from the General Assembly 31st May
1834; retained by the Free Church after
1843.]
THOMAS L1DDELL, elected 24th
1829 June> an<* or(*- 17tn Sept. 1829;
trans, to Lady Glenorchy's, Edin-
burgh, 22nd Dec. 1831.
1833
WILLIAM NIXON, born 3rd May 1803,
fourth son of John N., merchant,
Glasgow ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by the Presb. there 5th
Jan. 1825 ; assistant at Whitsome ; ord. by
Presb. of Chirnside to Scots Congregation
at Hexham 14th June 1831 ; elected 13th
June 1832 ; adm. 27th June 1833. Joined
the Free Church in 1843 ; min. of the Free
Church, Montrose, 1843-1900 ; Moderator
of the Free Church General Assembly 21st
May 1868 ; died 24th Jan. 1900. He marr.
(1) 12th Aug. 1835, Margaret (died 20th
Nov. 1865), only daugh. of A. Sedgley : (2)
1875, Janet Craig. Publications — Intro-
ductory Essay to Mair's Explanation of the
Assembly's Shorter Catechism (Montrose,
1837) ; Remarks on Christian Education
(Edinburgh, 1838) ; Reply to Anti-Endow-
ment Speakers and Defence of Church
Extension Scheme (Glasgow, 1839) ; Civil
and Sp>iritual Jurisdiction, a sermon
(Edinburgh, 1840); Our Duty to the
Young (Edinburgh, 1841) ; Sixty-one Pleas
for Sabbath-breaking answered (Edinburgh,
1847) ; Account of the late Work of God at
Ferryden (Edinburgh, 1860) ; The Doctrine
of Election (1861) ; The Two Meanings ; or,
the Hollow and Deceptive Character of
" The Articles of Agreement " as at present
adjusted, a speech (Edinburgh, 1869) ; The
Kingdom of the Nations, and the Duty of
Earthly Riders to His Truth and Kingdom,
a sermon (Edinburgh, 1869) ; A Forewarn-
ing of the Troubles before us, from the
present Movement for the Union of the
Churches (Montrose, 1870) ; All and in
All, a sermon (1882) ; Instrumental Music
in the Public Worship of our Church
Unwarranted (Edinburgh, 1883); Sermon
1852
XLIII. (Free Church Pulpit, i.); some-
time editor of The Free Church Missionary
Record.
MELVILLE (Q.S.).
[This parish was disjoined from Montrose
27th June 1855. It was named Melville
as a memorial of Andrew Melville, the
Reformer, who was born at Baldovie in
the parish of Craig.]
ROBERT SMITH, ord. in 1852; res.
10th June 1856, on appointment to
Scots Church at Kandy, Ceylon.
JAMES DODDS, ord. 11th Sept. 1856 ;
10=_ trans, to St Clement's, Dundee, 23rd
Sept. 1858.
DAVID SKINNER MAXWELL, adm.
la58 from Milngavie Chapel 7th Dec.
1858 ; trans, to Monimail 12th May
1864.
WILLIAM ANDERSON, ord. 6th Oct.
1864 18®4 > *rans- to Fettercairn 8th Aug.
1867.
WILLIAM JOHN STEVEN, born 19th
186_ July 1841, son of Charles Bannatyne
S., min. of Stewarton ; educated at
Stewarton School and Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Irvine ; assistant at The
Park Parish, Glasgow; ord. 7th Nov. 1867;
died 16th May 1877. He marr. 20th June
1871, Jessie, only daugh. of Andrew Spence,
Broughty Ferry, and granddaughter of
Joseph Paterson, D.D., min. of Second
Charge, Montrose, and had issue — William
Charles, C.A., M.C., London, born 11th
March 1872; Jean Paterson, born 22nd
April 1874 (marr. 23rd April 1921, E.
Kenyon Howden, M.B., CM., Natal);
Joseph Paterson, student in medicine,
born 23rd March 1877, died 7th Feb.
1899.
THOMAS BURNS, ord. 8th Nov. 1877 ;
lg7„ trans, to Lady Glenorchy's Parish,
Edinburgh, 30th Aug. 1882.
JOHN ARCHIBALD ST CLAIR, born
1882 Pertn 1859> son of J(mn Patrick s->
min. of St Stephen's Chapel (Gaelic),
Perth ; educated at Perth Academy and
brechin] MELVILLE— STRACATHRO AND DUNLAPPIE
417
Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of
Perth 15th May 1882 ; assistant at St Paul's,
Perth ; ord. 28th Dec. 1882 ; dep. 18th June
1891. He marr. 11th July 1883, Margaret
Frances (died 26th Sept. 1914), only daugh.
of Evan Boss, min. of Ardersier, and had
issue — John Ewan, born 8th April 1884;
Sydney Francis, born 1st March 1886;
Melville, born 19th April 1887; Evelyn,
born 26th and died 28th Nov. 1889; Kobert.
WILLIAM TAYLOR, born Muthill,
1891 Perthshire> 3rd Nov. 1863, son of
Peter T. and Margaret Hughes;
educated at Muthill School and Univ. of
Glasgow ; M.A. (1884) ; licen. by Presb. of
Auchterarder 4th May 1887; assistant at
North Parish, Stirling, Dalkeith, and Dun-
barton ; ord. 11th Dec. 1891 ; app. chaplain
to 1st Forfar R.G.A., 1902, and to North
Scottish R.G.A. (T.), 1910 ; died 19th Oct.
1916. He marr. 5th Feb. 1895, Jane Gow,
daugh. of Robert Latta, Dunbarton, and
Catherine Smith M'Millan, and had issue-
Peter Raymond, born 5th May 1896, died
15th Nov. 1911 ; Kathleen M'Millan, born
30th April 1899. Publications— Sabbath
Keeping, a sermon preached 22nd April
1902, before the Synod of Angus and
Mearns (1902) ; Twelve Favourite Hymns,
their Messages and their Writers (Paisley,
1907).
JULIUS M'CALLUM, born Paisley,
17 11th Aug. 1869, son of Charles M.
and Mary M. ; educated at John
Neilson Institution, Paisley, Univ. of
Glasgow, M.A. (1890), B.D. (1894), and
Regent's Park College, London ; became
Baptist Missionary at Rayrgama, Bundara-
gama, Ceylon ; adm. to Church of Scotland
by General Assembly May 1902; ord. to
Merrylea Chapel, Glasgow, 18th Aug. 1904 ;
res. 28th Nov. 1910; assistant at Dornoch
and at Unst in 1911; locum tenens North
Church, Stirling, 1912, and at St Ninians
in 1913 ; adm. to Whalsay 26th Oct. 1915 ;
trans, and adm. 2nd May 1917. Marr. 5th
Nov. 1896, Margaret Lang Smith, daugh.
of Angus Macarthur and Margaret Gal-
braith Sharp Mackie, and has issue-
Margaret Julia Mary, born 15th Feb. 1898 ;
Julius Charles Neil, born 13th Oct. 1906.
1567
STRACATHRO and DUNLAPPIE.
[These parishes were united in 1618. A
new church was built in 1799.
Stracathro. — The church of Stracathro
was dedicated to St Rule. Near it was
St Rule's Well. The parish was a pre-
bend of Brechin.
Dunlappie. — At Kilgary in the parish of
Dunlappie there was a chapel with a
hermitage.]
1561 JAMES LICHTON, reader.
ANDREW MYLNE, min. in 1567 ; was
a member for Montrose in first
General Assembly 20th Dec. 1560;
had Dunlappie also in charge in 1567 ;
schoolmaster of Montrose in 1569, when
James Melvill was one of his pupils ;
trans, to Dunnottar in 1574.
PAUL FRASER, had a grant of the
1567 Chantry 18th July 1566; adm.
about 1567 ; was a member of five
out of eight Assemblies from Oct. 1581
to June 1587; was one of the Commis-
sioners appointed by the Privy Council
6th March 1589 for the preservation of
the Protestant religion in the sheriffdom
of Forfar; died 22nd Aug. 1609. He
marr. Barbara Liddell, widow of David
Schewan, citizen of Brechin (she pre-
deceased her husband), and had issue —
Isabel (marr. Thomas Erskine of Quhit-
field) ; a daugh. (marr. James Schewan).
— [Brechin Tests. ; Black's Brechin, 42 ;
Calderwood's Hist., iv., 569, 615, 627, 630.]
JOHN SYM, reader here and at Dun-
1574 lappie— [Misc. Wod. Soc, 319.]
ROBERT NORIE, M.A. (St Andrews,
lel0 1596); min. of Fern in 1607; adm.
before 12th Sept. 1610; still min.
22nd June 1643. He marr. Bessie, daugh.
of George Donaldson, min. of Dunlappie. —
[Bannatyne Miscell., iii.]
GEORGE FOGO, M.A. (St Andrews,
1644 1626) ; was on the Exercise at
Kirkcaldy 15th May 1630; adm. to
Edzell before 16th May 1639; pres. by
David, Earl of Southesk ; trans, and adm.
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STRACATHRO AND DUNLAPPIE
[PRESB. OF
16th Jan. 1644 ; was a member of Commis-
sion of Assembly in 1645 ; suspended 3rd
Oct. 1649, for playing at cards and dice
some years before, and drinking and
tippling ; suspension removed 1st, and
re-adm. 24th Nov. 1650 ; broke his leg
by a fall during frost, and died April
1655, aged about 49. He marr. before
5th May 1631.
1655
ALEXANDER GUTHRIE, youngest
son of James G. of Pitforthie, and
brother of William G., min. of Fen-
wick, and John G., min. of Tarbolton ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A.
(26th July 1649); was on the Exercise
10th July 1651 ; called in May, and ord.
19th July 1655. It is said the change
to Episcopacy so affected him that it
shortened his life ; died March 1662, aged
about 33. He marr. Magdalen (died 1702),
daugh. of Alexander Carnegy of Cookston,
and had issue — Alexander, served heir
12th July 1667 ; Margaret ; Janet (marr.
William, grandson of William Lyon of
Ogil) ; May (marr. David Lyon, W.S.,
Commissary of Brechin). — [Brechin Tests. ;
Inq. Bet. Gen., 5087.]
JAMES GUILD, domestic chaplain at
lees Kinnaird ; licen. by Presb. of Brechin
14th July 1653 ; ord. to Stromness
and Sandwick 22nd May 1660 ; trans, and
adm. between 8th Oct. and 5th Nov. 1663 ;
died July 1676. He marr. Dec. 1644, Janet
(died Jan. 1700), daugh. of Bobert Grahame
of Bolshan, and had issue — Henry, writer,
Edinburgh ; Catherine. — [Brechin Tests. ;
Greyfriars Burials ; Or and Sable, 614 ;
Jervise's Memorials, ii., 232 ; P. C. Reg.,
3rd ser., ii., 266.]
ALEXANDER COUTTS, born 1656, a
lew7 native of Montrose ; M.A. (King's
College, Aberdeen, 1670) ; licen. by
Alexander, Bishop of Edinburgh, 25th
March 1675 ; pres. by David, Earl of
Northesk, in May ; recommended for
ordination 6th Sept. 1677 ; died 11th April
1695. He marr. Elizabeth Burnett, and
had issue — Alexander ; Ann. — [Brechin
Tests. ; P. C. Peg., 3rd ser., v., 167.]
JOHN DAVIE, intruded before 26th
1?01 Nov. 1701, and again 2nd Nov.
1715, when he "came in with near
eighty men under arms, with beating
drums and flying colours, and preached a
little in the church, and, after that kind
of worship was over, he mustered up his
men again at the kirk style, and in their
front went to Kinnaird"; dep. 3rd Oct.
1716, at which time he lived at Arnhall
and also acted as factor to James, Earl of
Southesk. — [Black's Brechin, 130; Warden's
Angus, v., 167 ; Marshall's Historic Scenes
in Forfarshire, 245.]
JOHN GLASFURD, from Cupar;
1701 licen. by Presb. of Brechin 11th
Aug. 1699; ord. 12th Feb. 1701;
died 23rd July 1745. He marr. 19th
June 1704, Margaret Ogilvy (died 11th
June 1714), and had issue — John, born
1705, died 20th Jan. 1713 ; Euphemia ;
Margaret ; Agnes. — [Brechin Tests. ;
Tombst.; Index to Services.]
1747
PATRICK TURNBULL, Keen, by
Presb. of Dunfermline 23rd Oct.
1734; called 2nd July 1746; ord.
15th July 1747 ; died 1st April 1782. He
marr. 20th Nov. 1754, Margaret Ferguson,
who died at Brechin 14th March 1818,
aged 97.
WILLIAM MAULE, M.A; pres. by
17R2 George III. 22nd June, and ord.
26th Sept. 1782; trans, to Monikie
3rd July 1783.
ROBERT HANNA, born 1754; licen.
1784 bv Presb. of Dundee 2nd April 1783 ;
pres. by Anthony, Earl of Kintore,
Dec. that year ; ord. 5th May 1784 ; died
unmarr. 7th April 1828. Publication —
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace., iv.).
WILLIAM GERARD, born Old
.„__ Aberdeen, Sept. 1791, sixth son
of Gilbert G., D.D., Professor of
Divinity, King's College, Aberdeen ; edu-
cated at that Univ.; M.A. (25th March
1S14); licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 6th
May 1818; pres. by George TV. 3rd May,
brechin] STRACATHRO AND DUNLAPPIE— DUNLAPPIE
419
and ord. 12th Sept. 1828; died unmarr.
20th July 1851. Publications— Edited A
Compendious View of the Evidences of
Natural and Revealed Religion, by his
father and grandfather (London, 1828) :
Account of the Parish {New Stat.
Ace, xi.).
EOBEBT GBANT, born Old Morlich,
1851 Towie, Aberdeenshire, 1824, son of
Eobert G., farmer, and Isobel Eoss ;
educated at Dr Davidson's Private School,
Logie Colstone, and King's College,
Aberdeen; M.A. (1842); licen. by Presb.
of Aberdeen ; assistant at Bothiemay ; ord.
24th Dec. 1851 ; clerk of Presb. 1857-1902,
and of Synod 1875-1907 ; died 1st June 1909.
He marr. 23rd Oct. 1867, Anne Wardlaw
(died 12th Feb. 1920), daugh. of Eobert
Mitchell, min. of Craig.
WILLIAM NEWLANDS, born Wishaw,
30th Oct. 1866, son of James 1ST. and
Janet Kay ; educated at Cambus-
nethan School and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow June 1893 ; assistant
at Dunbarton and Lossiemouth ; ord. at
Lossiemouth 12th Dec. 1900 as min. at St
Vincent, West Indies ; adm. here 12th Aug.
1909. Marr. 28th Dec. 1900, Helen Thorn,
daugh. of John Brown M'Lay, St Ninians,
Stirling, and Helen Thorn, and has issue —
Arthur James, born 13th Dec. 1905; David
Watson, born 24th April 1908 ; William
Kay (twin), born 24th April 1908.
DUNLAPPIE.
1574 JOHN SYM, reader, 1574 to 1579.
ALEXANDEE NOEIE, min. in 1585,
with Fern also in charge; removed
to Fern about 1586.
1593
JAMES SCHEWAN, min. in 1593, with
Lethnot also in charge ; trans, to
Navar in 1597.
GEOEGE DONALDSON, min. of
Lochlee in 1607; trans, by the
bishop in 1611 ; pres. by Sir
Patrick Hepburn of Waughton ; coll. 16th
April 1611 ; died 23rd Jan. 1614. He marr.
Margaret Croill, who survived him, and
had issue — Bessie (marr. Eobert Norie,
min. of Stracathro).— [St Andrews Tests.]
LAUEENCE SKINNEE, M.A. ; adm.
5th Oct. 1615; trans, to Navar
1615
before 17th Feb. 1621.
PRESBYTERY OF ARBROATH
[The earliest mention of this Court shows that it was already at work in 1593. On
20th Sept. 1664, a volume of the Presbytery Eegister, covering the time from 1606 to 1639,
was put into the hands of John Johnstone, Minister of Barry, to be conveyed by him
to Andrew, Bishop of Orkney, who was then at St Andrews. Of it nothing further is
known. Two, or it may be three, other volumes, containing the record from 1639 to 1661,
are mentioned in a Minute of ISth Nov. 1662, but these also are amissing. The existing
Becords begin at 3rd Nov. 1659. The first volume opens at 3rd Nov. 1659 and ends at
4th Sept. 1689. From this last date until 1704 this Court was united to the Presbytery
of Dundee. From 17th May 1704, the Becords of the Presbytery of Arbroath are
complete.]
full and infamous speeches in his sermons,"
he was summoned before the Privy Council
18th Nov. 1596, but declined its jurisdic-
tion "in matters spiritual." In this he was
supported by "his whole brethren of the
ministrie." Twelve days later he lodged a
second declinature, but was found guilty on
2nd Dec, and " the penaltie referred to the
King's will and pleasure." On 9th Dec. he
was ordered to enter his person in ward.
The Synod of Fife petitioned the King to
restore B. to his charge, but that was not
done, and he was trans, and adm. here in
1597 ; pres. to the vicarage by James VI.
15th May 1598. "While on his way to Perth
he died suddenly at Dundee, of apoplexy,
immediately after having given thanks at
a meal, Tuesday 12th Jan. 1603. He had
preached and dispensed the Communion on
the preceding Sunday. He is characterised
as a man of singular fidelity and diligence,
mighty in doctrine, a powerful preacher, a
zealous, faithful, and painstaking pastor,
whose ministry was productive of much
fruit. He was strongly opposed to Episco-
pacy. He marr. Katherine Prattie, who
survived him, and had issue — Sarah, who
with her mother was recommended to
charity by the Synod of Lothian and
Tweeddale 4th Nov. 1659.— [Beg. Assig. ;
Calderwood's Hist., v. 680 et seq., vi. 184,
1567
ARBIRLOT.
[The church of Arbirlot was dedicated to
St Ninian. It belonged to the Abbey of
Arbroath. The early name of the parish
was Aberelliot. There was within the
bounds a Well of St Ninian. With the
exception of that of St Mary's College, St
Andrews, the silver Communion cups of
this parish bear the oldest Scottish marks
of any cups in Scotland.]
CHABLES MICHELSON, min. in 1567,
having Inverkeilor also in his charge,
and in 1574, instead of Inverkeilor,
Panbride and Monikie with Barry conjoined
in 1576 ; pres. to the vicarage before 7th
July 1569. In 1584 he removed to Barry
but returned here before 1590 ; died before
5th Dec. 1592. — [Beg. Assig.; Acts and
Dec, xlii., 510.]
GEOKGE GLEDSTANES, M.A. ; trans,
from Ecclesgreig (St Cyrus) ; pres. to
the vicarage by James VI. May 1592;
trans, to St Andrews in 1597.
\, DAVID BLACK, educated at Univ. of
St Andrews ; adm. (on the recom-
mendation of Andrew Melville) min.
of St Andrews Nov. 1590. Having offended
James VI. by " certain unreverent, reproach-
1592
1597
PRESB. OF ARBROATH]
ARBIRLOT
421
195, 290; Cunningham's Hist, i., 434-5;
Honyman's Survey, ii. ; Fleming's Fulfill-
ing of Scripture ; G. R. Inhib., xxxi., 14th
July 1608.]
JOHN GUTHEIE, M.A.; trans, from
1603 Kinnell, and adm. in 1603; pres. by
James VI. 14th March 1610; trans,
to Second Charge, Perth, 20th Feb. 1617.
JAMES IRVING, min. of Tough in
-617 1599 ; for having attended the
Aberdeen Assembly, 2nd July 1605,
he was imprisoned in Stirling Castle 3rd
Oct. following; he declined the jurisdiction
of the Privy Council 24th Oct., and was
ordered to be confined to Orkney in 1606,
but refusing to obey, was allowed to
exercise his ministry in his own parish 2nd
July 1607 ; trans, to Monymusk after 26th
Nov. 1607 ; pres. by James VI. 14th March
1617 ; trans, and adm. soon after ; died in
1625. He marr. Helen Strachan, and had
issue— Alexander. — [Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Calder-
wood's Hist. ; G. R. Inhib., 8th Feb. 1668.]
JAMES GUTHRIE, born 17th Sept.
1625 1590, son of Patrick G., goldsmith,
St Andrews ; M.A. (St Andrews,
28th July 1610) ; min. of Kinnell in 1614 ;
app. clerk of Synod 29th April 1617 ; pres.
by Charles I. 24th Aug., trans, and adm.
Oct. 1625 ; died 17th May 1662. He marr.
12th July 1614, Isabella Durie, who died
5th Dec. 1668, and had issue — a son, Laird
of Aldbar ; James, M.A. ; John, min. of this
parish ; Jane (marr. James Philip, min. of
Lunan). — [Brechin Tests. ; Fife Inhib., 27th
Jan. 1658.]
JOHN GUTHRIE, M.A., son of pre-
ceding ; called 12th Aug., and adm.
(colleague) 4th Oct. 1655 ; trans, to
Second Charge, Dundee, 14th March 1667.
1667
GEORGE MAKGILL, born about 1641,
second son of Patrick M., min. of
Monikie ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews ; M.A. (1662) ; passed trials before
Presb. of St Andrews, and recommended
for licence 28th June 1666 ; ord. 16th Sept.
1667 ; died between 18th June 1691 and
27 th July 1702. He marr. Margaret
Guthrie, and had issue — Alexander, archi-
tect, Edinburgh.— [Forfar Sas., xiii., 159;
Fife Sas., vi., 406.]
CHARLES CHARTERIS, born about
170_ 1673, a native of East Lothian ;
M.A. (Edinburgh, 28th June 1697);
licen. by Presb. of Haddington 1st Sept.
1701 ; ord. in 1702 ; dep. in Aug., this sen-
tence being affirmed by the Synod of Angus,
Oct. 1728, but reversed by Commission of
Assembly March 1729; died Dec. 1729.
He marr. April 1704, Marjory Williamson,
in Montrose, and had issue — Marjory (marr.
Thomas Hunter, min. of this parish), and
others.— [Acts of Ass., 1729, 1730.]
ROBERT PRESTON, M.A.; called 30th
1781 Sept. 1730; ord. 18th Feb. 1731;
trans, to Second Charge, Cupar-Fife,
9th Nov. 1758.
THOMAS HUNTER, licen. by Presb.
175- of Dunbar 4th Oct. 1751 ; pres. by
George II. 6th April, and ord. 2nd
Aug. 1759 ; died 28th Oct. 1789. He marr.
28th Jan. 1757, Marjory (died 6th Aug.
1786), daugh. of Charles Charteris, min. of
this parish, and had issue — William, born
4th Dec. 1759; Thomas, born 3rd April
1761, died 11th March 1776 ; Charles, born
25th July 1764.
RICHARD WATSON, educated at
1790 Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by
Presb. of Cupar 5th Sept. 1769 ; ord.
(assistant) at Arbroath 8th May 1777 ; pres.
by George III. in April, and adm. 10th
June 1790; died 7th Sept. 1829, "a good
and able man." "He used to boast of
having challenged John Wesley, on his visit
to Scotland, to a public passage-at-arms in
Arbroath, and how Wesley refused the
challenge." He marr. 6th July 1778, Isobe]
Balfour (died 17th Jan. 1837), and had issue
—Elizabeth, born 6th May 1779 (marr.
19th Jan. 1807, David Phillip, merchant,
London) ; Richard, born 12th Aug. 1781,
died 24th Nov. 1799. Publication-
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, iii.). — [Scots Mag., Ii. ; Tombst. ;
Autobiography of Dr Thomas Guthrie, 97.]
422
ARBIRLOT— ARBROATH
[PEESB. OF
THOMAS GUTHRIE, pres. by George
IV. 21st Jan., and ord. 13th May
1830 ; trans, to Old Greyfriars
Parish, Edinburgh, 21st Sept. 1837.
1830
JOHN KIRK, born St Andrews, 1795,
.„„„ son of John K, baker ; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by
Presb. of St Andrews 8th Sept. 1820 ; ord.
to Barry 24th June 1824; pres. by Queen
Victoria 12th Oct., trans, and adm. 28th
Dec. 1837. Joined the Free Church in
1843; min. of the Free Church, Barry,
1843-58; died 4th March 1858. He is
described as "a man of cultivated mind,
of a deportment becoming his high calling,
and of a conversation that savoured of the
things of Christ." He marr. 10th Dec.
1828, Christian Guthrie (died at Edinburgh,
22nd June 1865), daugh. of Alexander
Carnegie, min. of Inverkeilor, and had
issue — Alexander Carnegie, LL.D., eminent
naval engineer, born 16th July 1830, died
in Glasgow 5th Oct. 1892; Sir John,
G.C.M.G., K.C.B., F.R.S., M.D., LL.D.,
D.C.L., D.Sc, born 19th Dec. 1832, Chief
Officer on Dr Livingstone's Expedition
to Africa, 1853 - 64, H.M. Agent and
Consul General at Zanzibar, 1886, British
Plenipotentiary at Brussels to African Con-
ference, 1889-90, served on many Govern-
ment Committees, Foreign Secretary Royal
Geographical Society, died 15th Jan. 1922 ;
Elizabeth Jane, born 29th Sept. 1834 (marr.
26th June 1852, James R. Black, writer,
Arbroath) ; James, born 8th April 1838. —
[M'Bain's Eminent Arbroathians, 407-14.]
GEORGE ADDISON, born Auchter-
,_. house, 7th April 1805, son of George
A., D.D., min. of Liff and Benvie ;
educated at Dundee High School and
Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb.
of Dundee ; pres. by Queen Victoria 29th
Aug., and ord. 2nd Nov. 1843 ; died
unmarr. 3rd July 1852.
JOHN CHRISTIE, born 1826, son
18S2 of Archibald O, writer, and Eliza-
beth Kennedy M'Fadzen; pres. by
Queen Victoria 27th Sept., and ord. 13th
Dec. 1852 ; died 30th May 1884. He marr.
28th April 1857, Margaret (died 25th Aug.
1884
1923
1891), daugh. of Thomas Finlayson of
Lawton, and had issue— Archibald Kennedy,
born 4th March 1858 ; Isabella Johnstone,
born 25th May 1859; Elizabeth Kennedy,
born 30th July 1861 ; Margaret Finlay-
son, born 29th June 1863 ; Helen Cathcart,
born 6th June 1865; Mary Cathcart, born
3rd Oct. 1871 ; John Cathcart, born 6th May
1875.
WILLIAM WHITBURN SCOTLAND,
born 4th Jan. 1860, son of James
S. and Helen Henderson ; educated
at Greenock Academy and Univ. of Glas-
gow ; licen. by Presb. of Greenock 2nd May
1883 ; ord. (assistant and successor) 25th Jan.
1884 ; died at Arbroath 15th May 1923.
ARCHIBALD COWAN KENNEDY,
born Old Aberdeen, 2nd March
1892, son of Archibald Robert
Stirling K., D.D., Professor of Hebrew,
Edinburgh Univ. ; educated at George
Watson's College and Univ. of Edin-
burgh; MA. (1914), B.D. (March 1921);
served in European War as captain in
Royal Field Artillery, 1914-18 ; licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh 1921 ; assistant at St
Michael's, Dumfries, July 1921 to Sept.
1923; ord. 26th Sept. 1923. Marr. 27th
Nov. 1923, Janet Amy, daugh. of James
Lumsden, min. of Ratho.
ARBROATH.
[The parish of Arbroath was disjoined
from St Vigeans in or about 1585. The
Tyronensian Abbey of St Thomas the
Martyr at Arbroath was built by William
the Lion. When a prisoner in England,
King William had known St Thomas
personally. Thomas A'Becket, Arch-
bishop of Canterbury, was murdered in
his own cathedral in 1170. He was
canonised in 1173, and in 1178 this
great monastery was consecrated to his
name. In 1214 its royal founder was
buried within its walls. The abbey was
famed for its vast wealth, and for the
size and dignity of its buildings. But a
higher renown in history is drawn from
the Convention of the Estates of Scotland
held within it in 1320, when the noble
ARBROATH]
ARBROATH
423
declaration and protest for the nation's
freedom was signed and sent off to Pope
John XXII., who had allied his spiritual
powers with the treacherous policy of the
English king. Even in its ruin the abbey
of Arbroath is splendid. Among the
altars in it were dedications to St Mary,
St James, St Katherine, St Peter, St
Laurence, and St Nicholas. Close beside
the abbey was a chapel of St Michael. In
the town there were a hospital of St
John the Baptist and a chapel of St Mary,
which contained an altar of St Duthac.
There were also Wells of St Mary and St
Ninian. Pairs were held at Arbroath in
honour of St Ninian, St Feachan, and
St Thomas the Martyr.]
NINIAN CLEMETT [or CLEMENT],
min. of St Vigeans, had charge here
in 1564 when he was adm. a
burgess ; trans, to Forfar in 1573.
THOMAS LINDSAY, formerly a monk
15e7 of the Abbey of Arbroath, reader in
1567.— [Hay's Arbroath, 195.]
JOHN GRAINGER, formerly a monk
of the Abbey of Arbroath, reader
1564
1579
in 1579.
JAMES MELVILL, fifth son of John
M. of Dysart, near Montrose ; was
one of those thought apt and able
to minister by the first General Assembly
20th Dec. 1560; adm. to Fern before 4th
Sept. 1566; at the Assembly 25th Dec.
that year he and others signed a letter to
the bishops and pastors in England on
behalf of such brethren as refused to
comply with wearing the prescribed
apparel in Divine service; in 1567 Men-
muir and Kinnell were also in his charge ;
trans, to Tannadice about 1566; was a
member of Assembly that year ; pres. to
the vicarage of Auchterhouse 29th July
1568; trans, to Menmuir that year; was a
member of Assembly 6th Aug. 1571 ; trans.
to St Vigeans, and adm. between 12th
Aug. and 6th March 1573 ; had Athie and
Kinnell also in his charge in 1574; was
a member of Assembly March 1573, Aug.
1574, and March 1574-5, Oct. 1576, April
1581, June 1582, May 1586, June 1587,
and 1590 ; trans, and adm. in 1580 ; was
one of those appointed by the Synod in
April 1586 to confer with Archbishop
Adamson and endeavour to bring him to
submission, before pronouncing the extreme
sentence of excommunication, which it was
found he had merited for his contumacy
and disobedience to the Kirk. He was
also one of those appointed by the Privy
Council in March 1589 for the mainten-
ance of true religion in Angus ; died 29th
Aug. 1596. He marr., and had issue —
Nicolas ; Margaret ; Barbara. — [Beg. Mag.
Sig., v., 348 ; Feu Charters of EirMands,
ii., 103; Tests.]
ANDREW LAMB, trans, from Burnt-
1696 island! and adm. in 1596 ; trans, to
South Leith 22nd July 1600.
HENRY PHILIP of Almeriecloss, born
1601 a^out l5?2) perhaps son of David P.,
who with his wife was infeft in a
tenement on the north side of Lordburn in
1587 ; educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (1592); adm. to Creich in 1594;
trans, and adm. in 1601 ; was a member
of Assembly in 1602 and 1606 when he
acted as clerk, and of 1608, 1610, 1616, and
1618 ; was one of the Conference at Falk-
land 4th May 1609 for healing divisions,
and promoting peace and discipline in the
Church ; pres. to the modified stipend by
James VI. 20th Jan. 1610 ; was a member
of Court of High Commission 15th Feb.
1610 and 15th June 1619; D.D. (St
Andrews, 29th July 1616); died Sept.
1627. He marr. Isobel Paterson, Cupar-
Fife, who died after 21st April 1628, and
had issue— James, of Almeriecloss, burgess
and bailie of Arbroath, died in 1634 ;
Thomas ; Marjory ; Isobel (marr. (1) after
16th Aug. 1638, John Guthrie of Halker-
toun : (2) James Fraser, min. of this
parish). — \Edin. and St Andrews Tests. ;
Forfar Sas., ii., 123; M'Bain's Eminent
Arbroathians, 81 -102 ; Hay's Arbroath, 197,
436; Tombst.; Intioductionto The Grameid.]
SIMEON DURIE, son of John D.,
le_8 min. of Montrose ; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (1600);
adm. to Ferryport-on-Craig in 1605 ; trans.
424
ARBROATH
[presb. or
to Forgan ; pres. to the vicarage by James
VI. 20th June 1609; was a member of
Assembly in 1610 ; pres. by Charles I.
24th May, trans, and adm. in 1628 ; was
still min. 17th July 1653. He marr.
Christian Maule. — [Acts of Pari., vi.,
pt. i., 590.]
JAMES FRASER of Kirktoun, said to
be of the family of Philorth ; edu-
cated at Marischal College, Aberdeen,
1637-41 ; adm. to Strathmartine before 24th
Jan. 1653 ; called 27th June, trans, and
adm. 21st July 1653; suspended by the
Archbishop after a quarrel with Suthie,
Provost of Arbroath, 10th Dec. 1668 ; dem.
21st April 1669; died Dec. 1689. He
purchased the estate of Hospitalfield and
bequeathed £68 for the "doctor of the
school." He marr. 14th March 1654,
Isobel, daugh. of Henry Philip, D.D., min.
of this parish, and had issue — James of
Hospitalfield.— [Warden's Angus, v., 150;
G. R. Sas., xxix., 449 ; Lamont's Diary.']
JAMES CARNEGIE, born about 1633,
son of Alexander C. of Cookston ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (13th May 1653) ; licen. by Presb. of
Brechin 29th Jan. 1663 ; ord. to Kilmarnock
that year ; trans, and adm. 7th Oct. 1669 ;
died April 1686. He was also parson of
Kilmore and Prebendary of Buttergill.
He marr. Isobel Hay, and had issue —
Alexander, served heir 18th Nov. 1690 ;
Robert; Anna (marr. Alexander Blair of
Inchyra). — [Inq. Ret. Forfar, 560, et
Gen., 7073, 7233.]
WILLIAM CARNEGIE, brother of pre-
ceding; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews; M.A. (27th July 1667);
became tutor in the family of James,
Earl of Southesk ; licen. by Presb. of
Arbroath in 1673 ; adm. to Careston in
1679 ; trans, to Hoddam in 1681 ; trans.
and adm. 3rd Nov. 1686 ; died before 15th
Dec. 1694. He marr. Oct. 1682, Jean
Carnegy, who died 1708, and had issue-
Charles, served heir 15th Dec. 1694 ;
James. — [Brechin Tests. ; Inq. Ret. Gen.,
7546 ; P. C. Acta, 4th Aug. 1692.]
JOHN FERGUSON, adm. to
, „ Roberton in Teviotdale 23rd Sept.
1696 (omitted in Vol. II., 190);
trans, and adm. 20th April 1699. As an
indemnification for his losses in the Darien
Expedition, he got the gift of a house and
a piece of ground from the Exchequer ;
died May 1737, aged about 82. His
eccentricity of manner and freedom of
speech, even in the pulpit, and his homely,
personal illustrations sometimes gave great
offence. He raised an action against the
magistrates for payment of eighty merks
as house rent, for which the Lords of
Session, 22nd Jan. 1715, found them liable
in all time coming. He had a gift from
William III., 9th May 1701, of the yard
or orchard in the abbey which belonged
formerly to the Bishop of Brechin, in room
of his glebe at Roberton. He marr. (1)
Aug. 1705, Margaret, daugh. of James
M'Dougall of Nunlands : (2) cont., 3rd
Oct. 1724, Bethia, daugh. of Sir Alexander
Brand of Brandsfield and Christian Scott.
— [Edin.Marr. Reg.; Edin. Tests.; Tombst.;
Scots Mag., lxxxviii. ; Reg. of Deeds, Dal.,
cxlii., 7th July 1737 ; Jervise's Memorials
of Angm, i., 240 ; Douglas's East Coast
of Scotland, 50; Hay's Arbroath, 96, 201,
259, 438.]
1735
JAMES PURDIE,MA.; ord. (assistant)
29th Oct. 1735 ; trans, to Guthrie
16th June 1737.
GEORGE CRUICKSHANK, school-
.„„_ master of the parish; pres. by
George n. 30th Sept., and called
9th Nov. 1737 ; ord. 26th Jan. 1738 ; trans.
to Kinnell 10th March 1748.
v WILLIAM BELL, born 1720 ; educated
1748 at MariscnaI College, Aberdeen ;
licen. by Presb. of Brechin 23rd Feb.
1743; ord. to Benholme 11th Jan. 1744;
called 4th Aug., trans, and adm. 1st Dec.
1748 ; died 18th Dec. 1775. He marr. 30th
June 1746, Bethia (died 9th June 1778),
daugh. of John Willison, min. of Second
Charge, Dundee, and had issue — James,
merchant, Arbroath, born 9th Dec. 1747 ;
Margaret, born 23rd Dec. 1749, died 10th
akbroath]
ARBROATH
425
1788
June 1762; Isabella, born 17th May 1756,
died 13th Jan. 1835.— [Tombst. ; Pennant's
Tour in Scotland; Hay's Arbroath, 203, 325.]
ALEXANDER MACKIE, born 23rd
1?176 Aug. 1732, son of James M., min. of
St Cuthbert's ; licen. by Presb. of
Stirling 2nd Nov. 1763 ; became assistant
in the parish; pres. by George III. in April,
and ord. in presence of John Wesley 16th
May 1776 ; died 29th Dec. 1787. He marr.
16th Dec. 1776, Mary Pearson, who marr.
(2), and died 27th June 1830.— [Tombst. ;
Butler's Wesley and Whitefield in Scot-
land, 286.]
GEORGE GLEIG, born Brechin 1757,
son of George G., blacksmith,
Balrownie, Menmuir ; bred an
Episcopalian ; educated at King's College
and Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A. (31st
March 1777) ; licen. by Presb. of Brechin
11th Sept. 1782 ; assistant at Garvock ;
pres. by George III. 13th Feb., and ord.
(at Inverkeilor) 11th Dec. 1788 ; died 19th
Jan. 1835. Objection was taken to his
settlement on the ground that none had
signed his call. On the instructions of the
Synod the Presb. proceeded to ordination,
but the Assembly, 29th May 1789, found
that though the Presb. " have acted irregu-
larly and are subject to censure, yet the
ordination and settlement of G. are good
and valid." The Presb. were required to
appear at the bar of next Assembly to
answer for their conduct, and on 25th May
1790, their proceedings were found to be
"highly irregular and incompetent, in
respect that they proceeded to take steps
towards the settlement, without having
any call before them, and afterwards pro-
ceeded to the settlement in face of an
appeal regularly taken against the sentence
of Synod," and they were admonished and
enjoined "to be careful to guard against
such irregularities in future." He marr.
10th March 1786, Mary (died 19th Jan. 1836),
daugh. of Alexander Duncan of Wardham,
Forfarshire, and sister of Jonathan D.,
Governor of Bombay, and had issue —
Jean, born 13th Jan. 1787, died 11th Dec.
1821 ; Helen, born 18th July 1788 ; Mary,
born 6th April 1790 (marr. Peter Brown,
late of Bombay) ; Margaret, born 25th Aug.
1792 (marr. 2nd June 1820, David Scott of
Newton) ; Anne Forbes, born 21st March
1794 (marr. David Louson of Springfield,
town-clerk of Arbroath), died 17th Nov.
1827 ; Jonathan Duncan, born 1st Dec.
1795 ; Alexandrina, born 15th May 1797,
died 15th May 1814; George, born 19th
Dec. 1798, died 6th April 1827; Michie
(son), student of law, born 9th Dec. 1800,
died 16th Feb. 1823. Publication— Account
of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, vii.). —
[Tombst. ; Acts of Ass., 1789, 1790 ; Scots
Mag., li., lii. ; Hutton's Collections (MS.
vol. ix.) in Adv. Lib. ; Hay's Arbroath,
27, 440 ; Full and Impartial Account of
the Settlement of the Rev. G. G. (1789) ;
Diet. Nat. Biog. (under Duncan).]
WILLIAM STEVENSON, pres. by
1833 William IV. in July, and ord. (assist-
ant and successor) 17th Oct. 1833;
trans, to South Leith 10th May 1844.
WALTER FORBES IRVINE, born
1844 Langholm, Dumfriesshire, 1814, son
of Walter I., general merchant, and
Jane Paterson ; educated at Langholm
School and Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A.
(28th April 1835) ; pres. by Queen Victoria
5th Oct., and ord. 12th Dec. 1844; died
14th Jan. 1882. He marr. 27th July 1852,
Eliza Mary Jane (died 9th July 1884),
only daugh. of William Gray Fearnside,
London, and had issue— Walter Fearnside,
born 15th June 1854 ; Amy Gray, born 25th
Feb. 1856 (marr. 1877, Alexander Gordon
of Ashludie) ; William Patterson, born 28th
Sept. 1857 ; Leonora Jane, born 24th June
1859 ; Irene Eliza Margaret, born 24th May
1861 ; George Rolland, born 20th March
1863 ; Archibald Louis John, born 17th
March 1865; Louis Godfrey, born 20th
Dec. 1868.
JAMES THOMSON, born Glenbervie,
10th Sept. 1848, son of James T. and
Isobel Smith ; educated at Fetteresso
School, Grammar School, Aberdeen, and
Univs. of Aberdeen, M.A. (1874), and St
Andrews j licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen
May 1878 ; assistant at Elchies, Kinneff,
Dowally, and Arbroath ; ord. 1st Aug. 1882 ;
died at Crieff, having accidentally taken
426
ARBROATH— THE ABBEY
[PEESB. OF
1899
poison, 20th July 1898. He marr. 20th Dec.
1883, Williamina (bom 29th Jan. 1853), only
daugh. of Captain John Pirie, Aberdeen,
and Ann Bridgeford, and had issue — James
William, born 6th Oct. 1884 ; Mary Isobel
Pirie, born 4th May 1888 (marr. George
M'Elroy, B.L., resident magistrate, Co.
Clare and Galway) ; John Bridgeford
Pirie Leslie, engineer, born 9th Nov. 1892.
Publications — The Volcanoes of Forfar-
shire ; The Hill Forts of Angus ; The
Parallel Roads of Glenroy (Edinburgh,
1851, Proc. Boyal Socy.); Fotes of a
Holiday Ramble.
WILLIAM JACK NICHOL SEEVICE,
M.A., B.D. ; ord. 21st Feb. 1899;
trans, to West Parish, Greenock, 8th
Sept. 1904.
JAMES SPENCE CUTHILL, born
lgo_ Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire, 16th
May 1872, son of Archibald C. and
Jane Spence ; educated at Falkirk High
School and Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1894),
B.D. (1898) ; licen. by Presb. of Stirling in
1898 ; assistant at Inversnaid, Dunbarton,
and Riccarton ; locum tenens at Balmaghie,
Bridge of Allan, and Edzell ; ord. 28th
Feb. 1905. Marr. 19th Feb. 1915, Jeannie,
younger daugh. of Thomas Webb, Clevedon,
Somerset, and Sarah Jane Marson, and has
issue — Jane Spence, born 19th July 1916 ;
Ian Marson, born 14th Sept. 1918.
THE ABBEY (Q.S.).
[A chapel was opened here on 17th Sept.
1797. On 19th July 1869, the Abbey Parish
was disjoined from that of Arbroath.]
ROBERT THOMSON, ord. (assistant)
1st Sept. 1796; elected 28th Nov.,
and adm. 14th Dec. 1797 ; trans, to
Carnock 14th July 1826.
JAMES JOHNSTONE MACFARLAN,
la27 licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 11th
June 1823 ; assistant at Shettleston ;
elected 2nd Oct. 1826; ord. 15th June
1827 ; dep. for drunkenness, etc., 10th June
1835. He marr. 20th July 1824, Elizabeth,
eldest daugh. of John Anderson, Ratho. —
[Acts of Ass., 1834, 1835.]
1797
JAMES M'COSH, M.A.; elected 28th
Oct., and ord. 17th Dec. 1835 ; trans.
1835
to Brechin 24th Jan. 1839.
1864
GEORGE WEIR, ord. 8th Nov. 1839;
1839 trans, to Humbie 28th Sept. 1843.
[Vacant 1843-52.]
JOSEPH HENDERSON, ord. 25th Nov.
1852 *^5^ > trans, to Greyfriars, Aberdeen,
16th April 1863.
JAMES SYM [or SIM], born London,
1830, son of James S., cabinet-maker,
and Ann M'Naughton ; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews ; assistant at Tron
Parish, Glasgow, 1861-3 ; elected 3rd July
1863; ord. 21st July 1864; died unmarr.
at Glasgow, 22nd May 1876.
ANDREW DOUGLAS, born 21st Jan.
1875 1845, son of Andrew D., handrail-
maker, and Margaret Richmond ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A.
(1867), B.D. (1870); assistant in this
parish ; ord. (assistant and successor) 13th
May 1875 ; died 3rd Nov. 1918. He marr.
6th Nov. 1877, Alice, daugh. of Francis
Sinclair, Edinburgh, and had issue — Andrew
Richmond, M.D., born 10th Aug. 1878.
PETER HILL NICOLL, born 19th
191g Feb. 1884, son of James N, min.
of Murroes ; educated at Grove
Academy, Broughty Ferry, and Univ. of
St Andrews; M.A. (1903), B.D. (1906);
licen. by Presb. of St Andrews in 1906 ;
assistant at St Andrew's Church, Buenos
Aires ; ord. to St Andrew's, Buenos Aires,
Jan. 1914 ; res. in 1916 ; assistant at Paisley
Abbey, Holburn, Aberdeen, and Lowson
Memorial, Forfar ; trans, and adm. 30th
April 1919; trans, to All Saints Church,
New Amsterdam, British Guiana, in 1923.
Marr. Margie Vivian, daugh. of Michael
Kenealy and Harriet Dennis.
1923
ALEXANDER CLARK, born Letham,
parish of Monimail, 26th Dec. 1884,
son of Robert C, shoemaker, and
Georgina Watt Small ; educated at Cupar-
Fife School and Univ. of St Andrews
(1903-11); licen. by Presb, of Perth in
ARBROATH]
INVERBROTHOCK
427
1911 ; assistant at Markinch ; ord. to
Eddrachillis 27th March 1912; trans, to
Unst 4th Nov. 1912 ; trans, to Dunnichen
14th Dec. 1916 ; trans, and adm. 6th June
1923. Marr. 3rd July 1912, Mary Maclaren,
daugh. of Daniel Hamilton, Greenock, and
has issue — Sara Hamilton, born 3rd June
1919 ; Alice Maclaren, born 15th July
1921.
INVERBROTHOCK (Q.S.).
[A chapel was opened here on 19th Oct.
1828. On 7th March 1855 the parish of
Inverbrothock was disjoined from St
Vigeans.]
JAMES MELVILLE M'CULLOCH,
182g M.A.; elected 3rd Nov. 1828; ord.
25th Feb. 1829 ; trans, to Kelso 27th
Sept. 1832.
ROBERT LEE, M.A.; elected 13th Feb.,
and ord. 10th April 1833; trans, to
Campsie 5th May 1836.
1836
JAMES LUMSDEN, elected 12th Oct.,
and ord. 22nd Dec. 1836; trans, to
Barry 3rd May 1838.
DAVID CRICHTON, born Kirkpatrick-
Irongray, 1802, son of Andrew O,
farmer, and Margaret Cowan ; edu-
cated at Univs. of Edinburgh and St
Andrews ; sometime teacher of a private
school at Anstruther-Easter, and English
Master in Madras College, St Andrews;
licen. by Presb. of St Andrews 27th March
1833; called 15th Oct., and ord. 6th Dec.
1838. Joined the Free Church in 1843;
min. of Inverbrothock Free Church,
1843-88; LL.D. (Tusculum College, Ten-
nessee, U.S.A., Jan. 1869) ; died 4th Feb.
1888. He marr. 1832, Margaret Scott
Smith, and had issue — Andrew, B.A., min.
of Chapelshade Free Church, Dundee,
born 1837, died 1867; Margaret Stalker
(marr. 1868, George Ogilvy Elder, min.
of Free Church, Borgue, Kirkcudbright-
shire). Publications — Departure at Hand,
a. sermon (Perth, 1851); Sermon XLVIII.
(Free Church Pulpit, ii.); Lectures on Elijah
[Memoir by George O. Elder].
JAMES LAW, born in or near Lesma-
hagow in 1796, son of Peter L. and
Margaret Davidson ; originally a
working man who set himself late in life
to study for the ministry ; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews ; app. to Mariners'
Chapel, Dundee, 3rd March 1839. Joined
the Free Church in 1843 ; sympathising
with the doctrines of Edward Irving he
was suspended by the Presb., but express-
ing contrition, was restored. Readmitted
to Church of Scotland, but immediately
suspended in consequence of a letter from
Heneage Horsley, Dean of Brechin, in
which the writer showed how L. had begun
to entertain doubts as to the validity of his
Presbyterian ordination, and contemplated
taking orders in the Church of England.
The suspension was removed and he was
app. to South Church, Kirriemuir, 24th
April 1845 ; ord. to this charge 29th Jan.
1846 ; adm. first min. of the parish in 1855 ;
died unmarr. at' Arbroath, 4th Oct. 1860. —
[Nome's Dundee Celebrities, 185-90.]
JOHN M'CALMAN, ord. 16th May
1861 ; trans, to Inch and Saulseat
(Stranraer) 19th June 1862.
CHARLES CADELL MACDONALD,
M.A. ; ord. 26th Dec. 1862 ; trans, to
New Rothesay 9th March 1876.
GEORGE LOGAN, born Glasgow, 18th
June 1839; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; licen.by Presb. of Glasgow;
ord. to Newmains Chapel 6th Aug. 1868 ;
trans, and adm. 26th Sept. 1876; died 24th
July 1897. He marr. Helen, daugh. of
William Russell, and had issue — Christina
Kirkhope Craig, born 10th Oct. 1876;
Sarah Caroline, born 23rd Dec. 1877;
David Dale, D.S.O., lieut.-colonel, engineer-
in-chief, born 20th Aug. 1879; George
Hugh, born 12th April 1881; William,
born 27th May and died 3rd June 1882 ;
Norman Russell, born 20th Aug. 1883;
Percy William, born 10th June 1885, died
13th May 1886 ; Helen Percy, born 8th July
1887 ; Agnes Jeanie, born 19th Oct- 1888,
428 INVERBROTHOCK— LADYLOAN— ST MARGARET'S [presb. of
DAVID GRAHAM, trans, from Bath-
1898 gate' an(^ a(^m' 9tfl ^e^- 1898 ' tranS-
to St Gilbert's Chapel, Glasgow, 7th
July 1903.
THOMAS DOW STEWART, born 10th
1904 ^-Ug' 1862' SOn °^ ^°':)ert Paton S.,
bookseller, and Helen Dow; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow in 1887; ord. to Pictou, Nova
Scotia, 1888 ; res. in 1899 ; assistant at
Kilmacolm; adm. to Stepps 19th Feb. 1901;
trans, and adm. 18th Feb. 1904; died 3rd
June 1909. He marr. Agnes Duncan, but
had no issue.
GEORGE HITCHCOCK, born Gar-
mouth, Morayshire, 14th May 1873,
son of James H. and Margaret Gray ;
educated at Milne's Institution, Fochabers,
and Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A. (1895), B.D.
(1899); licen. by Presb. of Elgin April
1899; assistant at Crieff; ord. to Black-
ford 19th Sept. 1901 ; trans, and adm. 30th
Dec. 1909. Marr. 9th Sept. 1903, Margaret
Ann, daugh. of Alexander Spence, and has
issue — Annie Morrison Gray, born 21st
Aug. 1904 ; Jane Spence, born 13th June
1906.
LADYLOAN (Q.S.).
[A chapel was built here in 1837. The
parish of Ladyloan was disjoined from
Arbroath and St Vigeans on 19th July
1865.]
JAMES MACBETH, ord. 17th Oct.
1837 ; trans, to Laurieston, Glasgow,
1837
20th Jan. 1842.
1842
ALEXANDER LESLIE, born Aberdeen,
1816, son of George L., merchant,
Aberdeen ; educated at Grammar
School, Marischal College, and Univ. of
Aberdeen, 1833-7 ; licen. by Presb. of Aber-
deen in 1840; app. lecturer in John Knox
Church, Aberdeen; ord. in 1842. Joined
the Free Church in 1843; min. of Lady-
loan Free Church, 1843-70 ; of Bon-Accord
Free Church, Aberdeen, 1870-8; died
11th May 1878. He marr. 1846, Isabella
Morison. — [Gammie's The Churches of
Aberdeen, 94.]
^ARCHIBALD BUCHANAN, ord. Sept.
1847 ; trans, to St Thomas's, Leith,
1847
13th Feb. 1851.
JAMES EWEN MACDOUGALL, born
1851 Killin, 13th May 1812, son of Hugh
M., min. of Killin ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; assistant at Linton ;
ord. 4th July 1851 ; adm. first min. of the
parish in 1865 ; res. 13th Aug. 1901 ;
died in Arbroath 23rd Dec. 1901. He
marr. Mary Ann (s.p.), daugh. of David
Louson, town-clerk, Arbroath, and Mary
Colvill.
JOHN MTVTLLIAM, born Sorn, 31st
1901 July 1871, son of Thomas M. and
Margaret Hutcheson ; educated at
Ayr Academy and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (1891), B.D. (1895) ; licen. by Presb.
of Ayr in 1895 ; assistant at St George's,
Glasgow, and Bonhill ; ord. 20th Dec. 1901.
Marr. 12th June 1912, Elizabeth Gloag,
daugh. of James Battersby, Polloksbields,
and Margaret Sutherland.
ST MARGARET'S (Q.S.).
[A church was opened here 13th Nov.
1879. St Margaret's Parish was disjoined
from Inverbrothock, St Vigeans, and
Arbroath, 15th March 1886.]
WILLIAM PROUDFOOT, M.A. ; ord.
29th Dec. 1879; adm. first min.
of the parish in 1886; trans, to
Second Charge, Haddington, 26th Nov.
1891.
ALEXANDER MIDDLETON, M.A,
1892 B.D. ; ord. 12th July 1892 ; trans, to
Gardner Memorial Parish, Brechin,
27th Sept. 1899.
DAVID MELVILLE STEWART, trans.
from Queensferry, and adm. 25th
Feb. 1900; trans, to St Matthew's,
Edinburgh, 6th Jan. 1904.
WILLIAM D'ESTERRE ROBERTS
MACLEOD, born Jedburgh, 28th
Oct. 1877, fourth son of Donald M.,
D.D., min. of Jedburgh, afterwards of St
Columba's, London ; educated at South
Kensington College, London, George Wat-
son's College, Edinburgh, and Univ. of St
1879
1900
1904
aebkoath] ST NINIAN'S CHAPEL— AUCHMITHIE— BARRY 429
Andrews ; M.A. (1900), B.D. (1902) ; licen.
by Presb. of St Andrews in 1902 ; assistant
at Tron Parish, Edinburgh ; ord. 11th May
1904 ; died unmarr. at Fassfern, Kilmallie
(where as a student he had been tutor to
the son of Everard Jones), 16th July 1907,
and was buried in Kilmallie churchyard, " a
bright and lovable presence, a pure white
soul, a gifted mind, a true heart." To his
memory a brass lectern was placed in
Kilmallie Church. — [A Short Sketch of the
Life of the Rev. W. D'E. R. MacLeod
(portrait), (Edinburgh, 1912).]
DAVID FEASEB LIDDELL, M.A.,
lso„ B.D. ; trans, from Tannadice, and
adm. 26th Dec. 1907; trans, to Black-
friars, Glasgow, 9th May 1916.
EOBEET SMITH MACKINTOSH,
1916 born CuPar"Fife' 4th March 1882,
son of Alexander M. and Grace
Smith ; educated at Madras Academy,
Cupar, George Heriot School, Edinburgh,
and Univs. of Glasgow and Paris ; be-
came a journalist ; student missionary at
St Matthew's and Kelvinside, Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow May 1913;
assistant at Kelvinside, Glasgow ; ord. to
Annbank 5th June 1913; trans, and adm.
6th Dec. 1916 ; trans, to Girvan 27th June
1923. Marr. 25th Dec. 1917, Ella, daugh. of
Andrew Spalding, Lochee, and Mary Ann
Ancell, and has issue — Moira Ancell Spald-
ing, born 10th April 1919, died 25th Jan.
1920 ; Andrew Spalding, born 1st Sept. 1 92 1 ;
a daugh., born 10th April 1924.
WILLIAM EWAET GLADSTONE
MILLEE, M.A., B.D.; trans, from
Laurieston, Glasgow (q.v.), 18th Dec.
1923. Marr. 2nd Nov. 1920, Dorothy,
younger daugh. of C. H. Blackwood, South
Shields, and has issue — Kenneth Gladstone,
born 20th Sept. 1921 ; Pamela Dorothy
Gladstone, born 18th Nov. 1922.
ST NINIAN'S CHAPEL.
[Opened as a Chapel-of-Ease on 24th
Jan. 1886.]
"WILLIAM GEANT, M.A., B.D. [after-
1887 wards min. of Drumblade].
AECHIBALD ALLAN, M.A. ; app. to
1889 St Ninian's Chapel Oct. 1889; ord.
to Channelkirk 23rd Dec. 1891 (cf.
Vol. II., 148. Publication — The Transfigur-
ation of Jesus (Edinburgh, 1923).
WILLIAM BLACK JACK, app. in
May 1891 ; ord. May 1893 ; trans,
to Caldercruix 16th April 1896.
JAMES MALCOLM HUNT, ord. 19th
18g6 Aug. 1896; trans, to Belize 16th
Nov. 1904 ; trans, to Kingston,
Jamaica, 1923.
AUCHMITHIE (Q.S.).
[The parish of Auchmithie was disjoined
from St Vigeans on 15th March 1886.]
JAMES CHEISTIE, born Berryleys,
Fordyce, Banffshire. 17th March
1856, son of William C. and Mary
Stewart ; educated at Deskford School and
Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A. (1880) ; licen. by
Presb. of Aberdeen 2nd May 1882 ; assistant
at Dunkeld and at St John's, Edinburgh ;
ord. first min. of the parish 18th May 1886;
died 25th Dec. 1906. He marr. 8th June
1892, Eliza Matilda (s.p.), daugh. of the Eev.
Thomas Hill.
EOBEET INGEAM, born Newmill, 6th
„ Aug. 1874, son of James I. and Ann
Lorimer ; educated at Keith Academy
and Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A. (1897), B.D.
(1900); licen. by Presb. of Strathbogie in
1900 ; assistant at Marnoch, Eosemount,
Kilsyth, Bothwell, and Gartsherrie; ord.
17th May 1907.
BARRY, of old FOTHMUREF.
[The church of Barry was dedicated of
old to St Marnoch, but later to St Stephen.
It belonged to the Abbey of Balmerino.]
CHAELES MICHELSON, reader in
1560 1560; min. in 1584.
ANDEEW AUCHINLECK, min. in
1567, with Murroes also in his
charge and Monifieth in 1574, to
which parish he removed about 1576. —
[Reg. Assig.]
430
BARRY
[PRESB. OF
CHAELES MICHELSON, trans, from
1584 Arbirlot, and adm. before 31st May
1584 ; returned to Arbirlot before
1590.
JOHN GABDYNE, M.A. (St Andrews
1591 1583) ; min. in 1591 ; dem. 4th Sept.
1611, having been accused of im-
morality.
JAMES STBACHAN, M.A. ; adm. 27th
1611 Sept. 1611 ; trans, to Kinneff in 1619.
ANDEEW WOOD, M.A. ; pres. by
1619 James VI. before 29th April 1619,
and adm. soon after ; trans, to Moni-
fieth 7th Aug. 1632.
PATEICK MAKGILL, M.A. ; pres. by
16S2 Charles I. 20th May 1632, and adm.
soon after ; trans, to Monikie after
2nd March 1642.
WILLIAM AUCHINLECK, M.A. (St
1642 -Andrews 1625); adm. to Monikie
(probably colleague) before 31st Aug.
1634 ; pres. by Charles I. 2nd Jan. 1642 ;
trans, and adm. soon after ; died before
10th March 1643. He marr. Jean, daugh.
of John Durham, min. of Monikie. — {Reg.
Sec. Sic/.]
PATEICK LYON, born 1603, son of
1636 Andrew L. of Balgillo, citizen of
Brechin ; educated at Univ., and
King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1623) ;
adm. (probably colleague) before 10th Dec.
1636 ; pres. by Charles I. 10th March 1643 ;
trans, and adm. soon after ; was a member
of Commission of Assembly in 1645 ; died
March 1658. He marr. (cont. 5th Nov. 1633)
Isobel, daugh. of Hercules Cramond of
Balhall, and had issue — Patrick of Car-
nathie, advocate (1678), served heir 22nd
Jan. 1663, died July 1689 [his father left
him his books " if the Lord be pleased to
make him a preacher," meantime they
were to be given to the boy's uncle, James
Cramond, min. of Fern, that, if his son did
not need them, they were to be enjoyed
by him] ; Agnes (marr. Hercules Skinner,
min. of Fettercairn) ; a daugh. (marr.
William Chalmers, min. of Glamis). — [Reg.
1681
Sec. Sig.; Brechin Tests. ; Inq. Ret. Gen.,
4659, 4721 ; de Tut, 881 ; Reg. of Deeds, di.,
215 ; Forfar Sas., i., 363.]
JOHN SOUTAE, M.A. (St Andrews,
165g 12th June 1652) ; adm. before 3rd
Nov. 1659 ; suspended for anti-
nuptial fornication 12th March 1660, but
reponed 12th July following ; with his wife
he had an obligation from Sir James Mercer
of Aldie for 2200 merks, 23rd April 1661,
and probably demitted. He marr. Marion
Halyburton.
JOHN JOHNSTONE of Wardmylne,
1662 second son °f David J. of Ward-
mylne; educated at Marischal Col-
lege, Aberdeen, 1649-53; adm. before 3rd
Oct. 1662; dem. before 27th Jan. 1681.
He marr. Marion Halyburton, probably
widow of his predecessor, and with her
discharged the debt aforementioned to Sir
James Mercer. — [Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Connell
on Tithes, iii. ; G. R. Inhib., 5th July 1680.]
JAMES CAENEGIE of Craigo, born
about 1640, son of David C, min. of
Farnell (to whom he was served heir
12th July 1673) ; educated at St Andrews
Univ.; M.A. (23rd July 1659); passed
trials before Presb. of Brechin, and licen.
by David, Bishop of Brechin, 29th Jan.
1663; ord. (by said Bishop) before 29th
March, and adm. to Eedgorton 2nd April
1665 ; pres. by Charles II. 27th Jan., trans,
and adm. 7th April 1681 ; died 6th Dec.
1701. He marr. Ann (died 30th Dec. 1739),
daugh. of John Gardyne of Lawton, and
had issue — David of Craigo ; Elizabeth
(marr. (1) Eobert Arbuthnott : (2) Sir
James Nicolson of Lasswade, Bart.) ;
Helen ; Magdalen, born 1682 (marr. John
Mudie of Arbikie), died 21st Dec. 1771;
Agnes (marr. Thomas Ogilvie of Kinaldie);
Catherine (marr. Pearson) ; Ann
(marr. Dickson of Stonefield). — [Reg.
Sec. Sig. ; St Andrews Tests.]
ALEXANDEE AECHIBALD, studied
1704 at Marischal College, Aberdeen;
M.A. (1691) ; licen. by United Presb.
of Brechin and Arbroath 24th Nov. 1702;
called by a committee of Synod jure
devoluto 17th Nov. 1703 ; ord. 22nd Feb.
ARBROATH]
BARRY
431
1704; died 4th July 1724. He marr. Ann
Kennedy, and had issue — Jane (marr.
William Dawling, officer of excise, Maybole);
a daugh — [Glasgow Tests., 6th May 1731.]
WILLIAM DALL, called 18th Sept.,
1724 and ord. 19th Nov. 1724; died 27th
Sept. 1775. He marr. 11th March
1726, Eachel Eussel, who died 1st Sept.
1755, and had issue — Rachel, born 1727
(marr. 15th Oct. 1762, John Speid, mer-
chant, Dundee) ; Anne, born 10th July
1730 (marr. 11th April 1763, George
Grant, excise officer, Blair-Atholl, and
tacksman of Bellieforth and Faskally,
Strathspey); Thomas, born 10th Aug.
1732; Janet, born 20th Nov. 1734 (marr.
3rd May 1763, James Walker of Dafthill,
Collessie), died April 1824 ; Marjory, born
15th Sept. 1740 (marr. 3rd May 1763,
George Thomson of Nolthill). — [G. R.
Sas., clxix., 391.]
DAVID SIM [or SIMM], born 1753,
._„ son of a farmer at Panlathie, of the
Greenlandhill family ; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of
Arbroath 3rd Jan. 1776 ; pres. by George
III. 24th Feb., and ord. 19th Sept. 1776;
died 1st Oct. 1823. He marr. 6th May
1786, Agnes Maule (died 15th Aug. 1839),
and had issue — James Milne, Captain
H.E.I.C.S., born 21st March 1787, died
3rd July 1827 ; Elizabeth, born 13th June
1788 ; Margaret, born 7th Feb. 1790, died
7th April 1797; Jean, born 3rd Sept.
1791; John, born 22nd July 1793, died
26th Oct. 1796; David, born 28th Jan.
1795; Margaret, born 14th June 1797;
Robert, licentiate, born 31st March 1801,
died 20th March 1825; Wilhelmina, born
22nd Dec. 1804. Publication — Account of
the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, iv.).
1824
JOHN KIRK, pres. by George IV. 17th
Oct. 1823; ord. 24th June 1824;
trans, to Arbirlot 28th Dec. 1837.
JAMES LUMSDEN, born Dysart, Fife,
1838 *n ^an" 1810' eldest son of James L.,
merchant, and Margaret, daugh. of
Robert Oswald, shipmaster, Dysart ; edu-
cated at Dysart School and Univs. of St
Andrews and Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb.
of Kirkcaldy Oct. 1831 ; assistant at
Larbert and Dunipace, 1833-5 ; app. city
missionary at Dunfermline in 1835 ; ord. to
Inverbrothock 22nd Dec. 1836 ; pres. by
Queen Victoria 1st Jan., trans, and adm.
3rd May 1838. Joined the Free Church in
1843; min. of Barry Free Church, 1843-56;
app. Professor of Systematic and Pastoral
Theology and Early Church History in Free
Church College, Aberdeen, 13th Aug. 1856;
app. first Principal of that College in 1864 ;
D.D. (St Andrews, 13th Feb. 1869); received
Order of Knight of the North Star, Sweden,
1871 ; died unmarr. 7th Oct. 1875. He took
a deep interest in the religious life of
Sweden, which he frequently visited, and
where he was familiarly known as the
" Scots Professor." Publications — The
Duty of Nations to the Church, and their
Banger in Neglecting it [a sermon] (London,
1845) ; Infant Baptism : its Nature and
Objects (Edinburgh, 1856) [withdrawn from
circulation on account of the attacks made
upon it by Alexander Hislop, author of
The Tioo Babylons] ; Siveden : its Religious
State and Prospects (1855) ; The Difference
betiveen Free and Established Churches
(1858); Sermon XXXVI. (Free Church
Pidpit,i.); The Place that Temporal Death
has in the Economy of Grace (Aberdeen,
1872) ; joint-editor of The Presbyterian
[the organ of the non-intrusion party in
Forfarshire] (1843-6); Account of the
Parish (New Stat. Ace, xi.).— [M'Bain's
Eminent Arbroathians (portrait), 334-44 ;
Memorial and Estimate by John Rae (1876);
Life, by David Brown, D.D.]
WILLIAM SIMPSON, pres. by Queen
1843 Victoria 7th Sept., and ord. 3rd Nov.
1843 ; dep. (by General Assembly)
30th May 1851 ; died 5th March 1865. He
marr. 8th May 1844, Margaret Smith, who
died 18th March 1885, and had issue —
Margaret, born 18th March 1845 ; Janet
Isabella, born 19th June 1846 ; William,
born 17th Sept. 1849.
JAMES SOMMERS.born Stirling, 1811,
1851 eldest son of Robert S., artificer ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow; ord.
to St James's Chapel, Forfar, 3rd Jan.
432
BARRY— CARMYLIE
[PRESB. OF
1845 ; pres. by Queen Victoria 24th June,
trans, and adm. 18th Sept. 1851 ; died 25th
Jan. 1866. He marr. Margaret (died s.p.
22nd Oct. 1879), daugh. of William Car-
ruthers, farmer.
CHARLES FINDLATER STEVEN-
1866 SOX, born Wilton, Hawick, 23rd
April 1831, son of David S., min. of
Wilton ; educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Jedburgh ; ord. to Stob-
hill 10th May 1860; pres. by Queen
Victoria 6th Aug., trans, and adm. 30th
Nov. 1866 ; died unmarr. at Monifieth,
13th July 1905.
JOHN HEGGIE, born Balfour, Mark-
18_5 inch, 25th July 1865, son of Robert
H. and Grace Cation ; educated at
Thornton School and Univ. of St Andrews ;
licen. by Presb. of St Andrews in 1892 ;
assistant at Largs ; ord. (assistant and
successor) 25th Oct. 1895. Marr. 22nd
Aug. 1900, Jessie Carrie, daugh. of John
Anderson, M.D., Carnoustie, and Isabella
Glegg, and has issue — John Keith, born
6th June 1906.
CARMYLIE.
[A chapel of St Mary was built at Car-
mylie in or about 1510. The parish of
Carmylie was disjoined from Panbride, St
Vigeans, and Inverkeilor, and was erected
by Act of Parliament on 24th June 1609.
At Both, within the bounds, stood a chapel
of St Laurence. There was a Well of Our
Lady at Milton of Carm3"lie.]
THOMAS STRACHAN, chaplain ; died
1609 before 1609.
DAVID LINDSAY, M.A. ; pres. by
1609 James Strachan of Carmylie 1st
May 1609 ; trans, to Kinnettles
before 20th Sept. 1610. — [Panmnre
Charters.]
GEORGE OCHTERLONT, brother
of David O., burgess of Arbroath ;
M.A. (St Andrews 1605); adm.
before 1610; still min. 3rd April '1616,
when he was accused of having caused
scandal by his marriage.— [-Keg1. Assig. ;
Beg. of Deeds, clxsxiii., 28.]
HENRY PITTILLOK [PATULLO];
1620 M.A. (St Andrews, 22nd July 1608) ;
adm. before March 1620; still min.
25th April 1654.— [Brechin Tests.]
PATRICK STRACHAN, M.A; pres.
by George, Earl of Panmure ; coll.
and adm. in 1659; trans, to St
Vigeans 5th Nov. 1665.
1659
1610
ALEXANDER OCHTERLONY, son
1666 °^ J°nn O., Provost of Brechin, and
brother of John O., min. of Aber-
lemno ; M.A. (King's College, Aberdeen,
1661) ; passed trials before the Presb. of
Glasgow, and was recommended for licence
15th March 1665 ; was certified for ordina-
tion 29th March, and adm. 6th May 1666 ;
died before 2nd May 16S3, aged about 42.
He marr. Helen, third daugh. of David
Mudie of Bryantown, and had issue — John,
min. of Aberlemno, who was served heir
28th July 1699 ; Robert ; Jean.
DAVID STRACHAN, born about 1662,
1684 son °^ ab°ve Patrick S. ; educated
at LTniv. of St Andrews ; M.A.
(24th July 1679) ; passed trials before the
Presb., and was recommended for licence
26th July 1683, and for ordination 7th
Nov. following ; ord. 14th May 1684 ; died
before 24th June 1709. He marr. Margaret
Ochterlony, who died before 7th Sept.
1715. — [Reg. of Deeds, Mack., 17th July
1710.]
JAMES SCOTT, M.A. (St Andrews,
17l0 12th July 1699); licen. by the
united Presb. of Dundee, Meigle,
and Forfar 7th Sept. 1699; called 16th
March, app. by the Presb. jv/re devoluto
6th April, and ord. 22nd Sept. 1710 ; died
March 1720, aged about 41. He marr.
Elizabeth Baillie, who predeceased him, and
had issue — Elizabeth.
JAMES SMALL, educated at Univ. of
1720 St Andrews ; M.A. (3rd May 1710) ;
licen. by Presb. of St Andrews 20th
April 1720 ; called 20th July, and ord. 23rd
Sept. 1720; had a call to Fettercairn 16th
Jan. 1723, but the Synod refused transla-
tion; died 3rd Jan. 1771. He marr. 24th
Sept. 1723, Lilias Scott, who died 4th Feb.
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1775, and bad issue — James, born 6tb Dec.
1730 ; Eobert, D.D., min. of Dundee, bora
12th Dec. 1732 ; Anna ; William, born 13th
Oct. 1734.
1771
1817
' PATKICK BRYCE, born 1732, son of
Patrick B. ; educated at Univ. of
St Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of
Arbroath 4th July 1762; pres. by George
III. 14th Jan., and ord. 17th Oct. 1771 ;
died 21st June 1816. He marr. 25th Nov.
1771, Mary Aitken, who died 19th Sept.
1S01, aged 72, and had issue — an only child,
Mary, born 4th Feb. 1773 (marr. John
Webster, min. of Inverarity). Publication
— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, i.).
WILLIAM ROBERTSON, born Gartly,
1785, son of William R. ; educated
at Univ. and King's College, Aber-
deen (M.A., 2nd April 1804), and Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Brechin
28th Aug. 1811 ; schoolmaster of Clatt ;
pres. by George, Prince Regent, 13th July
1816 ; ord. 3rd April 1817 ; died 27th Nov.
1836. He marr. 25th Aug. 1824, Dorothea
(died 15th Jan. 1875), daugh. of David
Trail, D.D., min. of Panbride, and had
issue — William, born 30th Oct. 1825;
David Trail, born 28th March 1827;
Elizabeth Jane, born 20th Nov. 1828;
James, born 12th Feb. 1831 ; Margaret
Mary Ann, born 12th Jan. 1834. Publica-
tions— Author of many songs, epistles, and
ballads — " The Sang o' the Starvin' Poet " ;
"The Bauld Baron of Gartly."— [The Bards
of Bon Accord, 604-10.]
WILLIAM WILSON, born in a shep-
1R_„ herd's cottage at Blawearie, parish
of Westruther, Berwickshire, 15th
June 1808, son of Andrew W. and Agnes
Rutherford; educated at Westruther School
and Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb.
of Lauder in 1833 ; parochial missionary in
Glasgow, 1833-7 (during part of which
period he edited the Scottish Guardian, a
bi-weekly paper, the organ of the Evan-
gelical party in the Church of Scotland) ;
pres. by the Presb. jure devoluto [after con-
siderable opposition by the Crown, who
pres. 6th May 1837, James Watson, min.
VOL. V.
at Embleton, near Alnwick] 2nd Aug., and
ord. 22nd Sept. 1837. Joined the Free
Church in 1843 ; min. of the Free Church,
Carmylie, 1843-8, of Free Mariners', after-
wards St Paul's Free Church, Dundee,
1848-77 (min. emeritus 1877-88) ; was clerk
to Free Presb. of Dundee, and to Free
Synod of Angus and Mearns ; convener
of Home Mission Committee, 1863-73;
elected Moderator of Free Church General
Assembly 24th May 1866 ; app. junior
clerk of Assembly in 1868; D.D. (Edin-
burgh 1870) ; app. secretary of the Susten-
tation Fund Committee in 1877 ; app.
senior clerk of Assembly in 1884 ; died in
Edinburgh 14th Jan. 1888. He was one
of the most remarkable mins. of his time,
a lover of hard work, a scholar, a preacher
of note, a skilled polemic, with the most
intimate knowledge of Church history and
law, and business qualifications of a high
order. He was a beloved figure amongst
all classes. Charles Haddon Spurgeon,
who visited the General Assembly over
which W. presided, was " charmed with
the Moderator," in whom he found his
" beau - ideal of a Scottish divine and
ecclesiastic." He marr. 13th Jan. 1840,
Eliza Smith (died 25th Feb. 1860), daugh.
of Alexander White of Drimmietermont,
Forfar, and Helen Farquhar, and had issue
—Helen Farquhar, born 20th Aug. 1841,
died 17th Feb. 1890; Agnes Martin, born
4th July 1843 (marr. Irvine Drimmie) ;
Andrew James, born 10th April 1845, died
at Coconada, Madras, 18th Aug. 1881 ;
Eliza Jane, born 19th June 1847 ; Ann
Isabella, born 19th Jan. 1849 (marr.
William Wilson) ; Mary Louisa, born 17th
Dec. 1850, died 29th Oct. 1898 ; Alexander
White, born 1st Oct. 1853, died in India
15th July 1875 ; William, born 14th April
1855, died June 1918. Publications — State-
ment of the ScrijiUiral Argument against
Patronage (Edinburgh, 1842) ; The Duty of
Bringing Helpless Souls to Jesus (Dundee,
1S50); The Kingdom of Our Lord Jesus
Christ (Edinburgh, 1859); The Heaven-
toard Path (Edinburgh, 1862); Christ
setting His Face towards Jerusalem
(Dundee, 1878); Memorials of Robert
Smith Candlish, D.D. (Edinburgh, 1880);
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434
CARMYLIE— CARNOUSTIE
[PKESB. OF
The Presence of Christ in the Meetings of
the Office-Bearers of His Church ; Free
Church Principles [Chalmers Lecture]
(1887) ; Christ's Gift to the Church and His
Authority (1858). He edited Daniel Defoe's
Memoirs of the Church of Scotland (Perth,
1844) and Stirling's Naphtali (Perth, 1845);
Sermons XXII., CXXVI. ; Lecture XIX.
{Free Church Pulpit, i., ii.) ; " Biography
of David Welsh, D.D." (Disruption
Worthies, Edinburgh, 1876); Account of
the Parish (New Stat. Ace. Scot., xi.).
— [Eminent Arbroathians (portrait), 345-58 ;
The Border Almanac (1889) ; Annals of the
Disruption, 179, 263, 762 ; Smith's Scottish
Clergy, iii., 351 ; Diet. Nat. Biog.]
1843
-- PATRICK BELL, born Mid-Leoch,
Auchterhouse, 1801, son of George
B., farmer ; educated at Auchter-
house School and Univ. of St Andrews ;
became tutor to Charles Baillie, after-
wards Lord Jerviswood, Senator of the
College of Justice, and resided in Canada,
1833-7, as tutor to the family of a Scottish
settler; resumed teaching on his return
to Scotland ; pres. by Queen Victoria 15th
Sept., and ord. 14th Dec. 1843; LL.D.
(St Andrews 1868); died 22nd April 1869.
His ruling passion was mechanics, and
even as a boy he devised a number of
labour-saving appliances. His chief in-
vention was the reaping-machine, of which
he constructed a model in 1827. In the
year following a test was made with a
larger machine on his brother's farm of
Inchmichael, and at a competition in 1852
on the farm of Keillor, in which a number
of rival American machines were in
operation, that of B. was pronounced by
judges selected from Scotland, England, and
Ireland, as "the best and most effective
reaping-machine that has yet been sub-
mitted to our notice. It is superior in
every respect, both in principle and
practice, to any of its rivals, which are
only humble and defective imitations of
the original." In 1867, at the Dundee
meeting of the British Association, Dr Bell
gave a full account of his invention, and in
1868 his machine was purchased for the
museum of the Patent Office, where it now
is. Under the auspices of the Highland
and Agricultural Society he was presented
with a silver salver and the sum of £1000,
in "appreciation of his pre-eminent services
as the inventor of an efficient reaping-
machine constructed in 1827." He marr.
5th Oct. 1859, Jane (died 22nd April 1911),
daugh. of Alexander Lawson, Dundee, and
Jean Loudon, and had issue — Jessie, born
28th Aug. 1860 ; John, born 3rd Jan. 1862 ;
Jane, born 26th Jan. 1865. — [Eminent
Arbroathians (portrait), 364-78; Nichol's
Register and Magazine of Biography (1869),
473 ; Diet. Nat. Biog."\
GEORGE ANDERSON, born Greenlaw,
1869 Berwickshire, 1827, son of William
A. and Elizabeth Redpath, and
brother of James A., min. of Kirkden ;
educated at Greenlaw School and Univs.
of Edinburgh and St Andrews ; licen. by
Presb. of Duns ; assistant at St Andrew's,
Glasgow ; prison chaplain at Stirling ; ord.
missionary to Madras, India, 1863 ; res. in
1865; pres. by Queen Victoria 13th May,
trans, and adm. 23rd July 1869; died
unmarr. 21st Dec. 1904.
JAMES GORDON LYON, born Peter-
lg00 culter, 22nd March 1864, son of
William L., M.A., and Jean Gordon
Stuart; educated at Grammar School and
Univ. of Aberdeen ; M. A. (1887), B.D. (1893);
licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 6th May 1890 ;
assistant at St Stephen's, Broughty Ferry,
and the Barony, Glasgow; ord. (assistant
and successor) 18th Oct. 1900.
CARNOUSTIE (Q.S.).
[A chapel was opened here in 1838. The
parish of Carnoustie was disjoined from
Barry on 25th Nov. 1863.]
THOMAS DYMOCK, born Kelso, 18th
18S8 Aug. 1806, son of John D., LL.D.,
compiler of Bibliotheca Classica,
rector of the Grammar School of Kelso
(1791-1808), afterwards classical master in
the High School of Glasgow, and Jean
Lockhart ; educated at High School and
Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1833) ; he in-
tended to follow the medical profession,
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but becoming impressed by the death of
a fellow-student, resolved to enter the
ministry, and was licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow 4th Dec. 1833 ; missionary at
Gilmerton ; ord. (assistant) at Arbroath
22nd Feb. 1837 ; adm. to this charge 6th
Nov. 1838. Joined the Free Church in
1843 ; min. of Carnoustie Free Church,
1843-5; min. of Free Middle Church, Perth,
1845-88; died in Edinburgh 4th Feb. 1888,
and was buried in Wellshill Cemetery,
Perth. He was a man of superior intel-
lectual gifts and an excellent classical
scholar. He marr. 29th Oct. 1839, Euth (died
7th Sept. 1897), younger daugh. of James
Bentley, Professor of Hebrew, King's
College, Aberdeen, and Isabell Dingwall
Fordyce, and had issue — John, M.A., min.
of the Free Church, Kemnay, 1869-99, born
25th Jan. 1841, died 4th Feb. 1899; Isabell,
born 8th Oct. 1842, died 16th Feb. 1879 ;
James Bentley, banker, Edinburgh, born
21st Oct. 1844, died 28th July 1874;
Margaret Addie, born 5th Nov. 1846;
Thomas, C.A., Secretary of Scottish
American Mortgage Co., Ltd., born 23rd
Nov. 1848, died 22nd Aug. 1922 ; William,
M.A., born 18th Dec. 1850, ord. min. of
United Free Church, New Aberdour, 27th
Aug. 1878; Ruth, born 9th May 1853.
Publications — He assisted his father in
the compilation of Bibliotheca Classica
(London, 1833) ; Sermon LXXIV., Lecture
XVIII. {Free Church Pulpit, ii., iii.).— {The
Border Almanac (1889).]
WILLIAM ALLAN, born 1823, son of
William A., merchant, and Elizabeth
Dickie ; ord. 1st May 1857 ; died 12th
Aug. 1859.
1857
I860
ROBERT FISHER, ord. 26th Jan. 1860;
adm. first min. of the parish in 1863;
trans, to St Boswells 17th June 1879
(<•/. Vol. II., 193) ; died 18th Feb. 1891 not
1901. His son, William White, died 1st
Dec. 1918.
ALEXANDER ROBERTSON GIB-
1880 S0N> born Fowlis Easter, 30th May
1844, son of David G. and Elizabeth
Robertson ; educated at Fowlis School,
High School, Dundee, and Univ. of St
1919
Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of St Andrews
in 1873; assistant at Old West Kirk
Greenock ; ord. to Patna, Ayrshire, 27th
March 1876; trans, and adm. 7th Jan.
1880; dem. 11th June 1918. Marr. 10th
May 1881, Kate Joan, daugh. of Alexander
Bowie and Margaret Colville, and has issue
— Alexander Robertson, born 1st May 1884.
JAMES ALEXANDER FLEMING,
trans, from St Thomas's Parish,
Leith (q.v.), and adm. 6th Feb. 1919 ;
res. 1924 ; died at Edinburgh 31st July 1924.
1924 JAMES H. BALLLIE, M.A.
COLLISTON (Q.S.).
[The parish of Colliston was disjoined
from St Vigeans on 6th Dec. 1875.]
ALEXANDER THOU SCOTT, ord.
,871 16th Oct. 1871 ; adm. first min. of
the parish in 1875 ; trans, to Bar-
geddie 14th Dec. 1876.
WILLIAM SMITH, ord. 14th May 1877 ;
la77 trans, to St Paul's, Dundee, 9th May
1883.
ALEXANDER MDLLS, born Montrose,
1883 31st "^an" 1854' son °f Alexander M.
and Ann Watson ; educated at St
John's School, Montrose, and Univ. of
Edinburgh; M.A. (1877); licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh in 1880 ; assistant at St
Andrew's, Edinburgh ; ord. 2nd Nov. 1883 ;
app. clerk of Presb. in 1890 ; app. clerk
to Synod of Angus and Mearns in 1919.
Marr. 4th March 1885, Georgina, youngest
daugh. of George Anderson, fish-curer, Mon-
trose, and Jessie Kelman, and has issue —
Alexander Harold, secretary and treasurer
to Municipality of Kellross, Canada, born
15th Dec. 1885, died 12th Feb. 1924; Mary
Kelman, M.A. (marr. 13th May 1916,
Robert T. C. Moir, M.A., LL.B., assist-
ant executive officer for the Education
Authority of Forfarshire) ; Anita Watson
M.A., born 15th Aug. 1889 (marr. 15th July
1915, James Arthur Colson Hay, M.A.,
English Master, Keith Grammar School);
Ina Andrew, M.A., born 9th March 1891
(marr. 21st Nov. 1917, Charles Orford
Allan, min. of Kirknewton) ; David
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FRIOCKHEIM— GUTHRIE AND CARBUDDO [presb. of
William, farmer, Le Boss, Sask., Canada,
served with Canadians in European War,
born 6th Nov. 1892 ; James Kinnison
Tulloch, M.B., Ch.B., Goldthorpe, York-
shire, served as captain R.A.M.C. in
German East Africa during War, born 13th
Sept. 1894 ; George Anderson, farmer, Le
Boss, Sask., Canada, wireless operator at
sea during War, born 11th April 1898;
Arthur Kelman, student in science, Univer-
sity College, Dundee, born 29th Dec. 1902.
FRIOCKHEIM (Q.S.).
[Opened as an extension church in 1835.
Disjoined from Kirkden and erected quoad
sacra 28th Feb. 1870.]
THOMAS WILSON, born Glasford,
183„ Lanarkshire, 1801, third son of
James W., farmer ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Lanark 5th May 1830 ; assistant at Middle
Parish, Paisley ; declined a call to Long-
town Presbyterian Church in 1833 ; app.
missionary at Trinity Parish, Edinburgh ;
ord. 16th Feb. 1837; sometime clerk of
Presb. Joined the Free Church in 1843 ;
min. of Friockheim Free Church, 1843-72 ;
died at Carnoustie 30th March 1872. Publi-
cation— Sermon CVII. (Free Church Pulpit,
ii.). — [Presb. Review, xi.].
- JAMES BLACK, born Airdrie, 1819,
son of James B., cotton manufac-
turer, and Jean Duncan ; educated
at Airdrie School and Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Hamilton ; assistant at
Larbert and Dunipace ; ord. in 1845 ; adm.
first min. of the parish in 1870 ; res. in
1877 ; died at Dundee 25th Dec. 1882. He
marr. Isabella Cook.
ALEXANDEB SETON, born 11th Jan.
1R17w 1843 ; assistant at New Greyfriars,
Edinburgh ; ord. (assistant and suc-
cessor) 14th Nov. 1877; dem. 17th May
1888; died in London 29th Aug. 1907.
He marr. (1) Maria Richardson, who
died 3rd Feb. 1881, and had issue— Mary
Mearns, born 24th Aug. 1876; George
Alexander Davidson, born 22nd Aug.
1878 : (2) 13th Nov. 1890, Lilla Eglese.
PATBICK ABTHUB ANDREW, born
1888 Edinburgh, 19th May 1858, son of
James A. and Eliza Aned ; educated
at Edinburgh Institution and Univ. of
Edinburgh ; became Evangelical Union
min. at Newcastleton ; adm. by General
Assembly 2nd June 1884 ; licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh ; assistant at Markinch ; ord.
19th Sept. 1888 ; res. 1924.
GUTHRIE AND CARBUDDO.
[These parishes were united in the six-
teenth century.
Guthrie. — The church of Guthrie was
dedicated to St Mary. It belonged to the
Abbey of Arbroath. A collegiate founda-
tion was granted to Guthrie in 1479 by
Sir David Guthrie of that ilk and it was
confirmed by Sir Alexander Guthrie in
1497.
Carbuddo. — The church of the rectory of
Carbuddo, dedicated to St Buit, was a
mensal kirk of Guthrie. The parish is
sometimes called Kirkbuddo.]
^ JAMES BALFOUB, min. in 1566, with
1566 Idvie [Kirkden] also in the charge ;
trans, to Dunnichen in 1574.
PATBICK LINDSAY, M.A.; min. in
1S8_ 15S8 ; trans, to St Vigeans between
1591 and 1593.
JOHN LINDSAY, son of John L. of
„_„ Barrese ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews; MA. (after 10th Dec.
1586); min. in 1593; was still min. in
1597, but seems to have removed soon
afterwards. He was concerned in the
slaughter of Alexander, Lord Spynie, in
1607. — [Lindsay's Lives of the Lindsays,
i., 386; Reg.Assig.; Pitcairn's Crim. Trials,
ii., 529 ; Turing Charters.]
1598
DAVID LINDSAY, M.A.; pres. by
Alexander Guthrie of that ilk to
the provostry of Guthrie and pre-
bend of Hilton and Langlands 29th Dec.
1598 ; adm. in 1598 ; trans, to Dundee
before 1604.
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THOMAS GLOVEE, M.A. (St Andrews
1591); was an "expectant" in the
Presb. in 1602 ; student and school-
master at Kirk of Arbirlot ; pres. by-
Alexander Guthrie of that ilk to the
provostry of Guthrie 18th Jan. 1604 and
prebend of Hilton and Langlands 2nd
April 1604; died Nov. 1623, aged about
53. He raarr. Margaret Gardyne, who
survived him, and had issue — Thomas ;
Margaret.
HENRY GUTHRIE, M.A. ; adm. after
1623 1623 ; trans, to Stirling in 1632.
PATRICK LYON, M.A. ; adm. before
10th Dec. 1636; trans, to Barry
after 10th March 1643.
PATRICK LYELL, M.A. (St Andrews
1655 1628); min. in 1655; died March
1660, aged about 51. He marr.
Barbara Durie, who survived him, and
had issue — James ; Patrick, merchant,
Elsinore, served heir 18th Dec. 1685. —
[Inq. Ret. Forfar, 497 ; O. R. Inhib., 27th
Feb. 1667.]
GEORGE STRACHAN, born 1632, son
of John S. ; was bursar to the Presb.
of Perth in 1643 ; educated at Univ.
of St Andrews; M.A. (12th June 1652);
" having preached during the long vacancie,"
he passed trials before the Presb., was
certified for ordination 22nd Aug., and
inst. 5th Dec. 1663; died Dec. 1692. He
marr. 23rd Oct. 1670, Jean, daugh. of
James Thomson, min. of Kinnell, and had
issue — James ; Elspet : Magdalen ; Cath-
erine, who were served heirs-portioners
13th Sept. 1694.— [Connell on Tithes, iii. ;
Inq. Ret. Forfar, 532.]
JAMES GUTHRIE, a native of Angus,
.„„ probably closely connected with the
Guthries of Guthrie; M.A. (King's
College, Aberdeen, 1670); became servitor
to the Bishop of Moray; schoolmaster of
Rathven, 1675-83 ; had a certificate of
licence from Presb. of Fordyce 31st Jan.
1678 ; adm. min. of Cambusnethan 16th
Aug. 1685 ; deserted at the Revolution ;
called 18th Dec. 1692, and intruded here,
where he continued under the protection
of the Guthrie family till the Rebellion
of 1715. He marr. Margaret, daugh. of
Laurence Skinner, min. of Brechin, and
had issue — John ; Laurence ; David ;
William ; Alexander. — {Cambusnethan Sess.
Reg. ; Case of Greenshields.]
FRANCIS ARCHIBALD, M.A. (St
1716 Andrews, 14th April 1704); pres.
by Guthrie of that ilk ; called by
the Presb. jure devoluto 1st Aug., and ord.
15th Nov. 1716. He sympathised with the
Cameronian section, but having come under
the influence of John Glas, min. of Tealing,
founder of the Glassites, he joined that
body and was dep. by the Synod 29th Jan.
1729. This sentence was recalled by the
Commission of Assembly 12th Nov. that
year, which, however, declared him to be
no longer min. of this parish nor a min.
of the Church of Scotland. He formed at
Guthrie a congregation of the Glassites and
ministered to them for a time. In 1741 he
was app. Master of the Orphan Hospital,
Edinburgh; died between 1742 and 1748.
He marr. 27th Nov. 1718, Alison, daugh.
of Robert Hunter, merchant, Dundee,
who survived him s.p., and gave to above
Hospital in 1748 £27, 15s. 6d. Publications
— A Letter concerning his Case before the
Assembly (1730) ; Reasons of Complaint
against the Commission in regard to him
(1731).— [Wodrow's Anal., iii. 358, 449, iv.
187, 261 ; Acts of Ass., 1729, 1730; Memoir
of Mr John Glas ; Account of Orphan
Hospital ; Hay's Arbroath, 232.]
JAMES ANDERSON, called 18th March,
17 and ord. 13th May 1731 ; trans, to
Lundie and Fowlis 27th Oct. 1736.
JAMES PURDIE, M.A.; called 21st
„ „ April, and adm. 16th June 1737.
In 1743 he was rebuked by the
Presb. on his own confession for having
consulted a necromancer for recovery of
goods which had been stolen from him ;
trans, to Morham 19th July 1753.
THOMAS CRAIG, born about 1720,
-,._. son of James C, farmer, Traprain ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Dunbar 7th Dec. 1743 ;
pres. by John Guthrie of Guthrie 31st Oct.
438
GUTHRIE AND CARBUDDO— INVERKEILOR [peesb. or
1753 ; ord. 21st Feb. 1754 ; died unmarr.
16th April 1797.
JAMES WILL, born 1760; educated
j^g- at Univ. of St Andrews ; licen.
by Presb. of Arbroath 2nd Oct.
1782; ord. to Ruthven (Presb. of Meigle)
23rd Sept. 1784; pres. by John Guthrie of
Guthrie Oct. 1797 ; trans, and adm. 16th
Aug. 1798 ; died 3rd May 1818. He marr.
16th April 1810, Susan Imlach (died 24th
Oct. 1823), widow of James Lamb, surgeon.
Publication — Account of Ruthven (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace., xii.).— [Tombst.]
JOHN BRUCE, M.A. ; pres. by John
1818 Guthrie °f Guthrie in July, and ord.
24th Sept. 1818; trans, to New
North Parish, Edinburgh, 13th Jan. 1831.
JAMES WHITSON,born 1793; educated
at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by
Presb. of Meigle 6th May 1818 ; pres.
by John Guthrie of Guthrie in Jan., and ord.
12th May 1831 ; died 1st Jan. 1840. He marr.
2nd July 1834, Margaret (died 15th May
1886), daugh. of Robert Hepburn, Perth,
and had issue — Patrick Robert, born 3rd
June 1835; David, born 10th Nov. 1836,
died 19th Dec. 1839; John, born 22nd
March 1838, died 13th Dec. that year;
James, born 6th Dec. 1839. Publication —
Account of the Parish {New Stat. Ace., xi.).
— {Tombst.']
GEORGE ARKLAY, ord. 18th Feb.
1841 ; trans, to Inverkeilor 13th
1841
Oct. 1843.
WILLIAM RAMSAY, born 30th Jan.
lg44 1822, son of William R., min. of
Alyth ; educated at Alyth School
and Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb.
of Meigle; ord. 18th Jan. 1844; died
unmarr. 6th Jan. 1850.
PETER MILLIGAN, born Edinburgh,
1850 17th Nov. 1822, son of George M.,
D.D., min. of Elie ; educated at
Kilconquhar School and Univ. of St
Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of St Andrews ;
assistant at Larbert ; ord. 2nd Aug. 1850 ;
died 10th June 1893. He marr. 1st March
1853, Magdalene (died 27th Aug. 1912),
daugh. of David Leighton of Beauhill, and
Agnes Ann Valentine, and had issue —
Agnes Leighton, born 16th Jan. 1854,
Janet, born 10th April 1855; Magdalene
Patricia, born 1st May 1857, died 3rd Nov.
1894; Helen Wood, born 1st May 1859;
Jane Paterson, born 22nd June 1861, died
6th Oct. 1890; George Colville, M.A.,
M.B.C.M., born 5th March 1863, died 23rd
Jan. 1904; David Leighton, born 18th
March 1865, died 10th Nov. 1885; Patrick
Fraser, M.A., W.S., Edinburgh, born 6th
Dec. 1867 ; Windham, born 25th Aug.
1869, died 26th Feb. 1905.
WILLIAM M'CONACHIE, M.A. ; ord.
1893 28th Nov. 1893 ; trans, to Lauder 16th
Nov. 1906 (cf. Vol. II., 155); D.D.
(Aberdeen 1921); edited Dryburgh Abbey
(by David Gilmour Manuel, min. of Mer-
toun) (Edinburgh, 1922).
WILLIAM GUTHRIE LAW, born
1907 Montrose, 21st Oct. 1867, son of
John Daniel L. and Margaret
Elizabeth Guthrie; educated at Montrose
Academy and Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A.
(1889); licen. by Presb. of St Andrews in
1892 ; assistant at Brechin, Montrose, St
Ninians, Marykirk ; ord. 18th April 1907.
INVERKEILOR.
[Inverkeilor and Ethie. — These parishes
were united in the sixteenth century.
Inverkeilor or Congholls. — The church of
Inverkeilor was dedicated to St Conan. It
belonged to the Abbey of Arbroath. It
contained an altar of St John the Baptist.
There was a chapel in this parish, at
Quhytefield, now called Chapelton.
Ethie. — The church of Ethie, now a ruin,
was dedicated to St Murdoch. It belonged
to the Abbey of Arbroath.]
CHARLES ROSSIE, reader 1567 to
1567 1573.
1573 JOHN PITCAIRN, reader in 1573.
ANDREW STRACHAN, trans, from
1574 Nigg, and adm. in 1574; trans, to
Maryton in 1575,
ARBROATH]
INVERKEILOR
439
1598
JOHN FULLEETON, min. in 1576;
157fl pres. to the vicarage of Athie by
James VI. 1st July 1597 ; died in
the Haltoun of Inverkeilor Dec. 1598. He
marr. Margaret Bamsay, who survived him.
Henry F., son of David F., burgess of
Montrose, to whom he left his books, was
probably his nephew.
AETHUE FITHIE, min. of Airth 18th
Dec. 1582; trans, to Kinnell after
28th June 1587 ; trans, and adm. in
1598 ; pres. to the vicarage of Ethie by
James VI. 13th Dec. 1598; he had also a
gift of the "haill vicarage "of Inverkeilor
26th Oct. 1601 and 18th Feb. 1604. He
was a zealous supporter of Episcopacy, and
in 1606, when the Bishops rode in state to
Parliament, his attendance was very con-
spicuous, "being at the stirrup of the
Metropolitan with his cap at his knee."
He was nominated by the Assembly
constant Moderator of Presb., the members
of which were charged by the Privy Council,
17th Jan. 1607, to receive him as such
within twenty - four hours after notice
under pain of rebellion. He was a member
of Assembly 1602, 1608, 1610, and of the
Court of High Commission March 1610 ;
died 14th Aug. 1613. He is described as
"a man of big stature." He marr., and
had issue — James ; Patrick ; Nicolas ;
Margaret. — [Reg. Assig. ; Calderwood's
Hist., iv. 569, v. 268, vi. 494, vii. 58, 105,
App. 75 ; Booke of the Kirk.]
JOSHUA DUEIE, born about 1570,
eldest son of John D., min. of the
First Charge, Montrose ; entered St
Leonard's College, St Andrews, 10th Dec.
1586 ; M.A. (St Andrews 1590) ; min. of the
Second Charge, Montrose, 1594 ; trans, to
Forfar about 1596 ; trans, to Logie-Pert
after 22nd March 1603; trans, to Second
Charge, St Andrews, about 1607 ; pres. by
James VI. 24th Oct. 1613 ; trans, and adm.
soon after. He had a gift, 29th Aug. 1612,
of a yearly pension of £140 from feus of
the lands of Altyre, "having repaired to
the Court of England divers tymes for the
outred and performance of his Highness's
service." This gift was extended to his
wife also. Died about 1631. He marr.
Eupham Maklene, and had issue — John ;
Nicolas (marr. David Meldrum, min.
of St Cyrus) ; and others. — [Reg. Sec.
Sig.]
ANDEEW ELLIOT, eldest son of James
E., min. of Forfar; M.A. (St Andrews,
16th July 1620) ; pres. by Charles I.
29th Nov. 1631 ; was a member of the Com-
mission of Assembly in 1646 ; died June
1650, aged about 50. He marr. Margaret
Lindsay, and had issue — James ; David,
apprenticed to George Suttie, merchant,
Edinburgh, 23rd Dec. 1646.— [Forfar Sas.,
i., 368, 370 ; Fife Inhib., 1st May 1681.]
JOHN EAIT of the family of Eait of
Halgreen, Bervie ; M.A. (King's
College, Aberdeen, 1644); ord. to
Second Charge, Montrose, 23rd Dec. 1647 ;
trans, and adm. after 5th Sept. 1650 ; died
Nov. 1685, aged about 62. He marr. (1)
Elizabeth Beattie, who died 1st Dec. 1661,
and had issue — James, born 1653, died in
Nevis, West Indies, 1675 ; and six others :
(2) Euphame, eldest daugh. of David Mudie
of Bryantown, who survived him, and had
issue — David of Bryantown ; Eobert ;
Janet ; Francis, min. of Kinnaird.
JAMES EAIT, born about 1648, prob-
1672 a^'y nephew of preceding; edu-
cated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (25th July 1668); passed trials before
the Presb., was recommended for licence
by Archbishop, 11th Jan., and for ordina-
tion 21st March 1672 ; ord. (colleague) 9th
May 1672 ; outed by the Privy Council for
nonjurancy about 1703. He intruded at
Lunan 21st April 1713, and again when
residing at Montrose, and was dep. 5th
June 1717 for Jacobitism; died before
1730. He marr. (1) 1677, Katherine, daugh.
of David Mudie of Bryantown : (2) Nov.
1710, Elizabeth Smith, Montrose, and had
issue — Margaret (marr. William Wallace,
bailie of Montrose). — [Brechin Tests. ;
Forfar Sas., vi., 382.]
"ANDEEW BEUCE, born 1670; M.A.
1705 (St Andrews, 22nd July 1693) ; Keen,
by Presb. of Dundee, Forfar, and
Meigle, 25th Jan. 1700; ord. to Cortachy
23rd Sept. 1701 ; called 19th July 1704 ;
440
INVERKEILOR
[PRESB. OF
trans, and adm. 21st May 1705 ; died at
Edinburgh 3rd June 1724. He marr.
Katherine Rait, who survived him with
six children, and had a gift of the vacant
stipend from the Barons of Exchequer 29th
Nov. 1725.
WILLIAM HEPBURN, born (bapt.
y.- 21st Jan. 1694) Hailes, East Lothian ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (28th May 1714); chaplain to family
of Brigadier Preston ; licen. by Presb. of
Dunbar 3rd Oct. 1722 ; chaplain to Lord
President Dalrymple ; called 26th Oct.
1725; ord. 21st Jan. 1726; died unmarr.
5th Feb. 1756.
THOMAS MATHISON, called 12th
1750 July, and ord. (assistant and
successor) 27th Sept. 1750 ; trans.
to Second Charge, Brechin, 11th July
1754.
JOHN CARNEGIE, educated at Univ.
1755 of Edinburgh; M.A. (24th April
1744) ; licen. by Presb. of Haddington
4th Sept. 1750 ; called 26th Oct. 1754 ; ord.
(assistant and successor) 20th Feb. 1755 ;
died 28th Feb. 1805. He marr. 11th Nov.
1760, Catherine (died 25th Nov. 1790, aged
57), youngest daugh. of William Walker
of St Fort, Fife, and had issue — Isabella,
born 29th Oct. 1761 ; Alexander, min. of this
parish ; George, born 26th Feb. 1764, died
9th Sept. 1774 ; Ann, bom 25th Dec. 1765 ;
David, born 8th Sept. 1767 ; Thomas, born
9th Jan. 1770, died 11th Jan. 1771 ; James,
born 2nd Nov. 1771 ; John, born 31st March,
died 19th Oct. 1774; George, born 11th
Sept. 1776, died 9th Feb. 1777; William,
born 17th April 1778. Publication —
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, iii.). — [M'Bain's Eminent Arbroathians,
407.]
ALEXANDER CARNEGIE of Redhall
1799 (wnich he purchased in 1825), born
15th Dec. 1762, son of preceding;
educated at Marischal College and Univ.,
Aberdeen ; M.A. (1783) ; licen. by Presb. of
Arbroath 3rd Sept. 1788; ord. (assistant)
20th Sept. 1796 ; pres. by George III. in
April, and adm. (assistant and successor)
16th May 1799; died 2nd Jan. 1S36. He
marr. 28th Sept. 1801, Elizabeth (died 3rd
June 1835), daugh. of Adam Skirving,
farmer, Garleton, Haddington, author of
the song " Johnnie Cope," and other lyrics,
and had issue — Christian Guthrie, born
10th Jan. 1803 (marr. John Kirk, min. of
Arbirlot) ; John of Redhall, born 14th
March 1805; Adam, born 8th Oct. 1806.
Publication — Account of the Parish (New
Stat. Ace, xi.). — [Tombst. ; M'Bain's
Eminent Arbroathians, 407.]
JOHN LAIRD, born 8th Aug. 1811, son
1836 °^ H-U°h k-j D.D., min. of Portmoak;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
tutor in Dumfriesshire ; licen. by Presb.
of Dumfries 2nd July 1S33 ; app. assistant
at Arbroath Nov. 1834 ; ord. (assistant)
there 19th March 1835 ; pres. by William
IV. (on election by the congregation) 8th
June, and adm. 11th Aug. 1836. Joined
the Free Church in 1843; min. of Inver-
keilor Free Church, 1843-7, of Free St
George's Church, Montrose, 28th Dec. 1847 ;
trans, to Free Church, Cupar-Fife, 26th
Aug. 1853; D.D. (St Andrews 1889);
elected Moderator of the Free Church
General Assembly 23rd May 1889 ; died
19th April 1896. He marr. 5th Nov. 1840,
Agnes Maule (born 11th May 1822, died
1 1 th Dec. 1887), daugh. of Thomas Anderson,
farmer, Westhaven, Carnoustie, and Jean
Sim, and had issue — Hugh Alexander,
merchant, Rangoon, Burma, born 1st Dec.
1841, died 21st Aug. 1911 ; Jane Catherine,
born 10th Feb. 1843, died 31st May 1873 ;
John George, mercantile clerk, born 21st
Nov. 1848, died 12th Aug. 1867; Henry
James, merchant, London, born 27th June
1853; David Michael William, born 1st
April 1856, min. of the Free Church,
Durris, Kincardineshire, 1884-1904, died
in Edinburgh, March 1924; Alexander
Anderson, banker, London, born 8th Oct.
1859, died 22nd July 1922. Publica-
tions— Hearing the Word, a sermon;
Sermon on the Death of Captain A. 0.
Dalgleish, Cupar-Fife ; Sermon LXI. (Free
Church Pulpit, ii., 89); Sermons [Memorial
Sketch (portrait by his son David)] (Edin-
burgh, 1897). — \Presb. Review, viii.]
ARBROATH]
INVERKEILOR— ETHIE— KINNELL
441
GEORGE ARKLAY, bom Murroes,
184S Forfarshire, 1814, son of George A.;
educated at Murroes School and
Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of
Dundee ; assistant at Alyth ; ord. to
Guthrie 18th Feb. 1841 ; pres. by Queen
Victoria 22nd Aug., trans, and adm. 13th
Oct. 1843 ; sometime clerk of Presb. ;
died unmarr. 19th June 1866. He was an
intimate friend of Thomas Erskine of
Linlathen.
JAMES HAT, born Montrose, 24th
1866 ~^0Y- 1820) son of James H. and
Helen Japp ; educated at Montrose
Academy and Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1839); licen. by Presb. of Brechin in 1845;
ord. to St Bernard's, Edinburgh, 2nd Oct.
1845; trans, to Lunan 17th Jan. 1850; pres.
by Queen Victoria 15th Aug., trans, and
adm. 8th Nov. 1866; D.D. (Aberdeen, 5th
March 1881) ; sometime Presb. clerk ; res.
20th Oct. 1887 ; died unmarr. at Montrose,
25th Aug. 1889.
ANDREW HALDEN, born Paisley,
1887 6th April 1857, son of Alexander H.
and Margaret Aitken; educated at
Wason's School, George Street, Glasgow,
and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Paisley March 1884 ; assistant at Lady
Yester's, Edinburgh, 1884-7 ; ord. (assistant
and successor) 20th Oct. 1887. Publica-
tions— Harvest Lessons (Edinburgh, 1890) ;
The Blessedness of Sorrow (Edinburgh,
1904).
ETHIE or ATHIE.
[United to Inverkeilor in 1585.]
DAVID MYLNE, reader, 1574 to
1574 1585.
KINNELL.
[The church of Kinnell was dedicated to
St Malrubh. It contained an altar to the
Virgin Mary. The rectory of Kinnell was
a prebend of St Andrews. There was a
chapel in this parish at Balishan or
Bolshan.]
1563 JAMES GRAY, reader in 1563.
1567 DAVID FYFE, reader, 1567 to 1586.
ARTHUR FITHIE, trans, from Airth ;
pres. by James VI. 28th June 1587 ;
trans, to Inverkeilor in 1598.
JOHN GUTHRIE, M.A. ; pres. by
James VI. 27th Aug. 1599; trans.
1599
to Arbirlot in 1603.
1635
WILLIAM KINNEAR, M.A. (St
Andrews 1598); reader at Arbroath
in 1601 ; pres. by James VI. 8th
June 1603; died March 1612, aged about
34. He marr. Margaret Aikman, who
survived him, and had issue — perhaps
David, min. of this parish.— [-Res'. Assig.;
St Andrexus Tests.~\
HENRY FITHIE, M.A. ; adm. 4th
May 1612; trans, to Lundie and
Fowlis 11th April 1614.
JAMES GUTHRIE, M.A.; min. in 1614;
app. clerk of Synod 29th April 1617 ;
trans, to Arbirlot Oct. 1625.
DAVID KINNEAR, perhaps son of
above William K. ; M.A. (St
Andrews 1614); adm. before 1635;
died Nov. 1638, aged about 48. He marr.
Helen Nairne, who survived him, and had
issue— Jean; Alison; Catherine; Helen.—
[Inscrip. on Ma7ise ; Tornbst .]
JAMES THOMSON {jwimus), son of
James T., min. of Kilmany ; M.A.
(St Andrews 1626); min. in 1640;
was a member of Commission of Assembly
in 1649 ; died 13th Dec. 1690, aged 85. He
marr. Margaret Collace, who died in 1665,
and had issue— James, min. of this parish ;
David, min. of this parish; Elizabeth;
Margaret; Marjory; Catherine; Jean
(marr. George Strachan, min. of Guthrie).—
[Tornbst. ; Inq. Ret. Gen., 3677.]
JAMES THOMSON (secundus), born
1647, son of preceding; educated
16 at St Andrews Univ. ; M.A. (27th
July 1666) ; passed trials before the Presb.
and was recommended for licence 11th
June 1674, and for ordination 13th Aug.
following ; ord. 10th Oct., and inst. 30th
Oct. 1675 ; died (after a long illness) Jan.
1681. He marr. Catherine, daugh. of John
1640
442
KINNELL
[PRESB. OF
Ochterlony, min. of Aberlemno. She sur-
vived him, and had issue— one child, who
predeceased him. — [Tombst. ; St Andrews
Tests.]
DAVID THOMSON, born 1649, brother
1R81 of preceding ; educated at St Andrews
Univ. ; M.A. (24th July 1669) ; passed
trials before Presb. of St Andrews and
recommended for licence 20th Oct. 1673 ;
ord. a preaching deacon in 1678 ; adm.
(colleague to his father) 24th May 1681 ;
died June 1702. He marr. 31st March 1687,
Catherine Grahame, and had issue— James ;
Charles, served heir 11th Dec. 1729 ; Mary.
— \_Min.-Book Reg. Priv. Seal ; Index to
Services.]
ALEXANDER DALLAS, sixth son of
1703 J°nn -D., Dean of Ross ; Keen, by
Presb. of Duns 19th Nov. 1700 ; ord.
23rd Sept. 1703 ; died 20th Jan. 1705. He
marr. Feb. 1691, Alison, daugh. of John A.
Watson of Dunnikier, and widow of James
Inglis, tanner, burgess of Edinburgh. She
survived him, and had issue — Charles ;
and seven others. — [Reg. of Deeds, Mack.,
1st Oct. 1709 ; Family of Dallas, 576.]
1705
THOMAS ERASER, M.A; licen. by
Presb. of Dalkeith 16th Jan. 1694 ;
called in June, and ord. 19th Sept.
1705; dem. 23rd Oct. 1707; dep. for
drunkenness 19th May 1708. He marr.
(pro. 22nd July 1710) Isobel Grant, in-
dweller in the Canongate, Edinburgh.
JAMES ROBERTSON, a near relative
170_ of Robertson of Dinork ; M.A. (St
Andrews, 23rd July 1697) ; licen. by
United Presb. of Dundee, Forfar, and Meigle
6th Nov. 1701 ; called 18th Aug., and ord.
8th Sept. 1708 ; died 16th May 1723. He
marr. (1) Sept. 1711, Grizell Lamb, and
had issue — Andrew : (2) Euphame Watson,
called Lady Balskelly : (3) Ann Henderson,
who married again. — [Anstruther - West
Court Book ; St Andrews Tests.]
WILLIAM MONCRIEFF, licen. by
1725 Presb. of Brechin 3rd Jan. 1722 ;
called 17th Sept. 1724; ord. 21st
Jan. 1725. When intimating the sentence of
deposition against his co-Presbyter, Francis
Archibald, min. of Guthrie, in 1729, he was
obliged to force his way to that church, the
passages having been lined and barricaded
by a crowd who threatened his life if he
should attempt to go to church and preach.
He was killed by a fall from his horse 18th
May 1742. He marr. Janet (died 20th Oct.
1768), daugh. of Hugh Maxwell, min. of
Strathmartine, and had issue — David, min.
of Redgorton ; William, apprenticed to a
W.S. in 1756.
JAMES MURISON, M.A. ; trans, from
174„ Edzell; pres. by George II. Nov.
1742 ; adm. 13th Oct. 1743 ; dem. on
election as Principal of St Mary's College,
St Andrews (q.v.), 30th Sept. 1747.
GEORGE CRUICKSHANK,born about
17._ 1705, son of John C, merchant, Aber-
deen ; educated at Marischal College
and Univ., Aberdeen, 1721-5 ; app. school-
master of Arbroath ; licen. by> Presb. of
Arbroath 8th Oct. 1735 ; ord. to Arbroath
26th Jan. 1738 ; pres. by George II. Nov.
1747; trans, and adm. 10th March 1748; died
12th Nov. 1753. He marr. 21st Nov. 1738,
Isobel Wallace, who died 26th Aug. 1751,
and had issue — John, born 3rd Nov. 1739 ;
George, born 1st June 1741 ; Robert, born
21st April 1743, went to Montreal ; William,
born 16th Sept. 1745, died 27th June 1746 ;
Henry, born 10th April 1748, died 9th
Nov. 1752 ; William, born 2nd March 1750,
went to Jamaica, died at Arbroath 15th
Sept. 1817; Isobel, born 26th Aug. 1751
(marr. Haldane, stocking manu-
facturer, Haddington). An interesting
story is related of the minister's domestic
servant, Margaret Matthew, who, after his
death, removed with his orphan children
to an attic in the Marketgate of Arbroath,
where she attended to their needs, often at
great self-denial on her part, and brought
them up so well, that much attention was
drawn to her case, which has been finely
told in the Mystifications by Miss Graham-
Stirling of Duntrune. Publication —
"Answers to the Queries circulated by
Mr Maitland, when he was about to
publish his History of Scotland " (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, xxi.). — [Dean Ramsay's Scot.
Life ; Edwards's Muirside Glimpses, 274-6.]
ARBROATH]
KINNELL
443
ALEXANDEE CHAPLIN, born Barn-
1754 hills, Bervie, 17th March 1719 ; edu-
cated at King's College and Univ.,
Aberdeen; M.A. (1st April 1737); licen.
by Presb. of Fordoun 24th Aug. 1743;
pres. by George II. 25th March, and ord.
25th July 1754; died 6th May 1813. He
marr. 3rd July 1767, Margaret Eobertson,
who died 8th March 1792, and had issue —
Jean, born 6th April 1769 ; Alexander, born
24th Oct. 1770 ; Mary, born 21st June 1773,
died 28th Feb. 1774 ; Margaret, born 22nd
April 1776; Mary Ann, born 5th July
1784. Publication — Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, ii.). — [Sinclair's Code
of Health, ii. ; St Andrews Tests.~\
GEOBGE WALKEE, bapt. 6th Jan.
1818 1783, son of Arthur W. of Pitblado,
Fife, farmer, and Agnes Millar;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ; licen.
by Presb. of Cupar 25th March 1806 ; tutor
in the family of Taylor of Kirktonhill,
Mearns ; pres. by George, Prince Eegent,
19th May, and ord. 23rd Sept. 1813 ; D.D.
(Edinburgh, 24th April 1867) ; died Fathek
op the Synod 11th Sept. 1868. He and
his predecessor were incumbents for 114
years. He was unmarr. He represented
the best traditions — intellectual, philan-
thropic, and spiritual — of the ministry of
the Scottish Church. He was an eminent
classical scholar, and had in contemplation
an exhaustive History of the Church in
Scotland, for which he made elaborate and
original researches. He was much interested
in educational matters, and he saw to it
that due provision was made of the higher
instruction that would carry a promising
boy to the threshold of a Scottish Univ.
He was an assiduous helper of the poor,
fervently evangelical in his mode of preach-
ing, singularly devout in his own life, and
much given to private prayer. He con-
tributed liberally towards the endowment
of new parishes both in his own and other
Presbs. "Even if the name of George
Walker were no more than a fading
memory in an obscure parish, it might be
taken as certain that the seeds which he
sowed will continue to bear fruit for genera-
tions in Scottish characters and lives." The
Walker Trust of the Univ. of St Andrews
was founded in his memory. Publications
— Hymns translated or imitated from the
German (London, 1860); Prayers and
Hymns for the Mornings and Evenings
of a Week (Edinburgh, 1862); Prayers and
Hymns for Morning and Evening and
Other Times and Occasions (Edinburgh,
1866); Account of the Parish (New Stat.
Ace, xi.). — [Missionary Record, N.S., vi. ;
Hay's Funeral Sermon; Julian's Diet, of
Hymnology, 1231 ; The Power of Prayer
[Walker Trust Essays, edited by W. P.
Paterson, D.D.] (London, 1920).]
ALEXANDEE MILN DAVIDSON,
1865 born Knowhead, Menmuir, 1838,
son of Alexander D., farmer, and
Catherine Guthrie ; educated at Brechin
High School and Univ. of St Andrews;
licen. by Presb. of Brechin; assistant at
St John's, Dundee ; ord. (assistant and
successor) 6th April 1865; died 20th Feb.
1883. He marr. 19th Dec. 1865, Margaret
Findlay (died 27th Dec. 1919), daugh. of
William Clark and Betsy Strachan, and
had issue — Betsy Strachan Clark, born
23rd Nov. 1866 (marr. 25th July 1897,
Eobert Morton); William Clark, born
22nd June 1868, went to Australia; Bella
Graham, born 27th Feb. 1870, died 2nd
Feb. 1905 ; Ann Donaldson, born 15th
April 1872 (marr. 2nd Oct, 1903, Leonard
Lewson, Clifton, Bristol) ; Guthrie (son),
born 21st May 1874, died 5th Feb. 1902 ;
Jane Cowie, born 13th May 1876, died
28th Jan. 1877; Mary Donaldson, bom
27th Oct. 1882 (marr. 6th June 1906, Lewis
Carwardine) ; James, died in infancy.
DUNCAN MACAETHUE, born
Bombay, India, 30th March 1855,
son of Peter M. and Jane Corsan;
educated at Greenock Academy and Univ.
of Glasgow ; M.A. (1877) ; licen. by Presb. of
Greenock 11th May 1880; assistant at St
Paul's, Perth; ord. to Toward 9th Nov.
1880; trans, and adm. 22nd Aug. 1883.
Marr. 2nd Oct. 1884, Isabella, daugh.
of Archibald Fleming, min. of St Paul's,
Perth.— [Edwards's Glimpses of Men and
Manners about the Muirside, 10, 268.]
444
KIRKDEN
[PKESB. OF
KIRKDEN, of old IDVIE.
[The church of Idvie was dedicated to
St Malrubh. It belonged to the Abbey of
Arbroath. This parish was severed from
the Presb. of Forfar, and added to that of
Arbroath on 1st Oct. 1616. There was
within the bounds a Well of St Malrubh.]
1567 JOHN JOHNSTON, reader in 1567.
DAVID GUTHRIE, reader, 1574 to
1574 1578.
1579 JAMES DEAS, reader in 1579.
WILLIAM GAEEOCH [or GAEIOCH],
1680 reader in 1580.
* JAMES BALFOUE, min. of Guthrie in
1584 1566> na-d also charge here ; removed
here in 1584, with Dunnichen also in
the charge till 1589; trans, to St Giles,
Edinburgh, "after lang communing," 8th
Oct. 1589.
GEOEGE HAY, M.A. ; adm. in 1589;
1589 trans, to Turriff in 1590.
ANDEEW DEUMMOND, M.A. ; adm.
in 1590; trans, to Panbride about
1590
1593.
CHAELES WELWOOD, M.A. (St
1595 Andrews 1583); was "ready to enter
the ministry" 26th April 1593; min.
of Inverarity in 1594 ; pres. by James VI.
before 16th June 1595; died about Dec.
1615, aged 53. He marr. Agnes Chapman,
who survived him, and had issue— Samuel;
Nicolas (marr. James Peter in Dunnichen);
Agnes (marr. James Pyott) ; Jean (marr.
David Eobertson in Newtyle); Elizabeth
(marr. John Mathers, burgess of Forfar).—
[Reg. Assig.; Brechin and St Andrews Tests.;
Inq. Ret. Gen., 5179.]
THOMAS RAMSAY, M.A. (St Andrews
1617 1599); wasan"expectant"[licentiate]
in Presb. of Brechin 4th April and
4th Sept. 1611; adm. about 1617; he got
liberty from the Synod 30th April 1633, "to
meet with the Presb. of Forfar during his
service at said Kirk"; died April 1634, aged
about 55. He was marr., and had issue.
PATEICK DUEHAM, M.A. ; ord.
1623 (assistant) after 8th Oct. 1623; trans,
to Ardersier about 1630.
JOHN EUTHEEFOED, born 1623, son
1646 °^ ^°^n -R-' m"1- of Monifieth ; M.A.
(St Andrews 1643) ; min. here about
1646, and may have been one of the eighteen
mins. dep. in Angus by the Assembly's
Committee for Visitation in 1649 ; died
March 1656. He marr. Margaret Auch-
mutie of Drumeldrie, and had issue— John,
advocate, served heir to his grandfather
29th March 1664 ; Janet ; Elizabeth (marr.,
cont. 31st July 1648, Andrew Erskine of
Tilliarblet) ; William. — [Brechin Tests.;
Inq. Ret. Gen., 4769 ; Forfar Sas., iii., 43 ;
Reg. of Deeds., Downie, dlxxi., 29th Oct.
1652, 13th Aug. 1663.]
v JOHN BALVAIED, M.A. ; ord. 13th
1650 June 1650; trans, to Glamis 24th
Sept. 1685.
v WILLIAM BALVAIED, bapt. 20th
1685 May 1655, second son of preceding;
M.A. (St Andrews, 23rd July 1672) ;
had a bursary from the Presb. 18th Feb.
1675 ; passed trials and recommended for
licence 14th Sept. 1676; was chaplain to
Patrick, Earl of Strathmore ; pres. by
Arthur, Archbishop of St Andrews ; passed
trials for ordination 30th Sept. 1685; adm.
and inst. 8th Nov. following; died April
1710.— [Case of Greenshields.']
JOHN HENDEESON, trans, from
1711 Aberlemno; called 30th Aug. 1710;
adm. 4th July 1711; trans, to St
Vigeans 19th Dec. 1734.
JAMES MOIE, M.A. (Marischal College,
173S Aberdeen, 1719) ; licen. by Presb. of
Fordoun 6th April 1726; assistant at
Arbroath; pres. by George II. 20th Dec.
1734; called 20th March, and ord. 30th
April 1735, died 28th Jan. 1753. He marr.
14th Nov. 1740, Margaret Walker, who died
2nd June 1764, and had issue— Catherine,
died 3rd Jan. 1751 ; David, born 13th June
1743; Elizabeth, born 13th Jan. 1746.—
[Hay's Arbroath, 239.]
ARBROATH]
KIRKDEN— LUNAN
445
JAMES HUNTER, pres. by George II.
1753 5th April, and ord. 16th Aug. 1753 ;
trans, to Monikie 21st July 1774.
WILLIAM MILLIGAN, born Bal-
1775 maghie, 1733 ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; pres. by George III.
20th Oct. 1774 ; ord. 23rd Feb. 1775 ; died
unmarr. 15th Nov. 1823. George Dempster
of Dunnichen described him as " the best-
informed man in the Presbytery." In 1777
an application for augmentation of stipend
was opposed by the heritors, when the
Lords Commissioners of Teinds found,
22nd July 1778, that by a decreet of aug-
mentation in 1716 M. had no title to sue.
The House of Lords reversed this decision,
and an augmentation was obtained in 1789.
Publications — Sermon preached at opening
the Synod of Angus and Mearns (Dundee,
1787) ; Accounts of Kirkden and of Guthrie
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, ii., viii.).— [Tombst. ;
Connell on Tithes, 403 ; Morison's Dec,
xvii. ; Literary Correspondence of George
Chalmers (British Museum MSS.); Hay's
Arbroath, 239.]
DAVID CAKKUTHERS, born 1784;
licen. by Presb. of St Andrews
1st May 1816 ; pres. by George
IV. 16th March, and ord. 6th Sept. 1824 ;
died unmarr. 21st Nov. 1846. — [Acts of Ass.,
1842.]
JAMES ANDERSON, bom Greenlaw,
lg4„ Berwickshire, 1820, son of William
A. and Elizabeth Redpath, and
brother of George A., min. of Carmylie ;
educated at Greenlaw School and Univs.
of Edinburgh and St Andrews ; licen. by
Presb. of Duns ; assistant at Selkirk ; pres.
by Queen Victoria 21st Jan., and ord. 6th
May 1847; clerk of Presb.; died 6th
March 1898. He marr. 30th Oct. 1855,
Anne (born 28th April 1830, died 31st
July 1911), daugh. of James Soutar and
Catherine Watson, and had issue — William
Redpath, born 7th Oct. 1856, died 22nd
Nov. 1856 ; Catherine Alison, born 30th
Jan. 1858 (marr. John Strachan, min. of
Cortachy) ; Elizabeth Redpath, born 5th
June 1859, died 1917; Janet Mary, born
29th July 1862 (marr. William Watson,
farmer, Monikie) ; Annie, born 8th April
1865, died 27th May 1880.
I JOHN BOYLE, born Farnell, 5th Jan.
1864, son of John B. and Margaret
Edward ; educated at Brechin High
School and Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1889),
B.D. (1892) ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow in
1892 ; assistant at First Charge, Montrose ;
ord. (assistant and successor) 20th Dec.
1893. Marr. 2nd Jan. 1901, Betsy Edward,
daugh. of John Anderson, merchant,
Letham, and Jane Petrie, and has issue —
Jane Petrie, born 12th May 1902; Margaret
Edward, born 5th May 1904; Isabella Anne,
born 24th Jan. 1907.
LUNAN, of old INVERLUNAN.
[The church of Inverlunan appears to
have been dedicated to St Lunan, or
Lonan, who is commemorated at Kirk-
lonan in the Isle of Man, and elsewhere.
This church belonged to the Abbey of
Arbroath. Walter Miln, the priest of In-
verlunan, who had been incumbent of this
parish for over forty years, was burned as
a heretic in 1558. A monument to his
memory is in the church.]
JOHN BATY [or BEATTIE], reader
1S67 in 1567.
DAVID GUTHRIE, reader, 1574 to
1574 1590.
ANDREW LEITH [or LEITCH], min.
of Maryton ; adm. before 1585 ; had
this and other parishes under his
care but removed to Maryton in 1589.
ALEXANDER INGLIS, M.A. ; min. in
1590; pres. to the vicarage by James
VI. 21st Feb. 1598; trans, to St
Vigeans in 1622.
JAMES PHILIP, brother of Henry P.,
1622 D'D"> min- of Arbroath; M.A. (St
Andrews, 26th July 1613); school-
master of Arbroath ; pres. by James VI. 15th
Oct. 1622, and was still min. 20th Nov. 1630.
He marr. (1) Jane, daugh. of James Guthrie,
min. of Arbirlot : (2) Margaret Aikman. —
[Forfar Sas., iii., 261.]
446
LUNAN
[PEESB. OF
EOBEET NOBRIE, educated at
1650 Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1625-9;
became Begent of Humanity in St
Leonard's College, St Andrews; adm. in
1650, and was still min. 1st Jan. 1652.
EOBEET BEUCE, probably of the
Bruces of Airth ; MA. (St Andrews,
11th May 1637); came from Presb.
of Stirling as chaplain to Lindsay of Edzell ;
was on the Exercise of Presb. of Brechin 6th
Jan. 1653; adm. 3rd Aug. 1654 ; died (buried
6th) Aug. 1668, aged about 52. He marr.
Margaret Fullarton, who survived him.—
[Reg. of Deeds, Durie, 18th April 1676.]
ALEXANDEE PEDEY [or PEDDIE];
M.A. (King's College, Aberdeen,
1662) ; in obedience to the Arch-
bishop's orders he passed trials before the
Presb. and had a testimonial for ordination
8th April 1669, and was adm. 20th May
following; he did not take the Oath of
Allegiance at the Eevolution, but was
allowed to remain in his charge ; died 17th
Feb. 1713, aged 70. He left plate for the
Communion, stipulating that any Episcopal
congregation within seven miles of Lunan
should have the use of it, if desired. He
marr. (1) 19th Feb. 1671, Isobel Guthrie,
St Vigeans, who died (s.p.) Sept. 1682:
(2) Marjory Lindsay, of the family of
Dowhill, who survived him (s.p.), and left
an annuity of £4 for keeping her husband's
tombstone [a marble tablet within the
church] in repair. In 1836 this money was
used by the Kirk-Session for the purpose
of establishing a parish library.— [Tombst. ;
Case of Greenshields ; Jervise's Land of
the Lindsays, 423 ; St Andrews Tests. ;
Hay's Arbroath, 240.]
[JAMES EAIT, formerly min. of Inver-
keilor, who had been assistant to preceding ;
intruded in 1713, and was still min. during
the Eebellion of 1715 ; dep. in 1717. He
preached his farewell sermon from 2 Cor.
xm.,U.-[K. S.Reg.]]
CHARLES IRVINE, called by the
Presb. jure devoluto 12th April, and
1 ord. 28th June 1715 ; trans, to Mary-
ton 14th Sept. 1726.
HENRY OGILVIE, born 1697, son of
irj2^ Thomas O., min. of Coupar-Angus,
and younger brother of Thomas O.
of Euthven and Coul ; educated at Univ.
of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of Duns
5th July 1726 ; called Jan., and ord. 23rd
April 1727 ; died 23rd May 1781. He was
remarkable for the familiarity and eccen-
tricity of his pulpit illustrations. He marr.
15th Nov. 1749, Margaret, whom he had
baptised (died 12th July 1803), daugh. of
Alexander Wyse of Lunan and Margaret
Nairn, and had issue — Elizabeth, born 15th
Aug. 1750; Eobert, born 11th Feb. 1752;
Thomas, born 23rd March 1754; Henry,
lieut. E.N., born 18th Aug. 1756; James,
born 15th Jan. 1759 ; John, born 28th
Nov. 1760 ; Margaret, born 31st July 1762 ;
Catherine, born 24th May 1764; Isobel,
bapt. 3rd May 1766 (marr. James Scott,
min. of Benholme).
ALEXANDEE GIEVAN, pres. by
1782 George III. 3rd Sept. 1781; ord.
18th April 1782; trans, to Langton
30th Oct. 1789.
JOHN GOWANS, born Kinnell 1750,
son of John G., merchant ; educated
at Marischal College and Univ. of
Aberdeen; M.A. (1769); schoolmaster of
St Vigeans ; licen. by Presb. of Arbroath
3rd April 1776; ord. to Glenisla 7th May
1789; trans, and adm. 22nd April 1790;
died 14th Nov. 1820. He marr. 12th July
1771, Isobel Webster (died s.p. 2nd March
1823, aged 77). Publication — Account of
the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, i., xxi.). —
[Tombst.]
EOBEET BAECLAY, born about 1786,
son of David B., Logie-Pert; M.A.
(Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1st
April 1806); licen. by Presb. of Garioch
30th July 1811 ; pres. by George IV. in Feb.,
and ord. 17th July 1821 ; died unmarr. 11th
July 1849. Publication — Account of the
Parish (New Stat. Ace, xi.).
JAMES HAY, M.A.; pres. by Queen
Victoria 2nd Oct. 1849; trans, from
St Bernard's, Edinburgh, and adm.
17th Jan. 1850; trans, to Inverkeilor 8th
Nov. 1866.
1821
akbroath]
LUNAN— PANBRIDE
447
ALEXANDER FRIDGE, born Forres,
25th Jan. 1840, son of James F. and
Janet M'Pherson ; educated at Forres
Academy and Univ. and King's College,
Aberdeen; M.A. (1861); licen. by Presb.
of Fordoun 10th May 1865 ; assistant at
St Cyrus and Montrose; pres. by Queen
Victoria 15th Nov. 1866; ord. 21st Feb.
1867 ; dem. 6th Dec. 1906 ; died 14th Jan.
1917. He marr. 24th Dec. 1884, Elizabeth
Catherine, daugh. of Charles Macdonald
and Martha Parsell George.
WALTER PERCY COX, born Pennan,
19OT Aberdour, 15th Jan. 1869, son of
Henry William C. and Margaret
Taylor, and brother of James Taylor C,
min. of Dyce ; educated at Gordon's College
and Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A. (1894) ; licen.
by Presb. of Perth 18th May 1900 ; assistant
at Forteviot, Coats, Larbert and Duni-
pace ; ord. (by Presb. of Hamilton) for
Church extension "work in South Africa
12th Nov. 1902; assistant at Selkirk in
1904; adm. here 3rd May 1907. Marr.
12th April 1904, Wilhelmina Agnes, daugh.
of Robert Brown and Mary Rankin.
PANBRIDE.
[The church of this parish was dedicated
to St Bride. It belonged to the Abbey of
Arbroath. There were two chapels within
the bounds, that of St Laurence at Both,
and another dedicated to St Marnoch.
This parish got its name from a Well of
St Bride. The old Celtic word Pan has
passed into English, as has also the
kindred word Can, which appears in
various European languages. In Welsh
Pan means a bowl or a cup. In Scottish
place-names it describes the more or less
round opening from which a spring wells
up. Hence it means a Well. When com-
pounded, Pan is apt to become Ban. We
find such names as Panbride=St Bride's
Well, Panmure = St Mary's Well, Pan an
Fhithich=th.e Raven's Well, Bangour=the
Goat's Well, and others. There is now a
mission chapel of St Bride in this parish at
Carnoustie.]
ROBERT MAULE, reader, 1567 to 1585.
1567 — [And. of Exch., 1584-98, 107.]
DAVID MITCHELL, reader at Arbirlot
1574-80; min. in 1585 ; still mentioned
as min. in 1588. — [Peg. Assig.]
ROBERT RAMSAY, M.A. (St Andrews
lsa9 1585); adm. in 1589; but not
mentioned after 1593 ; afterwards
min. of Kinfauns in 1595.
ANDREW DRUMMOND, born 1570,
15g„ fourth son of George D. of Blair, and
Catherine Hay; educated at Univ.
of St Andrews; M.A. (1590); min. of
Kirkden [or Idvie] in 1590; trans, and
adm. about 1593 ; was a member of
Assembly in 1610, and of the Court of
High Commission in 1619 ; died 1635. He
marr. Margaret Allan, and had issue —
Henry of Gairdrum ; Sir Patrick, app.
Conservator of the Scottish Privilege at
Campvere, Holland, 13th July 1625 ; James,
M.A., a clergyman in the diocese of
Durham ; Archibald ; Andrew ; Susanna
(marr. Henry, son of Thomas Robertson in
Netherton of Tullois). — [Malcolm's House
of Drummond, 46 ; Reg. of Deeds, xlv. 8,
ccxxi., 8th Feb. 1614 ; Calderwood's Hist.,
vii., 105, 385 ; The Scottish Staple at Veere,
197 et seq. ; P. C. Beg., 2nd ser., i., 146 ;
O. B. Sas., ix., 201.]
ARTHUR GRANGER, eldest son of
John G., indweller in Arbroath;
M.A. (St Andrews 1622) ; reader at
Arbroath in 1625 ; pres. by Charles I. 20th
Jan. 1636 ; was a member of Commission
of Assembly in 1648 ; still min. 25th Nov.
1675; died before 15th April 1702. He
marr. Janet, daugh. of Forrester of Dry-
house, Barry, and had issue — John, min.
of this parish ; Martha (marr. William
Chalmers, min. of Glamis) ; Lucrese (marr.
Patrick Strachan, min. of Mains). — [Brechin
Tests.]
JOHN GRANGER, born about 1645,
1675 son of preceding ; educated at Univ.
of St Andrews; M.A. (28th July
1666); passed trials before Presb. of St
Andrews, and was recommended for licence
14th July 1669, and for ordination 7th Oct.
1636
448
PANBRIDE
[PEESB. OF
1674 ; ord. before 30th of same month ;
pres. by George, Earl of Panmure, in Sept.,
and adm. (colleague) before 25th Nov. 1675;
died Dec. 1679.
PATEICK MAULE, M.A. ; Eegent in
the Old College, St Andrews; was
pres. by the Archbishop, and adm.
24th June 1680; dep. (by the Presb.) 2nd
April 1716 for Jacobitism. He had two
sons — Harry ; James. — [Case of Green-
shields ; Hay's Arbroath, 241.]
ROBERT TRAIL, born in Potomac,
17l7 Maryland, America, 20th Nov. 1687,
third son of William T., min. there,
and afterwards of Borthwick ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A. (9th April 1707) ;
licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith 7th July 1713 ;
passed trials for ordination with a view to
going to South Carolina ; ord. by the Scots
Presb. in London 20th June 1716; called
by the Presb. jure devoluto 19th March, and
adm. 4th April 1717 ; died 7th Nov. 1763.
He marr. 29th April 1718, Jean (died 16th
Sept. 1766), eighth daugh. of John Haldane
of Myrton, and had issue — Robert, min. of
this parish ; John, born 25th April 1721 ;
William, born 23rd March 1723, died 12th
March 1729 ; James, D.D., Bishop of Down
and Connor, born 9th Feb. 1725, died 1st
Nov. 1783; Mary, born 6th Feb. 1731
(marr. William Trail, min. of Logie-Pert) ;
Margaret (twin), born 6th Feb. 1731 (marr.
(1) 1st Aug. 1768, ■ Webster, Dundee :
(2) 4th March 1794, William Dow).—
[Guthrie's Chalmers and Trail Ancestry,
125 ; Wodrow's Analecta, iv., 60.]
ROBERT TRAIL, born 1719, eldest son
of preceding ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh; licen. by Presb. of
Arbroath 17th Dec. 1746 ; ord. to Rescobie
15th July 1749 ; pres. by George III. 8th
Feb., trans, and adm. 13th Oct. 1763 ; died
7th April 1798. He marr. 11th Oct. 1753,
Jean (died 2nd June 1805), daugh. of
Anthony Dow, min. of Fettercairn, and
had issue— Robert, rector of Ballintory,
Coleraine, born 29th Aug. 1754 ; Anthony,
Archdeacon of Down, born 25th Nov. 1755,
died 16th Nov. 1831 ; James, min. of St
Cyrus, born 7th May 1757 ; John, born 23rd
June 1759, died 14th March 1769 ; William,
born 23rd April 1762, died 15th Aug. 1773 ;
Thomas, licentiate of the Church of Scot-
land, and farmer at Powrie, born 18th Jan.
1764, died 11th Feb. 1822; David, min. of
this parish ; Catherine Jean, born 7th June
1767 (marr. Alexander Airth) ; Peggy
Blake, born 16th March 1769 (marr. her
cousin James Dow). — [Tombst.; Morren's
Aniials, i., 156, 365.]
DAVID TRAIL, born 26th June 1765,
,—_ son of preceding ; educated at Univ.
of St Andrews ; M.A. (1783) ; licen.
by Presb. of Arbroath 15th Dec. 1790 ; ord.
assistant at Ruthwell in 1794 ; pres. by
George III. 7th July, and adm. 30th Aug.
1798. He got a grass glebe designed, but on
the case being brought before the Court of
Session, it was decided, 18th May 1809, that
" the lands being arable, cannot be desig-
nated to the min. for grass ground"; D.D.
(St Andrews, 12th April 1828); died 15th
Dec. 1850. The Trails were mins. of this
parish for 133 years. He marr. 23rd June
1795, Catherine (died 8th Nov. 1844), daugh.
of John Biss of Deptford, Durham, and had
issue — Jane Margaret, born 11th Aug. 1796;
Ann Agnes, born 16th Feb. 1798; Elizabeth,
born 27th Oct. 1799, died 29th April 1835 ;
Catherine, born 28th July, died 20th Aug.
1801 ; Catherine Davidina, born 8th July
1802 (marr. James Andrew Colquhoun
of the Luss family), died 23rd Aug. 1837 ;
Robert, LL.D., sometime assistant to his
father, joined the Free Church and became
min. of the Free Church, Boyndie, born
23rd Feb. 1805, died 1880 ; Dorothea, born
15th May 1806 (marr. William Robertson,
min. of Carmylie) ; Anthony, born 31st
Aug. 1808; David, born 6th March 1810,
died young; John, born 30th July 1811;
Margaret Biss Blake, born 8th Dec. 1814.
Publications — The Miseries of France, a
Warning to Britain [a sermon] (Dum-
fries, 1794) ; Account of the Parish {New
Stat. Ace, xi.).— [Morrison's Digest.]
WILLIAM LANG WOTHERSPOON,
ord. (assistant and successor) 2nd
Oct. 1844 ; trans, to Kilspindie and
Rait 24th Sept. 1850.— [ Voices of Yesterday
(portrait), 93.]
1844
ARBROATH]
PANBRIDE— ST VIGEANS
449
JAMES CAESAE, born Tinwald, son
18S1 of William C. and Agnes Cowan ;
educated at Dumfries Academy and
Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of
Dumfries ; assistant at Kinglassie ; ord. to
St John's, Dundee, 29th April 1847 ; trans.
and adm. 20th Feb. 1851 ; died 26th June
1897. He marr. 6th Aug. 1846, Janet (died
June 1894), daugh. of Thomas Wilkin and
Margaret Kae, and had issue — Margaret
Kae, born 24th Oct. 1847 ; William, town-
clerk of Carnoustie, born 22nd Oct. 1852,
died 15th Oct. 1905 ; Agnes Cowan, born
12th March 1855 ; a daugh. born and died
10th Sept. 1857; Henrietta Wilkin, born
29th Aug. 1858, died 23rd Jan. 1859;
Henrietta Wilkin, born 4th April 1860,
died 16th Sept. 1869 ; Janet Wilkin, born
26th March 1862, died 30th Sept. 1869;
John, min. of this parish.
JOHN CAESAE, born 5th Oct. 1865,
son of preceding ; educated at Pan-
bride and Dundee High School, and
Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (1885); licen.
by Presb. of Arbroath in 1888 ; assistant at
East Parish, Aberdeen ; ord. (assistant and
successor) 28th March 1895. Marr. 28th
June 1916, Isabel Mary, daugh. of James
Asher, Aberdeen, and Mary Grant Leith.
ST VIGEANS.
[The church of this parish was dedicated
to St Feachan. It was finely restored and
enlarged in 1872, and contains a number
of ancient sculptured stones of the utmost
interest and historical value. There was of
old in the church a chapel of St Sebastian.]
NINIAN CLEMENT, min. in 1564;
1564 trans, to Forfar about 1573.
JAMES MELVILL, trans, from Men-
muir, and adm. between 12th Aug.
1573 and 6th March 1573 ; in 1574 Ethie
and Kinnell were included in the charge ;
removed to Arbroath between 1574 and 1593.
PATEICK LINDSAY of Kirkton, M.A. ;
trans, from Guthrie between 1591
1593 and 1593; had a gift from James
VI. of the third of the vicarage, 26th Oct.
VOL. V.
1601, and of the fruits of the Abbey of
Arbroath, 5th Feb. 1602 ; became Bishop
of Eoss (q-v.) in 1613, which he held in
conjunction to 5th Oct. 1630.
1618
THOMAS EAY of Kirkton of Brothock,
brother of Andrew E., merchant
burgess of Perth ; M.A. (St Andrews
1581); pres. to Cortachy by James VI.
4th Dec. 1582; trans, and adm. (colleague)
in 1618 ; burgess and freeman of Arbroath
9th Nov. 1618 ; died before Feb. 1623. He
marr. Barbara Dempster, and had issue —
Joseph, min. of Cortachy ; James, died
before 1641 ; Thomas, died before 1641 ;
Elizabeth (marr., cont. 1612, Andrew
Donaldson, skinner burgess of Perth. —
[Miller's Arbroath ; Forfar Sas., i., 15 ;
G. R. Jnhib., 2nd ser., viii., 321 ; Reg.
of Deeds, ccciii., 331 ; Inq. Ret. de
Tut., 33, 34; Perth Sas. Sec. Reg., iv.,
389.]
1622
ALEXANDEE INGLIS, M.A. (St
Andrews 1587) ; min. of Lunan in
1590 ; trans, and adm. in 1622 ;
a member of Assembly 12th Aug. 1639 ;
still min. in 1645. He marr., and had
issue — Peter. — [Peterkin's Records ; Forfar
Sas., ii., 501.]
EOBEET EEYNOLD [or EENNOLD],
M.A. ; ord. after 15th Aug. 1650;
trans, to First Charge, Old Machar,
29th Oct. 1665.
1650
1665
PATEICK STEACHAN, M.A.
(Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1637) ;
studied theology at St Andrews ; had
a testimonial for licence before 14th June
1655 ; was on the Exercise in Presb. of
Brechin 18th Oct. following ; adm. and
coll. at Carmylie in 1659 ; trans, and adm.
5th Nov. 1665 ; died about 1693. He marr.
Helen Erskine, and had issue — George,
min. in 1696 ; Anna ; David, min. of
Carmylie ; Margaret. Publication — Map
of the Little World, illuminated ivith
Religion : (with Appendix) or Minister's
Legacie to his Flock, in Sermons wpon
2 Peter, i., 12-16 (Edinburgh, 1693).-
[Forfar Sas., 13th July 1677.]
2 F
450
ST VIGEANS
[PEESB. OF
1696
1702
1727
GEOKGE STRACHAN, son of preced-
ing ; ord. by Arthur, Archbishop of
St Andrews ; intruded before 6th
April 1696, but the parish was declared
vacant by the united Presb. of Angus and
Mearns 30th Nov. 1697.
THOMAS WATSON, M. A. (St Andrews,
25th June 1689); ord. in 1702; died
between 6th Oct. and 3rd Nov. 1725.
" Of mean parts but had something of a
popular gift." Being much depressed by
his sister having committed suicide, he
cut his own throat. He left £100 to the
poor of the parish. He marr. Margaret
Maitland. — [St Andrews Tests., 12th Jan.
1743; Analecta Scot., ii., 331.]
TOBIAS MARTIN, educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; app. schoolmaster
of Inveraray 4th Jan. 1 708 ; licen. by
Presb. of Inveraray 22nd June 1715 ; called
4th May and ord. 18th July 1727; died
Sept. 1730. He left to Robert Stephen,
min. of Inchbrayoch [Craig], his copy of
[Isaac] "Barrow and [Dean] Tillotson's
Works, in 4 vols., beside any other books
he pleases to choose"; to William Mon-
crieff, min. of Kinnell, "five of the best
books after what is destinate to Mr Stephen,
with all my household furniture " ; and to
his executor, Moncrieff, "if he cannot be
present with me at my death, a handsome
suit of mournings."- — [Inveraray Council
Records ; Brechin Tests.]
JOHN BURN, licen. by Presb. of Edin-
burgh 29th May 1728 ; pres. by
George II. 30th Nov. 1730; called
19th March and ord. 14th May 1731 ; died,
perhaps unmarr., 4th May 1734, "having
faithfully and to the great satisfaction of
almost all the parishioners discharged his
ministerial office."
JOHN HENDERSON, called by the
Presb. jure devoluto 13th May and
1734 ord. to Aberlemno 15th June 1709.
As noticed under that parish, John Ochter-
lony, the preceding incumbent, opened a
meeting-house there which practically all
the parishioners attended, while, as the
Register says, H. "had nobody to hear
him " ; trans, and adm. to Kirkden 4th July
1731
1711 ; in 1718, in the course of an argument
on the merits of Episcopacy and Presby-
terianism. H. was struck with fist and cane
by Ensign Bever, who was convicted before
the Court of Justiciary with the escheat of
his movables ; pres. by George II. 16th
Aug. ; trans, and adm. 19th Dec. 1734; died
16th July 1753. He marr. 19th Dec. 1710;
Anne Melville, who died 29th Sept. 1775
and had issue — Margaret, died before 1753
Elizabeth ; Robert ; James ; Jean ; Alex
ander (all over 16 at 5th March 1746)
Katherine, born 23rd April 1731 ; Amelia
born 28th Dec. 1732, died 12th Aug. 1749
Williamina, born 4th Nov. 1734. — [Hume's
Crim. Law, ii. ; Hay's Arbroath, 238.]
1754
JOHN AITKIN, born 1726; app. school-
master of Arbroath 14th April 1748 ;
licen. by Presb. of Arbroath 8th Nov.
1752 ; pres. by George PI. 19th Nov. 1753 ;
ord. 16th May 1754 ; died Father of the
Chuech 2nd May 1816. He was unmarr.
Soon after A.'s settlement the Presb., at his
request, assessed the heritors of the parish
for certain repairs to the kirk, when the
majority of them refused, alleging an agree-
ment entered into between them and some of
the minister's friends who had obliged them-
selves to repair the kirk, manse, and offices
if A. should be app., though he himself was
perfectly innocent of any compact. The
matter came before the Assembly in 1755,
and again in 1756, whereupon a committee
was app. to prepare an Overture, which
ultimately led to an Act against Simoniacal
Practices, 30th May 1759. This Act in
an amended form [Act 1888, xvii.] is
required [Act 1903, viii.] to be read by all
candidates for licence, and any person
elected to a vacant charge must state to
the Presb. that such Act is known to him,
and that he has done nothing at variance
with it. When advanced in life, and
troubled with deafness, A. consulted a
well-known physician in Edinburgh, who
would not accept of a fee offered, on the
ground that it was not his custom to charge
country ministers, as they could not afford
it. "But," said A., "I can, I have no
family." "Why," said the medical man,
"did you not tell me that at first? Then
akbroath]
ST VIGEANS
451
you will be a bachelor? Destroy the
prescripton I gave, go home and get
married as fast as you can, and be assured,
ere long time elapse, you will hear on the
deafest side of your head." His grand-
niece, Miss Mudie of Arbikie, placed a
memorial window to him in the church.
Publication — Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xii.). — [Mair's Digest,
533-5 ; Scots Mag., xvii., xviii., Ixxxviii,]
1816
JOHN MUIR, born West Calder, 1779,
son of John M., farmer, and Eliza-
beth Graham ; educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh ; tutor at Benholme Castle ;
licen. by Presb. of Fordoun 1st July 1807 ;
ord. to Fettercairn 27th Dec. 1814 ; pres.
by George, Prince Regent, 24th July,
trans, and adm. 24th Sept. 1816 ; died 28th
Nov. 1865. He had a considerable know-
ledge of scientific subjects, and was a
skilled meteorologist. From him Alexander
Brown, LL.D., the Arbroath astronomer,
received much help and inspiration. He
marr. 14th Aug. 1817, Grace, daugh. of
George Watson (died 20th Feb. 1855), and
had issue— John, born 30th Apri] 1819,
went to Jamaica, died 19th March 1849 ;
Janet, born 20th July 1820, died 6th Aug.
1820; Agnes, born 12th June 1822 (marr.
Robert Lindsay of Almerieclose), died
20th June 1853 ; George Watson, farmer,
Cabush, born 16th June 1824. Publications
— Sermons (Edinburgh, 1861) ; Account of
the Parish (New Stat. Ace, xi.).— [M'Bain's
Eminent Arbroathians, 419-20 ; Cameron's
Fettercairn, 210.]
1859
WILLIAM DUKE, born Brechin, 27th
Oct. 1832, son of Alexander D. and
Margaret Glendye; educated at
Brechin Grammar School, King's College,
Aberdeen, and Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A.
(March 1851) ; licen. by Presb. of Brechin
in 1858 ; assistant at East Church, Dundee ;
ord. (assistant and successor) 14th July
1859; D.D. (St Andrews 1889); died 2nd
Nov. 1911. He marr. 21st Jan. 1863, Annie
(died 2nd Dec. 1895), only daugh. of Peter
Leonard and Ann Rodger, and had issue —
Sir Frederick William, G.C.I.E., K.C.S.I.,
Under Secretary for India, born 8th Dec.
1863, died 11th June 1924; Alexander
Leonard, lieut.-col. I.M.S., born 12th Oct.
1866, died at Quetta 27th Feb. 1918;
Sidney, born 25th April 1868, died 18th
Sept. 1900 ; Herbert, born 30th March 1870,
died 21st Sept. 1875; Ernest Hamilton,
min. of Middlebie, born 25th May 1873;
Evelyne Annie, born 1st July 1877 (marr.
Arthur Rawlins). Publications — " Account
of St Vigeans Church and Antiquities"
(Jervise's Memorials of Angus and the
Mearns, ii., 310) ; " Notice of the fabric
of St Vigeans Church, Forfarshire, with
notice and illustrations of early sculptured
stones discovered there " (Proc. Soc. Antiq.
Scot., xi., 481, Edinburgh, 1872).
1912
CHARLES EDWARD DUFF, born
Kilmeny, Islay, 23rd May 1885, son
of Alexander D., min. of Kilmeny
[afterwards of St Columba's, Oban] ; edu-
cated at Oban High School, Glasgow High
School, and Univ. of Glasgow; M.A.
(1906), B.D. (1910); licen. by Presb. of
Lorn 3rd May 1910 ; assistant at St
Andrew's, Edinburgh; ord. 17th April 1912;
served as lieutenant 5th Black Watch, in
European War. Marr. 4th June 1912,
Helen Mary, second daugh. of Alexander
Robertson, Oban, and Euphemia M'Coll,
and has issue — Alastair Charles, born 24th
Aug. 1913 ; Aidan Robertson, born 14th Nov.
1915 ; Constance Helen Mary Drummond,
born 7th March 1918.
PRESBYTERY OF FORDOUN
[The Eegister of this Presbytery begins at 12th Nov. 1662. The earliest volume, which
had loag been in the possession of the Viscounts of Arbuthnott at Arbuthnott House, was
recovered in 1892. It covers the time from 12th Nov. 1662 to 6th June 1685. There is
a gap in the Eecord from 5th Sept. 1685 to 11th April 1689. From 5th Sept. 1688 to 17th
Sept. 1698 this Presbytery was united to that of Dundee, which was then styled the
United Presbytery of Angus and Mearns. From 17th Sept. 1698 to 10th Sept. 1700 the
Presbytery of Fordoun formed part of the United Presbytery of Brechin, Fordoun, and
Arbroath. Two volumes of the Register, earlier than any of those mentioned, contained
the Minutes from 1624 to 1660. They were extant on 15th Nov. 1662, but no trace of
them can now be found.]
ROBERT ARBUTHNOT, pres. by
James VI. 3rd Dec. 1583 ; trans,
to Aberlethnott (Marykirk) about
1585; returned after 1591; still min. 15th
Nov. 1603.
ARBUTHNOTT.
[The church of Arbuthnott was dedicated
to St Ternan and consecrated by Bishop
David de Bernham on 3rd Aug. 1242. It
belonged to the collegiate church of St
Mary on the Kirk Heugh at St Andrews.
The church is a fine, picturesque building
about ninety feet long. On the south side
it has a stately Lady Chapel. A psalter,
known as the Arbuthnott Missal, a large
folio, written and illuminated 1491-2 by
Sir James Sibbald, chaplain here, who died
in 1507, was gifted to this parish in 1506
by Sir Robert Arbuthnott of that ilk.
There is a mission chapel within the
bounds at Fiddes.]
ALEXANDER ARBUTHNOT, born
1538, Principal of the Univ. and
King's College of Aberdeen ; pres. by
James VI. 25th July 1569, only two days
after being presented to the Principalship
(q.v.) ; he must therefore for a time have
held both offices in conjunction.
1569
1574
ALEXANDER KEITH, had charge of
Arbuthnott, Bervie, Garvock, and
Kinneff in 1574.
1583
ARCHIBALD WATSON, reader,
1572 to 1585; probably assistant or
colleague in 1593 ; was reader only
from 1595 to 1601.
1593
ANDREW RAMSAY, born 1574;
1605 educated at King's College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. ; min. here in 1605 ;
was named constant Moderator of the
Presb. by the Assembly in 1606 ; was a
member of Assembly in 1608, 1610, and
was nominated for Scottish Church, Camp-
vere, 20th Oct. 1612, but declined to
accept; trans, to Old Greyfriars, Edin-
burgh, 28th April 1614. — [The Scottish
Staple at Veere, 273.]
1614
ROBERT ARBUTHNOTT, son of
Robert A. in Craighall; "was but
a novice in respect he never made
the Exercise as yet," at Aberdeen 14th
Dec. 1599; adm. to Garvock in 1604;
pres. by Sir Robert Arbuthnott of that
ilk to parsonage and vicarage before 2nd
PRESB. OF FORDOUN]
ARBUTHNOTT
453
Nov. 1614 ; trans, and adm. before 7th
Feb. 1615. He marr. (cont. 6th May 1605)
Helen, daugh. of George Barclay of Syde.
— [Beg. of Deeds, ccxvii. 243, cclxvii. 243,
247 ; Acts and Dec., ccxxxvi., 205.]
^JAMES BEDDIE, an "expectant"
1615 [licentiate] in Sept. 1611; adm. 4th
Oct. 1615 ; was still min. 19th Oct.
1626.— [St Andrews Tests.]
JOHN SIBBALD, son of Alexander S. of
1630 Kair family, and brother of James S.,
D.D., min. of Aberdeen ; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen ; min. about
1630 ; died unmarr. 22nd Feb. 1662, " a man
of great learning and singular piety, of inde-
fatigable paines in his parochial duties." He
contributed liberally towards a school and
bequeathed considerable sums of money
for the maintenance of a schoolmaster and
to the poor of the parish. He also left his
library (long since disappeared) to the
"Aisle of Arbuthnott" for the use of
succeeding incumbents. — [Robertson's Ayr;
Gideon Guthrie, 26 ; Memories of the
Arbuthnotts, 29.]
JOHN CHALMER, MA. ; adm. 28th
1662 Sept. 1662 ; trans, to Peterhead in
1664.
ALEXANDER ARBUTHNOT, eldest
166_ son of Robert A. of Scotsmill,
Aberdeenshire, and Beatrix, daugh.
of John Gordon of Shiels ; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1654) ;
min. of Holywood in 1663 ; trans, and adm.
22nd March 1665; deprived by the Privy
Council 19th Sept. 1689 for general non-
compliance with Presbyterianism. He
retired to the Castle of Halgreen, at the
mouth of the Bervie, purchased the estate
of Kinghornie, and continued Principal
Arbuthnot's History of the Arbuihnot
Family; died 27th Feb. 1691, and was
buried at Arbuthnott. He marr. (1) 4th
April 1666, Margaret, daugh. of John
Lammie, Dean of Brechin and min. of
Farnell, and had issue — John, bapt. 29th
April 1667, M.D. (St Andrews 1696), served
heir 15th Aug. 1696, Physician -in-Ordinary
to Queen Anne, had considerable influence
at Court, formed with Swift, Pope, and Gay
a brilliant group in the literary revival of
that period, known (from his History of
John Bull) as inventor of the character
of " John Bull " as typifying England, died
at Hampstead 27th Feb. 1735, and was
buried in the church of St James's,
Piccadilly; Robert, banker at Rouen,
France, a noted Jacobite, bapt. 3rd June
1669, died in 1741 ; Alexander, bapt. 27th
June 1671, died in infancy ; Katherine,
bapt. 1st Dec. 1672, probably dead before
1733 ; Alexander, merchant, Calcutta, bapt.
7th Dec. 1675, died before 24th Nov.
1742, when his will was proved ; Anne,
bapt. 24th Aug. 1681, alive in 1733 ; Joan,
bapt. 17th March 1685 (marr. Calden-
head or Aikenhead) ; Elizabeth, alive at
Montrose in 1738 : (2) Catherine, probably
daugh. of David Ochterlony, min. of
Fordoun. She survived him, and had
issue — George of Kinghornie, originally
an officer in Queen Anne's Guard, wine-
merchant, France, bapt. 15th Feb. 1688,
died in China in 1733. — [Inq. Bet. Gen.,
7759 ; Memories of the Arbuthnots, 153,
155 et seq.]
FRANCIS MELVILL, ord. by United
1690 -PresD> °f ^t Andrews and Cupar at
Arbuthnott 30th Oct. 1690, being
the first Presbyterian min. settled in
the Synod after the Revolution ; was a
member of the General Assembly in 1692 ;
trans, to Aberdeen 20th Dec. 1711.
[The parish vacant four years.]
JAMES DOUGLAS, probably of the
„ Douglases of Stanypath, East
Lothian ; licen. by Presb. of
Dunbar 26th Oct. 1698 ; ord. to Aboyne
21st March 1700 ; pres. by James Ferguson
of Pitfour, advocate, Aug. 1714 ; trans, and
adm. 16th March 1715; died between 4th
May and 9th June 1743, aged about 69.
He marr. Elizabeth, daugh. of Captain
Robert Arbuthnot in Kirkside of For-
doun, and Anne Douglas, widow of James
Sibbald.
ALEXANDER SHANK, bapt. 4th Oct.
1„.„ 1708, son of Alexander S., min. of
Drumoak ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen ; licen. by Presb. of
454
ARBUTHNOTT— BENHOLME
[PRESB. OF
Dalkeith 28th April 1731 ; ord. to Eccles-
greig (St Cyrus) 23rd Aug. 1732 ; pres. by
Robert Thomson, sheriff of Kincardine,
Sept., trans, and adm. 26th Oct. 1743;
died 3rd Jan. 1780. He marr. 13th March
1735, Jane (died 2nd Nov. 1765), daugh.
of Bailie Gordon, and had issue — Alex-
ander, min. of St Cyrus, born 2nd June
1736; John, his successor in this parish;
William, min. of Fetteresso, born 29th
June 1739; Jean, born 20th March 1742
(marr. Kenneth Mackenzie, merchant,
Aberdeen); Henry, born 19th Feb. 1745,
died 2nd Oct. 1769.
JOHN SHANK, born 23rd Jan. 1738,
son of preceding; studied Arts at
Marischal College, Aberdeen, then
law, of which he tired and returned home,
where for eight or ten years he studied
divinity though he never took a theological
curriculum. The Presb. having resolved
to recommend him to the Synod for pro-
bationary trials, the Synod refused, but on
appeal, the General Assembly, 29th May
1780, remitted the matter to the Presb.,
and enjoined them not to finish the trials
of S. till they had again taken the judg-
ment of the Synod; licen. by Presb. of
Fordoun 27th June, pres. by John,
Viscount Arbuthnott, that day, and ord.
28th Sept. 1780; died unmarr. 10th Dec.
1818.
JAMES MILNE, born 1770, son of
an innkeeper at Kirktoun of
Arbuthnott ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (30th March
1791); became schoolmaster of Arbuth-
nott; ord. (assistant and successor) to
Garvock 9th May 1814; pres. by John,
Viscount Arbuthnott, Jan. 1819; trans,
and adm. 1st March 1821 (delay having
been caused by a competing presentation
in favour of James Millar, which was not
sustained by the Court of Session); died
24th Jan. 1850. He marr. 23rd May 1822,
Ann (died 26th Jan. 1869, aged 75), daugh.
of James Anderson, tenant in Redford, and
Helen Webster. Publication— Account of
the Parish (JVetv Stat. Ace, xi.).
SAMUEL TRAIL, M.A. ; ord. (assistant
and successor) 5th Aug. 1841 ; trans,
to Birsay 7th Nov. 1844.
ROBERT MOIR SPENCE, born Kirk-
wall, 1st Feb. 1827, son of James
S., banker; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1846) ; licen. by
Presb. of Kirkwall 8th Aug. 1849; ord.
8th Aug. 1850; D.D. (Aberdeen, 21st
July 1898); died 3rd March 1903. He
marr. 13th Sept. 1860, Anne Farquhar
(died at Bervie 26th Jan. 1922), daugh. of
John Glegg, min. of Bervie, and had issue
—Helen, born 18th July 1861; Margaret
Anne, born 23rd Sept. 1864 ; Anne Gerard,
born 12th Feb. 1867.
CHARLES DUNN, M.A., B.D.; ord.
2nd July 1903 ; trans, to Uphall 24th
903 Sept. 1912.
PETER ALEXANDER DUNN, M.A.,
B.D. ; ord. 9th Jan. 1913; trans, to
1913
Woodside, Aberdeen, 30th Sept.
1920.
JOHN SIMPSON MUTCH, born
1921 Huntlv' 21st Marcn 1892> y°unSer
son of Alexander M. and Mary
Simpson; educated at Gordon Public
School, Huntly, and Univ. of Aberdeen;
M.A. (1913) ; B.D. (1915) ; licen. by Presb.
of Strathbogie 3rd May 1915; assistant at
Scoonie and East Parish, Aberdeen ; served
in 5th Camerons in European War; ord.
2nd Feb. 1921. Marr. 2nd Feb. 1922,
Margaret Wood, daugh. of James Aitchison,
Stronsay, Orkney.
BENHOLME.
[The church of Benholme was dedicated
to St Marnoch. It belonged to the col-
legiate church of the Kirk Heugh at St
Andrews. There is a mission chapel of
St David in the parish at Johnshaven.]
JOHN GUDEFALLO [GOOD-
FELLOW], Canon of St Andrews
Priory; min. in 1567, with Eccles-
greig or St Cyrus also under his charge;
died before May 1572.
fordoun]
BENHOLME
455
ALEXANDEE ALLAEDICE, adm.
157„ May 1572 ; removed to Ecclesgreig
(St Cyrus), 1572.
WILLIAM MOEISON, pres. by James
1577 VI. 24th Feb. 1577 ; died 19th Nov.
1587. He translated into Scots
Principal Arbuthnot's Latin History of
the Arbuthnot Family, the MS. of which is
extant and in Lord Arbuthnott's posses-
sion. He marr. a daugh. of James Melvill
of Dysart, and had issue — an only child
Isobel.— [JEdin. Tests.]
ALEXANDEE KEITH, min. of Garvock
15__ in 1568, and also of Kinneff, Caterline,
Bervie, and Arbuthnott ; trans, to
Dunnottar in 1579 ; trans, and adm. in
1588; slain 5th June 1594. He marr. (1)
Agnes Wishart, who died 10th Dec. 1583 :
(2) Isabel Lundy, who survived him, and
had issue— George ; Eobert ; Alexander ;
William; Isabel; Christian. — [Edin. Tests.)
JAMES SIBBALD of Kair and
15g5 Mondynes, second son of David S.
of Kair ; promoted from being regent
in King's College, Aberdeen, 1595 ; was a
member of Assembly in 1602 and 1638; died
before 16th March 1649, when a commission
was given by Parliament to Sir Eobert
Graham of Morphie, who had obtained the
lands of Kair, to distribute the price among
his children. He marr. Isabel Gordon, and
had issue — Donald ; James, probably min.
of Torryburn; Eobert; John; a daugh.
(marr. Eobert Douglas) ; Jean (marr. James
Melvill, min. of this parish); a daugh.
(marr. James Pedie). — [Orem's Old Aber-
deen; Act of Pari., vi., (2), 329j Beg. Mag.
Sig., ix., 216, 430; Reg. of Deeds, ccvii.,
280.]
JAMES MELVILL, M.A. (King's
1648 College, Aberdeen, 1636); was a
licentiate at Brechin 11th Nov. 1641;
adm. before 26th April 1648; died April
1684, aged about 68. He marr. (1) Jean
Sibbald, daugh. of his predecessor : (2)
Isobel Straton, widow of Arthur Straton
of Snadoun. — [St Andrews Tests.; G. R.
Homings, 20th May 1671 ; Reg. of Deeds,
Durie, xiv., 73.]
ALEXANDEE MYLNE, born Montrose,
about 1646 ; educated at King's
1684 College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (2nd July
1667) ; elected to Second Charge, Montrose,
14th Feb. 1672 ; pres. by Eobert Scott of
Benholme 21st May, trans, and adm. 23rd
July 1684 ; died Dec. 1709. He marr. Janet
Miln, who died 14th Nov. 1726, and had
issue — Eobert ; John ; Alexander ; Janet.
1710
WILLIAM TEAIL, born at Ballindrait,
near Lifford, Ireland, 13th Oct. 1683,
second son of William T., min. of
Borthwick ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh; M.A. (29th April 1701); licen. by
Presb. of Dalkeith 27th Dec. 1709; called
by the Presb. jure devoluto 1st Nov., and
ord. (owing to opposition) in the old tower
of Brechin 6th Dec. 1710. He soon gained
the affection of his parishioners by his
conduct; was called to Second Charge,
Montrose, on the death of his brother in
1723, but declined to accept as the people
were dissatisfied with him on account of
his voice. He died between 19th Jan. and
9th March 1743. He marr. (1) Isobel,
daugh. of John Haldane of Myrton, and
(2) Marion (died 24th Nov. 1751), daugh.
of Alexander Hamilton of Kinkell, and
had issue — William, min. of St Monans ;
Eobert, D.D., Professor of Divinity, Univ.
of Glasgow {q.v.). Publication — Rules and
Directions for Self -Examination : A Guide
to Christian Communicants in the Exercise of
Self -Examination (4th ed.), with additions
and a Life by Eobert Burns (Glasgow, 1821).
— [St Andrews Com. Deeds, 25th March
1725.]
^WILLIAM BELL, pres. by Scott
of Brotherton July 1743; ord. 11th
Jan. 1744; trans, to Arbroath 1st
Dec. 1748.
1744
KOBEET YOUNG, born about 1716,
second son of Eobert Y., min. of
Inverarity ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen ; licen. by Presb. of
Forfar 12th March 1740; pres. by Scott
of Benholme in Jan., and ord. 23rd Feb.
1749 ; presented in 1785 one of the volumes
of the Breviarum Aberdonense (Edinburgh,
1509-10) to King's College Library, Aber-
456
BENHOLME
[PEESB. OF
deen ; died 27th Sept. 1788. He marr. 5th
March 1750, Christina Campbell, who died
2nd May 1766, and had issue— Robert, born
21st March 1752, died 8th March 1812;
David, born 13th May 1753; John, born
20th July 1756, died in infancy.
JAMES SCOTT, born 1764; M.A.
(King's College, Aberdeen, 30th
1788 March 1781); licen. by Presb. of
Fordoun 7th May 1788 ; pres. by David
Scott of Nether Benholme in Aug., and ord.
(assistant and successor) 3rd Dec. 1788 ;
died 7th Aug. 1825. He marr. 30th July
1790, Isobel (died 16th April 1838), daugh.
of Henry Ogilvie, min. of Lunan, and
had issue — Margaret, born 22nd April
1791, died 21st May 1820; Amelia, born
30th April 1792 (marr. Andrew Brown);
Hercules, LL.D., Professor of Moral
Philosophy, King's College, Aberdeen,
born 15th Sept. 1793, died 5th Aug. 1860 ;
Eobert Ogilvy, born 14th July 1795 ; John,
an eminent physician, near London, born
26th Jan. 1797; Ann, born 23rd April
1800 (marr. John Glegg, min. of Bervie) ;
Helen, born 9th Nov. 1807 (marr. Samuel
Trail, D.D., LL.D., Professor of Divinity,
King's College, Aberdeen). Publication
— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, xv.).
JAMES GLEN, born 1792, son of
William G., farmer, Lochwinnoch,
1826 and brother of Andrew G., Free
Church min. at Glenbervie ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (10th April
1809); licen. by Presb. of Dumbarton 1st
Aug. 1820 ; pres. by James Scott of
Brotherton Nov. 1825, and ord. 23rd March
1826. Joined the Free Church in 1843 ;
min. of Free Church, Benholme, 1843-66 ;
died 11th Dec. 1866. He marr. 13th June
1833, Janet (died 17th Oct. 1859), daugh.
of William Boyd, min. of Fenwick, and had
issue — Elizabeth, born 13th Aug. 1835;
Anne Elliot, born 24th Dec. 1837 ; William,
born 7th Nov. 1841, died 26th Jan. 1843 ;
Margaret, born 12th Oct. 1843. Publica-
tions — Comfort and Counsel for Sea-
faring People (Edinburgh, 1836); Sermon
preached at the opening of New Church
{Edin. Chr. Inst., N.S., ii.) ; Sermon
1843
LXXVII. {Free Church Pulpit, ii.); Account
of the Parish {New Stat. Ace, xi.).
ALEXANDER SMART MYERS, born
Hillside, Montrose, 25th Aug. 1812,
son of John M., general merchant,
and Diana Couper ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (March 1831);
licen. by Presb. of Brechin 6th April 1836 ;
ord. 21st Sept. 1843 ; died 10th Feb. 1884.
He marr. 9th Sept. 1851, Elizabeth (died
16th Dec. 1864), second daugh. of James
Drummond, min. of Glenbervie, and had
issue— Helen Forrest, born 20th Nov. 1852 ;
Jane, born 28th June 1854 ; Eliza, born
23rd June 1856; Diana Couper, born 6th
Feb. 1858 ; Jemima Drummond, born 5th
Dec. 1859, died 9th Dec. 1864.
JOHN NICOLL, born 24th Jan. 1858,
son of John N. and Elizabeth Bell ;
1884 educated at Forfar Academy and
Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (1879), B.D.
(1882) ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 18th
May 1882 ; assistant at High School, Inver-
ness ; ord. 5th Aug. 1884 ; died in Edin-
burgh, 10th Feb. 1924. He marr. 23rd July
1885, Frances Ann (died 4th Oct. 1908),
youngest daugh. of Colonel John Patrick
Stuart, staff-officer of Pensions, Inverness,
and had issue — Gertrude Stuart, born
23rd June 1889 ; Francis John, scholar of
Pembroke College, Oxford, lieut. 12th Batt.
Highland Light Infantry, born 15th Sept.
1891, killed at Loos 25th Sept. 1915.
GEORGE MURRAY DAVIDSON
SHORT, born Beith, Ayrshire, 21st
1919 Dec. 1890, son of John S. and
Jessie Stevenson ; educated at Spier's
School, Beith, and Univ. of Glasgow;
M.A. (1912) ; licen. by Presb. of Hamilton
in 1915 ; assistant at Cambuslang ; ord. to
Alexandria, Egypt, 6th Sept. 1916 ; adm.
(assistant and successor) 12th Nov. 1919 ;
trans, to Barrhead 20th Sept. 1922. Marr.
15th April 1919, Janet Anderson, daugh.
of John Thomson and Jane Perry, and has
issue — John Stuart, born 6th Dec. 1920.
JOHN BARCLAY DAVIE, born
Aberdeen, 6th May 1891, son of
1923 Andrew D. and Jean Low Barclay ;
educated at Robert Gordon's College and
fordoun]
BERVIE
457
Univ. of Aberdeen; M.A. (1912); licen.
by Presb. of Aberdeen 4th May 1915;
assistant at West Church, Aberdeen,
Grange Parish, Edinburgh, and West
Church, Greenock ; ord. (assistant and
successor) 1st Feb. 1923. Marr. 2nd June
1923, Helen Edith, daugh. of Captain
Robert Alexander, Aberdeen.
BERVIE, or INVERBERVIE.
[The parish of Inverbervie was disjoined
from Kinneff by the Lord Commissioners
for the Plantation of Kirks in 1618. Near
the town of Inverbervie there was a priory
of the White Friars. On the Thursday of
Holy Week, and on Ascension Day, fairs
were held at Inverbervie.]
1567 JAMES SYMSON, reader in 1567.
1589
DAVID RATTRAY, trans, from Slains
in 1589 ; trans, to Philorth (Fraser-
burgh) before 1593.
1591
JAMES RAIT, trans, from Auldearn in
1591 ; trans, to Caterline before 8th
July 1613.
ANDREW MONCUR, M.A. (King's
College, Aberdeen, 1613); adm. before
12th May 1622 ; still min. in 1625.—
[Reg. of Deeds, ccclxxxvii., 499.]
1622
16—
JAMES STRACHAN, younger; M.A (St
Andrews 1622), probably one of the
eighteen mins. dep. by the Assembly's
Committee for Visitation in Oct. 1649.
He received charitable supply from the
Kirk-Session of Newtyle, 23rd Oct. 1653, 9th
July 1654, and a petition from his children
was recommended to Parliament by the
Lords of the Articles 22nd April 1661.—
[Acts of Pari., vii., App., 64.]
WILLIAM WRIGHT; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen; adm.
12th Feb. 1651; died 27th Aug.
1669— [Tombst.].
1651
1670
WILLIAM CHALMERS, adm. after 4th
May 1670; trans, to Glamis 15th
April 1674.
1674
PETER RAIT, a native of Angus ; edu-
cated at King's College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1663) ; pres. in May, and adm.
2nd Sept. 1674 ; deprived by the Privy
Council in 1695, for not reading the Pro-
clamation of the Estates, nor praying for
William and Mary, etc. ; died Oct. 1698,
aged 56. He marr. Anna Innes, who
survived him, and had issue — Robert ;
Mary. — [Brechin Tests.].
JAMES ARBUTHNOTT, brother of
Robert A., bailie of Montrose ; licen.
by the united Presb. of Angus and
Mearns 5th May 1696 ; called in June, and
ord. 30th Aug. 1698 ; dep. 22nd Oct. 1713,
for disrespect of the Sabbath, etc. ; died
at Montrose April 1732.— [Brechin Tests.].
WILLIAM ARNOTT, M.A. (St
1714 Andrews, 10th May 1705); licen. by
Presb. of Brechin 5th July 1710 ;
called by the Presb. jure devoluto, and ord.
at Benholme 19th May 1714 as no access
could be obtained to the church at Bervie,
the doors and windows being barricaded.
A. himself was taken off his horse by force
and carried a prisoner to Gourdon, and
thence to a house outside the parish where
he was detained, when the Presb. went in
a body and demanded his release but were
violently repulsed with many indignities.
He died 20th Sept. 1741. He marr. Isobel
Scott, who died 26th May 1763.
THOMAS DOW, licen. by Presb. of
1742 Fordoun 3rd Nov. 1736; pres. by
George II. 9th Dec. 1741 ; ord. 23rd
June 1 742. Learning during the Rebellion
of 1745 that the Hanoverian army was
burning the boats at Johnshaven and
otherwise ill-treating the inhabitants be-
cause they had been suspected of sending
provisions to the troops of Prince Charles,
he set out to intercede with the Duke of
Cumberland on their behalf. Meeting the
troops about three miles off, he was given
a seat in the coach of the Duke, whom
he conveyed to the manse for the night,
and assured him of the loyalty of the
parishioners. Thus he saved them and
those of neighbouring parishes from further
ill-treatment. D. died 17th Sept. 1787. He
458
BERVIE— COOKNEY
[PRESB. OF
marr. 13th June 1751, Anne (died 8th Dec.
1782), daugh. of William Campbell, min. of
Kirkinner, but had no issue.
1780
ROBEKT CROLL, born 1740, son of
Robert O, Garvock ; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen ; MA.
(1767); licen. by Presb. of Fordoun 1st
Feb. 1775 ; app. schoolmaster of the parish
30th Jan. 1777 ; pres. by George III. 15th
July 1779 ; ord. (assistant and successor)
8th June 1780; died 3rd June 1820. He
marr. (1) : (2) 20th Nov. 1789,
Margaret Thomson, who died 8th April
1807 : (3) 30th Dec. 1809, Christian
Farquharson (died 12th Feb. 1837, aged
53), widow of James Strachan, sheriff-
substitute of Kincardineshire.
JOHN GLEGG, born 1773, son of John
G., farmer, Fetteresso ; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen; MA.
(2nd April 1814) ; licen. by Presb. of Aber-
deen 18th Oct. 1820 ; pres. by George IV.
14th Nov. that year ; ord. 22nd March 1821 ;
died 20thSept. 1876. He marr. (1) 26th Oct.
1821, Ann (died s.p. 21st June 1822), third
daugh. of James Scott, min. of Benholme :
(2) 8th March 1834, Helen (died 15th Oct.
1882), third daugh. of David Reith of Loirs-
town, and had issue — Anne Farquhar, born
11th Feb. 1837 (marr. Robert Moir Spence,
D.D., min. of Arbuthnott). Publication —
Account of the Parish {Neiv Stat. Ace, xi.).
1863
" JOHN BROWN, born Damside, Cupar-
Fife, 22nd March 1836, son of James
B. and Catherine Lethangie; edu-
cated at Cupar Academy and Univ. of St
Andrews ; licen. by Presb. there 18th June
1862 ; assistant in this parish ; ord. (assist-
ant and successor) 24th July 1863 ; clerk of
Presb., 1871-1915; D.D. (St Andrews 1914);
res. 7th Oct. 1915 ; died at Forfar 10th May
1919. He marr. 5th Jan. 1870, Margaret
Hepburn (died 20th Nov. 1924), daugh. of
Andrew Russell, Cupar-Fife, and Agnes
Hepburn, and had issue — Agnes Russell,
born 12th March 1872; Catherine Lethangie,
born 19th Feb. 1873, died 20th Jan. 1898 ;
James, born 4th May 1874 ; Margaret
Hepburn Russell, born 20th June 1878 ;
Euphemia Mary, born 7th Nov. 1879.
DAVID SILVER JOHNSTON, born
Skene, 17th Dec. 1889, son of David
J. and Jane Simpson Gibb ; educated
at Central Higher Grade School and Univ.
of Aberdeen; M.A. (1911), B.D. (1915);
licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen May 1915 ;
assistant at Old Machar; ord. 1st March
1916 ; trans, to Newhaven, Edinburgh,
19th Oct. 1923. Marr. 3rd Sept. 1918,
Gladys May, M.A., daugh. of William Cowie,
min. of Maud, and has issue — David
William Douglas, born 18th April 1920.
GRAHAM NICOLL WARNER, born
Dundee, 13th July 1896, son of
1924 Robert W. and Elizabeth Nicoll ;
educated at Downfield School and Morgan
Academy, Dundee, and Univ. of St Andrews;
M.A. (1921); licen. by Presb. of Dundee 7th
Dec. 1922 ; assistant at St Mark's, Dundee ;
ord. 27th Feb. 1924 ; marr. 23rd July 1924,
Sheila Lyall Guthrie, daugh. of Samuel
Macaulay, min. of Tealing. Publication —
The Problem of Fatigue and Output.
COOKNEY (Q.S.).
[The church was built as a chapel-of-ease
in 1817. The parish was disjoined from
Fetteresso 16th March 1859.]
ALEXANDER GRANT, born Aberdeen
1795, son of Alexander G., grocer,
and Ann Taylor ; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(1820) ; app. schoolmaster and missionary
here ; ord. in 1843. Joined the Free
Church in 1843 ; trans, to Lumphanan
Free Church in 1844 ; died 25th April 1870.
He marr. 1832, Eliza Russell, and had
issue — Alexander, missionary, Amoy ;
W J .
PATRICK CLERIHEW, born Old
Machar, 1810; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1834);
app. as missionary in 1845 ; ord. in 1849 ;
res. in 1852 ; died at Maryborough, Queens-
land, 10th Dec. 1868.
• JOHN BARRACK, M.A. ; ord. 25th
Jan. 1853 ; adm. first min. of parish
in 1859 ; trans, to Falkland 3rd Jan.
1867.
fobdoun]
COOKNEY— DUNNOTTAR
459
JAMES TAYLOE, born Peterhead, 2nd
18&J Nov. 1831, son of George T. and
Isabella Johnston ; educated at
Peterhead School and Univ. of Aberdeen ;
M. A. (March 1848) ; was schoolmaster at St
Fergus ; ord. 9th Aug. 1867 ; res. 5th Dec.
1900; died at Stonehaven 31st Jan. 1 904. He
marr.l9th Sept. 1867, Mary Why te (died 23rd
April 1882), daugh. of Dr Nathaniel Law-
rence, Longside, and Beatrice Whyte, and
had issue — Isabella Johnston, born 1st Aug.
1868 ; Beatrice Jane, born 26th Nov. 1869 ;
Mary Whyte Lawrence, born 30th March
1873 ; Georgiana Janet, born 26th June 1876.
ALEXANDEK MACKENZIE, ord. 24th
lqol April 1901 ; trans, to Banchory-
Devenick 11th July 1919.
ANDREW ELVIN HART, born Glas-
1919 g0W' 16tl1 ■Feb- 1889, S°n °f Archibald
H. and Agnes Elvin ; educated at
Allan Glen's School and Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1915) ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
15th Jan. 1918 ; assistant at Rutherglen ;
ord. 15th Oct. 1919. Marr. 26th Nov. 1919,
Ethel, daugh. of William Burns.
DUNNOTTAR.
[The church of Dunnottar belonged to
the Priory of St Andrews. The ancient
church stood near Dunnottar Castle. It
was dedicated to St Ninian. Near its
site are St Ninian's Dean and St Ninian's
Well. The later church of St Bride, on
the present site, was a rebuilding of an
early chapel of St Bride. Within this
parish, at Stonehaven, there is now a
mission chapel of St Bride.]
JAMES PAWTOUN [PATON], reader
1567 in 1567.
ANDREW MYLNE, trans, from Stra-
cathro with Fetteresso and Benholme
also in the charge in 1574 ; was a
member of Assembly Aug. that year ; pres.
to the subdeanery of Trinity College, beside
Edinburgh, founded on half of the fruits of
the parsonage, and vicarage of Dunnottar,
by James VI. 18th Aug. 1576, and to the
other half of said fruits 3rd Nov. 1578;
trans, to Fetteresso in 1579.
1574
ALEXANDER KEITH, trans, from
157g Garvock ; pres. to the parsonage
and vicarage between the two pre-
bends of the Queen's College 24th Nov.
1579, and to vicarage of Garvock 9th Feb.
1586 ; trans, to Benholme in 1588.
WILLIAM LEASK, assistant at Aber-
1S8_ deen 8th Oct. 1585 ; adm. to Nigg
in 1586 ; trans, and adm. in 1588 ;
still min. in 1591.
JOHN KEITH, min. in 1593 ; trans, to
15g„ Peterhead in 1604, but returned and
was re-adm. in 1605 ; still min. 6th
April 1630. He marr., and had issue —
Annas (marr., cont. 10th Aug. 1624, Robert,
son of Alexander Youngson, min. of Durris).
— [Reg. of Deeds, cccxcv., 295.]
JAMES RAIT, M.A. (King's College,
le54 Aberdeen, 1632) ; adm. before Jan.
1654 ; had an adjudication of the
lands of Finlastoun 18th July 1673; died
25th July 1676, aged about 64. He marr.
(1) 21st Aug. 1665, Elizabeth Allardes, in
parish of Arbuthnott, who died in May
1666 : (2) Jean Edmonston in Montrose,
and had issue — John of Finlastoun, served
heir 8th Dec. 1692.— [St Andrews Tests.;
Inq. Ret. Kincardine, 159.]
WILLIAM DICKIE, educated at King's
,__. College, Aberdeen ; pres. by George,
Earl Marischal, Aug. 1676 ; passed
trials before the Presb., had a testimonial
for ordination 21st Nov., and adm. 31st Jan.
1677 ; died 24th May 1686.
GILBERT KEITH of Auquhorsk,
le8S Caldhame, and Sauchieburn ; edu-
cated at King's College ; M.A.
(9th July 1672); ord. a presbyter in
England ; pres. by George, Earl Marischal,
in June, and adm. 18th July 1686 ; con-
formed at Revolution, acquired the estate
of Auquhorsk in 1696 ; died 29th May 1709,
aged about 57. He marr. Oct. 1706,
Elizabeth, daugh. of Alexander Young,
Bishop of Ross (she survived him), and had
issue — George in Caldhame, served heir
22nd March 1712.— [St Andrews Tests.]
460
DUNNOTTAR
[PRESB. OF
JAMES MITCHELL, son of James
11710 M., M.A., covenanting preacher and
fanatic (who fired a pistol at Arch-
bishop Sharp as he sat in his coach in
Blackfriars Wynd, in Edinburgh, 11th July
1668, for which he was executed 18th Jan.
1678) ; educated at Univ. of Edinburgh,
M.A. (11th Nov. 1698), and at Leyden ;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 26th July
1704 ; called by the Presb. of Fordoun
jure devoluto 8th Feb., and ord. 5th April
1710. He was summoned to appear before
the Justice of the Peace Court, 24th
March 1713, to answer for irregularities in
Church discipline in the Session, the said
Court having encouraged and connived at
Francis Eosse, formerly of Eenfrew, doing
so. M. died 26th June 1734, aged about
56. He marr. (1) 1732, Elizabeth Turnbull :
(2) Mary, second daugh. of William Gibbon,
bailie in Stonehaven, she marr. again, and
died 19th Dec. 1754.— [Diet. Nat. Bicg. ;
Wodrow's Hist, ii., 115-17, 248-52, 454-73.]
DAVID COESE, born about 1706, son
1?35 of David C, min. of Old Machar;
educated at King's College, Aber-
deen; M.A. (31st March 1726); became
assistant in the parish ; pres. by George
II. 20th Dec. 1734 ; ord. 26th June 1735 ;
died 26th Feb. 1736. He marr. 22nd Feb.
1736, Rachel, daugh. of Andrew Honyman,
min. of Kinneff.
JAMES WALKER, born 1707; licen.
1786 ky Presb. of St Andrews 28th Oct.
1731 ; pres. by George II. 18th
March, called 2nd June, and ord. 1st Sept.
1736 ; died 16th May 1772. He marr. (1)
29th Nov. 1749, Margaret (died 20th Aug.
1769), daugh. of Alexander Shank, min. of
Drumoak, and had issue — James, his suc-
cessor in the parish : (2) 26th Oct. 1770,
Isabella (died 7th July 1800), daugh. of
Robert Stewart, Provost of Aberdeen.
JAMES WALKER, born 27th June 1751,
177„ son of preceding ; educated at Univ.
of St Andrews; M.A. (1763); licen.
by Presb. of Fordoun 19th Feb. 1772 ; pres.
(assistant and successor) by George III.
17th April, and ord. 23rd July 1772 ; died
unmarr. 26th Nov. 1813. In the churchyard
of Dunnottar, and afterwards in the manse,
in the autumn of 1793, Sir Walter Scott
met with Robert Paterson, who, twenty-
three years later, formed the prototype of
Old Mortality. " He and Mr Walker, the
minister of the parish, found the poor
man refreshing the epitaphs on the tombs
of certain Cameronians who had fallen
under the oppressions of James the
Second's brief insanity. Being invited
into the manse after dinner to take a
glass of whisky punch, he joined the
minister's party but ' was in bad humour,'
says Scott, ' and had no freedom for con-
versation.'" W. bequeathed £1000 to the
Society for the Sons of the Clergy at
Aberdeen, of which he was one of the
promoters. Publication — Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace., xi.). — [Lock-
hart's Life of Scott (Edinburgh Edition),
i., 243.] "
JOHN GLENNIE, born 18th Dec.
1814 1765, son of John G., D.D., min.
of Maryculter ; educated at Mari-
schal College, Aberdeen; M.A. (16th March
1784); licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 13th
May 1789, and ord. by it min. to the
Scottish Congregation at Dort, Holland ;
adm. (assistant and successor) to Garvock
26th July 1S04 ; trans, to Echt 16th Dec.
1813 ; pres. by George, Prince Regent, 15th
Dec. 1813; trans, and adm. 16th June 1814;
died 14th May 1827. He marr. 1st Dec.
1814, Harriet (died 1st Nov. 1874), daugh. of
John Cook, Professor of Moral Philosophy,
St Andrews, and had issue — John, licentiate
of the Church, born 20th Oct. 1815, died
1842; George, civil engineer. Glasgow, born
28th July 1817, died 1886.
ALEXANDER IRVINE, M.A. ; pres.
1827 ky George IV. 21st June, and ord.
20th Sept. 1827 ; trans, to Peterhead
4th July 1844.
ALEXANDER SILVER, born Mill of
1844 Uras, Dunnottar, 31st May 1804,
son of John S., farmer ; educated
at Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A. (1822) ; became
schoolmaster at Fetteresso; pres. by Queen
Victoria 11th July, and ord. 30th Oct. 1844 ;
died unmarr. 25th Aug. 1884.
foedoun]
DUNNOTTAR— FETTERCAIRN
461
ROBERT DAVIDSON, ord. (assistant
-_-_ and successor) 1st Oct. 1878 ; trans.
to St Cyrus 29th July 1884.
DOUGLAS GORDON BARRON, born
1885 Dunning, 21st Oct. 1854, son of
Peter B., min. of the U.P. Church,
Dunning, and Robina Hunter Adie; edu-
cated at Madras College and Univ. of St
Andrews; M.A. (1876); licen. by U.P.
Presb. of Cupar in 1879 ; adm. to Church
of Scotland as licentiate 31st May 1880;
assistant at Greyfriars, Dumfries, Tron,
Edinburgh, and New Greyfriars, Edin-
burgh ; ord. 4th March 1885 ; O.B.E. (1st
Jan. 1920); D.D. (Aberdeen, 31st March
1921); res. 15th June 1923. Marr. 24th
July 1907, Louise Eliza, daugh. of Robert
Brydon, The Dene, Seaham Harbour, Dur-
ham, and Louisa Hunting. Publications —
Our Lapsed Masses, ivith some practical
Suggestions for their Reform (Edinburgh,
1884) ; The Court Booh of the Barony of
Urie (Scottish History Society, Edinburgh,
1892) ; In Defence of the Regalia, 1651-2,
being Selections from, the Family Papers of
the Ogilvies of Barras (London, 1910) ; For
King and Country, a Record of the Fallen,
to which is appended a selection from
Sermons preached in Dunnottar Church,
1914-19 (Aberdeen, 1920).
JOHN GAIRDNER WHITE
HENDRIE, born 3rd Feb. 1888,
son of George Smith H, min. of
Dalmellington ; educated at Ayr Academy
and Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (1910);
served with Ayrshire Royal Horse Artillery
(lieutenant Oct. 1914) and 306th Brigade
(R.F.C.); Military Cross and Belgian Croix
de Guerre ; captain in 1919 ; assistant at St
John's, Edinburgh; ord. 26th Sept. 1923.
Marr. 23rd Jan. 1924, Elizabeth Simpson,
daugh. of John Barr Cumming, min. of
Mortlach.
FETTERCAIRN.
[The church of Fettercairn was dedicated
to St Mark. It was a mensal kirk of the
Archbishop of St Andrews. At Arnhall,
in the parish, there was a chapel of St
Martin. A Lammas fair and a fair of St
Mark were held at Fettercairn.]
1923
1576
1580
1588
v PATRICK BONCLE, min. of Fordoun;
1567 had charge of this parish in 1567.
1574 JOHN THOM, reader in 1574.
JAMES LINDSAY, fourth son of
David, ninth Earl of Crawford, and
Catherine, daugh. of Sir John
Campbell of Cawdor ; pres. by James VI.
5th June 1576. He visited France to seek
relief from the stone with which he was
painfully afflicted ; died in Geneva 15th
June 1580, "a mild, learned, and ac-
complished divine." A Latin elegy to his
memory was written by Andrew Melville
and published in Delicios Poetarun
Scotorum (1637). — [Scots Peerage, iii., 29;
Lives of the Lindsays, i., 327-8 ; Edin.
Tests.; M'Crie's Melville, i., 426.]
JOHN COLLACE, son of John C. of
Balnamoon; min. in 1580, with
Newdosk also in the charge in 1585 ;
died 16th March 1587— LS&ra. Tests.]
ALEXANDER FORBES, M.A.; pres.
to the parsonage by Sir John
Wishart of Pittarro 28th May 1588 ;
promoted to bishopric of Caithness in
1606, but held this charge in conjunction ;
trans, to bishopric of Aberdeen (q.v.) 21st
Aug. 1616.
WILLIAM WISHART, M.A. ; adm.
(colleague) 24th April 1611 ; trans.
to Minto after 6th Oct. 1613; pres.
by James VI. 10th March 1618, and re-adm.
soon after; trans, to South Leith 6th
May 1630.
DAVID STRACHAN, M.A.; pres. by
Charles II. 2nd Aug. 1630; con-
secrated bishop of Brechin (q.v.) 7th
May 1662.
WILLIAM CHALMERS, born 1620, son
of William O, min. of Boyndie ;
educated at King's College, Aber-
deen; M.A. (1640); adm. to Marykirk
before 17th Jan. 1648; trans, and adm.
21st June 1665 ; died in London in 1669.
He marr. Elizabeth Barclay, said to be
of Towie family (in a poor and sickly
condition in 1678, when the mins. of the
Presb. contributed 6s. 8d. each for her
1611
1630
1665
462
FETTERCAIRN
[PRESB. OF
benefit), and had issue — William, ruin, of
Glamis ; James, min. of Cullen ; Robert,
app. schoolmaster of Turriff by John,
Earl of Errol, 14th June 1688.— [Nisbet's
Heraldry, ii., App. 124 ; Cameron's Fetter-
cairn, 194.]
1669
HERCULES SKINNER, youngest son
of Laurence S., min. of Navar ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (1651); app. schoolmaster of Brechin
Nov. 1653 ; was a probationer 12th June
1656 ; ord. to Navar 22nd July 1658 ; trans,
and adm. 29th Oct. 1669 ; died Jan. 1698,
aged about 67. He marr. Jan. 1666, Agnes,
daugh. of Patrick Lyon, min. of Barry, and
had issue — Hercules ; Isabel. — [G. R.
Homings, 29th Feb. 1672; St Andrews
Tests.]
1700
DAVID RAMSAY, M.A. (St Andrews,
2nd April 1689) ; called by the Presb.
jure devoluto 23rd Nov. 1699 ; ord.
20th March 1700; died between 9th May
and 13th June 1722, aged about 53. He
marr. Oct. 1700, Margaret Raitt, and had
issue — Elizabeth ; Jean.
1723
ANTHONY DOW, M.A. (St Andrews,
5th May 1714) ; licen. by Presb. of
Cupar 3rd May 1720; called 30th
July, and ord. 26th Sept. 1723 ; was
attacked by a gang of armed men in the
afternoon of 12th Feb. 1747, but defended
himself, took the leader prisoner, when
the others released him and did D. much
injury ; died 25th Aug. 1772, aged about 78.
He marr. (1) 24th Nov. 1724, Ann, daugh.
of William Reid, min. of Dunning, and had
issue— William ; Jean (marr. Robert Trail,
min. of Panbride) ; David, min. of Dron ;
Anne, born 2nd June 1732, died 10th Oct.
1748; Anthony, born 21st Dec. 1736: (2)
31st Aug. 1742, Catherine Futt, who died
14th Aug. 1768.
' [JOHN BARCLAY, born 1734, son of
Ludovic B., farmer and miller in the
parish of Muthill; educated at Univ. of
St Andrews where he graduated M.A.
about 1755 ; licen. by Presb. of Auchter-
arder 27th Sept. 1759 ; assistant at Errol,
1759-63, and in this parish, 1763-72. He
adopted Antinomian doctrines, which,
together with his eloquent appearance in
the pulpit, gained him considerable popu-
larity. The Presb. drew up a libel against
him, and refused a certificate of character.
An appeal to the General Assembly was
dismissed 24th May 1773. B. thereupon
formed a new sect called the Bereans (Acts
xvii., 17), and sometimes after himself,
Barclayans or Barclayites. He was
followed by the larger proportion of the
parishioners of Fettercairn, and a place
of worship was erected at Sauchieburn,
just outside the confines of the parish in
which no site was attainable. B. was
called as min. but preferred to settle in
Edinburgh, where a congregation of the
sect had also been set up, and his ordina-
tion thereto took place at Newcastle-upon-
Tyne, 12th Oct. 1773. Other charges were
formed throughout Scotland and England,
and in London B. carried on his propa-
ganda for about two years. He died
suddenly of apoplexy in Edinburgh (whilst
kneeling at prayer in the house of a friend)
29th July 1798, and was buried in the Old
Calton graveyard where a monument was
erected. He was unmarr. Publications
— Paraphrase of the Book of Psalms, with
a Dissertation on the Best Means of
interpreting that portion of the Canon
of Scripture (1766) ; Rejoice Evermore, or
Christ All in All (Glasgow, 1767) ;
Without Faith, without God, or an Appeal
to God concerning His own Existence
(1769) ; Eternal Generation of the Son of
God (1769) [Preface by David Thorn]
(London, 1836); The Assurance of Faith
Vindicated (Edinburgh, 1771); Letter on
Prayer addressed to a certain Independent
Congregation in Scotland (1771) ; The
Psalms paraphrased according to the New
Testament ; A Select Collection of Spiritual
Songs, and Essays on Various Subjects, 3
vols. (Edinburgh, 1776); Epistle to the
Hebrews Paraphrased (1783) ; A Close
Examination into the Truth of several
Received Principles (1783) ; Works (Glas-
gow, 1852). — [Diet. Nat. Biog. ; Barclay's
Psalms with Life; Aberdeen Journal, Notes
and Queries, vi., 180, 225 ; Hastings's Diet,
of Religion and Ethics.] ]
fokdoun]
FETTERCAIRN
463
EOBERT FOOTE, born 11th March
-—„ 1742, son of Charles F., min. of
Kinfauns ; educated at Grammar
School, Perth, and Univs. of St Andrews
and Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Perth
26th Nov. 1766 ; ord. to Eskdalemuir 22nd
Sept. 1768 ; pres. by George III. 17th Nov.
1772 ; trans, and adm. (in face of great
opposition and personal abuse) 15th Sept.
1773 ; died 1st July 1809. He marr. 27th
Nov. 1778, Jane (died 19th Dec. 1841,
aged 83), daugh. of James Smith, min. of
Garvock, and had issue — Charles William,
born 20th Nov. 1779, died 23rd Dec. 1784 ;
James, D.D., min. of North Parish, Aber-
deen, born 30th Aug. 1781 ; Mary, born
30th March 1784; Barbara Stewart, born
24th May 1787; John, born 11th April
1789 ; Christian Cree, born 25th March
1791, died 6th Feb. 1796; Elizabeth
Burnett, born 1st June 1793, died 2nd
July 1795 ; Archibald, merchant, Montrose,
born 5th Dec. 1796, died 1867 ; Catherine,
born 9th Sept. 1799, died 12th Sept. 1800 ;
Robert, born 28th Nov. 1800, died 27th
March 1806; Alexander Leith-Eoss, D.D.,
min. of Brechin, born 6th Feb. 1805 ; and
eight others, who died young. Of his
nineteen children only five survived him.
Publication — Sermons, with Memoir
(Aberdeen, 1810) ; Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, v.).
JAMES KEYDEN, born 11th Oct. 1785,
1810 son of James K., min. of Dunbog ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
pres. by George III. 23rd Oct. 1809; ord.
5th April 1810 ; res. in 1814 ; became
purser on a vessel in the H.E.I.C.S ; died
unmarr. at Lochee, 5th Nov. 1821.
JOHN MUIR, pres. by George, Prince
1814 Regent, in Oct., and ord. (assistant
and successor) 27th Dec. 1814 ; trans.
to St Vigeans 24th Sept. 1816.
ALEXANDER WHYTE, born 1790, son
lgl7 of David W., farmer, Clova; edu-
cated at King's College, Aberdeen ;
MA. (30th March 1810); became tutor in
the family of Earl of Airlie ; schoolmaster
of Auchterhouse 15th Nov. 1813 to 15th
Feb. 1817 ; pres. by George, Prince Regent,
in Feb., and ord. (assistant and successor)
13th March 1817; died 11th Jan. 1858. He
marr. 19th April 1827, Jane Farquhar (died
22nd Oct. 1843), daugh. of James Shand,
min. of Marykirk, and had issue — James
Shand, went to Grenada, born 2nd Feb.
1828; Margaret Helen Eliza, born 24th Oct.
1830; Alexander, in Colonial Service at
Uganda, a distinguished naturalist, dis-
covered upwards of 500 new species of
animals and plants in Africa, born 5th
March 1835 ; Mary Georgina, born 24th
May 1843 (marr. 21st Aug. 1873, William
Low Henderson, architect, Aberdeen).
Publications — The Duty of Prayer (Edin-
burgh, 1834) ; The Heritage of God's People
(Edinburgh, 1837); The Lord's Supper
(Edinburgh, 1839) ; An Exposure of the
Rev. William Nixon's Erroneous Statements
as to Moderation, and of his Unconstitutional
Vieivs as to Church Defence Associations and
Intruding into the Parishes of his Brethren
(Montrose, 1842) ; Account of the Parish
{Neiv Stat. Ace, xi.). — [Cameron's Fetter-
cairn, 210.]
ADAM INCH RITCHIE, pres. by
lg58 Queen Victoria 31st March, and
trans, from St David's, Dundee,
28th July 1858; trans, to Whitekirk and
Tynninghame 7th March 1867.
WILLIAM ANDERSON, born Loudoun,
1867 8th Dec. 1834, third son of James A.,
lapidary, Kilmarnock ; educated at
Kilmarnock Academy and Univ. of Glas-
gow; licen. by Presb. of Irvine 2nd July
1861 ; ord. to Melville, Montrose, 6th Oct.
1864 ; pres. by Queen Victoria 29th March,
trans, and adm. 8th Aug. 1867 ; res. 21st
Oct. 1909; died at Edinburgh 16th Jan.
1917. He marr. 9th July 1867, Grace
Isabella (died 28th May 1917, aged 73),
eldest daugh. of Captain David Ferguson,
Marine Lodge, Irvine, and had issue —
James Edward, born 3rd April 1871; Grace
Hamilton, born 24th Dec. 1872; William
Daniel Ferguson, born 13th May 1875 ;
John Alexander, factor to Lord Clinton,
Fettercairn, born 11th May 1879; Edith
Jane, born 7th Oct. 1880 ; Frederick, born
19th June 1884.
464
FETTERCAIRN— FETTERESSO
[PEESB. OF
CHAELES LAMB HUNTER, born St
lgl0 Boswells 14th. Nov. 1878, son of
Benjamin H. and Janet Oliver
Wallace ; educated at St Boswells School,
Royal High School, and Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; M.A. (1902) ; licen. by Presb. of
Selkirk in 1905 ; assistant at East Parish,
Aberdeen, and at The Park Parish, Glasgow ;
ord. 6th April 1910; Chaplain to Forces
1916-19 ; mentioned in despatches. Marr.
19th April 1911, Edith Alice, daugh. of
William Kerr, grain merchant, Glasgow,
and Henrietta Arnott.
FETTERESSO.
[The old church of Fetteresso was dedi-
cated to St Carran. It is a picturesque
building, over eighty feet long, and is roof-
less. It belonged to the collegiate church
of the Kirk Heugh at St Andrews. Within
the bounds is the ruined chapel of St
Nachlan at Cowie, a building about seventy
feet in length. There was also another
chapel at Raedykes. The parish contained
Wells of St Nachlan and St Ranald.
A fair of St Nachlan was held at
Fetteresso. There is now, within the
bounds, at Stonehaven, a mission chapel
of St John.]
JOHN CHRISTISON, probably the
lf.„0 friar who failed to appear, and was
outlawed at Stirling, 10th May 1559,
for usurping of the Kirk and taking the
ministry at his own hands ; min. here in
1560, with Dunnottar and Glenbervie also in
his charge ; removed to Glenbervie before
28th Sept. 1570.
[PETER BROWN held the parsonage,
but it is doubtful if he was a min. ; died
before 24th Nov. 1579.]
1579
ANDREW MYLNE (primus), was a
Commissioner for Montrose at the
first General Assembly 20th Dec.
1560; min. at Stracathro with Dunlappie
also in charge in 1567 ; schoolmaster at
Montrose in 1569, where he taught James
Melvill ; trans, to Dunnottar in 1574 ;
pres. by James VI. 24th Nov. 1579;
was a member of ten of the twenty-four
Assemblies from April 1581 to March 1600;
one of the Visitors to the College of
Aberdeen in Oct. 1582 ; was so obnoxious
to William Douglas, younger of Glen-
bervie, that he caused a watch to be
placed on his house and threatened his life,
which caused the Assembly to present a
complaint to the King in 1587. He was
one of ten selected by the ministry in
Jan. 1589 for presenting petitions to the
King and Council to prevent dangers
threatened to the professors of the true
religion. For his good, true, and thankful
services done, King James VI. granted him
the third of the benefice in 1601. He died
1605, "a learned, honest, kynd man, very
skilful and diligent." He marr. Elspeth
Chalmer, who died 26th Nov. 1610, and
had issue — Andrew, min. of this parish. —
[St Andrews Tests. ; Melvill's Autob., 21,
267, 302.]
ANDREW MYLNE (secundus), son of
1605 preceding; M.A. (St Andrews 1601);
adm. in 1605; was a member of
Assembly 1638 and 1639; died 12th Oct.
1640, aged 57. He marr. (1) (cont. 14th
Jan. 1611) Elspeth, daugh. of James Mowat
in Reidcloak : (2) Catherine Erskine, who
died 1st March 1631, and had eighteen
children, of whom Isobel marr., cont. 26th
March 1629, Robert Leslie, burgess of
Aberdeen. — [Beg. of Deeds, ccxvii., 432 ;
Aberdeen Sheriff-Court Records, iii., 29;
Tombst.]
PATRICK LESLIE, M.A. (King's Col-
1640 *e^e' Abwcleen, 1629) ; min. of
Skene ; preached in Old Machar
7th April 1639, and intimated the sentence
of excommunication, passed by the General
Assembly in 1638, against eight bishops ;
pres. by William, Earl Marischal, in Nov.,
trans, and adm. 13th Dec. 1640; was one
of eighteen mins. dep. by the Assembly's
Commission for Visitation in Oct. 1649.
He marr. Isobel Smith, and had issue —
William, apprentice to Peter Maill,
merchant, Aberdeen, 28th May 1662.
fordodn]
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465
JOHN MYLNE, son of George M., min.
iee2 °^ Prenanay > educated at Marisehal
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1657); adm.
before 11th June 1662; died Jan. 1703. He
marr. Christian Innes, and had issue —
James, writer, Stonehaven ; Helen ; Kath-
erine (marr. Kichard Maitland, min. of
Nigg); Alexander, min. of Udny. — [G. R.
Inhib., 14th March 1673.]
GIDEON GUTHEIE, born at Castleton
1703 of Fordoun, 24th May 1663, second
son of Harry G. of Halkerton in
Angus, and Margaret, daugh. of David
Sibbald of Kair, and Jean, daugh. of Sir
David Auchmouty ; educated at Marisehal
College, Aberdeen ; licen. by Presb. of
Mearns Sept. 1688; had calls to Grange
and Aboyne, but "the Committee of the
Kirk coming North, anno 1694, defeated
me." He intruded at Glenmuick Dec. 1697
to May 1698, and after spending some years
as tutor to the sons of William, ninth Earl
Marisehal (one of his pupils becoming the
famous Marshal Keith), he was settled in
this charge 26th Dec. 1703 ; was required
to give up the keys of the church 21st
March 1705. He intruded afterwards at
Brechin in 1709 and was forbidden to
preach or exercise any part of the ministry
within that parish under pain of 500 merks,
and further declared incapable for seven
years of any post or benefice in Scotland,
fined 1000 merks and ordered to go to prison
till payment. Instead of doing so, he and
John Skinner assumed possession of the
pulpit during the Jacobite Rising in 1715.
He was dep. 3rd Oct. 1716, afterwards went
to Edinburgh, and was subsequently at
Carmylie; died in 1732. He marr. 1706,
Anne (born 1671, died 7th Feb. 1727),
daugh. of Andrew Melvin or Melville, min.
of Morham, and had issue — William, author
of a Historical and Geographical Grammar,
a History of England, and a General History
of Scotland, born 7th Jan. 1708, died 9th
March 1770; Harry, writer, Edinburgh,
born 5th Jan. 1709, died 5th June 1794 ;
Margaret, born 13th Sept. 1711, died 7th
Aug. 1715; Isobel. born 3rd May 1713,
died 14th Sept. 1714.— [Black's Brechin,
127 ; Gideon Guthrie, a Monograph [edited
by C. E. Guthrie Wright] (Edinburgh,
1900).]
JOHN WEBSTER, M.A. ; called by the
VJQ5 Presb. with a committee of Synod
jure devoluto 25th July 1704 ; ord.
13th March 1705 ; trans, to New Deer 29th
April 1707.
1 DAVID BURN, licen. by Presb. of
170g Kirkcaldy 27th March 1708 ; called
by the Presb. jure devoluto 23rd
Aug., and ord. 2nd Nov. 1709; died 28th
May 1749. He marr. 13th Oct. 1714, Isobel
(died 16th Feb. 1760), daugh. of James
Durham of Largo, and had issue — Ann ;
Elizabeth (marr. Alexander Angus, book-
seller, Aberdeen) ; Isobel ; David, min. of
Largo ; John, born 4th July 1732.
ALEXANDER FORBES, born 1722,
1750 son of George F., schoolmaster,
Foveran ; educated at Marisehal
College, Aberdeen ; licen. by Presb. there
27th April 1748; pres. by George II. 8th
Aug. 1749 ; ord. 31st Jan. 1750 ; died 23rd
Dec. 1758. He marr. 27th Aug. 1751, Jean
Forbes, who died 16th July 1798, and had
issue — Alexander, born 10th Aug. 1752;
Arthur, M.A., born 16th April 1754, a
student at Aberdeen in 1765 ; William,
M.A., born 7th July 1757.
1760
v JOHN BALLANTYNE ; licen. by
Presb. of Auchterarder 22nd Jan.
1734 ; ord. to South Ronaldshay
20th March 1735; pres. by George II.
May 1759; trans, and adm. 1st May
1760; died 15th Aug. 1762. He marr.
19th June 1738, Margaret (died 17th Dec.
1767), daugh. of Morris Trent of Pitcully,
and had issue — Margaret, born 10th July
1739; Maurice, born 30th Aug. 1741,
died 3rd March 1760; William, born 21st
July 1743.
WILLIAM SHANK, born 29th June
17e„ 1739, son of Alexander S., min. of
Ecclesgreig ; educated at Marisehal
College, Aberdeen ; licen. by Presb. of
Fordoun 22nd Oct. 1761 ; pres. by George
III. Nov. 1762 ; ord. 2nd March, and died
unmarr. 8th July 1763.
VOL. V.
2 G
466
FETTERESSO— FORDOUN
[PRESB. OF
JOHN HUCHEON, born 1733; edu-
1?e4 cated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen ; Keen, by Presb. of Aberdeen
6th Dec. 1758 ; pres. by George III. 12th
Aug. 1763; ord. 7th March 1764; died
27th Feb. 1800. He marr. 4th Dec. 1764,
Mary (died 11th Aug. 1775, aged 32),
daugh. of James Morison of Elsick,
Provost of Aberdeen, and had issue —
David, advocate in Aberdeen, born 26th
Oct. 1765, died 10th Dec. 1832 ; Alexander,
born 5th Nov. 1766, went to Kingston, St
Vincent, died 9th Oct. 1812 ; Isabel, born
15th July 1768 (marr. William Paul, min.
of Maryculter) ; James, born 20th June
1770, died 15th Oct. 1773 ; Mary, born 4th
April 1772, died 19th April 1794; James,
M.A., born 4th Feb. 1774. Publication —
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, xii.).
GEORGE THOMSON, born Banff-
. 00 shire, 1775, grandson of Alexander
Chalmers, min. of Glass ; educated
at King's College, Aberdeen; M.A. (29th
March 1792); licen. by Presb. of Fordoun
5th Feb., pres. by George III. 18th March,
and ord. 18th Sept. 1800; died Father
of the Synod 15th July 1862. He marr.
30th March 1807, Margaret Kemp, who
died 4th June 1836. He bequeathed the
residue of his estate for the erection of a
church and manse at Glen of Cowie, now
Rickarton. Publication — Account of the
Parish {New Stat. Ace, xi.).
JOHN WATT, born Lumphanan, about
184S 182°j educated at King's College,
Aberdeen; M.A.(1841); ord. (assistant
and successor) 25th Sept. 1845 ; res. 25th
Oct. 1889 ; died at Dunedin, New Zealand,
23rd July 1893. He marr. 18th July 1855,
Elizabeth Hector (died 2nd April 1903),
eldest daugh. of George Birnie of Johnston,
and had issue — Elizabeth Leslie, born 25th
Aug. 1856 (marr. 2nd Aug. 1883, James
Pitcairn Sym, W.S., Edinburgh); George
Birnie, born 3rd Jan. 1858 ; John, born 7th
Dec. 1859 ; Thomas David, min. of Glen-
gairn, born 28th Aug. 1861 ; James Leslie,
M.B., CM., Tavistock, born 9th March
1863; William Birnie, born 25th Sept.
1865 ; Gordon Beattie (twin), min. of
Forres, born 25th Sept. 1865; Harry
Lawson, merchant, Dunedin, born 24th
July 1870.
JAMES ROBERTSON, M.A., B.D. ;
1890 trans- from Garturk 30th April
1890 ; trans, to Anderston, Glasgow,
4th Oct. 1904. He had issue (cf. Vol. III.,
391)— Isabella, born 4th May 1888 ; Charles,
born 10th May 1890; Jane Patricia, born
15th Oct. 1892.
JAMES BEATTIE BUKNETT, born
lgos St Cyrus, 5th July 1865, son of
Joseph B. and Jessie Hogg ; edu-
cated at St Cyrus Public School, Brechin
High School, and Univ. of Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1886), B.D. (1889); licen. by Presb.
of Aberdeen April 1889 ; assistant at King-
horn ; ord. to Aberlemno 24th Sept. 1891 ;
trans, and adm. 8th March 1905 ; Chap-
lain to Forces (home service), 1915-16.
Marr. 23rd April 1897, Helen May, only
daugh. of George W. Christison, tea-
planter, Darjeeling, and Mary M'Culloch,
and has issue — James Beattie, born 23rd
March 1898. Publications— The Presbytery
of Forfar [Bazaar Book] (Forfar, 1904);
The Fear of the Lord [a Sermon] (Stone-
haven, 1917).
FORDOUN.
[The old church of Fordoun was dedicated
to St Palladius. It was a mensal kirk of
the Archbishop of St Andrews. The
ancient building still stands, and has been
restored so far as to allow of its use for
burial purposes. It is about forty feet in
length. John of Fordoun, the Chronicler,
was priest of this parish in the fourteenth
century. In the Friars' Glen at Drumtochty,
within the bounds, a Priory of the White
Friars was founded in 1402 by James Fraser
of Frendracht. At Kincardine stood a
chapel of St Katherine of Siena. There
was a Well of St Palladius at Fordoun,
where also a fair of St Palladius was held.
Kincardine too had its yearly fair in honour
of St Katherine of Siena. At Pitarrow in
foedoun]
FORDOUN
467
1565
1599
the parish, George Wishart the martyr
was born in 1513. A granite obelisk was
erected to his memory in 1850.]
l PATRICK BONCLE, Canon of St
Andrew's Priory, min. here in 1565,
with Fettercairn and Newdosk also
in the charge in 1567 ; trans, to Conveth
(Laurencekirk) before 1574, but returned
before 1580, with Newdosk also in his
charge, till 1585 ; was still min. in 1601, and
died before 1607. He marr., and had issue
— Elizabeth.— [Process in Reg. House, 18th
Jan. 1565-6 ; Reg. Sec. Sig., xlix., 97.]
ADAM WALKER M.A. (St Andrews
1589) ; pres. to the vicarage by
James VI., 16th Aug. 1599, as
colleague to the preceding. While engaged
with other brethren, 26th March 1601, in
designing a manse for Patrick Boncle and
his successors, he was " set upon and
invadit by Sir David Wood of Craig,
Knight, and twelve others, who strack
him with the gaird of his sword upoun
the heid, putt violent handis upon him,
and with his sword, behind his bak, strak
at him, and dang him to the eird, and with
thair drawn swordis hurt and woundit
him in baith his handis, to the effusioun
of his blude in grit quantitie." He was
a member of Assembly in 1610, and
died 25th Aug. 1634. He marr. Elspeth
Erskine, who survived him, and had issue
— Patrick, apprenticed to Thomas Lindsay,
merchant, Edinburgh, 11th Sept. 1616 ;
James, apprentice to said Thomas Lindsay
9th Feb. 1631. — [St Andrews Tests. ;
Cramond's Fordoun, 35.]
OLIVEE HOUSTON, M.A. (Edinburgh,
29th July 1626); while living in
St Andrews, was pres. by Charles I.,
16th July 1633, to North Leith, but not
settled ; pres. by the King to this parish
15th Nov. 1634; was still min. in 1654.
He marr. Margaret Findlaw, and had issue
— Alexander, served heir to his mother
15th Dec. 1671— [Inq. Ret. Gen., 5476.]
DAVID OCHTEKLONY, son of John
O., citizen of Brechin ; M.A. (St.
' Andrews 1643) ; became a school-
master ; was a licentiate in the Presb. of
1634
Forfar 10th Dec. 1646 ; ord. to Finaven
(Oathlaw) 8th Aug. 1650 ; app. by Presb.
of Forfar, chaplain to Lord Carnegie's
Kegiment, 25th Feb. 1651 ; trans, and adm.
after 23rd Sept. 1658; died Feb. 1691,
aged about 68. He marr. (1) Margaret
Carnegie, who died Sept. 1647, and had
issue — John, his successor in this parish ;
David, apprenticed to Charles Durie, Dean
of Guild, Aberdeen, 27th March 1678; Agnes
(marr. James Farquharson of Tullochcoy) ;
and probably Catherine (marr. Alexander
Arbuthnot, min. of Arbuthnott) : (2) Mary
Erskine, who died before 1672. — [St
Andrews Tests. ; P. C. Dec, 24th Jan.
1693 ; G. R. Earnings, 28th April 1672 ;
G. R. Inhib., 17th July 1666.]
1691
JOHN OCHTEELONY, son of pre-
ceding ; adm. to Balmerino in 1682 ;
according to one account, he was
outed in 1689, but the Session Eecords
show he left before 21st March 1690;
intruded here before 31st July 1691 ; died
27th Jan. 1712. He marr. 15th Oct. 1704,
Margaret, daugh. of John Barclay of
Johnston, and had issue — Mary, bapt.
22nd Sept. 1705; John, bapt. 7th May
1707; Peter, bapt. 24th March 1709;
Margaret, bapt. 2nd Sept. 1711. — [Bal-
merino and its Abbey, 432.]
DAVID HENDEESON, M.A. (Edin-
burgh, 27th April 1705); licen. by
Presb. of Dalkeith 27th Dec. 1709;
called by the Presb. jure devoluto 12th Nov.,
and ord. 24th Dec. 1712 ; objections were
made at his settlement that he did not
use the Lord's Prayer ; died " of high
fever" between 22nd April and 20th May
1713, aged about 28, and was probably
unmarr.
1712
1714
GILBEET ANDEESON, licen. by Presb.
of Aberdeen 5th Oct 1713 ; called by
the Presb. jure devoluto 21st Oct.,
and ord. 8th Dec. 1714 ; died 15th Oct. 1746.
He marr. 2nd June 1719, Christian (died
15th Sept. 1773), daugh. of David Brown,
min. of Blackfriars, Glasgow, and had
issue — Christian ; Elizabeth ; George ;
Janet, born 15th July 1733. — [St Andrews
Tests.]
468
FORDOUN
[PRESBY. OF
1747
WILLIAM FOKBES, son of Thomas F.
of Thornton ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen ; called 8th April,
and ord. 9th Sept. 1747; died 20th March
1771. He marr. 28th Jan. 1748, Susanna
Walker, who died 14th Jan. 1801, and had
issue — Thomas, born 4th Jan., and died 10th
July 1749 ; Mary Ann, born 4th Nov. 1750 ;
Janet, born 24th June 1752 ; Elizabeth,
born 20th March 1755 ; Margaret, born
20th July 1760, died 7th Dec. 1833 ; Middle-
ton, born 9th Dec. 1766 (marr. William
Bell, wine-merchant, Leith) ; Phcebe, born
18th May 1769.
1771
ALEXANDER LESLIE, born 29th Oct.
1733, son of James L., min. of St
Fergus ; educated at Marischal Col-
lege, Aberdeen; M.A. (1775); licen.byPresb.
of Deer 10th Oct. 1758; ord. to Durris 5th
April 1759 ; pres. by George III. 9th July,
trans, and adm. 31st Oct. 1771; died 15th
Sept. 1807. He marr. 24th Feb. 1763,
Margaret (died 20th June 1829), daugh. of
Lewis Reid, min. of Strachan, and had
issue — James, his successor in this parish ;
Lewis, born 1st June 1766, died 15th Oct.
1768 ; Thomas, born 2nd March 1768, died
23rd May 1785 ; Janet, born 24th May
1770, died 18th June 1850 ; Elizabeth, born
31st Dec. 1771 (marr. 1st Aug. 1808, William
Lindsay of Oatlands, writer, Glasgow), died
29th July 1855 ; Alexander of Birkwood,
merchant, Glasgow, born 15th May 1773 ;
Grace, born 23rd April 1775, died 23rd
Dec. 1837 ; Lewis, born 23rd March, and
died 31st Dec. 1777 ; John, born 8th July
1778, died 25th Nov. 1801 ; William, born
15th Aug. 1781. Publication— Account of
the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, iv.).
1788
JAMES LESLIE, born Durris, 14th
March 1764, son of preceding; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow, where he
obtained a prize for the best essay on " The
Goodness of God " ; licen. by Presb. of
Fordoun 29th Nov. 1786 ; pres. by George
III. 3rd June 1787 ; ord. (assistant and
successor) 12th June 1788; D.D. (Glasgow,
1st May 1812) ; dem. 18th Oct. 1843 ; died
unmarr. at Bath Lodge, Stonehaven, 20th
March 1858. Publication — " Topography
and Natural History " in Account of the
Parish {New Stat. Ace, xi.). — [Tombst. ;
Mollyson's Parish of Fordoun, 5-10.]
1844
JAMES FLOWERDEW, son of an officer
of excise ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Meigle 3rd
April 1822 ; ord. to Eassie and Nevay 17th
April 1828 ; pres. by Queen Victoria 8th Dec.
1843; trans, and adm. 22nd Feb. 1844; died
unmarr. (after a prolonged period of ill-
health) 22nd Aug. 1845. He was of medium
height, neat in person, with fine classic
features, bright intelligent eyes, and a
finely developed forehead. His aspect in
the pulpit was commanding. He had few
equals as a debater. Publication — Account
of Eassie and Nevay {Neiv Stat. Ace, xi.).
—[Mollyson's Fordoun, 10-15].
1846
- CHARLES FORBES BUCHAN, born
Peterhead, 1817, son of Peter B.
of Dennyloanhead, printer, Peter-
head ; educated at Univ. of Aberdeen ;
Hon. M.A. (1859); ord. to Scots Church,
North Shields, 1840; trans, to High
Church, Paisley, 10th May 1844 ; pres. by
Queen Victoria 10th Oct. 1845 ; trans, and
adm. 14th Jan. 1846 ; D.D. (Jefferson
College, U.S.A.); died 15th Feb. 1875.
He marr. (1) 2nd March 1843, Isabella Carr
(died 2nd Aug. 1863), daugh. of Michael
Robson of West Chester, and Dorothy
Donkin, and had issue — Charles Forbes,
M.A., M.B., CM., assistant surgeon, R.N.,
born 16th Dec. 1843 ; Patrick, M.A.,
stockbroker, London, born 1st Feb. 1845 ;
David Steuart, born 15th Jan. 1847 ;
Dora, born 30th Dec. 1848; Alexander
Irvine, born 19th Nov. 1850, died 5th Nov.
1852; Margaret, born 3rd March 1853;
William Muir, born 1st July 1854 ; Harry,
born 31st Aug. 1855, died 22nd Feb. 1867 ;
Eveline, born 9th April 1857, died 1st May
1860; Frank, born 5th Feb. 1859, died
28th April 1860 ; Isabella Catharine, born
24th Sept., and died 18th Nov. 1861: (2)
21st Nov. 1871, Jane (died 24th Jan.
1899), daugh. of John Paterson, Edinburgh.
Publications — The Old Chajjel of Palladius
and its Story (Montrose 1875, 1879) ; Harp
of Zion (collection of hymns for the Sunday
FOEDOUN]
FORDOUN— GARVOCK
469
School); booklets for Sunday scholars: The
Gathered Lily; Apples of Gold in Pictures of
Silver ; [Case of G. F. Buchan (1853)].
JOHN MENZIES, born Weem, 1st Nov.
ls75 1845, son of Eobert M. and Margaret
Thompson; educated at Dull and
Aberfeldy Schools, and Univ. of St
Andrews; M.A. (1865); licen. by Presb.
of Weem ; ord. to Fort- Augustus in 1872 ;
trans, and adm. 11th Aug. 1875; died
5th July 1902. He marr. 8th April 1885,
Susan Gordon, youngest daugh. of John
Garland, Cairnton, and Mary Ann Pirie.
Publication — Historical Sketches in Fordoun
(Montrose, 1887).
EOBEET GALBEAITH, born Linwood,
1902 18th Dec. 1866, son of William G.
and Elizabeth Armour ; educated at
Linwood School and Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Paisley April 1891 ;
assistant at Saughtree and Linlithgow ;
ord. to Buckie 9th Feb. 1898; trans,
and adm. 24th Dec. 1902. Marr. 13th
Dec. 1892, Eliza, daugh. of Francis
Alison, engineer, Loanhead, and Jane
Alison, and has issue — Eobert, architect,
born 29th Nov. 1893 ; Jane Jack, born
3rd Aug. 1895.
GARVOCK.
[The church of Garvock was dedicated
to St James. It belonged to the Abbey
of Arbroath. Near the church was St
James's Well, and a fair of St James was
held at the Hill of Garvock. There was
also in the parish a Well of St Medan,
at Inglismaldie. (Inglismaldie = Eaglais
Mheadain, the Church of St Medan.)]
JAMES SYMMEE, reader in 1567;
1567 dep. in 1569.
ALEXANDEE KEITH, removed from
1568 Caterline, having Arbuthnott, Bervie,
and Kinneff in addition ; trans, to
Dunnottar in 1579.
EOBEET MYLNE, reader in 1569 and
, in 1585. — [Awl. of Exch., 1584-98,
f. 107.]
WALTEE MOEISON, brother to
1588 William M., min. of Benholme ;
min. in 1588; died 4th May 1603.
He marr. Margaret Eait, who survived
him, and had issue — James, min. of Evie
and Eendall ; William ; Isobel. — [Edin.
Tests.]
EOBEET AEBUTHNOTT, pres. by
1604 James VI. 20th Feb. 1604; trans.
to Arbuthnott before 7th Feb. 1615.
ANDEEW COLLACE, M.A. ; pres. by
1615 James VI. 7th Feb. 1615 ; trans, to
Ecclesgreig before 6th April 1619.
DAVID MITCHELL, M.A.; adm.
1619 before 6th April 1619 ; trans, to
Old Kirk Parish, Edinburgh, before
6th Feb. 1628.
MICHAEL GILBEET, trans, from
1628 North Berwick ; pres. by Charles I.
6th Feb. 1628; trans, to Murroes
about 1648.
JOHN KEITH, educated at Marischal
le5_ College, Aberdeen ; adm. before
24th March 1653; still min. 11th
Nov. 1663. He left notes in MS. of some
remarkable things in the Mearns. He
had issue — George, min. of Old Deer. —
[Jervise's Memorials, ii., 237.]
JOHN MYLNE, younger; pres. July
1669; ord. 2nd March 1670; trans,
to Second Charge, Montrose, before
2nd Dec. 1685.
EOBEET OCHTEELONY, of the
Guynd family, born there 27th Oct.
1662 ; passed trials before the Presb.
of St Andrews ; recommended for licence
5th June 1684 ; pres. by George, Earl of
Panmure, in Nov., and adm. 20th May
1685 ; deprived by the Privy Council in 1693,
for not reading the Proclamation of the
Estates, and not praying for William and
Mary ; dep. by Presb. of Brechin, 3rd Oct.
1716, for intruding at Montrose during the
Eebellion. He was prosecuted with others,
before the Lords of Justiciary, for intruding
into parish churches, leasing making, pray-
ing for James, the Old Chevalier, but the
470
GARVOCK
[PRESBY. OF
Solicitor-General consented to desert the
diet, 29th July 1717, in respect of the King's
Act of Grace. He retired to Montrose and
died there 9th Jan. 1750, the last survivor
of those settled previous to the abolition of
Episcopacy. — [Tombst. ; Scots Mag., xii.]
JAMES MURISON, educated at
1698 Marischal College, Aberdeen ; chap-
lain to the laird of Langton ; licen.
by the united Presb. of Chirnside and
Duns 23rd March 1697; ord. 31st Aug.
1698 ; died 2nd July 1746. He marr. 27th
May 1714, Grizel Dallas, and had issue —
James, Principal of St Mary's College,
St Andrews (q.v.).
1743
JAMES SMITH (primus), born 1 702; app.
schoolmaster of St Cyrus 27th July
1726; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen ; M.A. (7th April 1727) ; licen.
by Presb. of Fordoun 4th June 1740 ; called
9th June, and ord. (assistant and successor)
12th Oct. 1743 ; was carried off a prisoner
in Jan. 1746 by the Jacobite army, but
attended on the Duke of Cumberland in
Feb. that year, and died 6th Nov. 1780.
He marr. 6th July 1752, Mary (died 5th
Nov. 1808), daugh. of Archibald Napier,
min. of Maryculter, and had issue — James,
his successor in this parish ; Jean, born 6th
March 1759 (marr. Robert Foote, min. of
Fettercairn).
JAMES SMITH (secundus), born 29th
1W9 Sept. 1753, son of preceding; edu-
cated at King's College, Aberdeen ;
MA. (1769); licen. by Presb. of Fordoun
3rd May 1775; pres. by George III. Jan.
1777 ; ord. (assistant and successor) 19th
Aug. 1779; became mentally affected shortly
thereafter ; died unmarr. 18th July 1836.
JOHN GLENNIE, M.A. ; pres. by
1804 George HI. in June, and adm.
(assistant and successor) 26th July
1804; trans, to Echt 16th Dec. 1813.
JAMES MILNE, M.A. ; pres. by George,
,_14 Prince Regent, in March, and ord.
(assistant and successor) 9th May
1814 ; trans, to Arbuthnott 1st March
1821.
JOHN CHARLES, born Culardo, Gar-
„. vock, 1769, son of John C, wheel-
wright ; educated at Garvock School
and Marischal College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(26th March 1792); schoolmaster of Glen-
bervie, 1796-1821 ; pres. by George IV. in
March, and ord. (assistant and successor)
7th June 1821 ; gave in 1837 £50 to Kirk-
Session of the parish and £50 to that of
Laurencekirk, and a further sum of £50 in
1844 to Garvock, the interest to be paid to
the schoolmasters for teaching two or more
poor children to be named by Kirk-Session ;
died 16th Nov. 1868. It is to be noticed
that for upwards of 170 years there was
no vacancy in this parish, a circumstance
only paralleled in the parish of Rerrick.
Publications — A Sermon preached in the
Church of Glenbervie (Aberdeen, 1814) ;
Sermon, 4th Jan. 1835 (Brechin); The
Protestant's Hand - Book (Edinburgh,
1855).
1844
JAMES MITCHELL, born Aberdeen,
March 1800, son of James M. and
Margaret Gordon ; educated at
Grammar School and King's College,
Aberdeen ; became schoolmaster of Kinneff ;
ord. (assistant and successor) 11th Jan.
1844 ; died 8th April 1885. He marr. 26th
March 1827, Elizabeth (died 21st Aug.
1863), daugh. of Captain Christie, 88th
Connaught Rangers, and had issue — James,
D.D., min. of South Leith, born 5th Oct.
1830 ; Margaret Elizabeth, born 20th Feb.
1839, died 20th Oct. 1892.
1877
WILLIAM STEPHEN, born Tarves,
10th Dec. 1846, son of Alexander S.
and Margaret Duncan ; educated at
Methlick Public School, Grammar School,
and Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A. (1870), B.D.
(1879); licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen in
1874 ; assistant at Banchory -Ternan,Bo:ness,
and St Cyrus ; ord. (assistant and successor)
17th Oct. 1877 ; res. 17th May 1923. Marr.
17th May 1892, Jane Latto, eldest daugh.
of Charles Morrison, min. of Laurencekirk,
and has issue — Alexander Charles, B.Sc.
(Aberdeen), naturalist, Scottish Fishery
Board, born 17th Dec. 1893.
fordoun]
GARVOCK— GLENBERVIE
471
FRANCIS M'HARDY, born Ordiquhill,
lg23 Banff, 30th Nov. 1874, son of John
M. and Mary Duff; educated at
Fordyce Academy, Univs. of Aberdeen,
M.A. (1897), B.D. (1900), and Berlin; licen.
by Presb. of Aberdeen in 1902 ; assistant
at Govan, Glasgow ; ord. to Galashiels
West, 15th April 1903; trans, to Midmar
12th Nov. 1908 ; trans, to Monquhitter
19th Jan. 1917 ; trans, to Bickarton 3rd
Oct. 1919 ; trans, and adm. 25th Oct. 1923.
Examiner for degrees, Univ. of Aberdeen,
1918-21. He marr. 7th June 1904, Helen
Hannah, daugh. of William Andrew
Plummer Sanderson, manufacturer, Gala-
shiels, and Sarah Annie Thomson, and has
issue— Francis, born 8th May 1905; John
William Thomson Duff, born 31st Oct.
1913 ; Charles George Plummer Sander-
son, born 13th Nov. 1915.
GLENBERVIE.
[Glenbervie was a prebend of Brechin.
At Drumlithie in this parish there was a
Well of St Carran. A fair of St Michael
was held at Drumlithie. At Dellivaird
stood St Mary's Chapel and a shrine.]
JOHN CHBISTISON, min. of Fetter-
1S60 esso, had also charge here in 1560;
removed here before 28th Sept. 1570;
was still min. in 1580. — [Edin. Cotnm. Dec,
i., 275.]
JOHN AUCHINLECK, reader in
1567 1567.
ARCHIBALD DOUGLAS, son of
1581 William, ninth Earl of Angus ;
parson here in 1581; died (s.p.) 1584.
— [Scots Peerage, i., 198 ; Reg. of Deeds,
xxii., 63 ; Douglas Booh, ii., 377.]
DUNCAN DOUGLAS, youngest son of
William, ninth Earl of Angus, and
brother of preceding; parson in
1585 ; died before 1591.
JAMES DOUGLAS, second son of Sir
Archibald D. of Glenbervie and
uncle of preceding, and Elizabeth,
daugh. of Alexander Irvine of Drum ;
parson in 1590 ; was still min. 17th July
1635. He marr. Grizel, daugh. of
Irvine of Beltie, and had issue — Robert of
Nether Kilmonth, ancestor of Lord Glen-
bervie, and families of Brigton, Whiterigs
and Fechil ; James, min. of Kirkwall ;
John ; Elizabeth (marr. Lockhart in
Park, in Douglasdale) ; Jean (marr.
Inglis in Brigtondykes). — [Douglas Book,
ii., 548 ; Scots Peerage, i., 198.]
JOHN CHALMER, son of John C.
1684 °^ Balnacraig ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1630);
app. (assistant and successor) in 1634 ;
died unmarr. April 1635, aged about 25.
He desired his body to be buried in the
Kirk of Lumphanan, and bequeathed fifty
merks to the poor of that parish. — [Brechin
Tests.]
JOHN IRVINE, of the family of Mon-
16S6 boddo, born 1605 ; educated at Univ.
of St Andrews ; M.A. (1634) ; adm. in
1636 ; died Nov. 1680. He marr. Margaret,
daugh. of John Gordon in Belgium, and had
issue — Robert, his successor in this parish ;
James ; George ; John ; Alexander, a min. ;
Marjory; Christian. — [For/a*- Homings,
18th Sept. 1676; Tombst. ; Gen. Reg. of
Sas., ii., xxviii. ; Inq. Ret. Gen., 6990,
7147.]
ROBERT IRVINE, son of preceding;
.-„„ educated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen ; adm. (colleague) 7th Feb.
1678; died between March 1710 and 21st
March 1711.
HENRY HAMILTON, born 1677, son
1712 °^ Andrew (or Alexander) of Kinnell,
who suffered in the time of Episco-
pacy ; educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (14th July 1694) ; licen. by Presb. of
Kirkcaldy 11th Feb. 1703; ord. to Navar
3rd March 1708; called by the Presb.
jure devoluto 9th Jan., trans, and adm.
4th April 1712 ; died 20th May 1754. He
marr. at Dalzell 28th Oct. 1726, Grizel
(died 30th Aug. 1772), daugh. of John
Haldane of Myrtoun. — [House of Hamilton,
435.]
472
GLENBERVIE— KINNEFF AND CATERLINE [presb. of
ROBERT ALLARDICE, born Kincar-
.„„ dineshire, 1723; became school-
master of Fetteresso ; educated at
King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (27th
March 1745); licen. by Presb. of Fordoun
27th June 1753; pres. by Sir James
Nicolson of Glenbervie Aug 1754; ord.
19th March 1755; died 12th Sept. 1779.
He marr. 1st March 1756, Margaret Simp-
son, who died at Montrose 25th Dec. 1815,
and had issue — James, born 19th Feb., and
died 5th April 1757.
ALEXANDER THOM, born 1738;
,_„. M.A. (King's College, Aberdeen,
25th April 1759) ; became school-
master of Dunnottar ; licen. by Presb. of
Fordoun 5th Oct. 1768 ; pres. by Sir James
Nicolson of Glenbervie in 1779 ; ord. 18th
May 1780; died 13th April 1815. He marr.
24th March 1788, Christian Thorn, who died
20th Sept. 1846, and had issue — -Alexander,
licentiate of the Church, afterwards
surgeon at Dubscross, near Manchester,
born 23rd Sept. 1790 ; Jean, born 1st Sept.
1793, died 9th May 1797; Christian, born
26th June 1795; Patrick, born 27th June
1797. Publication — Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xi.).
JAMES DRUMMOND, born 1784, son
1815 of Adam D., cabinet-maker, and
Elizabeth Callender ; licen. by Presb.
of Brechin 10th Aug. 1808; pres. by Mrs
Helen Mitchell Nicolson of Glenbervie,
with consent of her husband in Aug., and
ord. 24th Sept. 1815 ; died at Stonehaven
11th Dec. 1867. He marr. 9th April 1827,
Helen (died 17th Oct. 1870), daugh. of
James Forest, merchant, Drumlithie, and
had issue— Jane, born 19th Feb. 1828, died
unmarr. ; Elizabeth, born 30th June 1829
(marr. Alexander Smart Myers, min. of
Benholme); Helen, born 26th April 1831
(marr. William Gordon, min. of this parish) ;
James, M.A., M.D., Brechin, born 12th Jan.
1836, died (of fever contracted from a
patient) 16th March 1859. Publication —
The Warning Voice, a sermon (Stonehaven,
1844); Account of the Parish {New Stat.
Ace, xi.).— [Kinnear'a Glenbervie, 32, 141-8
(portrait).]
1894
WILLIAM GORDON, born Reekimlean,
Cabrach, Aberdeenshire, 14th May
1863 1824, son of Peter G., farmer ; edu-
cated at King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1847) ; became schoolmaster at Auchindoir ;
ord. to Glenbuchat 12th Oct. 1854 ; pres.
by Mrs Nicolson of Glenbervie ; trans, and
adm. (assistant and successor) 10th June
1863 ; died 14th May 1902. He marr. 23rd
April 1862, Helen (died 24th Sept. 1912),
daugh. of James Drummond, min. of this
parish, and had issue — Patrick Lindsay,
his successor in this parish ; Helen Jane
Drummond, born 4th Dec. 1865, died 3rd
Nov. 1869; Margaret Collie, born 22nd
Sept. 1867, died 29th Jan. 1884; James
Drummond, M.A., B.D. B.Sc, Indian
chaplain (q.v.) and min. of Bedrule, born
16th June 1870; William Lindsay, min. of
Yetholm, born 4th Dec. 1871. — [Kinnear's
Glenbervie, 33 (portrait).]
PATRICK LINDSAY GORDON, born
18tb Aug. 1864, son of preceding ;
educated at Glenbervie School,
Grammar School, Aberdeen, and Old Aber-
deen, and Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1886), B.D. (1889); licen. by Presb. of
Aberdeen in 1889 ; assistant at Alford,
Skene, Maryton, Ettrick, and Lerwick ;
ord. (assistant and successor) 17th Oct.
1894 ; served as Ambulance driver in
France, 1916-18, of a car presented by
himself, and received Croix de Guerre ;
app. clerk of Presb. in 1921. — [Kinnear's
Glenbervie, 34 (portrait).]
KINNEFF AND CATERLINE.
[These parishes were united by the Court
of Teinds 7th Jan. 1719.
Einneff. — The church of Kinneff was
dedicated to St Adamnan. At Barras, in
this parish, stood a chapel of St John.
There was also within the bounds a Well
of St Mungo.
Caterline. — The church of Caterline was
dedicated to St Katherine. It belonged
to the Abbey of Arbroath.]
JAMES FULL ARTON, reader in
1567 1567.
fordodn]
KINNEFF AND CATERLINE
473
JAMES SIMSON, reader here and at
Berrie and Caterline, 1574 to 1585;
pres. to the vicarage of Caterline
by James VI. 31st Oct. 1576.
GEORGE YOUNG, educated at King's
College, Aberdeen ; min. in 1585,
with Bervie and Bescobie also in
the charge, still min. in 1589, with Kinneff
and Bervie then in the charge.
ALEXANDER SIBBALD, M.A. ; adm.
before 10th June 1611 ; trans, to
1574
1585
1611
Kemnay before 1613.
1613
1619
JAMES RAIT, adm. to Auldearn in
1585 ; trans, to Bervie in 1591 ; was
a member of Assembly in 1610 ;
trans, to Caterline before 1613 ; trans, and
adm. in 1613; died 2nd Dec. 1618. He
marr. and had issue — Robert, died before
27th Oct. 1624; William.— [St Andrews
Tests.]
JAMES STRACHAN, son of Andrew
S., min. of Dun ; educated at Univ.
of St Andrews ; M.A. (1604) ; adm.
to Barry 27th Sept. 1611; trans, and adm.
in 1619; dep. about 1639. On account of
his sufferings and loyalty he had £100
sterling allowed by Parliament 3rd May
1661 ; was alive 14th June 1662. He marr.
(cont. 16th April 1610), Margaret Feithie —
[Reg. of Deeds, ccclxxxvii., 499 ; Acts of
Pari., vii., App. 65.]
JAMES GRANGER, M.A. (St Andrews
1626); became a preacher in Mont-
rose in 1635 ; the Assembly passed
an Act under which the Presb. were to take
him on trials and to ordain him 6th Oct.
1640. In 1651 the "Honours" or Regalia
of Scotland were committed for safe custody
by the Earl Marischal to his own castle of
Dunnottar, and George Ogilvie of Barras
was placed in command. The castle was
besieged by the English Parliamentary
troops. When it ultimately surrendered
in May 1652, the English general found
that the Regalia were no longer there.
They had been conveyed out of the castle
in March by the minister's wife, and buried
by her husband under the floor of Kinneff
Church close to the pulpit. In 166Q they
1640
were dug up and restored to the King.
According to all the evidence it was the
Grangers who played the most prominent
part in this patriotic act. On 11th Jan.
1661, an Act of Parliament granted to Mrs
Granger a sum of 2000 merks Scots,
"because she was most active in con-
veying the royall honnours . . . out of the
castle . . . and that by her care the same
was hid and preserved." It would appear,
however, that she never received more than
a fraction of the amount voted to her. G.
died between 14th Jan. and 20th May
1663, aged about 57. His gravestone has
the following commendatory lines : —
" Scotia Grangeri cui Insignia Regia debet
Servata hie cineres reliquiacq' jacent.
Abstulit obsesso piene hEee captiva Dunotro,
Condidit et Bacra qua tuniulator humo.
PrtBmia dant superi ; patrii servator honoris
Sceptra rotat superos inter athleta chor . . ."
He marr. Christian Fletcher (who survived
him and marr. (2) James Sandilands, first
Lord Abercrombie), and had issue — John.
Publications — A Letter to the Governor,
21st July 1660, with his obligation to the
same 28th Sept. following (Papers relative
to the Regalia of Scotland) (Bannatyne
Club, 1829).— [Tombst. ; Acts of Pari., vii.,
11, App. 3 ; Aberdeen Sas., ii., 635 ; Papers
relative to the Preservation of the Honours
of Scotland [ed. by Charles Howden] (Scot.
Hist. Soc, xxvi., 1896); Barron's In Defence
of the Regalia, 2-45 ; Scot. Hist. Rev., xx.,
78 (Jan. 1923).]
1663
JAMES HONYMAN (primus), son of
David H. in Pitairchney, baker in
St Andrews, and brother of Andrew,
Bishop of Orkney ; educated at Univ. of
St Andrews ; M.A. 26th July 1649 ; assist-
ant to James Sharp, min. of Crail for two
years before 31st March 1658 ; adm. 30th
Sept. 1663 ; died 25th May 1693, aged about
64. He marr. May 1671, Margaret Leask,
in the parish of Maryculter, and had issue —
Andrew, his successor in this parish ; Alex-
ander; Robert, M.A., min. at New York
in 1702 ; James, min. at Newport, Rhode
Island, U.S.A. ; Cecil ; Rachel (marr.
William Elphinstone, min. of Logie). —
[Tombst. ; Scots Mag., xlii.]
474
KINNEFF AND CATERLINE
[ PRESB. OF
1701
ANDREW HONYMAN, bapt. 1st May
1672, eldest son of preceding ; edu-
cated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (17th June 1688); called by the
heritors and elders (colleague and successor)
Oct. 1692 ; again on 27th July, and ord.
24th Sept. 1701 ; died 30th Dec. 1732. He
marr. 1702, Helen Rait, of the family of
Finlayston, and had issue — James, his
successor in this parish ; Andrew; William;
Rachel (marr. David Corse, min. of Dun-
nottar) ; Jane. — [Tombst. ; Scots Mag.,
xlii., lxxiv.]
JAMES HONYMAN (secundiis), born
173g 1704, son of Andrew H., min. of
Kinneff ; educated at Marischal Col-
lege, Aberdeen; licen. by Presb. of Fordoun
6th Oct. 1725 ; ord. to Keithhall 26th Sept.
1728 ; pres. by George II. 24th Feb., called
6th June, trans, and adm. 29th Aug. 1733 ;
died 6th Jan. 1780. He was author of the
song, " Hie, bonnie lassie, blink over the
burn," and other poems in MSS. He marr.
11th April 1738, Katherine (died 22nd Oct.
1772), daugh. of John Allardyce, provost
of Aberdeen, and had issue — Jean, born
16th June 1739 ; Helen, born 10th June
1741 (marr. Robert Edward, Harvieston);
James, his successor in this parish ; John,
M.A., born 11th Dec. 1745, licen. 14th Oct.
1767 as preacher, became a dissenting min.
in England ; Robert, physician in Virginia,
born 10th Dec. 1747; Patrick, born 14th
Dec. 1751, died 15th Feb. 1752.
JAMES HONYMAN {tertius), born 4th
17g0 Jan. 1745, eldest son of preceding;
educated at Marischal College,
Aberdeen; M.A. (1763); min. at New-
port, Rhode Island, U.S.A. ; pres. by
George III. (assistant and successor) 16th
June 1773; ord. 17th Aug. 1780; died
unmarr. 5th Aug. 1781. The Honymans
of four generations were thus mins. of
this parish in succession — a period of 118
years. Their actual lives embraced over
a century and a half.
PATRICK STEWART, son of James S.
1782 °^ Carnaveron, farmer, Mondynes,
Fife, and Marjory Grant ; educated
at Marischal College, Aberdeen; licen.
by Presb. of Kincardine O'Neil 6th April
1768; ord. by it assistant to English
Church at Middelburg, Holland, 20th
May 1772; pres. by George III. 29th
Sept. 1781 ; adm. to this parish 2nd May
1782; died 22nd May 1830. He marr.
22nd Aug. 1784, Christian Leslie, who died
27th March 1813, and had issue — James,
born 12th June 1785, died at Madras 16th
June 1811 ; Marjory, born 23rd Oct. 1786 ;
Anna, born 25th March 1788 (marr. May
1809, John Campbell Stewart, M.D.,
Balmoral), died 25th July 1832; Duncan,
born 12th Nov. 1789, died 20th Aug. 1806;
William, banker and sheriff-clerk, Stone-
haven, born 22nd April 1791 ; Lewis, born
4th Dec. 1792, died 3rd July 1803; Isaac
Grant, born 2nd July, and died 18th Dec.
1794 ; Allan, successor in this parish ;
Patrick, in Custom House, London, born
13th Jan. 1798 ; Fleance, M.A., L.R.C.P. &
S.E., born 4th Jan. 1800, died 11th June
1825 ; Walter, born 1st Sept. 1801 ; Alex-
ander, assistant surgeon, H.E.I.C.S., born
23rd Feb. 1804 ; John, farmer, Caterline,
born 6th June 1806; Christian, born 31st
Jan. 1809, died 3rd Oct. 1822. Publication
— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, vi.).
ALLAN STEWART, born 12th May
1818 1^96, son of preceding ; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen (M.A.
2nd April 1814), and studied divinity at
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Fordoun
8th May 1818 ; pres. by George, Prince
Regent, July, and by John, Viscount
Arbuthnot, same month; ord. (assistant
and successor) 17th Sept. 1818; died
unmarr. 13th Jan. 1837.
•THOMAS BROWN, born 23rd April
183_ 1811, son of John B., D.D., min. of
Langton ; educated at Duns School
and Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb.
of Duns 10th Feb. 1835 ; missionary at
Dumfries ; pres. by William IV. 24th
April and 28th June, and ord. 15th Sept.
1837. Joined the Free Church in 1843;
min. of Kinneff Free Church, 1843-9, Dean
Free Church, Edinburgh, 1849-93 ; President
of Berwickshire Naturalists' Club in 1881 ;
D.D. (Edinburgh 1888) ; elected Moderator
fordoun]
KINNEFF AND CATERLINE
475
of Free Church General Assembly 22nd
May 1890; died in Edinburgh 4th April
1893. He was an accomplished botanist
and geologist. He marr. 27th April 1848,
Marianne (born 30th Nov. 1814, died 9th
Dec. 1856), daugh. of James Wood, M.D.,
Edinburgh, and Mary Wood of Grangehill,
and had issue — John James Graham, M.D.,
President, Eoyal College of Physicians,
Edinburgh, Lecturer on Neurology in Univ.
of Edinburgh, born 6th Sept. 1853; Mary
Eleanor Lucy, died in infancy ; James
Wood, M.A., min. of the Free Church,
Gordon, Berwickshire, author of Coven-
anters of the Merit, and other works, born
2nd Dec. 1856, died at Florence 16th March
1914. Publications — Annals of the Dis-
ruption (Edinburgh, 1876, 1884, 1893);
Church and State in Scotland from 1560 to
1843 [Chalmers Lecture] (Edinburgh, 1891) ;
" The Game of Ball as played in Dunse on
Fastern's Eve" {Hist. Berwickshire Nat.
Club, vol. i., 44-6) ; " Notes on the Mountain
Limestone and Lower Carboniferous Rocks
of the Fif eshire Coast, from Burntisland to
St Andrews" (Trans. Roy. Soc. Edin.,
vol. xxii.) ; " On a Clay Deposit . . . recently
observed in the Basin of the Forth " (Trans.
Roy. Soc. Edin.) ; " Notice of Glacial Clay
near Errol"; "On the Parallel Boads of
Glenroy " ; " On the Old River Terraces of
the Earn and Teith" (Trans. Roy. Soc.
Edin., xxvi.); "Address to Berwickshire
Nat. Club, 12th Oct. 1881 " (Hist. Berwick-
shire Nat. Club, ix., 415-24); Account of the
Parish (New Stat. Ace, xi.). — [Obituary
Notice by Prof. Duns, D.D., in Hist.
Berwickshire Nat. Club (1892-3), 339-46 ;
The Border Almanac (1894), 76-8.]
WILLIAM MEARNS of Disblair, born
1843 Carves, 21st July 1814, son of Duncan
M., D.D., Professor of Divinity,
King's College, Aberdeen ; educated at
Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A. (1832) ; ord. to
Glenrinnes 11th May 1838 ; pres. by Queen
Victoria 19th July, trans, and adm. 15th
Sept. 1843; D.D. (Aberdeen 1866); res.
8th Dec. 1886; died at Manse of Oyne
5th Oct. 1891. He marr. 7th April 1842,
Margaret Moir (died 4th Feb. 1880), daugh.
of James Smith, M.D., of Whitehill, and
1881
had issue — Jemima Smith, born 26th April
1843, died 22nd May 1844 ; Duncan George,
min. of Oyne, born 11th Jan. 1846. —
[Walker's Disblair, 31.]
ALEXANDER MORISON ABEL, born
17th Dec. 1855, son of John A., min.
of Forgue ; educated at Univ. of
Aberdeen; M.A. (1877); licen. by Presb.
of Aberdeen 4th May 1880 ; ord. (assistant
and successor) 22nd Feb. 1881 ; died un-
marr. at Aliwal North, South Africa, 16th
May 1886.
JAMES CORSAR ANDERSON, born
18_„ Menmuir, 22nd July 1861, son of
Mark Louden A., D.D., min. of St
Andrews ; educated at Clifton Bank
School and Univ. of St Andrews; M.A.
(1884), B.D. (1885); licen. by Presb. of
St Andrews in 1885 ; assistant at Gala-
shiels; ord. 4th May 1887; died 14th
Sept. 1907. He marr. 14th Sept. 1887,
Jeannie Anne Elizabeth Stephen (died
9th Oct. 1907), daugh. of John Boyd,
Abernyte, and had issue — Flora Belle,
born 9th May 1889 (marr. H. Ramsay);
Margaret Jane, born 1st Aug. 1892 (marr.
18th May 1918, Robert Kirkland Galloway,
R.A.F., Dunbar); Mark Louden, M.C.,
Forestry Officer, Edinburgh, born 16th
April 1895 ; Agnes Just, born 27th June
1896 (marr. F. Rogers).
WILLIAM CRUICKSHANK, born
lgo„ Bankhead, Newhills, 29th June
1871, son of James C. and Eliza-
beth Shewan ; educated at Stoneywood
School and Univ. of Aberdeen; M.A.
(1896), B.D. (1899); licen. by Presb. of
Aberdeen 26th March 1901 ; assistant at
Aviemore and Boat of Garten, and Holburn,
Aberdeen; ord. to Leslie, Aberdeenshire,
18th Aug. 1903; trans, and adm. 11th
March 1908. He marr. 2nd June 1908,
Annie, daugh. of Henry Tyme, Sheffield,
and Mary Annie Oxley, and has issue —
Mary Barbara, born 6th April 1909 ; James
Henry, born 28th Jan. 1913; William
Leslie, born 14th April 1918. Publication
— The Bible in the Light of Antiquity
[Guild Text Book] (London and Edin-
burgh, 1913).
476
CATERLINE— LAURENCEKIRK
[PKESB. OF
CATERLINE.
ALEXANDER KEITH, min. in 1567,
1567 with Kinneff, Bervie, Arbuthnott, and
Garvock also in the charge ; removed
to Garvock before 1568.
JAMES RAIT, trans, from Bervie, and
1618 a<^m- before 8th July 1613 ; trans, to
Kinneff that year.
THOMAS CARGILL, M.A. (King's Col-
1628 'e£>e' Aberdeen, 1610) ; was school-
master of Barras ; adm. before 29th
April 1623; still min. 12th Nov. 1662;
probably died before 4th Sept. 1678, at
which date the parish was vacant. He had
issue — Thomas. — [Jervise's Memorials, ii.,
243.]
THOMAS ROBERTSON, M.A.; pres.
1679 *n April, and adm. 25th Sept. 1679 ;
trans, to Clatt 30th April 1682.
DUGALD JAMESON, a native of
Angus ; M.A. (King's College, Aber-
deen, 14th July 1674) ; adm. before
3rd Jan. 1683 ; deserted the charge after
15th Sept. 1688, and went to Ireland.
WILLIAM CUMIN, brother to Robert
1709 ^•' m*n' °^ Riccart°n> Kilmarnock ;
licen. by Presb. of Kirkcaldy 22nd
June 1693; called 7th Sept. 1707, and by
the Presb. 29th June 1708 ; ord. 23rd Aug.
1709 ; died 1717.— {Brechin Tests.]
LAURENCEKIRK, of old
CONVETH.
[The church of Conveth was dedicated to
St Laurence. It belonged to the Priory of
St Andrews. At Chapel Knap of Scotstoun,
within the bounds, stood a chapel of St
Anthony, and there a fair of St Anthony
was held. At Conveth there was a yearly
fair of St Laurence.]
PATRICK RAMSAY, of the family of
1S67 Balmain ; min. in 1567, with Arbuth-
nott also in the charge ; became
reader from 1574 to 1579.
PATRICK BONCLE, removed from
15„. Fordoun, having that parish, Fetter-
cairn, and Newdosk also in the
charge; returned to Fordoun about 1579.
WALTER KER, vicar and min. 26th
1580 ^°v- I580- — [Acts and Dec, lxxxvi.,
100.]
WILLIAM GRAY, min. in 1585; still
,,olr min. in 1601. — rFraser's Laurence-
1585 , . , - L
kirk, 223.]
ALEXANDER SYMSON, M.A. (St
1607 Andrews, 1603) ; min. in 1607 ; was
a member of General Assembly,
1638, 1639. He marr., and had issue —
Patrick, min. of Logie-Pert. — [Reg. of
Deeds, cxl., 346.]
ROBERT DOUGLAS, M.A. ; adm.
165„ before Jan. 1657 ; trans, to Bothwell
before 20th Sept. 1665.
PATRICK TURNBULL, M.A. (King's
1666 College, Aberdeen, 12th July 1660) ;
adm. 30th Sept. 1666 ; died between
1st April 1674 and 12th July 1676. He
marr. Ann Melvill, who survived him, and
had issue — James, served heir 27th Dec.
1694. — [Inq. Bet. Kincardine, 192 ; Fraser's
Laurencekirk, 226.]
WILLIAM DUNBAR, a native of
le77 Moray; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen; M.A. (1670); became
schoolmaster of this parish ; had a testi-
monial for ordination 23rd May, and adm.
12th Sept. 1677 ; deprived in 1693 for not
praying for William and Mary. He is
said to have compelled his parishioners to
swear publicly in the church that they
should never bear arms against any of the
race and name of Stewart. Deposed by
Presb. of Brechin 3rd Oct. 1716, for intrud-
ing at Montrose during the Rebellion ; died
Nov. 1729, aged about 80.
ARTHUR SHEPHERD, M.A. (St
16g9 Andrews, 25th July 1668); app.
schoolmaster of Kinross Jan. 1683 ;
licen. by Presb. of Kirkcaldy 11th June
1691, he having professed his sorrow for
passing trials and taking a testimonial
FORDOUN]
LAURENCEKIRK
477
1710
under Episcopacy ; called by the Presb.
jure devoluto 10th Feb., and ord. 2nd
March 1699; died 23rd April 1707, aged
about 59. He marr. Isobel Craw, and had
issue— Arthur, merchant and sheriff-depute
of Kincardineshire. — [Fraser's Laurence-
kirk, 228.]
DAVID ARCHER, son of John A. at
Pathhead ; educated at Univ. of
St Andrews ; MA. (12th July 1699) ;
Keen, by Presb. of Kirkcaldy 27th Nov.
1707 ; called 12th Feb., and ord. 4th April
1710 ; died 14th May 1726, aged about 47.
He marr. 3rd July 1716, Katherine Brown.
— [Fraser's Laurencekirk, 230-5.]
ANDREW THOMSON, born 1701, son
1727 °^ William T., min. of Flisk ; licen.
by Presb. of Cupar 31st Dec. 1723;
called 25th Jan., and ord. 11th May 1727 ;
died 4th Feb. 1759. He was "a very
learned man," and was useful to the poet
Dr Alexander Beattie when schoolmaster of
this parish by lending him books. He marr.
29th Aug. 1746, Christian Anderson (died
10th Sept. 1754), and had issue — William,
born 12th June 1747; Gilbert, born 23rd
Dec. 1748, died 24th March 1750 ; Andrew,
born 6th Nov. 1750, died 9th June 1752 ;
Agnes, born 29th Sept., died 30th Nov.
1752 ; Christian, born 24th July, died 26th
Oct. 1754.
DAVID FORBES, born Garvock, 1725,
son of Alexander F., blacksmith ;
educated at King's College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. 4th April 1749 ; pres. by the
Principal and Masters of the New College,
St Andrews, July 1759; ord. 27th Aug.
1760; died 24th March 1795. He marr.
15th Sept. 1792, Catherine (died s.p. 22nd
Oct. 1820, aged 70), daugh. of James Morison
of Elsick, provost of Aberdeen. — [Tombst.]
GEORGE COOK, born Dec. 1772,
second son of John O, Professor of
Moral Philosophy in Univ. of St
Andrews, and Janet, daugh. of John Hill,
min. of St Andrews ; educated at Univ. of
St Andrews ; M.A. (1790) ; licen. by Presb.
there 30th April 1795 ; pres. by the
Principal and Masters of St Mary's College
in June, and ord. 3rd Sept. 1795 ; D.D. (St
1760
1795
Andrews 1808). From an early period he
took a prominent part in the deliberations
of the General Assembly, and was leader of
the Moderate party in the Church ; elected
Moderator of the General Assembly in 1825 ;
dem. on appointment 16th Nov. 1828 to the
Chair of Moral Philosophy at St Andrews
10th June 1829. He still continued to
take a leading part in the discussions
which preceded the Disruption, giving a
persistent and strenuous opposition to the
Evangelical party led by Dr Chalmers ;
died 13th May 1845. He marr. 23rd
Feb. 1801, Diana, youngest daugh. of
Alexander Shank, min. of St Cyrus, and
had issue — Diana, born 18th May 1802,
died 8th April 1817; Janet, born 27th
March, died 2nd April 1805 ; John, D.D.,
min. of Haddington, born 12th Sept. 1807 ;
Mary, born 21st May 1809 (marr. Thomas
Marjoribanks, min. of Stenton) ; Alexander
Shank, advocate, Procurator of the Church,
born 9th Dec. 1810, died 16th Jan. 1869;
George, D.D., min. of Borgue, born 11th
June 1812 ; Henry David, H.E.I.C.S., born
19th May 1814, died 1882. Publications—
An Illustration of the General Evidence
establishing the Reality of Christ's Resur-
rection (Newcastle, 1808 and 1826); History
of the Reformation in Scotland, 3 vols.
(Edinburgh, 1811); History of the Church
of Scotland, 3 vols. (Edinburgh, 1815) ; A
Speech respecting Residence and Pluralities
(Edinburgh, 1816); Life of George Hill,
D.D. (Edinburgh, 1820); A General and
Historical View of Christianity, 3 vols.
(Edinburgh, 1822); A Speech relating to
the Appointment of Ministers (Dundee,
1833) ; A few Plain Observations on the
Enactments of the General Assembly of
1834, relating to' Patronage and Calls
(Edinburgh, 1834, 2nd ed. to which are
now added some Supplementary Remarks,
1835) ; A Brief Synopsis of a Course of
Lectures on Intellectual, Moral, and
Political Philosophy (Edinburgh, 1837) ;
A Manual of Political Economy (Edin-
burgh, 1837) ; A Speech delivered in the
General Assembly, 23rd May 1838, on the
Overtures relating to the Spiritual Inde-
pendence of the Church (Edinburgh, 1838) ;
A Speech on the Auchterarder Case (Edin-
478
LAURENCEKIRK— MARYKIRK
[PEESBY. OF
burgh, 1839) ; Memorial submitted to Her
Majesty's Government by ... G. Cook,
D.D., and a Committee (Edinburgh, 1842) ;
A Speech delivered in the General Assembly,
24th May 1843, introducing a Motion in
relation to the Ministers and Elders who
have withdrawn from the Established
Church (Edinburgh, 1843).
JOHN COOK, M.A., nephew of pre-
ceding ; pres. by the Principal and
Masters of St Mary's College in
June, and ord. 3rd Sept. 1829 ; trans, to
St Leonard's, St Andrews, 2nd Oct. 1845.
1829
1846
JAMES M'GOWAN, born 1806, son of
Robert M., farmer, Kilmadock, Perth-
shire; educated at Univ. of Glasgow;
M.A. (1828) ; ord. (assistant and successor)
to Bonhill 27th Aug. 1840 ; trans, and adm.
15th Jan. 1846 ; died 27th May 1872. He
marr. 29th June 1841, Isabella Davidson
(died 10th Oct. 1894), daugh. of John
Stuart, Lennoxbank, and had issue —
Robert, born 18th May 1842 ; John Stuart,
born 10th Jan. 1844 ; Ann Arthur Semple,
born 15th Feb. 1846 ; James George,
managing director of Bedford Petroleum
Company, Paris, born 13th Dec. 1847 ;
Jane, born 5th June 1850, died 4th April
1867 ; Isabella Jessie, born 12th June 1856.
1872
CHARLES MORRISON, born Cupar-
Fife, 31st May 1828, son of Alex-
ander M. and Elizabeth Latto ;
educated at Madras College and Univ.
of St Andrews ; M.A. (1850) ; licen. by
Presb. of St Andrews ; ord. as missionary
to Newington, Edinburgh, 1857 ; acted as
chaplain to the 79th Highlanders in India
and the East from 1857-71 ; adm. to this
charge 27th Nov. 1872; died 19th Dec.
1890. He marr. .(1) 21st March 1861,
Jane (died 6th Dec. 1879), daugh. of W.
A. Green, Inspector-General of Hospitals,
Bengal, and Mary Stalkhart, and had
issue — Cameron, born 27th April 1862;
Alexander Hugh, born 10th April 1864;
Mary Ellen, born 1st Nov. 1865, died 25th
Dec. 1866 ; Jane Latto, born 7th June
1867 (marr. William Stephen, min. of
Garvock) ; Annie Latto, born 12th May
1869; Charles Keith, born 26th March j
1891
1871, died 2nd June 1890; Mary Ellen,
born 9th Aug. 1873; William Stalkhart,
born 24th May 1876 : (2) 18th Nov. 1885,
Margaret (died 30th Sept. 1924, aged 90),
younger daugh. of David Dickson, banker,
Laurencekirk.
THOMAS SCOTT, born Stonehaven, 1st
Nov. 1866, son of Thomas S., min.
of U.P. Church, Stonehaven, and
Antoinette Brown ; educated at Dunnottar
Public School and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (1886) ; licen. by Presb. of Fordoun
in 1890 ; assistant in this parish ; ord. 15th
April 1891 ; served as chaplain to Forces
at Craigleith Hospital, 1914-18. Marr. (1)
5th Aug. 1892, Robina Barron (died 22nd
May 1917, aged 45), only daugh. of George
Oman, St Andrews, and Robina Hunter
Adie, and has issue — Thomas Douglas,
in Strathcona's Horse, born 30th Aug. 1893,
died at Winnipeg 22nd March 1917; Robina
Antoinette Macfarlane, M.B., Ch.B., first
missionary of the Girls' Guild of the Church
of Scotland at Ichang, China, 1923, born
24th Jan. 1896; Margaret Westile, born
17th Aug. 1897, died 11th Sept. 1898;
Mary, born 8th Jan. 1900 ; John Menzies,
born 12th Oct. 1903: (2) 19th Aug. 1919,
Janet Aitchison, second daugh. of David
Williamson Runciman, min. of Leslie, Fife.
MARYKIRK, of old ABER-
LETHNOTT.
[The church of this parish was dedicated
to St Mary. It belonged of old to the
ministry of the Red Friars at St German's,
but later to the Abbey of Arbroath. At
Balmanno, within the bounds, there was
a Well of St John. (Balmanno = Baile
Manach, the Monks' Town.) At Sauchie-
burn the Bereans had a chapel built in 1763
for John Barclay, founder of that sect.
There is now a mission chapel at Luther-
muir.]
THOMAS RAMSAY, reader from 1567
1567 to 1585.
ROBERT ARBUTHNOT, trans, from
Arbuthnott in 1585 ; re-trans, there
1585
after 1591.
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MARYKIRK
479
1593
1643
EICHAKD LUNAN, M.A. (Edinburgh
1588) ; elected Porter to the College
of Edinburgh in 1586; was a pro-
bationer 19th Nov. 1588; adm. in 1593;
still min. 23rd April 1612.— [Beg. of Deeds,
clxxx., 389.]
JAMES BAIT, born 1584 ; M.A. (King's
College 1603) ; promoted from being
1617 Eegent in King's College, Aberdeen ;
adm. in 1617 ; was a member of Assembly
in 1639; died 1st May 1642. He marr.
Isabella Blackburn, who died 19th Jan.
1637, aged 32, and had issue— William, his
successor in this parish. — [Kincardine Sas.,
iii., 320.]
WILLIAM BAIT, M.A., son of pre-
ceding ; promoted from being Begent
in King's College, Aberdeen; adm.
about 1643; trans, to Brechin 3rd Dec.
1644.
WILLIAM CHALMEBS, M.A. ; adm.
prior to 17th Jan. 1648; trans, to
1648 Fettercairn 21st June 1665.
BOBEET BAIT, educated at King's
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (27th April
1659) ; adm. to Boberton before 18th
June 1665 ; trans, and adm. 14th March
1666 ; died 1692. He marr. 5th April 1665,
Margaret Forbes, who survived him, and
had issue — Katherine (marr. David Eait
of Bryantown). — [P. G. Dec, 5th Dec.
1693.]
JOHN THOMSON, from the Presb. of
Kirkcaldy ; called by the Presb. jure
1699 devoluto 9th May, and ord. 31st Aug.
1699 ; died 1734. He marr. and had issue
— William, his successor in this parish.
WILLIAM THOMSON, born 1705, son
-„„ of preceding; licen. by Presb. of
Fordoun 2nd Oct. 1728 ; called 18th
Feb. 1730; ord. (assistant and successor)
8th April 1731 ; died 17th Dec. 1770. He
marr. 8th Dec. 1735, Jean (died 11th Aug.
1793), daugh. of Alexander Shank, min. of
Drumoak, and had issue — Elizabeth, born
28th Sept. 1736; John, born 20th Sept. 1737;
Katherine, born 24th Sept. 1738 ; Jean, born
5th Oct. 1744 ; Margaret, born 24th Feb.
1748 ; William, born 16th April 1753.
1666
^JOHN BBYMEB [or BBEMNEB],
1W1 born about 1740, son of John B.,
merchant at Marnoch - Kirk ; edu-
cated at Marischal College, Aberdeen;
M.A. (1761); licen. by Presb. of Strath-
bogie 25th March 1767; ord. 30th Nov.
1768 with a view to a congregation in
England ; pres. by his father in March,
and adm. 3rd July 1771 ; a complaint was
made against the settlement on the ground
of simony but his admission was affirmed
by the Synod 23rd Oct. that year and by
the General Assembly 27th May 1772 ; died
suddenly on his glebe 16th Oct. 1804. He
marr. 11th Sept. 1777, Mary (died 15th
Feb. 1810), daugh. of William Hay, min.
of Cruden, and had issue — John, born 6th
Sept. 1778, died at Nassau, Bahamas, 10th
July 1799 ; William, born 18th Nov. 1779,
died at Bombay 18th June 1802 ; James,
born 8th July 1781, died at sea on H.M.S.
Le Duguesne 22nd March 1804 ; Thomas,
born 18th Feb. 1783; Helen Hay, born
28th Aug. 1788, died 14th April 1806 ; Jane
Belsches, born 1st Aug. 1791, died 7th Sept.
1821 ; Mary, born 5th Oct. 1792. Publica-
tion— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, xviii.).
1805
JAMES SHAND, born Aberdeen,
18th Aug. 1757, son of James S.,
merchant ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (Feb. 1777);
licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 26th March
1783 ; ord. to Greyfriars Chapel, Aberdeen,
11th May 1791 ; pres. by Alexander Crombie
of Phesdo and Thornton in March, trans,
and adm. 5th July 1805 ; died 5th Jan. 1837.
He marr. 15th Nov. 1798, Margaret (born
11th Aug. 1767, died 12th Jan. 1840), daugh.
of Alexander Farquhar, bailie, Kintore, and
Elizabeth Harvey, and had issue — Alex-
ander, M.A., born 2nd Sept. 1799; John,
W.S., born 6th Jan. 1801, died 26th Oct.
1876; Elizabeth Harvey, born 1st April
1802, died 18th May 1819; Janet, born
19th April 1805, died 28th May 1814;
Jane Farquhar, born 14th July 1806
(marr. Alexander Whyte, min. of Fetter-
cairn) ; Margaret, born July, died 9th Oct.
1807; Mary Ann, born 28th June 1808,
died 26th Sept. 1814 ; James Davidson,
480
MARYKIRK— RICKARTON
[PRESB. OF
born 11th Oct. 1809, died 11th Sept.
1814 ; Sir Charles Farquhar, advocate,
Chief Justice of Mauritius, born 1810,
died 15th Dec. 1889; George, rector of
Heydon, Norfolk, born 20th Aug. 1816.
ALEXANDER CROMBIE LOW,
born 1811, son of David L., farmer,
Skene ; educated at Marischal College,
Aberdeen; M.A. (1827); became school-
master of Foveran; pres. by the Eev.
Alexander Crombie of Phesdo and Thorn-
ton ; LL.D. Dec. 1835 ; ord. (assistant
and successor) 21st Jan. 1836 ; died 20th
May 1857. He rnarr. 1st Aug. 1837, Isa-
bella (died 28th March 1884), daugh. of
John Black, shipowner, and Jane Kilgour,
and had issue — David, born 11th Oct. 1838 ;
John, born 28th Aug. 1840; Alexander,
born 24th Dec. 1841 ; Jane Kilgour, born
27th July 1843 ; Elizabeth, born 10th Aug.
1844 ; Thomas Black, born 23rd Nov. 1845 ;
Robert, born 9th April 1850 ; Isabella Mary,
born 22nd March 1852 ; Catherine Margaret,
born 17th Aug. 1853. Publication — Account
of the Parish (New Stat. Ace, xi.).
JAMES CAMPBELL M'CLURE, born
_ Ayr, 30th Dec. 1830, son of George
M., builder ; educated at TJniv. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Islay ; ord.
3rd Dec. 1857; died 4th Nov. 1907. He
rnarr. 26th April 1859, Agnes Peacock (died
5th June 1917), eldest daugh. of Alexander
M'Ewan of Sunderland Hall, Islay, and
had issue — Jane Thomson, born 25th Oct.
1860; Elizabeth Annie, born 27th April
1S62 ; George John, born 22nd May 1863 ;
Alexander William (twin), born 22nd May
1863 ; James Campbell, born 17th Feb.
1866, died in U.S.A. 4th Nov. 1907.
Publication — Marykirk in the Olden Time,
a lecture (Montrose, 1902).
WILLIAM ALEXANDER MACFAR-
1908 LANE FORBES, born Inver,
Dunkeld, 17th Oct. 1873, son of
Alexander F. and Grace Macfarlane (sister
of William M., missionary of the Church of
Scotland at Darjeeling) ; educated at Univ.
of St Andrews; licen. by Presb. of Perth
May 1903; assistant at Kinnettles and in
this parish; ord. 7th May 1908. Publica-
tion— Sometime Editor of College Echoes
(St Andrews Univ. Magazine).
RICKARTON (Q.S.).
[The parish of Rickarton was endowed
by a bequest of George Thomson, min. of
Fetteresso, who bequeathed the residue of
his estate for this purpose. The church
was built in 1871 and the parish was dis-
joined from Fetteresso and Glenbervie on
22nd Jan. 1872.]
JOHN REITH, born St Cyrus, 25th Nov.
1872 1842, son of John R., surgeon, and
Mary Hall; educated at Univs. of
Aberdeen (M.A 1866) and Edinburgh (B.D.
1869) ; assistant at Ladhope and at Dysart;
ord. 8th Aug. 1872 ; res. his charge and
status 30th Nov. 1898 ; died 23rd Feb. 1923.
He marr. (1) 3rd Sept. 1872, Mary (died 1st
Dec. 1898), daugh. of Thomas Buchanan,
farmer, and Janet Stewart, and has issue-
Mary Janet, born 8th Oct. 1873 ; John,
born 29th Sept. 1874, died. 5th Dec. 1887 ;
Thomas Buchanan, Classical Master, George
Watson's College, Edinburgh, born 24th
Oct. 1875 ; Louisa, born 25th Aug. 1878 :
(2) 5th Sept. 1905, Isabella Carmichael,
daugh. of William Blackwood and widow
of Thomas Sawers Mitchell, authoress of
The Early House of Blackwood, and other
works. Publications — The Life and Writ-
ings of Eev. Alexander Murray, DJD.
(Dumfries, 1903) ; Life of Dr John Leyden
(Galashiels, n.d.). He contributed 900
articles to the Globe Encyclopedia. —
\The Border Magazine (portraits) (January
1909) ; The Gallovidian, 1902, 1913.]
JAMES SCOTT NAISMITH, born
1899 Stonehouse, Lanarkshire, 1st June
1865, son of Robert N. and Bethia
Browning Paterson ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; M.A. (1884), B.Sc. (1886); assist-
ant at St John's, Dundee ; ord. 26th April
1899 ; died unmarr. 31st May 1906.
ROBERT SCARTH VALENTINE
1906 LOGIE, M.A.; ord. 17th Oct.
1906; trans, to Aberdalgie 12th
March 1919.
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481
FRANCIS M'HAKDY, M.A., B.D. ;
trans, from Monquhitter 3rd Oct.
1919; trans, to Garvock 25th Oct.
1923.
1924
JOSEPH M'KENZIE M'PHERSON,
born Aberdour, 10th Aug. 1875, son
of Neil M. and Jessie M'Kenzie ;
educated at Grammar School and Univ.
of Aberdeen; M.A. (1895), B.D. (1899);
licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen, May 1898 ;
assistant South Parish and East Parish
Churches, Aberdeen; ord. to Birsay 11th
May 1900; trans, to Newmill 8th Feb. 1906;
trans, and adm. 12th March 1924. Marr.
12th July 1900, Loveday, youngest daugh.
of Alexander Murray, Aberdeen, and Janet
Anderson, and has issue — Janet Loveday,
born 21st Sept. 1902, died 10th June 1919 ;
Neil M'Pherson, farmer, Canada, born 3rd
April 1904 ; Charlotte Anderson, born 15th
Sept. 1905 ; Margaret Murray, born 18th
July 1907.
ECCLESGREIG, or ST CYRUS,
of old ECCLESCYRIG.
[The church of Ecclesgreig was dedicated
to St Curig of Llanbadarn. It belonged to
the Priory of St Andrews. There was near
the church a Well of St Curig. There was
also, at Chapelfield near Lauriston, a chapel
of St Laurence.]
JOHN GOODFELLOW, min. of Ben-
1565 holme, had charge here in 1567.
1567 BOBERT NEILSON, reader in 1567.
' BOBERT BURNET, reader at May
1569 1569.
ALEXANDER ALLARDICE, min. of
15„„ Benholme May 1572 ; trans, and
adm. with Aberlethnott (Marykirk)
also in the charge ; he lived in Montrose ;
died April 1587, leaving a widow and
children, John Allardes of that ilk being
one of his executors. He had a natural
daugh. to whom he left forty merks. —
[JSdin. Tests.]
VOL. V.
GEORGE GLEDSTANES, adm. before
15_„ 23rd July 1587, in which year he
was several times beset in his house
by armed followers of William Douglas,
younger, of Glenbervie, and narrowly
escaped death. In 1588 Aberlethnott
(Marykirk) was also in the charge ; trans,
to Arbirlot in 1592.
JOHN ERSKINE, pres. to the vicarage
1592 by James VI. before 13th May 1592 ;
trans, to Dun in 1614.
DAVID MELDRUM, son of James M-
1614 m Segiehill, and Agnes Bruce ; edu-
cated at Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A.
(22nd July 1608); adm. 28th Aug. 1614;
died 29th Nov. 1616, aged about 29. He
marr. Nicolas, daugh. of Joshua Durie, min.
of Inverkeilor, and had issue — George; John.
— [St Andrews Tests. ; Fife Sas., x., 241.]
ANDREW COLLACE, M.A.; adm.
1619 kef°re *>th April 1619 ; trans, to
Dundee before 24th July 1635.
ROBERT RAMSAY of Woodston, son
. of Andrew R., min. of Old Kirk,
Edinburgh ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh; M.A. (27th July 1628); pres.
by Charles I. 24th July 1635; died 1643,
aged about 35. He marr. (cont. 29th Dec.
1635) Elizabeth, eldest daugh. of Sir
William Fairlie of Bennetfield, and had
issue — Maria (marr. John Lundie, fiar of
Strathairly) ; Margaret (marr. William
Walker, preacher, Canongate) ; Helen ;
they were served heirs portioners 21st
March 1644.— [Inq. Ret. Gen., 2964; Reg.
of Deeds, 16th Jan. 1663 ; G. R. Sas., x.
1, 392, li. 65, 67.]
DAVID CAMPBELL, son of John C,
1644 PortiOIier °f Cowbyre; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (1624);
adm. to Careston before 6th June 1639 ;
attended the army at Newcastle in 1640 ;
pres. by Charles I. to this parish 5th Jan.,
and adm. after 27th Feb. 1644; was a
member of the Commissions of Assembly,
1646, 1649 ; conformed to Episcopacy ; died
between 4th Oct. 1676 and 26th Feb. 1679.
He marr. (cont. 17th June 1643) Margaret
(born 1626), eldest daugh. of Robert Car-
2 H
482
ECCLESGREIG
[PEESB. OF
negie of Leuchland, and had issue — four
sons ; Margaret (marr. 9th Nov. 1699, Alex-
ander Heriot, tailor, Edinburgh); Elizabeth;
and three other daughs.— [Edin. Marr. Reg.;
Tombst. ; Boncle Sess. Reg.~]
JOHN LAMMIE, son of John L., Dean
1679 °^ Brechin and min. of Farnell ; had
testimonial for licence 10th March
1674 ; ord. a presbyter by the Bishop of
Brechin ; pres. by Alexander, Bishop of
Edinburgh; as Vicar-General during vacancy
in Archbishopric of St Andrews, and adm.
24th Sept. 1679; deprived by the Privy
Council 10th Sept. 1689, for not reading
the Proclamation of the Estates, not pray-
ing for William and Mary but for James
VII., keeping correspondence with Viscount
Dundee, and sending persons to acquaint
the Jacobites of Sir John Lanier being on
the march to attack them. He violently
intruded himself on the church 9th Oct.
1715, " assisted by an armed band of
ruffians, brought from other parishes," and
was dep. by the Presb. 14th Feb. 1717, for
intruding during the late Rebellion, and
for contumacy ; died 1723. He is described
after his death as " late of Littlef eithy in
the shire of Forfar." He marr. Cecil
Graham, who survived him, and had issue
— Charles, purser R.N., served heir 20th
Feb. 1724 ; Silvester, and others.— [Brechin
Tests. ; Inventory of Heirs, iii., 138.]
JAMES LESLIE, MA. (St Andrews,
1696 23rd July 1687); ord. 15th April
1696 ; deforced while going to
church, 9th Oct. 1715, by a band of " armed
ruffians," who forced him to return to his
own house, where he preached. He re-
possessed himself of his pulpit 5th Feb.
1716, " the rebels having all passed by about
two in the afternoon " ; died 14th March
1731, aged about 64. He marr. 30th July
1696, Janet Stratoun, and had issue —
Margaret (marr. Robert Stephen, min. of
Craig) ; Janet (marr. Robert Beattie,
merchant, Montrose). — [St Andrews Tests.]
ALEXANDER SHANK, called 14th
17S2 Oct. 1731; ord. 23rd Aug. 1732;
trans, to Arbuthnott 26th Oct. 1743.
JAMES MOLISON, son of John M. in
1?44 Miln of Clenter, Birse ; became
master of Sang School in Aberdeen ;
educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen ;
pres. by George II. 21st Nov. 1743 ; ord.
4th April 1744; died 22nd Jan. 1759. He
marr. 19th Dec. 1733, Catherine Douglas,
who died at Dunbarton 31st March 1789,
and had issue — Elizabeth, born 22nd
March 1735 ; Barbara, born 28th July 1736
(marr. John Freebairn, min. of Dunbarton) ;
John, born 22nd Feb. 1740, died while a
student at Aberdeen Univ. 12th Jan. 1758 ;
Margaret, born 2nd Feb. 1743.
ALEXANDER SHANK of Castlerig,
17sg born 2nd June 1736, son of Alexander
S., min. in 1732 ; educated at Mari-
schal College, Aberdeen ; licen. by Presb. of
Fordoun 16th May, pres. by George II.
18th May, and ord. 27th Sept. 1759 ; dem.
13th June 1781 ; retired to Laurencekirk,
where he died 5th Jan. 1814. He marr. 8th
May 1770, Diana (died 24th Feb. 1825, aged
85), daugh. of Robert Scott of Dunninald,
and had issue — Alexander, merchant, China,
born 9th June 1771, perished at sea 1818;
Diana, born 5th Dec. 1772 (marr. George
Cook, D.D., min. of Laurencekirk) ; Martin,
born 20th Sept. 1774, died 4th April 1787 ;
Jane (bequeathed £50 to the poor of the
parish), born 4th Feb. 1776, died 23rd Nov.
1840 ; Henry of Castlerig, H.E.I.C.S., born
14th March 1778, died 4th Jan. 1860.
WILLIAM WALKER, son of George
1781 ^'' Newmill ; M.A. (Marischal Col-
lege, Aberdeen, 1768); licen. by
Presb. of Inverness 28th Sept. 1773 ; pres.
by George III. 30th June, and ord. 26th
Sept. 1781; died 24th March 1797, aged
about 49. He marr. 2nd June 1788,
Margaret Scott, who died 3rd Oct. 1803,
and had issue — Margaret, born 23rd Dec.
1789 ; William, captain Native Infantry,
H.E.I.C.S., born 31st Jan. 1791, killed
at Fort of Roenghur; James Scott, born
25th Dec. 1791 ; John, born 31st Jan. 1793,
died while a student of medicine 4th Feb.
1815 ; David, born 7th March 1794 ; Susan,
born 12th March 1795, died 12th Aug.
1797. Publication — Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xi.).
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ECCLESGREIG
483
1797
JAMES TRAIL, born 7th May 1767, third
son of Kobert T., min. of Panbride
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh
licen. by Presb. of Arbroath 2nd Oct. 1782
ord. by it assistant at Kettins 20th June
1792 ; pres. by George III. 14th July, and
adm. 14th Dec. 1797; died 1st May 1816.
He marr. Ann (died 23rd Oct. 1846), daugh.
of David Burn, min. of Largo. Publica-
tion— A Description of the County of Angus,
translated from the original Latin of Robert
Edward, minister of Murroes (Dundee, 1793
and 1832 ; also Edinburgh, 1880 and 1883).
1816
ALEXANDER KEITH (primus), born
13th Nov. 1792, second son of George
Skene K. of Keith Hall, min. of
Tulliallan ; educated at Marischal College,
Aberdeen ; MA. (1st April 1809) ; licen. by
Presb. of Garioch 17th March 1813; pres.
by George, Prince Eegent, 23rd May, and
ord. 27th Aug. 1816 ; D.D. (Aberdeen 1833).
In 1839 he visited Palestine and Eastern
Europe in the interests of the Church as
a member of a Commission of Enquiry into
the state of the Jews, and in 1844 he
revisited Palestine with his son, Dr George
Skene K., who was the first to photograph
that country. He joined the Free Church
in 1843, and was repeatedly offered the
Moderatorship, but declined on the ground
of ill-health ; died at Buxton (where he
had resided for some years) 8th Feb. 1880,
and was buried at Chinley, Chapel-en-le-
Frith, Derbyshire. He marr. 10th Dec.
1816, Jane (died 2nd Feb. 1837), daugh.
of John Blackie, plumber, Aberdeen, and
had issue — Alexander, his assistant and
successor ; George Skene, M.D. (Edinburgh
1841), LL.D. (Aberdeen 1895), author of
Plea for a Simpler Life, Plea for a Simpler
Faith, Fads of an Old Physician, etc., born
11th March 1819, died 12th Jan. 1910 ;
John, in Mercantile Marine, born 5th
Jan. 1821 ; James, M.D. (Edinburgh
1845), born 22nd Jan. 1823 ; Patrick, born
29th Jan. 1825 ; Thomas, M.D. (Edinburgh
1848), LL.D. (Aberdeen 1894), an eminent
surgeon and author, born 27th May 1827,
died in London 9th Oct. 1895 ; David,
M.D. (Edinburgh 1851), assistant surgeon,
H.E J.C.S., born 9th March 1829 ; Helen,
born 18th Sept. 1831. Publications—
Sketch of the Evidence from Prophecy
(Edinburgh, 1823); Evidence of the
Truth of the Christian Religion derived
from the literal Fidfilment of Prophecy
(Edinburgh, 1828, translated into Persian,
Edinburgh, 1836) ; The Signs of the Times,
2 vols. (Edinburgh, 1832) ; Demonstration
of the Truth of the Christian Religion
(Edinburgh, 1838); Letter to the Right
Hon. Lord Bexley on the Collision between
the Civil and the Church Courts in Scotland
(London, 1841); A Sermon Preached at St
Cyrus (with another by Dr Davidson)
(Aberdeen, 1841) ; The Land of Israel,
according to the Covenant with Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob (Edinburgh, 1843) ; An
Examination of Mr Elliott's Theory of
the First Six Seals (Edinburgh, 1847) ; The
Harmony of Prophecy (Edinburgh, 1851) ;
Scripture versus Stanley (London, 1859) ;
History and Destiny of the World and the
Church according to Scripture (1861). — ■
[Diet. Nat. Biog. ; Cat. Lib. Edin. Univ.,
ii., 623.]
1840
ALEXANDER KEITH (secundus), born
13th Sept. 1817, son of preceding ;
educated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (1835); ord. (assistant and
successor) 5th Nov. 1840. Joined the Free
Church in 1843; min. of Free Church,
Ecclesgreig, 1843-80; died unmarr. 29th
April 1880. Publication — Isaiah as it is,
or Judah and Jerusalem, the subjects of
Isaiah's Prophesying (Edinburgh, 1850).
1843
THOMAS MACKINTOSH, born 1807,
son of William M., general merchant ;
pres. by Queen Victoria 5th Aug. 1843;
ord. 28th Sept. 1843 ; died 28th Jan. 1882.
He marr. 19th April 1855, Helen (died 17th
July 1911), daugh. of Alexander Keith,
grain merchant, and Helen Strachan, and
had issue — Georgina Keith, born 24th May,
died 10th Dec. 1856; William Alexander
of Usan, medical practitioner in Stirling,
born 25th Dec. 1858, died at Inchbrayock,
Montrose ; Jane Christina, born 2nd Dec.
1860 (marr. William Leonard Todd, paper
manufacturer, Polton); Thomas, W.S.,
Edinburgh, born 12th Oct. 1863 ; Archibald,
484
ECCLESGREIG
[PRESB. OF FORDOUN
M.B., Ch.B. (Edin.), medical practitioner,
Trinity, Edinburgh, born 17th April 1865.
1880
WILLIAM MILNE, born near Fraser-
burgh 1843, son of James M., farmer,
and Helen Nicoll ; ord. to Linwood
11th Sept. 1873; trans, and adm. (assistant
and successor) 18th May 1880; died 30th
Dec. 1883. He marr. Margaret M'Ewen
(died 1st March 1912), daugh. of David
Eeston, min. of Elderslie.
1884
ROBERT DAVIDSON, born Kinneff,
1st March 1849, son of Robert D.
and Ann Coutts ; educated at
Kinneff School, Grammar School, Aber-
deen, and Univs. of Aberdeen, M.A. (1870),
and Edinburgh, B.D. (1877); Keen, by
Presb. of Edinburgh 16th May 1877 ; assist-
ant at St Bernard's, Edinburgh; ord. to
Dunnottar 1st Oct. 1878 ; trans, and adm.
29th July 1884. Marr. 14th April 1885,
Susan Porteous Murray (died 21st Nov.
1913), daugh. of John Cunningham, D.D.,
LL.D., Principal of St Mary's College, St
Andrews, and has issue — Robert, M.B.,
Ch.B. (St Andrews), captain R.A.M.O, born
19th Aug. 1886; John William Murray
Cunningham, banker in Canada, born 27th
Nov. 1887; Frederick Churchill, M.B.,
Ch.B. (Edin.), lieut.-colonel R.A.M.O, born
1st Jan. 1889; Edwin Maxwell Murray,
min. of Dunning, born 21st Aug. 1890;
Reginald Ian, min. of Foss, born 22nd
Sept. 1891 ; Harry Cunningham, lieut.
Indian Army, born 21st July 1893.
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH
HISTORIES, Etc.
[The arrangement follows the text as far as possible. Family Histories and
Biographies are not included.]
SYNOD OF FIFE
PRESBYTERY OF DUNFERMLINE
Aberdour and Burntisland. J. C. R. Buckner. (Dunfermline, 1881, 1898.)
History of . . . Aberdour. Andrew Mercer. (Dunfermline, 1828.)
Jnchcolme and Aberdour. " Unda," pseud, of Thomas S. Muir. (Edin., 1872.)
Inchcolme Abbey. Alan Reid. (Dunfermline, 1901.)
Notice of the Hospital of St Martha at Aberdour, Fife. William Boss, LL.D. (Froc.
Soc. Antiq. Scot., iii., 214-20. Edin., 1862.)
Aberdour and Inchcolme. William Boss, LL.D. (Edin., 1885.)
Beauties and Antiquities of Aberdour and Neighbourhood. Mary S. L. White.
(Edin., 1869.)
Holy Well at Aberdour. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., iii., 215. Edin., 1862.)
Historical Notices of the Parish and Monastery of Aberdour and Inchcolm. (Proc.
Soc. Antiq. Scot., xx., 13. Edin., 1886.)
Inchcolm, Aberdour, and Dunfermline. (Trans. Aberdeen Eccles. Soc, 277-86, 1896.
Aberdeen, 1898.)
On an Old Stone-Roofed Cell or Oratory at Inchcolm. Sir James Young Simpson,
Bart., M.D. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., ii, 489-528. Edin., 1859.) [Beprinted
in his Arch&ological Essays, i., 67-136.]
An Account of St Columba's Abbey, Inchcolm. Thomas Arnold. [Proc. Soc. Antiq.
Scot.] (Arch. Scotica, v., 45-70. Edin., 1874.)
Description of Beath Parish. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 302.] (Scot. Hist. Soc.
Edin., 1906.)
The Rise and Progress of the Parish of Beath. Andrew S. Cunningham. (Dun-
fermline, 1902.)
Garnock, Ancient and Modem. John Allan. (Dunfermline, 1895.)
Romantic Garnock. Andrew S. Cunningham. (Dunfermline, 1902.)
486 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES
Diary of Col. the Hon. John Erskine of Carnock, 1683-1687. Edited by Walter
Macleod. (Scot. Hist. Soc. Edin., 1893.)
History of Dunfermline . . . and Carnock. Andrew Mercer. (Dunfermline, 1828.)
Culross and St Mungo. Felix Anders. (Scots Magazine, New Series, xxv., 99-107.
Perth, 1900.)
The Tomb of Sir George Bruce in the Church of Culross. (London, 1852.)
Culross and Tulliallan. David Beveridge. 2 vols. (Edin., 1885.)
Reliquice Culrossice. Thomas Etherington Cooke. 2 vols. (1884-86.)
Romantic Culross. Andrew S. Cunningham. (Dunfermline, 1902.)
Culross, Past and Present. Andrew S. Cunningham. (Leven, 1910.)
Description of the Estate and Abbey of Culross. Thomas, ninth Earl of Dundonald.
(Edin., 1793.)
Extracts from the Kirk-Session Books of Culross, 17th Century. Jane Hogg. (Trans.
Stirling Nat. Hist, and Arch. Soc. Stirling, 1886.)
Culross Abbey Church. A. E. Balfour Paul. (Trans. Edin. Archit. Ass., v., 103.
Edin., 1909.)
Culross. S. Beid. (Good Words, xxx., 523. London, 1889.)
The Legends and Commemorative Celebrations of St Kentigern, with Plan of St
Mungo's Church, Culross. William Stevenson. (Edin., 1872.)
Notes on the Secular and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Culross. Arthur Washington
Cornelius Hallen. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot, xii., 245-53. Edin., 1878.)
Historical Description of Dunimarle [in Culross] and its Antiquities. John Todd.
(Dunfermline, 1873 and 1884.)
History . . . of Dalgety. Andrew Mercer. (Dunfermline, 1828.)
Glimpses of Pastoral Life fat Dalgety] in Covenanting Times. William Boss, LL.D.
(London, 1877.)
Dunfermline Charters. (Paisley, 1816.)
Description of the Parish of Dunfermline, 1723. G. Barclay. [Macfarlane Geog.
Coll., i., 287, 289.] (Scot. Hist. Soc. Edin., 1906.)
Bibliography of Works relating to Dunfermline and West Fife. Erskine Beveridge,
LL.D. (Edin., 1901.)
The Burgh Records of Dunfermline, 1488-1584. Erskine Beveridge, LL.D. (Edin.,
1917.)
Dunfermline. J. C. B. Buckner. (Dunfermline, n.d.)
Historical and Statistical Account of Dunfermline. 2 vols. Peter Chalmers, D.D.
(Edin., 1844-59.)
Glimpses of Burgh Life in Dunfermline in the Old Times. Andrew S. Cunningham.
(Dunfermline, 1899.)
History of the Secession and Relief Churches in Dunfermline, 1739 to 1899. Andrew
S. Cunningham. (Dunfermline, 1899.)
A Tract chiefly relative to Monastic Antiquities : with some Account of a Recent Search
for the Remains of the Scottish Kings interred in the Abbey of Dunfermline:
with facsimiles of the Chartulary of Dunfermline. Sir John Grahame
Dalyell. (Edin., 1809.)
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES 487
The Development and Internal Arrangement of the Abbey Church of Dunfermline. [In
Beveridge's Burgh Records.] Francis Carolus Eeles. (Dunfermline, 1917.)
A History of the Town and Parish of Dunfermline. Rev. John Fernie. (Dunfermline,
1815.)
The Abbey Walk. [Henryson's Poems.] Kobert Henryson [edited by David Laing].
(Edin., 1855.)
The Royal Tombs at Dunfermline. Ebenezer Henderson, LL.D. (Dunfermline,
1856.)
Viagraphy Dunfermlynensis : or Historical, Traditional, and Antiquarian Notes on
Dunfermline Streets. Ebenezer Henderson, D.D. (Dunfermline, 1859.)
Extracts from the Kirk-Session Records of Dunfermline, 1640-1689. Ebenezer Hender-
son, D.D. (Edin., 1865.)
Annals of Dunfermline, 1069-1878. Ebenezer Henderson. (Glasgow, 1879.)
Registrum de Dunfermlyn : liber cartarum Abbatie Benedictine SS. Trinitatis et B.
Margarete Regine de Dunfermlyn. Cosmo Innes. [Bannatyne Club.] (Edin.,
1842.)
Extracts . . . relative to the Tomb of King Robert the Bruce and the Church of
Dunfermline. Henry Jardine. [Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot.] (Arch. Scotica, ii.,
435. Edin., 1822.)
Description of the Parish of Dunfermline, 1744. A. Levingstone. [Macfarlane Geog.
Coll., i., 291.] (Scot. Hist. Soc. Edin., 1906.)
Dunfermline Abbey : a Poem, with Historical Notes. Andrew Mercer. (Dunfermline,
1819.)
History of Dunfermline from the Earliest Records. Andrew Mercer. (Dunfermline,
1828.)
The History of Dunfermline. David Patton. (Dunfermline, 1813.)
Royal Dunfermline. Alan Reid. (Dunfermline, 1906, 1908.)
Burgh Life in Dunfermline in the Olden Time. William Ross, LL.D. (Edin., 1864.)
Reminiscences of the Town . . . of Dunfermline. Alexander Stewart. (Dunfermline,
1885, 1889.)
The Abbey and Palace of Dunfermline. Edward Walford. (Gentleman's Magazine,
New Series, xxxix., 86.)
A Sketcher's Notes to illustrate a Vieiv of the Ruins of Dunfermline Abbey. Mary
Webster. 2 vols. (London, 1855-57.)
Ancient Royal Charters concerning Inverkeithing . (Edin. 1807.)
Inverkeithing, North Queensferry, Limekilns, etc. Andrew S. Cunningham. (Dun-
fermline, 1899 and 1903.)
The Parish Church of S. Peter, Inverkeithing. Henry Kerr. (Trans. Scot. Eccles.
Soc, vii., pt. 2, 72-78. 1923.)
History of . . . Inverkeithing. Andrew Mercer. (Dunfermline, 1828.)
Reminiscences of Childhood at Inverkeithing. James Simson. (New York, 1882.)
History of Inverkeithing and Rosyth. Eev. William Stephen. (Aberdeen, 1921.)
The Inverkeithing Schoolmaster's Murder {vide p. 71). [In Curious Episodes of Scottish
History.} Robert Scott Fittis. (Paisley, 1895.)
488 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES
[For list of pamphlets in connection with the Settlement of the Rev. Andrew
Richardson, see Beveridge's Bibliography of Dunfermline and West Fife, 236-37.]
Rosyth Castle : a Notable Fifeshire Ruin. Alan Reid. (Dunfermline, 1898.)
Rosyth. John A. Rupert-Jones. (Dunfermline, 1917.)
Charters relating to the Island of Jnchgarvie [Inverkeithing]. (1885.)
The "King's Cellar" at Limekilns. Alan Reid. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., xxxvi.,
658-65. Edin., 1902.)
Romantic Saline. Andrew S. Cunningham. (Dunfermline, 1902.)
Extracts from the Kirk-Session Books of Torryburn. (Edin., 1829.)
Romantic Torryburn. Andrew S. Cunningham. (Dunfermline, 1902.)
A Short Historical Account of Lillias Adie, the Torryburn Witch. William Barrie
Dow, M.D., LL.D. (Dunfermline, 1884.)
History of Dunfermline . . . and Torryburn. Andrew Mercer. (Dunfermline, 1828.)
Minutes and Proceedings of the Session of Torryburn concerning\ Witchcraft. [In " A
Collection of Rare and Curious Tracts on Witchcraft and the Second Sight."]
(Edin., 1820.)
PRESBYTERY OF KINROSS
Arngask : Glenfarg and District. Rev. James William Jack, M.A. (Perth, n.d.)
Old Church Life at Ballingry. Rev. David Jamie. (Kinross, 1890.)
Blair-Adam [Cleish] from 1733 to 1834. Right Hon. William Adam, (p.p., 1834.)
Notice of Trials for Witchcraft at Crook of Devon [Fossoway] in 1662. Robert Burns-
Begg. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., xxii., 211. Edin., 1888.)
Rumbling Bridge and Falls of Devon [Fossoway]. J. A. Findlay. (n.p., 1892.)
Notice of a Sculptured Stone in the Churchyard of Tullibole, Fossoivay. William
Galloway. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., xiii., 316-20. Edin., 1879.)
Endorism : or a Strange Relation of Demons or Spirits that trouble the Minister's
House at Kinross. (1718.)
History of Lochleven Castle. R. B. Begg. (Kinross, 1887.)
Secrets of My Prison-House. R. B. Begg. (Kinross, 1901.)
Saint Serf's Priory in Lochleven. Francis Joseph Amours. (Proc. Roy. Phil. Soc.
Glasgow, xxxvii., 15-28. Glasgow, 1906.)
Description of Ecclesiastical Remains upon Saint Serf's Island, Lochleven. Andrew
Kerr. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., xvi., 159-68. Edin., 1882.)
Muckhart : the Parish and its Churches. (Alloa, 1903.)
The Bishopshire and its People. David Beath. (Kinross, 1900.)
Notice of a Small Cemetery of the Bronze Age at Shanwell, Milnathort [Orwell].
Joseph Anderson, LL.D. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., xix., 114-17. Edin., 1885.)
Scotlandwell [Portmoak], an Ancient Scottish Manor. W. J. N. Liddell. (Juridical
Review, xv., 78-80. Edin., 1903.)
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES 489
PRESBYTERY OF KIRKCALDY
History of the Parish of Auchterderran. Kev. A. M'Neill Houston. (In preparation,
1924.)
The Parish of Auchterderran. Andrew S. Cunningham. (Dunfermline, 1902.)
The Kirk and Parish of Auchtertool. Rev. William Stevenson. (Kirkcaldy, 1909.)
Buckhaven. D. Molynson. (Chambers's Journal, 14th Dec. 1833.)
Burntisland. J. C. R. Buckner. (Dunfermline, 1881.)
History of Burntisland. Andrew Young. (Kirkcaldy, 1913.)
Dysart, Past and Present. Andrew S. Cunningham. (Leven, 1912.)
Extracts from Ancient Records of the Burgh of Dysart, 1533-1763. Alexander Gibson.
(1865.)
The Stone Bible of an Old Seaside Town [Dysart]. Rev. William Guthrie.
(Edinburgh, 1904.)
Notices from the Local Records of Dysart from 1534. Rev. William Muir. [Maitland
Club.] (Glasgow, 1853.)
Gleanings from the Records of Dysart, 1548-1796. Rev. William Muir. (Edin.,
1862.)
The Antiquities of Dysart. Rev. William Muir. (Kirkcaldy, 1855.)
Some Historical Antiquities, chiefly Ecclesiastical, connected ivith Dysart. Kev.
James William Taylor. (Cupar-Fife, 1869.)
Notices of the Burgh Church of Dysart. (Edin., 1831.)
Statement by the Rev. David Murray, Dysart, and Second Statement to the
Parishioners of Dysart. (Cupar-Fife, 1833.)
The Golden Days of Youth : a Fife Village [Kennoway] in the Past. John Hutton
Browne. (Edin., 1893.)
Kennoway and the Fringes of Markinch. Andrew S. Cunningham. (Leven, 1906.)
Some Historical Notices connected with . . . Kennoway. Rev. James William Taylor.
(Cupar-Fife, 1872.)
Historical Collection regarding the Royal Burgh and Parish of Kinghorn. George
W. Ballingall. (Kirkcaldy, 1893 and 1895.)
A Selection of Extracts from the Ancient Minutes of Kirk - Session of Kinghorn,
1581-1659. John Crawford. (Kirkcaldy, 1863.)
Kinghorn: Historical Notes by Thomas Nicoll Hepburn ["Gabriel Setoun "].
(Kinghorn, 1907.)
Kinghorn . . . in which is given the Historical, Geographical, and Statistical Account
of the Ancient and Royal Burgh. By An Heritor. (Edin., 1863.)
Kinghorn : a Short History and Description. Alan Keid. (Kirkcaldy, 1906.)
Old Houses at Kinghorn. Alan Keid. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., xliv., 313-18. Edin.,
1910.)
Serious Addresses to the Inhabitants of Kirkcaldy [contains an account of the
catastrophe in the parish church, 15th June 1828]. Robert Aitkenhead.
(Kirkcaldy, 1828.)
490 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES
Extracts from Old Minute- Books of the Burgh of Kirkcaldy, 1582-1792. Alexander
Gibson.
The Kirkcaldy Burgh Records, with the Annals of Kirkcaldy. Lachlan Macbean.
(Kirkcaldy, 1908.)
The Presbytery Meeting at Kirkcaldy: an Incident of 1637. Eev. Andrew Miller.
(Trans. Hawick Arch. Soc., 1900. Hawick, 1901.)
The Presbyterie Booke of Kirkcaldie, 1630-1653. Eev. William Stevenson. (Kirk-
caldy, 1900.)
Some Historical Antiquities, chiefly Ecclesiastical, connected with Kirkcaldy. Eev.
James William Taylor. (Cupar-Fife, 1869.)
Kirkcaldy Parish Church. Eev. John Campbell. (Trans. Aberdeen Eccles. Soc,
54-58. 1891.)
The Church and Parish of Kirkcaldy, from the Earliest Times till 1843. John
Campbell, D.D. (Kirkcaldy, 1904.)
Memorials of Dunnikier Church, Kirkcaldy. Eev. William Fairweather. (London,
1897.)
Some Historical Antiquities, chiefly Ecclesiastical, connected with Abbotshall. Eev.
James William Taylor. (Cupar-Fife, 1869.)
Historical Sketches of Pathhead. E. Brodie. (Kirkcaldy, 1863.)
Pathhead. [See Cunningham's Dysart.]
Sinclairtown. [See Cunningham's Dysart.]
Some Historical Antiquities, chiefly Ecclesiastical, connected ivith . . . Leslie. Eev.
James William Taylor. (Cupar-Fife, 1861, 1868.)
Leslie. David Beath. (Kirkcaldy, 1912.)
Some Extracts from the Kirk-Session Records of Markinch. (n.p., n.d.)
Description of Markinch. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 298.] (Scot. Hist. Soc.
Edin., 1906.)
Kennoway and the Fringes of Markinch. Andrew S. Cunningham. (Leven, 1906.)
Markinch and its Environs. Andrew S. Cunningham. (Leven, 1907.)
A Short Historical Account of the Kirk and Kirk-Session of Markinch. Eev. William
Stevenson. (Cupar-Fife, 1882.)
Some Historical Notices connected with . . . Markinch. Eev. James W. Taylor.
(Cupar-Fife, 1872.)
The Coal-Port of Methil. J. A. Talbot. (The World's Work, June 1913.)
Rambles in the Parish of Scoonie. Andrew S. Cunningham. (Leven, 1905.)
Some Historical Notices connected with Scoonie. Eev. James W. Taylor. (Cupar-
Fife, 1872.)
Rambles in the Parish of Wemyss. Andrew S. Cunningham. (Leven, 1905.)
Some Historical Antiquities, chiefly Ecclesiastical, connected with Wemyss. Eev.
James W. Taylor. (Cupar-Fife, 1869.)
The Sculptured Caves of East Wemyss. John Patrick. (The Eeliquary, xi., 73-84.
London, 1905.)
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES 491
PRESBYTERY OF CUPAR
The Parish of Abdie. (Fife Note-Book, First Series. Cupar-Fife, 1856.)
Charters of the Royal Burgh of Auchtermuchty, 1517-1631. (1881.)
Our Town [Auchtermuchty] and some of its People. John Menzies. (London, 1890.)
Description of the Parish of Auchtermuchty, 1722. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 294.]
(Scot. Hist. Soc. Edin., 1906.)
The Abbey . . . of Balmerino. George Shaw Aitken. (Dundee, 1884.)
Balmerino and its Abbey : a Parochial History. Kev. James Campbell, D.D. (Edin.,
1867 and 1899.)
The Chartularies of Balmerino and Lindores. William Barclay David Donald
Tumbull. [Abbotsford Club.] (Edin., 1841.)
Dura Den [Ceres]. Bev. James Anderson. (Edin., 1859.)
Notice of a Crucifix of Bronze found, in the Churchyard of Ceres. John Dick Peddie.
(Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., xvii., 146-51. Edin.', 1876.)
Collessie Churchyard. Henry Bae-Arnot, LL.D. (Cupar-Fife, 1912.)
Description of the Parish of Collessie, 1722. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 294.] (Scot.
Hist. Soc. Edin., 1906.)
Description of Paroch of Creich. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 200.] (Scot. Hist. Soc.
Edin., 1906.)
Ancient Circles of Stones discovered underground in the Parish of Creich, Fifeshire.
Alexander Lawson. (Edin. Mag. and Lit. Misc. Edin., 1817.)
Notes of Urns and Sepulchral Monuments discovered at Creich. Alexander Lawson.
(Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., vii., 401-7. Edin., 1870.)
Cults and its Ministers. Bev. William Henry Porter. (Cupar-Fife, 1906.)
Historical Notes and Reminiscences of Cupar. (Cupar-Fife, 1884.)
Charters and other Muniments belonging to the Royal Burgh of Cupar-Fife, translated
from the Originals in 1812. George Home. (Cupar-Fife, 1882.)
Some Historical Antiquities, chiefly Ecclesiastical, connected with Cupar and its
Neighbourhood. Bev. James W. Taylor. (Cupar-Fife, 1857.)
Falkland Palace. (The Academy, xl., 245.)
The Early Home of Richard Cameron [Falkland]. John Downie. (Paisley, 1901.)
The Antiquities of Falkland. John Kinross. (Proc. East of Scot. Union of Nat.
Socs., 50-57. Perth, 1895.)
Some Historical Antiquities connected with Falkland. Bev. James W. Taylor.
(Cupar-Fife, 1861 and 1868.)
The Story of the Lomond Vale. W. Hogarth Tumbull, M.A. (Cupar, 1911.)
A Short Description of Falkland and the Royal Palace from Authentic Records and
Local Traditions. Major William Wood. (Kirkcaldy, 1888.)
The Antiquities of Falkland. William Wood. (Proc. East of Scot. Union of Nat.
Socs., 36-50. Perth, 1895.)
492 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES
A True and Exact Copy of a Prodigious and Traiterous Libel affixt upon the Church
Door of Kettle, in Fife . . . written and subscribed by James Russel, one of
those Bloody and Sacrilegious Murtherers of the late Lord Primate of Scotland,
his Grace [James Sharp]. (Edin., 1681.)
Some Historical Antiquities, chiefly Ecclesiastical, connected with Kettle. Rev. James
W. Taylor. (Cupar-Fife, 1861 and 1868.)
Memoirs of Thomas Chalmers, D.D., D.C.L. [for Notices of Kilmany]. William
Hanna, LL.D. 4 vols. (Edia, 1849.)
Notes on a Heraldic Monument at Kilmany. Eobert Crawfurd Walker. (Proc. Soc.
Antiq. Scot., xxxi., 94-98. Edin. 1897.)
The Parish of Monimail. (Fife Note-Book, First Series. Cupar-Fife, 1856.)
Description of Parish of Monimail, 1723. J. Taylour. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i.,
303.] (Scot. Hist. Soc. Edin., 1906.)
Life of James MacGregor, D.D. [for Notices of Church Life at Monimail]. Lady
Frances Balfour, LL.D. (London, 1912.)
Description of Parish of Neioburgh, 1722. J. Taylour. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i.,
304.] (Scot. Hist. Soc. Edin., 1906.)
Macduff's Cross, Newburgh. John Stuart, LL.D.
An Essay upon the Inscription on Macduff's Crosse. James Cunningham. (Edin.,
1678 : reprinted in Tracts illustrative of the Traditionary and Historical
Antiquities of Scotland, Edin., 1836.)
Explanation of a Seal of the Abbey of Lindores. John Brand. (Soc. Antiq. London,
xiii., 196-98. London, 1800.)
Cartce e libro Sancte Marie de Lundores. (Analecta Scotica, ser. ii., 244-47. Edin.,
1837.)
The Chartularies of Balmerino and Lindores. Edited by W. B. D. D. Turnbull,
[Abbotsford Club.] (Edin., 1841.)
Present Condition of Lindores Abbey. Alexander Laing. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., ix.,
208-12. Edin., 1873.)
Lindores Abbey and its Burgh of Newburgh : their History and Annals. Alexander
Laing. Edin., 1876.)
Notice of the Register of Lindores Abbey. Thomas Dickson, LL.D. (Proc. Soc. Antiq.
Scot., xx., 148-59. Edin., 1886.)
Chartulary of the Abbey of Lindores, 1195-1479. John Dowden, D.D., LL.D. (Scot.
Hist. Soc. Edin.', 1903.)
Dispute between the Abbot and Convent of Lindores and the Inhabitants of Neioburgh,
1309. [Misc. Abbotsford Club.] (Edin., 1837.)
Interesting Roman Antiquities recently discovered in Fife [Strathmiglo]. Rev. A. Small.
(Edin., 1823.)
Selections from the Minutes of the Presbytery of St Andrews and Cupar-Fife. Edited
by George Ritchie Kinloch. [Abbotsford Club.] (Edin., 1837.)
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES 493
PRESBYTERY OF ST ANDREWS
An Historical Account of St Monance, Fifeshire, Ancient and Modern. John Jack.
(Cupar-Fife, 1844 and 1884.)
The Parish Church of S. Monans. Rev. John Turnbull. (Trans. Aberdeen Eccles.
Soc, x., 180-201. 1897.)
Anstruther : or Illustrations of Scottish Burgh Life. George Gourlay. (Anstruther,
1888.)
Anster Fair : or the Humours of a Royal Burgh. Prof. William Tennant. (Edin.,
1812, 1821, 1838, 1877.)
The Key of the Forth : Historical Sketches of the Island of May. John Jack. (Edin.,
1858.)
Records of the Prior?/ of the Isle of May. John Stuart, LL.D. (Edin., 1868.)
Fisher-Folk : or the Memorials of Cellardyhe and the Fife Coast. George Gourlay.
(Cupar-Fife, 1879.)
An Account of a Religious Awakening at Cellardyke. (Edin., 1860.)
Chartulary of Collegiate Church of Grail. [MS. in Advocates' Library.] (Press
Mark, 34-4-6.)
Churchyard Memorials of Crail. Erskine Beveridge, LL.D. (Edin., 1893.)
Notes on the Ancient Burgh Seal of Crail. Alexander H. Millar, LL.D. (Proc. Soc.
Antiq. Scot., xxxvii., 160-65. Edin., 1903.)
Register of the Collegiate Church of Crail. Charles Rogers, LL.D. (Roy. Hist. Soc.
London, 1877.) [Grampian Club, 1877.]
A Royal Scottish Burgh [Crail]. E. Charlton Fortune. (Harper's Magazine, cxxi.,
' 661-69. New York, 1910.)
Elie and the East of Fife. Thomas Chapman. (Leven, 1891.)
Elie and Earlsferry. J. M. Dale. (Cupar-Fife, 1897.)
The Earl's Ferry. George Law. (Scottish Historical Review, ii., 14-29. Glasgow,
1905.)
The Parish of Forgan. [History of Newport.] J. S. Neish. (Dundee, 1890.)
Annals of Colinsburgh: with Notes on Church Life in Eilconquhar Parish. Rev.
Robert Dick. (Edin., 1896.)
History of the United Presbyterian Church of Colinsburgh. Rev. Robert Dick.
(Colinsburgh, 1883.)
Notices of the Church of Eilrenny. [Liber S. Marie de Dryburgh : Bannatyne Club.]
(Edin., 1847.)
Reminiscences of Eilrenny. David Lumsden. (Anstruther, 1911.)
The Diary of Mr James Melvill, Minister at Eilrenny. [Edited by George Ritchie
Kinloch (Bannatyne Club, Edin., 1829) and Robert Pitcairn (Wodrow Soc,
Edin., 1842).]
Largo and its Antiquities. Andrew S. Cunningham. (Dunfermline, 1907.)
Upper Largo, Lower Largo, Lundin Links, and Neivburn. Andrew S. Cunningham.
(Leven, 1907 ; Portobello, 1913.)
494 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES
Largo and its Parish Church. James WiUrie. (Trans. Scot. Eccles. Soc., vi., pt. 2,
71-81. 1920.)
Notes on Leuchars. William W. Ireland. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., xxsii., 275-94.
Edin., 1898.)
History of Newport. James S. Neish. (Dundee, 1890.)
Description of Burgh and Old Priory of Pittenweem. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., iii.,
218.] (Scot. Hist. Soc. Edin., 1908.)
A True and Full Relation of the Witches at Pittenweem. (Edin., 1704.)
Annals of Pittenweem, being Notes and Extracts from the Ancient Records of that
Burgh, 1526-1793. David Cook. (Anstruther, 1867.)
A Glance at the Historical Traditions of Pittenweem during the Tioo Last Centuries.
An Old Residenter [J. Horsburgh]. (Pittenweem, 1851.)
Notes on the Structural Remains of the Priory of Pittenweem. Walter F. Lyon.
(Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., xxvii., 79-85. Edin., 1893.)
Account of a Trial relating to Pittenweem in 1586. Charles Scott. (Juridical Review,
iv., 105. Edin., 1891.)
Account of Some Ancient Carvings in Oak at Pittenweem Priory. John Mackinlay.
(Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot. [Arch. Scotica], iii. 309-10. Edin., 1831.)
The Study of Local History, with Special Reference to St Andrews. James Maitland
Anderson, LL.D. (St Andrews, 1909.)
The Remains of the Ancient Chapel-Royal called Kirkheugh, St Andrews. Robert
Anderson. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., iv., 74-76. Edin., 1863.)
Twenty-five Years of St Andrews, 1865-1890. A. K. H. Boyd, D.D., LL.D. 2 vols.
(London, 1892.)
St Andrews and Elsewhere. A. K. H. Boyd. (London, 1894.)
Last Tears of St Andrews, 1890-95. A. K. H. Boyd. (Edin., 1890.)
James Kennedy, Bishop of St Andrews : his Church, Tomb, and Mace. W. Coutts.
(St Andrews, 1901.)
St Andrews and Neighbourhood : a History. W. Coutts. (St Andrews, 1904.)
Some Historical Remarks on St Andreivs. W. Douglass. (London, 1728.)
The Altar of St Fergus in Holy Trinity, St Andrews. F. C. Eeles. (Scottish
Historical Beview, vii., 260-67. Glasgow, 1905.)
The City of St Rule. H. B. Farnie. (St Andrews, n.d. c. 1850.)
The Praying Society of St Andrews. David Hay Fleming, LL.D. (St Andrews, 1879.)
The MS. Records of St Andrews. D. Hay Fleming. (St Andrews, 1883.)
The Martyrs and Confessors of St Andrews. D. Hay Fleming. (Cupar-Fife, 1887.)
Hand-book to St Andrews. D. Hay Fleming. (St Andrews, 1887, 1893, 1910, and
other editions.)
Register of the Ministers, Elders and Deacons of the Christian Congregation of
St Andrews, comprising the Proceedings of the Kirk-Session, and of the Court of
the Superintendent of Fife, Fothrik, and Strathearn, 1559-1600 : transcribed and
edited from the original MS. D. Hay Fleming, LL.D. 2 vols. (Scot. Hist.
Soc. Edin., 1889-90.)
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES 495
Historical Notes and Extracts concerning the Links of St Andrews, 1552-1893. D. Hay-
Fleming. (Cupar-Fife, 1893.)
The West Port of St Andrews. D. Hay Fleming. (St Andrews, 1902.)
Four Old Documents concerning the Town Church of St Andrews. D. Hay Fleming.
(St Andrews, 1903.)
The Fish Cross of St Andrews. D. Hay Fleming. (St Andrews, 1903.)
Howkings in St Andrews Cathedral and its Precincts. D. Hay Fleming. (St Andrews,
1904.)
The Stent Roll of St Andrews in 1623. D. Hay Fleming. (St Andrews, 1904.)
The Sale in 1754 of the Portion of the Priory of St Leonards. D. Hay Fleming.
(St Andrews, 1906.)
Notice of Sculptured Slabs at St Andrews. D. Hay Fleming. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot.,
xliii., 385-414. Edin., 1909.)
A Cross Slab at St Andrews. D. Hay Fleming. (Scottish Historical Keview, i., 42-45.
Glasgow, 1904.)
Liber Officialis Sancti Andrew. Edited by John Hay Forbes, Lord Medwyn.
[Abbotsford Club.] (Edin., 1845.)
Delineation of St Andrews. James Grierson, D.D. (Edin., 1807, 1823, 1838.)
Rentale Sancti Andree. [Accounts of the Archbishopric in the time of Cardinal
Beatoun, 1538-46.] Kobert Ker Hannay. (Scot. Hist. Soc. Edin., 1913.)
A Chapter Flection at St Andrews in 1417. E. K. Hannay. (Scottish Historical
Review, xiii., 321-27. Glasgow, 1916.)
St Dominic and his Friars in St Andrews. David Henry. (St Andrews, 1912.)
The Knights of St John . . . and their Buildings in St Andrews. David Henry.
(St Andrews, c. 1912.)
The Archbishops of St Andrews. Sir John Herkless, D.D., LL.D., and Robert Ker
Hannay. 5 vols. (Edin., 1907-15.)
St Andrews in 1645-1646. David R. Kerr. (Edin., 1895.)
Andreapolis : being Writings in Praise of St Andrews. William Knight, LL.D.
(Edin., 1903.)
St Andrews. Andrew Lang, LL.D. (London, 1893.)
Historical Notices of the Provostry of Kirkheugh, St Andrews. David Laing, LL.D.
(Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., iv., 76-86. Edin., 1863.)
The History of St Andrews, Ancient and Modern. Piev. Charles Jobson Lyon. (Edin.,
1838, and in 2 vols., 1843.)
The Ancient Monuments of St Andrews. Charles J. Lyon. (Edin., 1847.)
St Andrews : its Historical Associations and Public Buildings. J. M'Lachlan. (Edin.,
1885.)
The History and Antiquities of St Ride's Chapel. G. Martine. (London, 1787.)
Reliquia) Divi Andrece. G. Martine. (St Andrews, 1797.)
Extracts from the Registers of the Kirk-Session of the City and Parish of St Andrews,
1509-1563. [Misc. Maitland Club, iii., 209-336.] (Edin., 1843.)
Historical Note on the Episcopal Congregation at St Andrews. Thomas T. Oliphant.
(Edin., 1896.)
496 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES
Register of the Episcopal Church of St Andrews, 1722-87. Edited by Rev. Canon
Winter. (Scot. Record Society. 1916.)
Notes on the Carvings in the Parish Church of the Holy Trinity, St Andrews.
(St Andrews, n.d.)
Old St Andrews. Eric S. Robertson, LL.D. (London, 1923.)
The Churchyard Memorials of St Andrews. Alan Reid. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., xlv.,
488-550. Edin., 1911.)
History of St Andrews. Charles Rogers, LL.D. (Edin., 1849.)
Notice of the Early Ecclesiastical Settlements at St Andrews. William Forbes Skene,
LL.D. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., iv., 300-21. Edin., 1803.)
Some Historical Antiquities, chiefly Ecclesiastical, connected ivith St Andrews. Rev.
James W. Taylor. (Cupar-Fife, 1859.)
St Andrews in the Olden Time. [Notes by Dr Hay Fleming.] J. W. Taylor.
(St Andrews, 1897.)
Liber cartarum Prioratus Sancti Andree in Scotia : e registro ijiso in archivis Baronum
de Panmure hodie asservato. Edited by Thomas Thomson, LL.D. [Bannatyne
Club.] (Edin., 1841.)
The History of St Andrews. W. B. D. D. Tumbull. (n.p., 1844.)
St Andrews under Norman Leslie, 1546-47. (The Scottish Antiquary, xvi., 79-84.
Edin., 1902.)
Hand-book to the City and University of St Andrews. James Maitland Anderson, LL.D.
(St Andrews, 1911.)
University Quincentenary Celebration. (St Andrews, 1911.)
Matriculation Roll of the University of St Andrews. J. M. Anderson. (Edin., 1905.)
The Beginnings of St Andrews University, 1410-18. James Maitland Anderson.
(Scottish Historical Review, viii., 225-48, 333-60. Glasgow, 1911.)
James I. of Scotland and the University of St Andrews. J. M. Anderson. (Scottish
Historical Review, iii., 301-15. Glasgow, 1906.)
" The Princely Chandos " and the University of St Andrews. J. M. Anderson. (The
Scottish Review, xxv., 41-70. (Paisley, 1895.)
Votiva Tabella [a Quincentenary Memorial]. (St Andrews, 1911.)
Henry Wardlaw, Founder of St Andreivs University. J. C. Gibson. (Stirring, 1911.)
The Statutes of the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Theology at the Reformation.
R. K. Hannay. (St Andrews, 1910.)
The College of St Leonard. John Herkless and R. K. Hannay. (Edin., 1905.)
Early Chapters in the History of the University. Professor Knight. (Dundee, 1902.)
The Visitation of St Andreivs University in 1690. R. K. Hannay. (Scottish Historical
Review, xiii., 1-15. (Glasgow, 1915.)
Fifeshire Churches. Rev. T. Newbigging Adamson. (Trans. Aberdeen Eccles. Soc,
12-17. 1889.)
The Shores of Fife. William Ballingall. (Edin., 1872.)
Selections from the Minutes of the Synod of Fife, 1611-1687. Edited by George Ritchie
Kinloch. [Abbotsford Club.] (Edin., 1837.)
Local Etymologies of the West Neuh of Fife. David Beveridge. (Dunfermline, 1883.)
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES 497
Between, the Ochils and the Forth. David Beveridge. (Edin., 1888.)
Fife : a Contribution to its History. John A. Black. (Cupar-Fife, 1902.)
The Kingdom of Fife. Eobert Boucher. (Dundee, 1899.)
Lives of the Eminent Men of Fife. James Bruce. (Edin., 1846.)
Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Men of Fife. Matthew Forster Conolly. (Cupar-
Fife, 1861.)
Fiftana, or Memorials of the East of Fife. M. F. Conolly. (Glasgow, 1869.)
The Fringes of Fife. John Geddie. (Edin., 1894.)
Fifeshire. J. H. Crawford. (Scottish Eeview, xxi., 33-59. Paisley, 1893.)
The Chronicle of Fife : being the Diary of John Lamont of Newton, 1649-72. Edited
by A. Constable. (Edin., 1810.) [Also Maitland Club, Edin., 1830.]
History of the County of Fife from the Earliest Period to the Present Time. John
M. Leighton. 3 vols. (Glasgow, 1840.)
Lectures on Fife. H. M. Lorinie. (Kirkcaldy, 1890.)
A Century of Scottish Proverbs and Sayings current in Fife. ^Eneas J. G. Mackay.
(Cupar-Fife, 1891.)
Fife : Pictorial and Historical : its People, Burghs, Castles, and Mansions. Alexander
Hastie Millar, LL.D. (Cupar-Fife, 1895.)
A Contribution to the History of Fife. Robert Louis Stevenson. (Scribner's
Magazine, iv., 507. London and New York, 1888.) [Reprinted in Random
Memories.']
Historical Antiquities of Fife, chiefly Ecclesiastical. James W. Taylor, D.D. 2 vols.
(Edin., 1875, and various editions.)
The Pre- Reformation Churches in Fifeshire. James Russell Walker. (Edin., 1885.)
[Kevised by Joseph Anderson, LL.D., in 1895.]
The Fife Pulpit. (Cupar-Fife, 1866.)
Fifeshire. Easton S. Valentine. (Cambridge, 1910.)
A Description of Fife and its Royal Palaces. William Wood. (Kirkcaldy, 1888.)
The East Neuk of Fife. David Hay Fleming, LL.D. (Cupar-Fife, 1886.)
Antiquities of the East Neuk of Fife. Rev. W. F. Goldie. (Trans. Stirling Nat. Hist,
and Arch. Soc, 1886-87. Stirling, 1887.)
Folk-lore of the East of Fife. George Gourlay. (Anstruther, 1887.)
The East Neuk of Fife : its History and Antiquities. Walter Wood. (Edin., 1862,
1887.)
The Covenanters of Kinross-shire, 1669-1688. (Kinross, 1895.)
Kinross-shire. (Perth, 1882.)
Notes on the Antiquities of Kinross-shire. Robert Annan. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot.,
iii., 375-88. Edin., 1859.)
A Descriptive and Historical Gazetteer of the Counties of Fife, Kinross, and
Clackmannan. M. Barbieri. (Edin., 1857.)
The Witches of Kinross-shire. R. B. Begg. (Kinross, 1887.)
Clackmannan and Kinross. J. P. Day, B.A. (Cambridge, 1915.)
The Castles and Mansions of Fife and Kinross. Alexander Hastie Millar, LL.D.
(Dundee, 1890.)
VOL. V. 2 1
498 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES
Glenochil : a Descriptive Poem regarding the Antiquities of Kinross and Clackmannan.
J. Kennedy. 2 vols. (Glasgow, 1810.)
Kinross-shire Place-Names. William John Norbray Liddell. (Trans. Gaelic Soc.
Inverness, xiv., 153. Inverness, 1889.)
The Place-Names of Fife and Kinross. W. J. N. Liddell. (Edin., 1896.)
A Sketch of the History of Fife and Kinross. iEneas James George Mackay. (Edin.,
1890.)
A History of Fife and Kinross. iEneas James George Mackay. (Edin., 1896.)
Antiquities of Kinross-shire. Charles Ross, LL.D. (Perth, 1886.)
A History, Ancient and Modern, of the Sheriffdoms of Fife and Kinross. Sir Robert
Sibbald. (Edin., 1710; Cupar-Fife, 1803.)
History and Scenery of Fife and Kinross. Jean Logan Watson. (Edin., 1875.)
[The Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland contain many other
papers and references to the ecclesiastical and other antiquities of Fife and Kinross-
shire. It has not been found practicable to record a complete list in this
Bibliography.]
SYNOD OF ANGUS AND MEARNS
PRESBYTERY OF MEIGLE
Medieval Sculpture at Airlie. T. S. Robertson. (Trans. Aberdeen Eccles. Soc. 1894.
Aberdeen, 1896.)
Notice of Antiquities in the Parish of Airlie. Andrew Jervise. (Proc. Soc. Antiq.
Scot., ix., 578-92. Edin., 1865.)
Airlie ; a Parish History. Rev. William Wilson. (Coatbridge, 1917.)
Extracts from the Records of the Kirk-Session of Alyth. William Cramond, LL.D.
(Scot. Notes and Queries, xii., 44, 59, 74. Aberdeen, 1899-1900.)
An Old Session-Book. [Alyth.] Rev. James Meikle. (Paisley, 1918.)
Alyth. Sir James H. Ramsay, LL.D. (Alyth, n.d.)
The History and Traditions of the Land of the Lindsays . . . with Notices of Alyth.
Andrew Jervise. [Revised by James Gammack, LL.D.] (Edin., 1882.)
Description of the Paroch of Alyth, 1727. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 109.] (Scot.
Hist. Soc. Edin., 1906.)
Alyth and District. J. G. M'Pherson. (Alyth, 1897.)
Bamff Charters, 1232-1703. Sir James Henry Ramsay, Bart., LL.D. (Oxford, 1915.)
A Scottish Charter-Chest [Bamff]. Sir Archibald Geikie, O.M. (Scottish Historical
Review, xiii., 105-10. Glasgow, 1916.)
Bendochy. [See M'Pherson's Strathmore.]
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES 499
Sacrament House at Bendochy. E. Crawfurd Walker. (Trans. Scot. Eccles. Soc, ii.,
391-2. 1909.)
Blairgowrie and Rattray. (Blairgowrie, 1865.)
Blairgowrie, Rattray, and District. Henry Dryerre. (Blairgowrie, 1901.)
The History of Blairgowrie. John A. B. Macdonald. (Blairgowrie, 1899.)
Churchyard Memorials of Blairgowrie. Alan Beid. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., xliii.,
206-40. Edin., 1909.)
Strathmore, Past and Present, with Particular Notices of the Abbey of Cupar. John
Gordon M'Pherson. (Perth, 1885.)
Rental-Book of the Cistercian Abbey of Coupar-Angus, with the Breviary of the
Register : also Historical Notices of the Abbots of Cupar by Major-General A. S.
Allan. [Grampian Club.] Edited by Charles Sogers, LL.D. 2 vols. (London,
1879-80.)
Account of the Abbey of Cupar. James Thomson. (Arbroath, 1829.)
Pagine scelte di due codici appartenui alia Badia di S. Maria di Coupar-Angus in
Scozia. [Specimen pages of two Manuscripts pertaining to the Abbey.] Henry
Marriott Bannister. (In Vatican Library.) (Boma, 1910.)
Charter of the Abbot and Convent of Cupar, 1220. James Wilson. (Scottish Historical
Eeview, viii., 172-77. Glasgow, 1911.)
Original Charters of the Abbey of Cupar, 1219-1448. James Wilson. (Scottish
Historical Eeview, x., 272-86. Glasgow, 1912.)
The Seal of the Chapter of the Abbey of Cupar. Alexander Hastie Millar, LL.D.
(Prcc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., xxxvii., 160-65. Edin., 1903.)
Description of the Parishes of Eassie and Nevay. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 277.]
(Scot. Hist. Soc. Edin., 1906.)
Notice of the Bell and other Antiquities at the Church of Eettins. Alexander
Hutcheson. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., xxviii., 90-100. Edin., 1894.)
Description of the Parish of Eettins. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 279.] (Scot. Hist.
Soc. Edin., 1906.)
Eettins. [See M'Pherson's Strathmore.]
The Scenery of Lintrathen. Eev. John Eobert Strachan. (Aly th, n.d.)
The Romans . . . at Alyth and Lintrathen. Colonel E. Gordon. (Alyth, 1920.)
Meigle : Past and Present. A. Mackay. (Arbroath, 1876.)
The History and Traditions of the Land of the Lindsays . . . with Notices of Meigle.
Andrew Jervise. [Eevised by James Gammack, LL.D.] (Edin., 1882.)
The Sculptured Stones at Meigle. A. S. Aglen. (1895.)
Notice of Several Sculptured Stones at Meigle. William Galloway. (Proc. Soc. Antiq.
Scot., xii., 425-34. Edin., 1878.)
Newtyle. [See M'Pherson's Strathmore.']
Conjectures concerning Strathmore. P. Alison of Newhall. (MS. 95, Lib. Perth Lit.
and Antiq. Soc.)
The Antiquities of Strathmore. (Edin. Mag. and Eeview, iii., 3-10. Edin., 1774.)
500 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES
The Vale of Strathmore. James Cargill Guthrie. (Edin., 1875.)
Summer Sundays in a Strathmore Parish [Ruthven]. Rev. John Gordon M'Pherson,
Ph.D. (Perth, 1885.)
The Howe of Strathmore. David Brown Anderson. (Scots Magazine, xxiv., 309-13.
Perth, 1899.)
PKESBYTEEY OF FORFAR
A Descriptive Account of the Sculptured Stone of Aberlemno. J. Milne. (Brechin, 1906.)
Description of the Parishes of Cortachie and Clova in Angus, 1743. [Macfarlane Geog.
Coll., i., 281.] (Scot. Hist. Soc. Edin., 1906.)
Long- Ago Legends of Clova. D. O. Robertson. (Edin., 1872.)
Papers from the Charter-Chest of the Earl of Airlie, 1420-1560. [Misc. Old Spalding
Club, iv.] Edited by John Stuart, LL.D. (Aberdeen, 1849.)
The Royal Burgh of Forfar. Alan Reid. (Paisley, 1902.)
Description of the Parish of Forfar, 1743. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 270.] (Scot.
Hist. Soc. Edin., 1906.)
The Lowson Memorial Church, Forfar. Professor Cooper, D.D. (Trans. Scot. Eccles.
Soc, v., Part I., 94-98. 1916.)
Forfar Notables. Alexander Lowson. (Forfar, 1891.)
Forfar Worthies and Incidents Fifty Years Ago. Alan Reid. (Forfar, 1912.)
Memorials of Angus and the Mearns . . . with an Account of the Priory of Rostinoth.
Andrew Jervise. 2 vols. (Edin., 1885.)
The Early History of the Priory of Restennet. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., v., 285, 316.
James Stuart, LL.D. Edin., 1880.)
Description of the Priory of Restennet. James Thomson. (Arbroath, 1829.)
Glamis : its History and Antiquities. Andrew Jervise. (Edin., 1861.)
The Book of Record : a Diary written by the First Earl of Strathmore, and other
Documents relating to Glamis Castle, 1684-89. Alexander H. Millar, LL.D.
(Scot. Hist. Soc. Edin., 1890.)
Glamis : a Parish History. Rev. John Stirton. (Forfar, 1913.)
Notes on the Old Parish Church of Glamis. Rev. John Stirton. (Proc. Soc. Antiq.
Scot, xlv., 186-97. Edin., 1911.)
The Poetry of Glenprosen. David Brown Anderson. (Scots Magazine, xxii., 327-31.
Perth, 1898.)
Historical Sketches of Kirriemuir and its Neighbourhood. David Allan. (Dundee,
1864.)
Leaves from Logiedale [Kirriemuir] : Local Sketches. [Introduction by James Matthew
Barrie.] D. W. Archer. (Arbroath, 1889.)
Auld Licht Idylls [Kirriemuir]. J. M. Barrie. (London, 1888.)
A Window in Thrums [Kirriemuir]. J. M. Barrie. (London, 1889.)
Through Thrums. J. F. Mills. (Kirriemuir, 1896.)
Thrums and its Glens : Historical Relics and Recollections. James Stirton. (Kirriemuir,
1896.)
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES 501
Thrums in the Rain. Jessie Patrick Findlay. (English Illustrated Magazine, xxxi.,
402-10. London, 1904.)
The Church in Kirriemuir from 1560. John A. Philip, M.A. (Edin., 1909.)
The United Free Church, Kirriemuir, 1773-1923. (Forfar, 1923.)
The Antiquities of Kirriemuir. Alan Keid. (Kirriemuir, 1909.)
The Regality of Kirriemuir. Alan Eeid. (Edin., 1909.)
Howetoon [Kirriemuir]. Alan Eeid. (Paisley, n.d.)
The Life of Alexander Whyte, D.D. [Has many references to Kirriemuir.] George
Freeland Barbour. (London, 1923.)
Notice of an Incised Slab at Oathlaw. F. C. Eeles. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., xliii.,
308-16. Edin., 1909.)
Description of the Parochine of Tannadice in Angus, 1744. J. Ramsay. [Macfarlane
Geog. Coll., i., 284.] (Scot. Hist. Soc. Edin., 1906.)
The Presbytery of Forfar. [Has accounts of all the churches.] (Forfar, 1904.)
Inventories of Ecclesiastical Records of N.E. Scotland. Peter John Anderson. [Misc.
New Spalding Club, i., 246.] (Aberdeen, 1890.)
Forfarshire. J. H. Crawford. (Scottish Review, xx., 276-300. Paisley, 1892.)
Short Notes of Twenty Parishes in Forfarshire. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., L, 272.]
(Scot. Hist. Soc. Edin., 1906.)
Ancient Things in Angus. James Carrie. (Arbroath, 1881.)
The Ancient Sculptured Monuments of the County of Angus. Patrick Chalmers.
[Bannatyne Club.] (Edin., 1848.)
Forfarshire Illustrated. C. Cumming. (Dundee, 1843.)
Recollections of Forfarshire, 1799-1820. A. Dawson. (Falkirk, 1868.)
A Description of the County of Angus. Rev. Robert Edward. [See page 367.] (Edin.,
1883.)
An Account of some Remains of Antiquity in Forfarshire. John Jamieson, D.D.
(Archael. Scot., ii., 14. Edin., 1822.)
Notes and Queries cm the Antiquities of Angus and Mearns. Andrew Jervise.
(Montrose, 1854.)
Notices descriptive of the Localities in Forfarshire of certain Sculptured Monuments.
Andrew Jervise. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., ii., 187-99, 242-51, 442-50, 458-66.
Edin., 1859.)
Memorials of Angus and Mearns. Andrew Jervise. 2 vols. [Edited by James
Gammack, LL.D.] (Edin., 1885.)
History and Traditions of the Land of the Lindsays in Angus and Mearns. Andrew
Jervise. [Revised by Dr Gammack.] (Edin., 1882.)
Epitaphs and Inscriptions. Andrew Jervise. 2 vols. (Edin., 1875-79.)
The Forfar Pulpit. Alexander Lowson. (Dundee, 1884.)
Tales, Legends, and Traditions of Forfarshire. Alexander Lowson. (Forfar, 1891.)
Historic Scenes in Forfarshire. Rev. William Marshall. (Edin., 1875.)
Historic Castles and Mansions of Scotland . . . Forfarshire. Alexander Hastie
Millar, LL.D. (Paisley, 1890.)
Sketches of Rural Life in the County of Forfar. William J. Milne. (Forfar, 1901.)
502 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES
Rambles in Forfarshire. James Myles. (Dundee, 1850.)
Account of the Shire of Forfar, 1682-1722. John Ouchterlony of Guynd. Edited by
James Maidment (Spottiswood Soc. Misc., i., 311-50). 2 vols. (Edin., 1844.)
Also edited by Sir Arthur Mitchell. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., ii., 21 ; iii., 244.]
(Scot. Hist. Soc. Edin., 1907, 1908.) Also in Warden's Angus, ii., 252-78.
(Dundee, 1881.)
An Attempt to Explain some Antiquities in the County of Forfar. A. Peat. [MS. 54
in Lib. Perth Lit. and Antiq. Soc.)
The Baronage of Angus and Mearns. David Macgregor Peters. (Edin., 1850.)
The Bards of Angus and Mearns. Alan Eeid. (Paisley, 1897.)
Picturesque Forfarshire. Alan Eeid. (Dundee, c. 1905.)
The Martyrs of Angus and Mearns. Eev. J. Moffat Scott. (Paisley, 1885.)
Sketches in Angus. A. Nicol Simpson. (Arbroath, 1894.)
Forfarshire. Easton S. Valentine. (Cambridge, 1912.)
Angus or Forfarshire, the Land of the People : Descriptive, Historical, Topographical,
and Antiquarian. Alexander Johnstone Warden. 5 vols. (Dundee, 1880-85.)
Forfarshire as a Factor in Scottish Life and Thought. Eev. William B. Eobertson
Wilson. (Scot. Notes and Queries, ser. 2, viii., 17-21, 41-45, 50-53, 69-71, 81-84,
105. Aberdeen, 1907.)
PRESBYTERY OF DUNDEE
Description of Abernyte PaHsh. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 141.] (Scot. Hist. Soc.
Edin., 1906.)
Annals of an Angus Parish [Auchterhouse]. Eev. William Mason Inglis. (Dundee,
1888.)
An Angus Parish [Auchterhouse] in the \&th Century. Eev. William Mason Inglis.
(Dundee, 1904.)
The Schools and Schoolmasters of Auchterhouse for the last 200 Tears. J. Eobertson.
(1887.)
The Parish of Auchterhouse. J[ames] T[homson]. (Edin. Topog. Trad, and Antiq.
Mag., 144-155. Edin., 1848.)
The Burgh of Broughty Ferry. [See Malcolm's Monifeth, 261-68.]
Notice of an Antique Ecclesiastical Gold Finger-ring discovered at Broughty Ferry.
Alexander Hutcheson. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., xix., 156-59. Edin., 1885.)
Saint Margaret's Parish Church, Barnhill, Broughty Ferry. Eev. James F. G. Orr.
(Trans. Scot. Eccles. Soc, iv., 259-66. 1915.)
History of Dundee in the 16th Century. (The Scottish Eeview, iv., 361.)
A True Narrative of the Case between the Episcopal Congregation in the Seagate of
Dundee and Bishop Rait and the Rev. William Robertson. (1745.)
Dundee Delineated. (Dundee, 1822.)
Account of the Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Dundee. (1830.)
The History of Dundee from its Origin to the Present Time. (Dundee, 1842.)
Bits of Old and New Dundee. (Dundee, 1892.)
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES 503
The City of Dundee. D. Barrie. (Dundee, 1890.)
Some Dundee Epitaphs. William Alexander Craigie. (Scot. Notes and Queries, v.,
82. Aberdeen, 1891.)
Charters, Writs, and Public Documents of Dundee. George Hay. (Dundee, 1880.)
Round the Old Steeple. E. S. Hodgson. (Dundee, 1904.)
The Market Crosses and Tolbooths of Dundee. W. Kidd. (Dundee, 1902.)
Old Dundee. (Scot. Notes and Queries, v., 113, 130. Aberdeen, 1891.)
Dundee : its Quaint and Historical Buildings. Alexander Crawford Lamb. (Dundee,
1895.)
The State of St David's Parish. G. Lewis. (Dundee, 1841.)
Historical Description of Dundee. Charles Mackie. (Glasgow, 1836.)
The History of Old Dundee, narrated out of the Town Council Register. Alexander
Maxwell. (Dundee, 1884.)
Old Dundee, Ecclesiastical, Burghal, and Social, prior to the Reformation. Alexander
Maxwell. (Dundee, 1891.)
Historical and Descriptive Account of Dundee. C. C. Maxwell. (Dundee, 1836.)
The Roll of Eminent Burgesses of Dundee, 1513-1887. Alexander Hastie Millar,
LL.D. (Dundee, 1887.)
The Remarkable Monuments in the Howff, Dundee. A. H. Millar. (Dundee, 1892.)
Bishop Norie's Dundee Baptismal Register, 1722-26. A. H. Millar. (Scottish
Historical Review, iv., 73-82. Glasgow, 1906.)
The First History of Dundee, 1776. Edited by A. H. Millar. (Dundee, 1923.)
Haunted Dundee. A. H. Millar, LL.D. (Dundee, 1923.)
Dundee, Past and Present. T. Y. Miller. (Dundee, 1909.)
Dundee Celebrities of the Nineteenth Century. William Norrie. (Dundee, 1873.)
Handbook to Dundee. William Norrie. (Dundee, 1876.)
A Study of Old Dundee. Edward Pinnington. (Good Words, xxxix., 744-51. London
1898.)'
Guide to the Old Steeple [St Mary's]. W. Reid. (Dundee, 1904, 1907.)
Dundee Historical Fragments, chiefly Ecclesiastical. James A. Hollo. (Dundee, 1911.)
The Parish and the Burgh Churches of Dundee. James A. Rollo. (Dundee, 1897.)
A Century's Record of Ecclesiastical Life in Dundee. James A. Rollo. (Dundee,
1902.)
A Visit to the Eastern Necropolis of Dundee. J. Scrymgeour. (Dundee, 1865.)
Notice of Carved Oak Panels formerly in the Franciscan Nunnery in Dundee. John
Shiell. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., xx., 108-25. Edin., 1886.)
Statistical Account of the Parish and Town of Dundee, 1792. Robert Small, D.D
(Dundee, 1792, 1793.)
The History of Dundee from the Earliest Times. James Thomson. (Dundee, 1847.)
[Continued by J. Maclaren.] (Dundee, 1874.)
The Story of the Cross Kirk, Dundee. Rev. Marshall B. Lang. (Dundee, 1913.)
Historical Sketch of Wallacetown Parish Church. James A. Rollo. (Dundee, 1890.)
504 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES
Notes on the Parish Church of Long/organ. Alexander Hutcheson. (Trans. Scot.
Eccles. Soc, i., pt. 1, 65-71. 1904.)
The Parish of Longf organ. Adam Philip, D.D. (Edin., 1895.)
Songs and Sayings of Gowrie. Adam Philip, D.D. (Edin., 1901.)
The Evangel in Gowrie. Adam Philip, D.D. (Edin., 1911.)
The Wallace Stones at Long/organ. Alexander Hutcheson. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot.,
xxxiv., 476-82. Edin., 1900.)
Notice of a Sepulchral Slab in Longforgan Church. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., xxxiv.,
463-75. Edin., 1900.)
History of the Carnegies. [Many references to Kinnaird.] Sir William Fraser.
2 vols. (Edin., 1867.)
Notice regarding the Foundation of the Church of Fowlis in Gowrie. Andrew Jervise.
(Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., vii., 241-48. Edin., 1870.)
The Parish Church of Fowlis-Easter. (Dundee, 1888.)
The Church of Fowlis-Easter. T. S. Eobertson. (Trans. Aberdeen Eccles. Soc, 39-42.
1889.)
Historical Sketches of the Church and Parish of Fowlis-Easter. J. Stuart. (Dundee,
1865.)
Historical Account of Mains and Strathmartine U.F. Church. Rev. Robert Lorimer.
(Dundee, 1909.)
Bambles Round Monifleth. D. Macrae. (Monifieth, 1888.)
The Parish of Monifieth in Ancient and Modern Times. J. Malcolm. (Edin., 1910.)
The Church and Churchyard of Monifieth. (Edin. Topog. Trad, and Antiq. Mag.
Edin., 1848.)
Notice of an Early Inscribed Mural Monument in the Church of Tealing. Alexander
Hutcheson. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., xxx., 41-48. Edin., 1896.)
Sacrament House, Tealing. Rev. Samuel Macaulay, LL.D. (Trans. Scot. Eccles.
Soc, iii., pt. 1, 95-97. 1910.)
PRESBYTERY OF BRECHIN
The History of Brechin. David Dakers Black. (Brechin, 1839 ; Edin., 1867.)
Account of Excavations made within the Round Tower of Brechin. D. D. Black.
(Trans. Roy. Irish Acad., xx., 94-96. Dublin, 1845.)
Notices of the Round Tower of Brechin. Richard Rolt Brash. (Proc. Soc. Antiq.
Scot., iv., 188-210. Edin., 1863.)
The Brechin District ; Some Passages in its Early History. James Alexander
Campbell, M.P. (Brechin, 1881.)
A Short History of Brechin Cathedral. Walter Coats, D.D. (Brechin, 1903.)
Pocket History of Brechin. David Herschell Edwards. (Brechin, 1872, 1884, 1905.)
Around the Ancient City. D. H. Edwards. (Brechin, 1895, 1905.)
Observations on the Round Tower at Brechin. Richard Gough. (Archseologia,
vol. ii., 83-85. London, 1773.)
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES 505
Registrum Episcopatus Brechinensis cui accedunt cartce quam plurimce originales.
Edited by Cosmo Innes. [Bannatyne Club.] 2 vols. (Aberdeen, 1856.)
The Bound Toiver of Brechin. Andrew Jervise. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., iii., 28-34.
Edin., 1862.)
The Inscriptions from the Burial-Grounds of Brechin and Magdalene Chapel. Andrew
Jervise. (Brechin, 1864.)
Brechin Cathedral: its History,' with a Survey of the Religious Bodies that have
tvorshipped on its Site. Rev. James Landreth. (Brechin, 1883.)
Reminiscences of Brechin. James S. Neish. (Dundee, 1878.)
Rhymes and Lore of Brechin and the North-East. Alan Beid. (Brechin, 1915.)
Brechin Faces of the Olden Times. William Sievwright. (Brechin, 1901.)
Brechin in Olden and Modern Times. William Sievwright. (Brechin, 1902.)
Brechin of To-day. " Vathek." (Brechin, 1895.)
The Restoration of Careston Church. D. Wishart Galloway. (Trans. Scot. Eccles. Soc,
ii., 133-42. 1907.)
Craig. [See Edwards's Usan.~\
History of Ferryden. Andrew Douglas. (Montrose, 1855.)
Usan and Ferryden. David H. Edwards. (Brechin, 1921.)
Papers from the Charter-Chest of Dun. Edited by John Stuart, LL.D. [Misc. Old
Spalding Club, iv.] (Aberdeen, 1849.)
A Sketcher's Notes [to illustrate a View of the Old Church at Dun : containing Some
Incidents in the Life of John Erskine of Dun. J. Erskine of Dun. (London,
1855.)
Description of Edzell in Angus, 1724. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 262.] (Scot. Hist.
Soc. Edin., 1906.)
Historical Guide to Edzell and Glenesk . . . their Picturesque Scenery, Antiquities,
Traditions, and Remarkable Places. David H. Edwards. (Brechin, 1882.)
Edzell Castle. Andrew Jervise. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., ii., 226. Edin., 1857.)
Edzell Castle, Past and Present. J. G. Low. (Montrose, 1897.)
Memorials of the Disruption in Edzell and Lochlee. Rev. Robert Inglis. (Edin., 1872.)
Navar and Lethnot : the History of a Glen Parish. Rev. Frederick Cruickshank.
(Brechin, 1899.)
Up Glenesk [Lochlee] : Notes, Historical, etc. Rev. James Paul. (Brechin, 1894.)
Maryton Records of the Past. Rev. William Ruxton Fraser. (Montrose, 1877.)
Maryton Parish : Landed Proprietors from the 12th Century. Rev. W. R. Fraser.
(Montrose, 1877.)
Maryton Parish Church. Rev. W. R. Fraser. (Edin., 1892.)
St Mary's of Old Montrose : or the Parish of Maryton. Rev. W. R. Fraser. (Edin.,
1896.)
St Mary's Church, [Old] Montrose. Edward Pinnington. (The Art Journal, liii., 282.)
The Forme and Manner of Buriall used in the Kirk of Montrose. (Wodrow Soc. Misc.,
i., 291-300. Edin., 1844.)
Montrosiana. (Montrose, 1882.)
Montrose Characters, Past and Present. J. Bowick and others. (Montrose, 1881.)
506 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES
Montrose, the Garden City of Scotland. W. J. Clark. (Montrose, 1908.)
Montrose Forty Years Ago. (Montrose, 1901.)
Early History of Montrose. James C. Howden. (Proc. East of Scot. Union of Nat.
Socs., 8-15. Perth, 1891.)
Memorials of the Church of St John the Evangelist, the Parish Church of Montrose.
James G. Low. (Montrose, 1891.)
A Tour from, Arbroath to Montrose. [Eight articles in Scots Mag. and Lit. Misc.,
lxxii.] (Edin., 1810.)
History of Montrose. D. Mitchell. (Montrose, 1866.)
The Castle of Montrose : Was it a Ruin in 1488 ? S. W. N. (Montrose, 1883.)
Glimpses of Old Scots Parish Life [Montrose]. Edward Pinnington. (Scottish
Historical Eeview, iv., 63-72. Glasgow, 1907.)
Historic Footmarks in Stracathro. Rev. Frederick Cruickshank. (Brechin, 1891.)
Archaeological Notes on Early Scotland, relating more particularly to the Stracathro
District of Strathmore, in Angus : also some Accounts of Local Antiquities and
Place-Names. Dr W. G. Don. (Brechin, 1896.)
Extracts from the Records of the Presbytery of Brechin, 1639-1660. W. M. Ogilvie.
(Dundee, 1877.)
PRESBYTERY OF ARBROATH
Autobiography of Thomas Guthrie, D.D. [Has much about Arbirlot.] D. K. and
C. J. Guthrie. (London, 1896.)
Tack to David, Earl Southesk, of the Abbacy of Aberbrothok, 1642. [MS. fol. No. 69,
Lib. Perth Lit. and Antiq. Soc]
Aberbrothock Illustrated. John Adam. (Arbroath, 1886.)
The Abbot of Aberbrothock : a Tale of the Days of John Knox. [Full of local incident.]
W, Adamson. (Glasgow, 1871.)
The Abbey of Arbroath. George Shaw Aitken. (Dundee, 1884.)
A Short Historical Memorandum of the Abbey of Aberbrothock. J. Alexander.
(Arbroath, 1837.)
Notes of a Charter of the Abbey of Aberbrothoc. D. D. Black. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot.,
xi., 538-42. Edin., 1876.)
The Chronicles of Aberbrothock. Rev. William Blair. (Arbroath, 1853.)
A Descriptive and Historical Account of the Abbey of Aberbrothock. J. Bremner.
(Arbroath, 1842.)
Arbroath Abbey. C. H. Compton. (Journ. Brit. Archael. Ass., xii., 91-104. London,
1906.)
Account of the Discovery of the Supposed Cemetery of the Hospital of St John the
Baptist, at Hospitalfleld, near Arbroath. Andrew Jervise. (Proc. Soc. Antiq.
Scot., v., 135-37. Edin., 1865.)
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES 507
Sculptured Monument in Aberbroihoc Abbey. Henry Laing. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot.,
i., 13-15. Edin., 1855.)
Historical and Descriptive Handbook to the Abbey of Aberbrothock. C. S. Lawson.
(Dundee, 1868 ; Arbroath, 1872.)
Arbroath : Past and Present. James M. M'Bain. (Arbroath, 1887.)
Bibliography of Arbroath Periodical Literature. J. M. M'Bain. (Arbroath, 1889.)
Arbroath and its Abbey. D. Miller. (Edin., 1860.)
Arbroath Abbey. T. S. Robertson. (Trans. Glasgow Archsel. Soc, v., 234-46. Glasgow,
1908.)
Historical Memoranda of the Abbey of Arbroath. J. Bodgers. (Arbroath, n.d.)
Reminiscences of Arbroath and St Andrews. David S. Salmond. (Arbroath, 1905.)
Description of the Abbey of Arbroath. James Thomson. (Arbroath, 1829.)
History of the Abbey of Aberbrothock : with Account of Town and History of the Ruins
of the Monastery in 1742. James Thomson. (Arbroath, 1838.)
The Land of the "Antiquary." J. Brodie. (Arbroath, 1904.) ■
Arbroath : the Royal Burgh of Romance, its People and its Past. P. Charles
Carragher. (Saltcoats, 1909.)
The History of Arbroath from the Earliest Period to the Present Time. George Hay.
(Arbroath, 1876 and 1899.)
Round the Round O. George Hay. (Arbroath, 1883, 1885, 1886.)
Liber S. Thome de Aberbroihoc : Registrorum Abbacie de Aberbroihoc. Pars prior :
Registrum vetus munimentaque eidem ccetanea complectens, 1178-1329. Pars
altera : Registrum nigrum necnon libros cartarum recentiores complectens,
1329-1536. Edited by Cosmo Innes and Patrick Chalmers. [Bannatyne Club.]
2 vols. (Edin., 1848, 1856.)
The Lost Fisherman : a Legend of Auchmithie. W. Durie. (Montrose, 1848.)
Barry in the Eighteenth Century. (Aberdeen, n.d.)
Carnoustie and its Neighbourhood. Dr G. C. Dickson. (Carnoustie, 1872, 1892.)
Carnoustie Sketches : the Village, its Characters and Customs. J. Fotheringham.
(Arbroath, 1889.)
The Humours of Glenbruar [Friockheim]. Bev. James Anderson (" Fergus Mackenzie ")■
(London, 1894.)
Glimpses of Men and Manners about the Muirside [Kinnell]. D. H. Edwards.
(Brechin, 1920.)
Lunan Water. Bev. John Adams. (Arbroath, 1924.)
The Church of St Vigeans. C. Carmichael. (Scot. Notes and Queries, i., 82. Edin.,
1882.)
Notice of the Fabric of St Vigeans Church. William Duke, D.D. (Proc. Soc. Antiq.
Scot., ix., 481-98. Edin., 1873.)
Notice of a Recumbent Hog-backed Monument and Sculptured Slabs . . . at St Vigeans
Church. William Duke, D.D. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., xxii., 143-46. Edin.,
1888.)
508 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES
PRESBYTERY OF FORDOUN
Liber Ecclesice beati Terranani de Arbuthnott, missale secundum usum ecclesice Sancti
Andrea in Scotia. Alexander Penrose Forbes. (Burntisland, 1864.)
Description of the Parish of Arbuthnott, 1724. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 265.] (Scot.
Hist. Soc. Edin., 1906.)
The Parish of Arbuthnott. William Cramond, LL.D. (n.p., n.d.)
Notes on the Church of Arbuthnott. A. Marshall Mackenzie. (Trans. Aberdeen Eccles.
Soc, 41-44. 1890.)
Notice of the Arbuthnott Missal. William Macgillivray. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot.,
xxvi., 89-104. Edin., 1892.)
Arbuthnott : with Reminiscences of the Parish Sixty Tears Ago. George C. Suttie.
(Montrose, 1908.)
Thrummy Cap : a Legend of the Castle of Fiddes. John Burness. (Montrose, n.d.)
Description of Benholm in Merns, 1724. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 262.] (Scot. Hist.
Soc. Edin., 1906.)
Description of the Parish of Bervie, 1724. A. Keith. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 265.]
(Scot. Hist. Soc. Edin., 1906.)
Notice of a Sepulchral Chalice and Paten found in Bervie Churchyard. James
Gammack. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., xvii., 371-75. Edin., 1883.)
Desertion of the Parish of Dunotir. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., iii., 231.] (Scot. Hist.
Soc. Edin., 1908.)
In Defence of the Regalia, 1651-1652. Douglas Gordon Barron, D.D. (London, 1910.)
Dunottar Castle : its Ruins and Historical Associations. John Longmuir. (1851, and
other editions.)
The Castle of Dunottar. ["Castles, Palaces, and Prisons of Mary of Scotland."]
Charles Mackie. (London, 1849.)
Dunottar Castle : a Poem. Rev. James Walker. (Aberdeen, [1796].)
A Description of the Parish of Dunotar, 1724. A. Keith. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i.,
265.] (Scot. Hist. Soc. Edin., 1906.)
Dunnottar. James Spence. [Trans. Buchan Field Club, iv., 22.] (1896.)
Dunncttar and its Barons. James Crabb Watt. (Scottish Historical Eeview, ii.,
389-405. (Glasgow, 1905.)
Description of the Parish of Fettercairn, 1725. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 266, 269.]
(Scot. Hist. Soc. Edin., 1906.)
The Earls of Middleton, Lords of Fettercairn. A. C. Biscoe. (London, 1876.)
The History of Fettercairn. Archibald Cowie Cameron, LL.D. (Paisley, 1899.)
Description of the Parish of Fetteresso, 1722. A. Garioch. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i.,
247.] (Scot. Hist. Soc. Edin., 1906.)
Stonehaven : Historical and Descriptive. F. C. Eeles. (Aberdeen, 1897.)
Picturesque Stonehaven. James Reid. (Stonehaven, 1908.)
Memoranda of Stonehaven. Robert Duthie. (Stonehaven Journal, 7th Nov. 1867,
et seq.)
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES 509
Stonehaven and its Historical Associations. James Napier. (Stonehaven, 1879.)
Stonehaven . . . and Defence of Dunottar Castle. James Napier. (Perth, 1872.)
The Brighton of the North [Stonehaven]. John T. Fyfe. (English Illustrated
Magazine, xxvii, 467-76. London, 1902.)
The Court Booh of the Barony of Urie. Douglas Gordon Barron. (Scot. Hist. Soc.
Edin., 1892.)
Muchalls [Fetteresso] on the Kincardineshire Coast. William Paul. (Aberdeen, 1896.)
Some Facts about the Castle of Muchalls. Alexander Walker. (Aberdeen, 1902.)
The Ancient Sculptured Stones . . . at Fordoun. P. Chalmers. [Bannatyne Club.]
(Edin., 1848.)
The Annals of Fordoun . . . from the Earliest Times to the Year 1894. William
Cramond, LL.D. (Montrose, 1894.)
On Stra'finla Top : Auchinblae and Fordoun. W. Cramond. (Dundee, 1894.)
Notices of St Palladius' Chapel and of a Coffin Slab at Fordoun. Andrew Jervise
(Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., x., 730-35. Edin., 1875.)
Historical Sketches in Fordoun. Eev. John Menzies. (Montrose, 1887.)
Description of the Parish of Fordoun, 1725. Thorntoun and Mr Gentleman in
Fettercairn. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 267, 269.] (Scot. Hist. Soc. Edin.,
1906.)
The Parish of Fordoun. Charles Alexander Mollyson. (Aberdeen, 1893.)
The Annals of Fordoun. James Paton. (Scots Lore, 136-40. Glasgow, 1895.)
The Old Chapel of St Palladius and its Story. Charles Forbes Buchan. (Montrose,
1875, 1879.)
Description of Garvock, 1724. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 262.] (Scot. Hist. Soc.
Edin., 1906.)
Notice of a Bronze Censer found under the Floor of the Old Church at Garvock. James
Gammack. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., xxi., 180-82. Edin., 1887.)
Description of Glenbervie, 1724. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 262.] (Scot. Hist. Soc.
Edin., 1906.)
The History of Glenbervie, the Fatherland of Burns. George Henderson Kinnear.
(Montrose, 1895 ; Laurencekirk, 1910.)
The Home of Burns's Ancestors [Glenbervie]. William Will. (1896.)
A Geographical Description of the Parish of Kinneff and Caterline. [Macfarlane
Geog. Coll., L, 257.] (Scot. Hist. Soc. Edin., 1906.)
Description of the Parish of Kinneff, 1724. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 265.] (Scot.
Hist. Soc. Edin., 1906.)
Notice of a Celtic Cross-Slab at Kinneff. F. C. Eeles. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot.,
xxxiii., 163-67. Edin., 1899.)
Saving the Regalia in 1652. P. Keith Murray. (Scottish Historical Beview, xv.,
309-17. Glasgow, 1907.)
Kinneff in the Xlth Century. (Aberdeen Journal, Notes and Queries, iii., 82, 92, 98.)
A True Account of the Preservation of the Regalia of Scotland. Sir George Ogilvie.
(Edin., 1701.)
Papers relative to the Regalia of Scotland. Edited by Sir Walter Scott. [Bannatyne
Club.] (Edin., 1828.)
510 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES
History of the Parish and Burgh of Laurencekirk. Rev. William Ruxton Fraser.
'(Edin., 1880.)
Description of the Parish of St Laurence [Laurencekirk], 1728. [Macfarlane Geog.
Coll., i., 268, 270.] (Scot. Hist. Soc. Edin., 1906.)
Description of the Parish of Aberuthnot [Marykirk], 1724. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll.,
i., 262.] (Scot. Hist. Soc. Edin., 1906.)
Description of the Parish of Mary [Marykirk], 1725. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 268.]
(Scot. Hist. Soc. Edin., 1906.)
Marykirk in the Olden Time. Rev. James C. M'Clure. (Montrose, 1902.)
Description of the Parish of St Cyris, 1724. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 262.] (Scot.
Hist. Soc. Edin., 1906.)-
St Cyrus Auld Kirkyard. George Beattie.
St Gyrus Fifty Years Ago. R. D. Clark. (Montrose, 1910.)
St Cyrus. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., xxxvi., 440. Edin., 1891.)
The Black Book of Kincardineshire. [Has Lists of Dunnottar Castle Covenanter
Prisoners.] James Anderson. (Stonehaven, 1843 ; Aberdeen, 1879.)
The Church and Other Bells of Kincardineshire. Francis C. Eeles. (Aberdeen, 1897.)
Kincardineshire Traditions. J. Grant. (Aberdeen, 1830.)
Sketch of the History and Antiquities of the Mearns. Andrew Jervise. (Montrose,
1858.)
Epitaphs and Inscriptions from Burial Grounds in the N.E. of Scotland. Andrew
Jervise. 2 vols. (Edin., 1875-79.)
A Note of Some Remarkable Things within the Sheriffdom of the Merns. J. Keyth.
[Macfarlane Geog. Coll., iii., 236.] (Scot. Hist. Soc. Edin., 1908.)
Kincardineshire. George H. Kinnear. (Cambridge, 1921.)
Kincardineshire Papers, 1649-1679. Edited by James Maidment. 2 vols. (Misc.
Spottiswood Soc. Edin., 1845.)
A Concise Bibliography of the Shire of . . . Kincardine. James F. Kellas Johnstone.
(Aberdeen, 1914.)
Hand-list of Bibliography of the Shire of . . . Kincardine. A. W. Robertson.
(Aberdeen, 1893.)
The Mearns of Old : a History of Kincardineshire from the Earliest Times to the
nth Century. James Cr'abb Watt, K.C. (Edin., 1914.)
[The Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland contain many other
papers and references to the ecclesiastical and other antiquities of Forfarshire and
Kincardineshire. It has not been found practicable to record a complete list in this
Bibliography.]
INDEX OF PARISHES AND CHAPELS
Abbotshaix, 99
Abdie, 123
Abercrombie, 177
Aberdour, 1
Aberlemno and Aldbar, 276
Aberlethnott, 478
Abernyte, 307
Airlie, 246
Aldbar, 278
Alyth, 249
Anstruther Easter, 179
Anstruther Wester, 182
Arbirlot, 420
Arbroath, 422
Abbey, 426
Inverbrothock, 427
Ladyloan, 428
St Margaret's, 428
St Ninian's, 429
Arbuthnott, 452
Ardler, 252
Arngask, 56
Athie, 441
Auchmithie, 429
Auchterderran, 76
Auchterhouse, 309
Auchtermoonzie, 168
Auchtermuchty, 126
Auchtertool, 78
Balgay, 323
Ballingry, 57
Ballumbie, 369
Balmerino, 128
Barnhill, 369
Barry, 429
Beach, 312
Beath, 5
Bendochy, 252
Benholme, 454
Benvie, 347, 350
Bervie, 457
Blairgowrie, 255
St Mary's, 257
Blairingone, 60
Boarhills, 185
Brechin and Kelimore. First Charge,
374
Second Charge, 379
East, 382
Gardner Memorial, 382
Broughty Ferry, 311
Beach, 312
St Stephen's, 313
Buckhaven, 80
Burntisland, 80
Cameron, 186
Carbuddo, 436
Careston, 383
Carmylie, 432
Carnbee, 187
Carnock, 7
Carnoustie, 434
Caterline, 472, 476
Cellardyke, 191
Ceres, 130
Chapelshade, 324
Cleish, 60
Clepington, 325
Clova, 278
Collessie, 133
Colliston, 435
Conveth, 476
Cookney, 458
Cortachy, 279
Coupar-Angus, 258
Cowdenbeath, 13
Craig, 384
Crail, 191
Second Charge, 195
Third Charge, 195
Creich, 136
Crombie, 53
Cuikston, 395
Culross, First Charge, 13
Second Charge, 18
Cults, 137
512
INDEX OF PARISHES AND CHAPELS
Cupar-Fife, First Charge, 141
Dunninald, 384
Second Charge, 146
Dunnottar, 459
St Mary's, 148
Dysart, First Charge, 85
Second Charge, 88
Dairsie, 148
Eassie and Nevay, 259
Dalgety, 21
Downfield, 326
Drumeldrie, 223
Ecclesgreig, 481
Ecclesjohn, 387
Edzell and Newdosk, 389
Dudhope, 313
Elie, 198
Dun and Ecclesjohn, 387
Ethie, 441
Dunbog, 150
Dundee, 313
Balgay, 323
Fairmuir, 333
Chapelshade, 324
Falkland, 152
Clepington, 325
Farnell and Kinnaird, 392
Cross, 328
Fern, 396
Downfield, 326
Ferryport-on-Craig, 200
Fairmuir, 333
Fettercairn, 461
Fifth Charge. See St Clement's
Fetteresso, 464
First Charge, 315
Fettykil, 109
Fourth Charge. See St John's
Finaven, 300
Gaelic, 333
Flisk, 155
Hilltown, 334
Fordoun, 466
Lochee, 334
Forfar and Restennet, 284
Logie, 335
St James's, 287
Mariners', 336
Lowson Memorial, 288
Maryfield, 336
Forgan, 203
Rosebank, 336
Fossoway, 62
St Andrew's, 336
Fothmuref, 429
St Clement's, 322
Fowlis-Easter in Gowrie, 354, 357
St David's, 327
Freuchie, 157
St Enoch's, 337
Friockheim, 436
St John's (Cross), 328
St Luke's, Lochee, 334
Garvock, 469
St Mark's, 339
Glamis, 289
St Mary's, 313
Glenbervie, 471
St Matthew's, 340
Glenisla, 261
St Paul's, 330
Glenprosen, 291
St Peter's, 340
Guthrie, 436
St Thomas' (Balgay), 323
South, or Second Charge, 319
Steeple. See St Clement's
Third Charge, 330
Wallacetown, 341
Willison, 342
Dunfermline, First Charge, 25
Second Charge, 33
Canmore Street, 42
North, 38
St Andrew's, 37
St Leonard's, 41
Townhill, 36
Dunino, 195
Dunlappie, 417, 419
Dunnichen, 282
Hillside, 398
Idvie, 444
Inchture, 342
Inverarity, 292
Inverbervie, 457
Inverbrothock, 427
Invergowrie, 344
Inverkeilor, 438
Inverkeithing, 42
Second Charge, 47
Invertiel, 101
Johnshaven. See Benholme
INDEX OF PARISHES AND CHAPELS
513
Kelimore, 374
Mains and Strathmartine, 357
Kelty, 6
Markinch, 142
Kemback, 205
Maryfield, 336
Kennoway, 91
Marykirk, 478
Kettins, 263
Maryton, 405
Kettle, 158
Meathie, 294
Kilconquhar, 208
Meigle, 269
Kilgour, 152
Melville, 416
Kilmany, 160
Menmuir, 407
Kilrenny, 211
Methil, 114
Kilry, 265
Milnathort, 73
Kinghorn, 93
Milton of Balgonie, 115
Kinglassie, 96
Monifleth, 361
Kingoldrum, 265
Monikie, 365
Kingsbarns, 215
Monimail, 164
Kinnaird in Gowrie, 346
Montrose, First Charge, 409
Kinnaird (Brechin), 392, 395
Second Charge, 413
Kinneff, 472
St John's, 416
Kinnell, 441
Moonzie, 168
Kinnettles, 294
Mossgreen, 48
Kinross, 65
Muckhart, 67
Kirkcaldy, St Brice, 102
Murroes, 367
Second Charge, 105
St James's, 107
St John's, 108
Navar, 398, 400
Kirkden, 444
Nevay, 261
Kirkforthar, 114
Newburgh, 171
Kirkness, 73
Newburn, 223
Kirriemuir, 296
Newdosk, 389, 392
South, 299
Newport, 226
Newtyle, 271
Ladybank, 162
Oathlaw, 300
Ladyloan, 428
Old Montrose, 405
Largo, 217
Orwell, 70
Largoward, 220
Over Inchbrayock, 405
Lathrisk, 158
Laurencekirk, 476
Leslie, 109
Panbbide, 447
Lethnot and Navar, 398
Pathhead, 106
Leuchars, 221
Persie, 273
Liff and Benvie, 347
Pert, 403, 405
Lindores, 123
Pittenweem, 226
Lintrathen, 267
Portmoak, 73
Lochee, 334
Prinlaws, 116
St Luke's, 334
Lochgelly, 111
T,nchle.e. 401
Raith, 107
Logie (Cupar), 163
Logie (Dundee), 335
Logie-Montrose, 403
Logie-Pert, 403
Longforgan, 351
Lunan, 445
Lundie and Fowlis, 354
VOL. V.
Rescobie, 302
Restennet, 284
Rickarton, 480
Rosebank, 336
Rossie or Rossanclearach, 342, 344
Rosyth, 47
Ruthven, 274
2 K
514
INDEX OF PARISHES AND CHAPELS
St Andrews, First Charge, 229
Strathmartin, 357, 360
Second Charge, 238
Strathmiglo, 173
Third Charge, 241
St Cyrus, 481
Tannadice, 304
St Leonard's, 241
Tealing, 369
St Margaret's, Barnhill, 369
Thornton, 119
St Monans, 177
Torryburn, 51
St Vigeans, 449
Townhill, 36
Saline, 49
Tullibole, 62, 65
Scoonie, 116
Sinclairtown , 108
Wallace-town, 341
Springfield, 173
Wemyss, 119
Stracathro, 417
Wemyss, West, 121
Strathkinness, 244
Wormit, 244
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Abel, Alexander Morison, 475
Adam, Alexander, 103, 106
Adam, Colin, 179, 213
Adam, James, 280 bis
Adam, William, 288
Adam, William Henderson, 6
Adams, David Laird, 168
Adams, Francis, 137
Adams, James, 345
Adamson, James, 308
Adamson, John, 161, 235, 240
Adamson, John Lindsay, 119, 327, 341
Adamson, Laurence, 144, 147
Adamson, Thomas, 187
Adamson, Thomas Newbigging, 369
Addie, Charles Morgan, 228
Addison, George, 262, 310, 349, 422
Addison, William, 299
Adie, Charles, 317, 322, 372
Adie, Charles Smith, 392
Adie, George, 12
Affleck, John, 77
Aiken, James, 13, 288
Aiken, Robert, 342
Aikman, Robert, 248
Ainslie, Walter, 355
Aird, James, 53
Aitken, George, 414
Aitken, John, 450
Aitken, William, 125
Alexander, John, 104, 136, 139, 203
Alexander, Robert, 148
Allan, Alexander Smith, 20
Allan, Andrew, 278, 300
Allan, Archibald, 429
Allan, Charles Orford, 164
Allan, Robert, 69
Allan, William, 305, 435
Allardice, Alexander, 455, 481
AUardice, Robert, 472
Allison, Alexander, 125
Anderson, Alexander, 10S, 153, 206, 214,
235, 360, 389
Anderson, David, 58
615
Anderson, George, 151 bis, 163, 320, 434
Anderson, George Strang, 215
Anderson, Gilbert, 467
Anderson, James, 140, 252, 263, 341, 356,
437, 445
Anderson, James Corsar, 475
Anderson, John, 60, 109, 172, 234, 243,
301, 322, 329, 332
Anderson, John, of Balram, 50, 86
Anderson, John Milne, 347
Anderson, John Wilson, 182
Anderson, Mark Louden, 241, 408
Anderson, Robert, 222
Anderson, Robert Chalmers, 108
Anderson, Thomas, 409
Anderson, William, 100, 416, 463
Andrew, Patrick Arthur, 436
Angus, Andrew, 109
Angus, John, 42
Anstruther, John, 211
Anton, Peter, 90
Arbuthnot, Alexander, 452, 453
Arbuthnot, James, 89, 457
Arbuthnot, Robert, 452 bis, 469, 478
"Archer, David, 477
Archibald, Alexander, 430
Archibald, Francis, 437
Arklay, George, 438, 441
Armit, Andrew, 312, 366
Armstrong, Robert Stirling, 211
Arnot, David, 332
Arnot, Robert, 132, 217
Arnot, Thomas, 143, 146
Arnott, Hugh Young, 173
Arnott, John Thomas, 130
Arnott, William, 124, 457
Arrott, Andrew, of Dumbarrow, 282
Arrott, William, 410
Arthur, John, 189, 198
Arthur, William, 262
Auchenleck, Alexander, 151, 296
Auchenleck, Andrew, 196, 218, 315, 362,
367, 429
Auchenleck, Henry, 358
516
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Auchenleck, James, 263, 309
Auchenleck, John, 217, 218, 224, 238, 342,
471
Auchenleck, Patrick, 128
Auchenleck, Thomas, 183
Auchinleck, William, 365, 430
Auchmoutie, Alexander, 174
Auchmowty, William, 357, 360
Auld, John, 86
Auld, William, 13
Auty, David Eastham, 323
Ayton, Thomas, 210, 250
Babington, Matthew, 291
Badenach, James, 267
Badenoch, William, 280
Baillie, James H., 435
Bain, William, 115
Baird, James William, 36
Balcanquall, James, 174
Balfour, Sir Alexander, of Denmiln, 124
Balfour, David, 54, 163
Balfour, Henry, 133
Balfour, Henry, of Hallbeath, 7S
Balfour, James, 282, 302, 436, 444
Balfour, John, 20, 138, 158
Balfour, Peter, 372
Balfour, Robert, 59
Balfour, William, 70, 73, 124
Ballantyne, John, 363, 465
Ballingal, James, 134, 332
Ballingal, John, 134, 146
Ballingall, Patrick, 347
Balnavis, John, 34
Balvaird, John, 289, 290, 390, 444
Balvaird, William, 444
Bannerman, James, 294
Barbour, John, 101
Barclay, David, 174
Barclay, David, of Touch, 148, 238
Barclay, John, 159, 196, 270, 274, 345,
362, 462
Barclay, Peter, 159
Barclay, Robert, 446
Barclay, William, 153 bis
Barrack, John, 154, 458
Barrie, David, 284
Barron, Douglas Gordon, 461
Barron, George, 206
Barron, Johny 206
Bawewman, James Storry, 80
Barton, Alexander, 64
Barty, James Strachan, 254
Barty, Patrick, 275
Barty, Thomas, 254, 272
Bathgate, James, 23, 71
Baxter, John, 7, 334
Baxter, Thomas, of Baltullie, 136, 150
Baxter, William Lang, 57, 187
Baxter, William Linton, 384
Bayne, David, 97, 169
Bayne, Robert, 171
Beat, William, 204, 214
Beath, David, 228
Beatson, James, 216
Beattie, James, 406
Beattie, John, 3S5, 413, 445
Beddie, James, 453
Begbie, Donald Macaskill, 158
Begg, Bruce Beveridge, 100
Belfrage, George, S, 19
Bell, Andrew, 194
Bell, Archibald, 325
Bell, David, 92, 203
Bell, David Mathieson, 200
Bell, Herbert, 273
Bell, James, 404
Bell, John Cleghorn, 106, 115
Bell, Patrick, 434
Bell, William, 78, 424, 455
Bellenden, William, 208
Bennet, Andrew, 136 bis, 165, 203
Bennet, George, 175
Bennet, James, 126
Bennet, Robert, 213
Bennet, William, 165
Benson, James Muirhead, 323
Bethune, Neil, 92
Beveridge, Thomas, 351
Biggar, Thomas, 93
Birrell, John, 147, 198
Bisset, Alexander, 375
Bisset, John, 363, 376
Bisset, Peter Smith, 387
Bisset, William, 322
Black, Alexander Forbes, 336
Black, David, 231, 265, 296, 420
Black, George, 231
Black, James, 436
Black, John Easton, 312
Black, Thomas, 109, 121, 174, 184, 272
Black, Walter Kilgour, 300
Black, William Paterson, 389
Blackwood, James, 49, 118
Blackwood, Peter, 7, 42, 49
Blaikie, George, 343, 345
Blaikie, John, 100
Blair, David, 376, 380, 401
Blair, Donald, 355
Blair, George,"38fr, 391
Blair, Gilbert, 256
Blair, Hugh, 134
INDEX OF MINISTERS
517
Blair, James, 89, 344, 355
Brown, William, 161, 280
Blair, John, 78, 118, 350
Bruce, Alexander, 370
Blair, Robert, 232
Bruce, Andrew, 189, 213, 227, 234,
243,
Blair, Thomas, 253, 256
272, 280, 380, 439
Blair, William, 259
Bruce, Andrew, of Pittarthie, 128
Blinshall, James, 332
Bruce, Douglas William, 313
Boes, George, 144, 146
Bruce, Edward, 52
Bogie, Robert, 163
Bruce, James, 137, 151, 215
Bonar, Archibald, 225
Bruce, John, 74, 286, 438
Boncle, Patrick, 461, 467, 476
Bruce, Peter, 243
Bonthron, Alexander, 89
Bruce, Robert, 58, 446
Borthwick, Alexander, 177
Bruce, Walter, 43
Borthwick, Eleazar, of Chesters, 221
Bruce, William, 358
Borthwick, William, 223
Brunton, James, 119, 168
Bos well, George, 76
Bryce, Daniel, 404
Bower, Frederick, 292
Bryce, John, 50
Bowes, John, 99
Bryce, Patrick, 433
Bowie, Andrew, 129, 132
Bryce, William, 4
Bowie, Matthew, 95
Bryden, James Henderson, 114
Bowsie, John, 120
Bryden, Mark Johnston, 104
Boyd, Andrew Kennedy Hutchison, 236
Brydie, Peter, 64
Boyd, John, 298, 368
Brymer, John, 479
Boyd, Robert, 271, 289
Buchan, Charles Forbes, 468
Boyd, William, 359
Buchan, William Sutherland, 350
Boyle, John, 445
Buchanan, Allan, 45
Boyle, William Wilson, 65
Buchanan, Archibald, 404, 428
Braid, John, 197
Buchanan, George Craig Dalziel, 67
Braidfute, William, 58, 73, 112, 152, 173
Buchanan, Robert, 131, 199, 203
Brand, George Bell, 38
Buchanan, Thomas, 30, 130
Brand, William, 152
Buchanan, Walter, 131
Bremner, George, 293, 369
Buchanan, William, 409
Brewster, David, 162
Buik, John, 305
Brewster, George, 118
Buist, George, 154, 240
Brewster, Henry, 394
Buist, John, of Tillywhanlaw, 305
Brewster, James, 386
Burdon, Charles Scott, 357
Brodie, Alexander, 189, 197
Burgess, James, 312
Brodie, James, 167
Burn, Andrew, 184
Brog, John, 223
Burn, David, 169, 219, 465
Brotherston, Peter, 38, 87, 90
Burn, James, 204
Brounhill, John, 21
Burn, John, 450
Brown, Andrew, 133, 154, 187
Burne, John, 42
Brown, David, 118, 259 bis, 261, 289, 352
Burnet, Andrew, 178
Brown, George, 265, 273, 415
Burnet, Robert, 481
Brown, Hugh, 176
Burnett, Alexander, 384
Brown, James, 197, 214, 225, 355
Burnett, James Beattie, 278, 466
Brown, James Campbell, 75
Burnett, John, 15
Brown, John, 80, 93, 458
Burns, Alexander Fyfe, 107
Brown, John Caldwell Cochran, of Carbeth
Burns, Andrew, 262
Guthrie, 133
Burns, George Stewart, 325, 412
Brown, John Tod, 35
Burns, James, 377
Brown, Laurence, 268
Burns, John, 198, 284
Brown, Peter, 464
Burns, Thomas, 416
Brown, Richard, 7
Burns, William, 389
Brown, Robert Hope, 337
Burr, Peter Lorimer, 357
Brown, Robert Lundin, 219
Burrell, Thomas, 139
Brown, Thomas, 195, 206, 295, 474
Burt, Alexander, of Deugly, 57
518
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Burt, James Robert, 220
Burt, Walter Forman, 202
Butchart, James, 185
Caesar, James, 329, 449
Caesar, John, 449
Caie, George Johnstone, 287
Cairncross, Alexander, 375
Cairns, Adam, 145, 151, 353
Cairns, John Edgar, 70
Callan, Hugh, 415
Cameron, Andrew, 181
Cameron, David Barrie, 336
Cameron, Duncan, 164
Cameron, Hugh, 415
Cameron, John, 123
Cameron, John Fawns, 60, 185
Cameron, John Kirkland, 311
Cameron, Peter, 263, 325
Cameron, Robert James, 84
Cameron, Thomas Alexander, 284, 394
Campbell, Alexander, 288
Campbell, Archibald, 22
Campbell, Colin, 263, 318, 330
Campbell, David, 383, 408, 481
Campbell, Dugald, 99, 113, 392
Campbell, Duncan, 64
Campbell, George, 144, 147
Campbell, Hugh Mackenzie, 384
Campbell, James, 57, 130, 310, 355, 408
Campbell, John, 104, 112, 123, 370
Campbell, John Duncan, 4
Campbell, John Montgomery, 341
Campbell, Lauchlan, 106
Cannan, David, 297, 359, 368
Cannan, Francis, 269
Carey, Stanley Buchanan, 342
Cargill, Henry Chalmers, 382
Cargill, Thomas, 476
Carie, James, 136
Carmichael, Frederick, 91, 102, 112, 166
Carmichael, Gershom, 322
Carmichael, James, 61
Carmichael, John, 198, 208, 223
Carmichael, Patrick, 2
Carnegie, Alexander, of Redhall, 440
Carnegie, Charles, 393
Carnegie, David, of Craigo, 379, 393
Carnegie, James, 424
Carnegie, James, of Craigo, 430
Carnegie, John, 440
Carnegie, William, 383, 424
Carruthers, David, 207, 445
Carsan, John, 124
Carstairs, Andrew George, 184
Carstairs, James, 304, 342
Chalmers, George, 92
Chalmers, Henry Reid, 279
Chalmers, James, of Radernie, 198
Chalmers, John, 76 bis, 273, 453, 471
Chalmers, John, of Radernie, 199, 210
Chalmers, Peter, 32, 35
Chalmers, Thomas, 162
Chalmers, William, 4, 289, 457, 461, 479
Chaplin, Alexander, 443
Chapman, William, 261
Charles, John, 470
Charteris, Charles, 421
Charters, Samuel, 44
Charters, Thomas, 44
Cheislie, John, 179
Chree, Charles, 269, 299
Chree, George Johnstone, 298
Christie, George, 329
Christie, Henry, 66
Christie, James, 429
Christie, John, 215, 422
Christison, John, 206, 335, 347, 348, 464,
471
Christison, William, 315
Chrystal, James Robert, 141
Clark, Alexander, 284, 426
Clark, David Finlay, 111
Clark, George, 82
Clark, Ivo Macnaughton, 394
Clark, James, 115, 199
Clark, John Alexander, 379
Clark, Richard Mackie, 335
Clarke, John, 48
Clayhills, Andrew, 361
Cleghorn, John, 82, 121
Cleland, George, 224
Cleland, Robert, 213
Clement, Ninian, 285, 423, 449
Clephane, George, 272
Clephane, Thomas, 266, 272
Clerihew, Patrick, 458
Clerk, William, 182
Clidsdale, James, 210
Climie, Hugh, 271
Clow, Patrick, 110
Clugston, William, 286
Coats, Walter William, 379
Cochrane, George, 354
Cochrane, James, 145
Cochrane, John, 147
Cockburn, James, 68
Coldcleuch, John, 123
Colden, George, 65
Colden, John, 65
Collace, Andrew, 315, 469, 481
Collace, John, 461
INDEX OF MINISTERS
519
Colquhoun, Malcolm, 333
Cromar, Andrew, 301
Colquhoun, William Young, 339
Crombie, John, 278
Colville, Harry, 67
Cron, William, 408
Colville, John, 324
Cross, Alexander, 55
Colville, Robert, of Nether Kinneddar, 14
Cruden, William, 404
Colville, Robert, 89
Cruickshank, Frederick, 400
Comrie, Walter, 243
Cruickshank, George, 424, 442
Condie, Thomas, 149
Cruickshank, Thomas, 255
Constable, John, 266
Cruickshank, William, 274, 475
Constable, Thomas, 349
Cuke, David, 158
Cook, David, 344
Cumin, William, 476
Cook, George, 477
Cumming, David, 3
Cook, Henry David, 162
Cumyng, David, 274
Cook, John, 140, 162, 178, 244, 478
Cuningham, John Macpherson, 98, 273
Cook, Ninian, 357, 367 bis
Cunningham, Charles, 356
Cook, Robert, 133
Cunningham, Samuel, 200
Cooper, James, 313
Cunningham, William, 206
Cooper, John, 229
Currie, John, 97
Cormack, Thomas, 302
Currie, John Irving, 368
Cormick, Daniel, 299
Currie, Robert, 54
Corsair, John, 22
Currie, William, 97
Corse, Alexander, 308
Cuthbert, James, 16, 59
Corse, David, 460
Cuthill, James Spence, 426
Cosens, Alexander Thomson, 64
Cutlar, Thomas, 181
Cosens, Peter, 54
Coulter, Henry, 226
Daes, James, 182
Couper, David, 84
Dalgety, James, 291
Couper, John, 411, 414
Dalgleish, David, 142, 146
Couper, Patrick, 227
Dalgleish, John, 320
Couper, Simon, 29, 34
Dalgleish, Nicol, 226
Couper, Thomas, 49, 407, 410
Dalgleish, Robert, of Scotscraig, 201
Coustun [Adamson], Patrick, 130
Dalgleish, William, of Scotscraig, 189, 201
Coutts, Alexander, 418
Dall, Henry, 103, 106
Coutts. James, 245
Dall, John, 395
Coutts, Robert, 381
Dall, William, 363, 431
Cowsland, Thomas, 268
Dallas, Alexander, 442
Cox, Walter Percy, 447
Bailing, Alexander, 61
Craig, jEneas Nelson, 108
Dalling, William, 61
Craig, John, 409
Dalziel, William, 42
Craig, Robert James, 24
Danielston, Robert, 85
Craig, Thomas, 437
Davidson, Adam, 260
Craig, William Pitcairn, 55
Davidson, Alexander Miln, 443
Craigie, David, 240
Davidson, David, 311, 322
Craigie, John, 178
Davidson, Donald, 345
Cramond, James, 396
Davidson, Harcourt Morton, 337
Cranstoun, Edmond, 138
Davidson, Robert, 461, 484
Cranstoun, Robert, 117, 159
Davidson, Thomas, 316
Cranstoun, William, 158
Davidson, William, 220, 399
Crawford, George, 140
Davie, Alexander, 343
Crawford, Oliver, 20
Davie, John, 418
Crawford, Thomas Jackson, 140, 290
Davie, John Barclay, 456
Crichton, David, 427
Dawson, John, 284
Crichton, Joseph, of Kirklands, 132
Deas, James, 444
Crichton, Patrick, 274
Dempster, George, 390
Crichton, Robert, 259
Dempster, James, 126
Croll, Robert, 458
Dempster, John, 57, 362, 375
520
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Dewar, George, 183, 238
Dewar, Thomas, 111
Dick, William, 143
Dickey, Robert James Steele, 6
Dickie, John Henry, 133
Dickie, William, 459
Dickson, George, 215
Dickson, James, 113
Dickson, William Purdie, 187
Dingwall, George, 350
Dishington, George, 139
Dobie, William Jardine, 96
Dodd, Henry, 326
Dodds, James, 323, 416
Doig, Thomas, 54
Donald, James, 262
Donald, Maunsell Grant Mackintosh, 295
Donaldson, Andrew, 21, 22
Donaldson, David, 114
Donaldson, George, 401, 419
Donaldson, James, 290
Donaldson, Thomas, 348
Donaldson, William Galloway, 287
Dougall, John, 302, 303, 388
Douglas, Adam Black, 12
Douglas, Alexander, 394
Douglas, Andrew, 426
Douglas, Archibald, 471
Douglas, Duncan, 471
Douglas, James, 453, 471
Douglas, John, 193, 238
Douglas, Robert, 74, 105, 375, 476
Douglas, Thomas, of Staniepath, 128
Dow, Anthony, 462
Dow, John Archibald, 176
Dow, Peter, 185
Dow, Thomas, 457
Dow, William, 256
Dowie, James, 65, 70, 336
Drew, Joseph, 113, 243
Drummond, Andrew, 444, 447
Drummond, David, 68
Drummond, James, 209, 376, 472
Drysdale, John, 103, 106
Duff, Alexander, 279, 299
Duff, Charles Edward, 451
Duff, James, 115
Duguid, William, 82
Duke, William, 451
Dun, Alexander, 254
Dun, William, 290
Dunbar, Alexander, 28
Dunbar, John, 408
Dunbar, William, 476
Duncan, Andrew, 192
Duncan, Andrew Bethune, 18
Duncan, Henry, 367, 369
Duncan, James, 347, 410
Duncan, John, 14, 49, 100, 118, 125, 132,
347, 355
Duncan, Joseph, 214
Duncan, Laurence, 249
Duncan, Robert, 412
Duncan, Thomas, 274
Duncan, William, 172
Duncan, William Wallace, 62
Duncanson, John, 319, 390
Duncanson, Robert, 294
Dunlop, Alexander Slater, 241
Dunlop, Robert Hamilton, 200
Dunlop, William, 80
Dunn, Charles, 454
Dunn, George M'Leod, 122
Dunn, Peter Alexander, 454
Durham, John, 155, 365
Durham, Patrick, 362, 444
Durie, George, 188
Durie, John, 163, 226, 409
Durie, Joshua, 238, 285, 403, 413, 439
Durie, Robert, 177, 182
Durie, Simeon, 200, 203, 423
Durward, Charles, 118
Dykes, John, 14, 213, 223
Dymock, Thomas, 434
Eadie, John, 389
Eadie, William, 297
Easton, James Cruickshank, 299
Easton, Thomas, 297
Easton, Thomas Andrew Alexander, 207
Echline, Robert, 47
Edgar, James Pitt, 151
Edgar, Robert, 173
Edmonstone, Robert, 19
Edmonstoun, John, 65, 192
Edward, Alexander, 193, 196, 206
Edward, Charles, 368
Edward, James, 268
Edward, Robert, 367
Elder, Andrew, 407
Elder, William, 148, 373
Eliot, Robert, 97
Elliot, Andrew, 78, 439
Elliot, James, 285, 300
Ellis, John, 200
Elphinston, William, 353
Emslie, John Watson, 13
Erskine, Archibald. 261
Erskine, Ebenezer, 74
Erskine, James, 387
Erskine, Sir John, 387
Erskine, John, 17, 388, 481
INDEX OF MINISTERS
521
Erskine, Ralph, 30, 34
Fleming, Matthew, 15
Erskine, Thomas, 387
Fleming, Thomas, 104
Erskine, William, 196
Flint, Robert, 211
Esdaile, David, 303
Flooker, Andrew, 186
Esdaile, James, 415
Flowerdew, James, 260, 468
Esson, William, 304
Foggo, David Lindsay, 179
Ewan, James, 198
Fogo, George, 390, 417
Ewart, William, 279
Foote, Alexander Leith Ross, 381
EwiDg, James, 337
Foote, James, 404
Foote, Robert, 463
Fairfoul, Andrew, 109
Forbes, Alexander, 170, 344, 461, 465
Fairfoul, Arthur, 224
Forbes, David, 477
Fairfoul, John, 27, 183
Forbes, James, 115, 141
Fairley, John, 36
Forbes, Robert Wilson, 158
Fairlie, James, 218
Forbes, William, 261, 266, 413, 468
Fairny, Alexander, 126
Forbes, William Alexander Macfarlane, 480
Fairweather, Robert, 189, 194
Forbes, William Augustus, 369
Falconer, John, 189
Fordyce, James, 380
Faulds, John, 116
Forfar, William, 51
Fearn, John Clark, 265
Forrest, John, 153
Fen wick, David Pitcaithly, 164
Forrest, Robert, 99
Ferguson, Alexander Moorhead, 69
Forrester, Andrew, 27, 34, 85
Ferguson, Griffith, 283
Forrester, Charles G., 185
Ferguson, James, 6
Forrester, David, of Milnhill, 352
Ferguson, John, 177
Forrester, James, 184, 214
Ferguson, John M'Gregor, 291
Forrester, Thomas, 234
Ferguson, William, 60, 64
Forret, David, 196, 203, 209
Fergusson, Adam Wightman, 318
Forret, John, 223
Fergusson, Andrew, 407
Forster, Charles Edwin, 306
Fergusson, David, 7, 26, 360
Forsyth, Alexander, 177
Fergusson, David, 393 bis
Forsyth, Henry, 73
Fergusson, Donald, 46, 283
Forsyth, James, 66, 68 bis, 334, 385
Fergusson, James, 424
Forsyth, Stephen, 325
Fergusson, John, 398
Fotheringham, Alexander, 68, 355
Ferney, David, 295
Fothringham, James, 292, 294, 369
Fernie, John, 35
Foullar, Thomas, 398
Fernie, Thomas, 35, 171
Fowler, Charles, 179
Ferrie, William, 181, 210
Fowler, David, 278
Ferrier, Alexander, 322
Foyer, John Wallace, 265
Ferrier, John, 218
Frame, Hugh Fulton, 205
Ferrier, Robert, 219
Francis, David Lawrence, 107
Ferries, John, 54
Francis, James, 13
Ferries, John, 127
Fraser, Alexander, 99 bis, 405
Fethie, Arthur, 439, 441
Fraser, Charles, 157
Findlay, William, 51
Fraser, Hugh, 101
Finlayson, Alexander, 260
Fraser, James, of Brea, 15
Finlayson, Joseph Sage, 85
Fraser, James, of Kirktoun, 360, 424
Fisher, Robert, 435
Fraser, John, 98
Fisher, Robert Findlay, 157
Fraser, Paul, 417
Fithie, Henry, 350, 335, 358, 441
Fraser, Robert William, 84
Fithie, James, 358, 413
Fraser, Thomas, 226, 442
Flagear, John, 203
Fraser, William, 257
Fleming, George, 356
Fraser, William Ruxton, 407
Fleming, James, 223, 262, 263, 265
French, James, 33, 36
Fleming, James Alexander, 435
Fridge, Alexander, 447
Fleming, John, 101, 156
Frizelle, Robert, 146, 147
522
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Fullarton, David, 390
Fullarton, Henry, 235
Fullarton, James, 390, 400, 401, 472
Fullarton, Thomas, 401
Fullerton, John, 439
Fyfe, David, 441
Fyfe, George, 296
Fyfe, John, 274, 401
Fyfe, William Dey, 312
Galbratth, Robert, 469
Gall, Evelyn, 164, 335
Gall, William, 54
Galloway, Alexander, 115
Galloway, Patrick, 351, 357
Galloway, Stewart, 335
Garden, Gilbert, 361
Garden, James, 128, 189
Gardiner, James, 367
Gardner, Alexander, 3S1, 400
Gardner, Robert, 55
Gardyne, John, 430
Gardyne, William, 276
Garioch, William, 444
Geddes, John, 19
Geddie, Andrew, 148, 393
Geddie, Patrick, 70
Geddie, Robert, 56
Geekie, George, 225
Gellatly, John, 204, 331, 372
Gerard, William, 418
Gib, George, 100, 121
Gib, John, 61, 69
Gib, William, 161
Gibb, Andrew, 369
Gibb, George, 262
Gibb, Richard, 334
Gibson, Alexander Robertson, 435
Gibson, Andrew, 69
Gibson, John, 358
Gibson, John Waugh, of Hallfields, 88
Gilbert, Michael, 367, 469
Gilchrist, John, 72, 151
GilfiUan, Brodie Smith, 306
Gillan, George Green, 101
Gillan, Robert, 100
Gillanders, John, 397
Gillespie, Alexander, 209
Gillespie, Alexander, of Newton Rires, 198
Gillespie, George, 120, 174
Gillespie, James, 57, 125, 235, 240
Gillespie, John, 102, 104
Gillespie, Laurence, 127
Gillespie, Patrick, 105
Gillespie, Thomas, 10, 140
Gillies, Archibald, 179
Gillies, James, 408
Gillies, John, 383
Gilmour, John, 127
Gilston, William, 12
Girvan, Alexander, 446
Glas, Alexander, 126
Glas, Hugh, 159
Glas, John, 370
Glas, Patrick, 194
Glasfurd, John, 418
Glasfurd, Robert, 77, 161, 206
Glasfurd, William, 138
Glasgow, Robert, 101
Gledstanes, Alexander, 232
Gledstaues, George, 232, 413, 420, 481
Glegg, John, 458
Gleig, George, 425
Glen, James, 456
Glendinning, Robert, 194
Glennie, John, 460, 470
Glover, Thomas, 437
Goodall, James Graham, 229
Goodfellow, John, 351, 454, 481
Goodman, Christopher, 230
Goodsir, James, 361, 365
Goodsir, Joseph Taylor, 220
Gordon, .SSneas Gunn, 160
Gordon, Alexander, 304
Gordon, Charles, 281
Gordon, George, 222
Gordon, John, 20, 269, 281
Gordon, John Waugh, 90
Gordon, Ludovick, 105
Gordon, Patrick, 127
Gordon, Patrick Lindsay, 472
Gourlay, William, 156 bis, 472
Govan, John, 68
Gow, John Miller, 20
Gowans, James, 262
Gowans, John, 446
Graeme, James, 34
Graham, David, 249, 428
Graham, George, 64, 71, 292
Graham, James, 249
Graham, John, 270
Graham, Nicoll Warner, 458
Graham, Robert, 308
Graham, William, 64
Granger, Arthur, 447
Granger, James, 473
Granger, John, 413, 423, 447
Grant, Alexander, 458
Grant, Andrew, 74
Grant, Charles Martin, 339
Grant, Donald Macgregor, 226
Grant, John Cumming, 382
INDEX OF MINISTERS
523
Grant, Patrick Macgregor, 77
Grant, Peter, 329
Grant, Robert, 419
Grant, William, 171, 429
Grant, William Kenneth, 241
Gray, Andrew, 341, 384
Gray, Sir Duncan, 309
Gray, George, 5, 22
Gray, James, 264, 441
Gray, John, 29, 70, 71 bis
Gray, Robert, 376, 390
Gray, William, 350, 403, 405, 476
Gray, William Henry, 4
Greenfield, William, 121
Greenlaw, Michael, 137
Greenlees, William, 132, 146
Greg, Sir William, 168
Greig, Archibald Ochiltree, 257 bis
Greig, Christopher, 38, 90, 110
Greig, James, 59, 146
Greig, Michael, 307
Greig, Walter, 128
Grierson, James, 121
Grieve, Henry, 365
Grieve, Matthew, 365
Grub, John, 300
Guild, David, 79, 195, 205
Guild, James, 418
Gullan, William, 29
Gunn, William Ewan Bull, 412
Guthrie, Alexander, 418
Guthrie, Andrew, 282
Guthrie, David, 69, 183, 294, 444, 445
Guthrie, Gideon, 465
Guthrie, Henry, 252, 258, 270, 437
Guthrie, James, 421, 437, 441
Guthrie, John, 319, 421, 441
Guthrie, Thomas, 422
Hadow, James, 143, 146
Haitlie, George, 305, 344, 345
Haitlie, James, 307
Haitlie, William, 307, 335, 350
Haldane, James Ogilvy, 267
Haldane, Robert, 236
Haldane, William, 262, 267
Halden, Andrew, 441
Haliburton, George, 258, 261, 375, 393
Haliburton, John, 264
Halkerston, James, 61
Halkerston, William, 61
Halkett, Andrew, 378
Halkett, John, of Balendoch, 259
Hall, Mercer, 384
Hall, Ninian, 344, 347
Hall, Robert, 304
Hall, William, 324
Halliday, Christopher, 202
Hally, Andrew, 356
Halyburton, George, 193, 196, 407
Halyburton, Thomas, 132
Hamilton, Andrew, 401
Hamilton, George, 224 bis, 243
Hamilton, George, of Cairness, 223, 227
Hamilton, Henry, 153, 401, 471
Hamilton, John, 270
Hamilton, Robert, 91, 231, 274
Hamilton, William, 337
Hampton, David M'Hardy, 18
Hanna, Robert, 418
Hany, Andrew, 335, 347
Hardie, Henry, 17
Hardie, William, 194, 234, 240
Hardy, Thomas, of Navity, 59
Harris, David, 397
Harris, George, 397
Hart, Andrew Elvin, 459
Hart, John, 327
Harvie, Thomas, 77
Haxton, James Beveridge, 106
Hay, Alexander, 209
Hay, George, 128, 258, 444
Hay, James, 129, 224, 441, 446
Hay, John, of Wester Condland, 153
Hay, John Davidson, 108
Hay, William, 209, 401
Headrick, James, 283
Heart, John, 195, 196
Heggie, John, 432
Henderson, Alexander, 221
Henderson, Alexander Colin, 80
Henderson, David, 176, 467
Henderson, Duncan Smith, 108
Henderson, George, 149
Henderson, James, 283, 363
Henderson, John, 13, 60, 65, 135, 277, 444,
450
Henderson, Joseph, 426
Henderson, Richard, 407
Henderson, William, 23
Hendrie, John Gairdner White, 461
Henry, James, 95, 137
Henry, John, 207
Hepburn, Edward, 400
Hepburn, John, 53, 374
Hepburn, William, 440
Hepburne, James, 300
Heriot, Adam, 230
Heriot, Alexander, 105
Herkless, John, 306
Heugh, John, 266
Hill, Alexander, 241
524
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Hill, George, 236, 240
Hill, Henry David, 197
Hill, James Edgar, 84, 332
Hill, James Niven, 116
Hill, John, 235, 240
HiU, Thomas, 404
Hillhouse, James, 199
Hitchcock, George, 428
Hodge, James, of Bathkemmar, 352, 358
Hodge, Robert, 44
Hog, James, 8
Hog, Thomas, 88, 91, 385
Hogarth, Andrew Pringle, 170
Hogg, David Nasmyth, 6, 127
Home, William, 52
Honey, John, 254
Honey, John Adamson, of Blairhall, 279,
343, 344
Honyman, Andrew, 200, 233, 238, 474
Honyman, James, 473, 474 bis
Honyman, Robert, 89, 143, 224, 238
Hood, Alexander Ogilvy, 394
Hopper, William, 414
Home, Robert Stevenson, 327
Houlston, Edward Charles, 41
Houston, Archibald M'Neil, 78
Houston, James Edward, 323
Houston, Oliver, 467
Howeson, Nicol, 282
Howie, Robert, 315
Hoyes, John, 23
Hucheon, John, 466
Hunt, James Malcolm, 429
Hunter, Andrew, 188, 223
Hunter, Charles Lamb, 464
Hunter, Colin, 97
Hunter, David, 10, 50, 166, 240
Hunter, George, 6
Hunter, James, 197, 243, 365, 445
Hunter, John Mercer, 101
Hunter, Peter Hay, 200
Hunter, Robert Condie, 13
Hunter, Robert Love, 300
Hunter, Thomas, 421
Hutchison, Adam Duncan Tait, 381
Hutchison, John, 42, 52
Hutchison, Robert Davidson, 257, 273
Hutchison, William Andrew, 38
Hutton, Andrew, 139, 162, 262, 391
Hutton, James, 6
Hyndshaw, Robert, 160
Imlach, Alexander, 368
Inglis, Alexander, 445, 449
Inglis, David, 402
Inglis, James, of St Leonards, 82
Inglis, Robert, 391, 402
Inglis, William Mason, 311
Ingram, Robert, 429
Innes, William, 8
Ireland, Alexander, 63
Ireland, Andrew, 169
Ireland, James, 287
Irvine, Alexander, 44, 460
Irvine, Charles, 406, 446
Irvine, James Stewart Watt, 80
Irvine, John, 471
Irvine, Robert, 471
Irvine, Thomas, 356
Irvine, Walter, 211
Irvine, William, 390
Irvine, William Forbes, 425
Irving, Andrew, 119
Irving, James, 421
Isdale, John, 101
Jack, James Craig, 267
Jack, William Black, 429
James, Thomas, 61
Jameson, Charles, 106
Jameson, David, 360
Jameson, Dugald, 476
Jameson, Edward, 165
Jameson, James, 263
Jameson, Patrick, 195
Jamie, David, 59
Jamieson, Thomas, 217, 223
Jamieson, William Cruickshank Eddie,
101
Jamieson, William James, 164
Jarden, Alexander, 133, 165, 342
Jarden, James, 200, 352
Jardine, Fergus, 95
Joas, William, 201
Jobson, James, 30S
Johnston, Alexander Lyon, 155
Johnston, David Silver, 458
Johnston, Frederick, 305
Johnston, George, 82, 157
Johnston, James, 256
Johnston, John, 57, 380, 444
Johnston, Thomas Peter, 190
Johnston, William, 324
Johnstone, Andrew, 98, 329
Johnstone, George, 365
Johnstone, John, of Wardmylne, 50, 430
Johnstone, John, 107
Johnstone, Patrick, 310
Johnstone, Robert, 4, 12, 108, 222
Johnstone, Robert John, 127
Johnstone, Samuel, 316
Johnstone, William, 363
INDEX OF MINISTERS
525
Kay, George, 89, 134
Kay, John M'Rorie, 403
Kay, Robert, 28
Keay, Charles, 258
Keay, William, 303
Keir, John, 139
Keith, Alexander, 452, 455, 459, 469, 476,
483 bis
Keith, Archibald, 128, 163, 354
Keith, Gilbert, of Auquhorsk, 459
Keith, John, 296, 390, 459, 469
Kemp, Hugh, 29, 189, 204
Kemp, Robert, 257
Kemp, William, 201
Kennedy, Archibald Cowan, 422
Kennedy, John, 121
Ker, Alexander, 120
Ker, Andrew, 278
Ker, James, 388
Ker, John, 264, 286, 358
Ker, Robert, 399, 401
Ker, Robert Hagart, 162
Ker, Thomas, 129
Ker, Walter, 476
Kerr, Colin Mackay, 265
Resting, August John, 48, 108
Kettle, Thomas, 222
Key, James, 214
Key, Thomas, 214
Keyden, James, 151, 463
Kid, Alexander, 170
Kilgour, John, 133
King, Henry, 180, 201
Kinloch, Robert, 331
Kinnares, Thomas, 345
Kinnear, David, 131, 136, 309, 441
Kinnear, John, 136, 221
Kinnear, Thomas, 191
Kinnear, William, 441
Kinninmonth, Thomas, 34, 76, 161
Kirk, Andrew, 62, 68
Kirk, John, 422, 431
Kirton, William, 106
Knight, William Angus, 338
Knox, Andrew, 395
Knox, James, 196
Knox, John, 230
Knox, William, 148
Kynnimonth, Alexander, 296 bis, 300
Laing, Robert, of Lindores Abbey, 171
Laing, William, 130, 142, 188
Laird, Alexander Oswald, 100
Laird, David, 173
Laird, Hugh, 74
Laird, John, 440
Lamb, Andrew, 80, 423
Lammie, John, 393, 406, 482
Lammie, Silvester, 260, 289
Lamont, Alan, 116
Lamont, Andrew, 112
Lamont, James, 294, 312
Lamont, Thomas, 116
Lamont, Walter, 116
Landal, George, 117, 143, 206
Landreth, James, 405
Lang, Marshall Buchanan, 329
Lang, William, 57
Langlands, Frederick David, 278
Lauder, David, 43
Lauder, James, 389
Laurie, James, 59
Laurie, Joseph, 20, 352
Laurie, Robert, 375
Laurie, Thomas, 225
Law, James, 299, 336, 427
Law, John, 105, 137
Law, Mungo, 89
Law, Nathaniel Anderson, 260
Law, William Guthrie, 438
Lawrie, Thomas, 351
Lawson, Alexander, 137
Lawson, William, 52
Learmonth, Andrew, 49
Leask, James, 313
Leask, William, 459
Leathern, William Harvey, 241
Lee, James Robert, 191
Lee, Robert, 427
Lee, Robert Ewing, 389
Leggatt, Harry, 245
Legge, Alexander, 211, 337
Leitch, Andrew, 396, 406
Leitch, David, 258
Leitch, Henry, 126, 192
Leitch, Robert Mackay, 309
Leitch, William, 167
Leith, Andrew, 445
Leslie, Alexander, 131, 183, 193. 428, 468
Leslie, George, 126 bis, 173, 208, 391,
401
Leslie, James, 126, 171, 468, 482
Leslie, Patrick, 464
Lesly, Andrew, 81
Letham, John, 56
Levack, William Larnach Tennyson, 223
Lewis, George, 326
Lewis, Wilfred James, 263
Lichton, James, 385, 388, 417
Lichton, William, 388
Liddell, David Fraser, 306, 429
Liddell, Thomas, 416
526
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Lindsay, Alexander, 280, 383
Lyon, Frederick, 247
Lindsay, Sir Andrew, 271
Lyon, George, 175, 304
Lindsay, David, 203, 238, 285, 294, 302,
Lyon, George, of Wester Ogil, 353
315, 406, 432, 436
Lyon, Gilbert, 94
Lindsay, David, of Pitairlie, 260, 276, 285,
Lyon, James, 256, 290, 385
292, 300
Lyon, James Gordon, 434
Lindsay, Henry, 282, 375, 393
Lyon, John, 247, 289, 294, 370
Lindsay, James, 50, 461
Lyon, Patrick, 94, 302, 304, 430, 437
Lindsay, John, 277, 398, 407, 436
Lyon, Ritchie Doughty, 41
Lindsay, Patrick, of Kirkton, 436, 449
Lyon, Silvester, 294, 296
Lindsay, Robert, 258, 390
Lyon, William, of Wester Ogil, 247
Lindsay, Thomas, 423
Lindsay, "Walter, 274
Macalister, Charles, 333
Lindsay, William, 76, 270, 300
M'Alpine, Walter, 18, 20
Lister, James, 127
Macara, Alexander, 300
Lister, Thomas, 2
Macara, John, 51
Liston, John, 3
Macarthur, Alexander, 149
Litster, Thomas, 78
Macarthur, Duncan, 98, 443
Little, Walter, 72
Macaulay, Samuel, 373
Littlejohn, John, 134
M'Beath, William, 176
Littlejohn, Lewis, 301
Macbeth, James, 428
Livingstone, William, 82, 150, 153
Macbirnie, John, 195, 200
Lochhead, David Harrower, 326
M'Bride, Neil, 263
Logan, Allan, of that ilk, 17, 53
M'Call, Hugh Clarke, 340
Logan, George, 427
M'Callum, John Foster, 284
Logan, Peter, 20
M'Callum, Julius, 417
Logan, Richard, 337
M'Calman, John, 427
Logie, Kenneth, 105
M'Cheyne, Robert Murray, 340
Logie, Robert Scarth Valentine, 480
M'Clure, James Campbell, 480
Lorimer, John Gordon, 54
M'Conachie, William, 438
Lorraine, Joseph James, 37
M'Corkindale, Thomas Bayley, 261
Loudon, George, 269, 293
M'Cormick, John, 235, 240
Loutfoot, John, 163
M'Cormick, Joseph, 161, 243
Lovell, James, 362
M'Cosh, James, 377, 426
Low, Alexander Crombie, 480
M'Culloch, Colin, 412
Low, David, 89
M'Culloch, George, 119
Low, Walter, 402
M'Culloch, James Melville, 427
Lowe, James Millar, 119
M'Culloch, Robert, 149
Lowson, John, 250
Macdiarmid, William Hutchison, 60
Lude, William, 350
Macdonald, Alexander, 198
Lumsden, James, 427, 431
Macdonald, Charles Cadell, 427
Lumsden, John, 22
M'Donald, Charles Grant, 107
Lumsden, William, 60
Macdonald, Donald Dewar, 333
Lunan, George Bell, 273, 335
Macdonald, Duncan David Farquharson,
Lunan, Richard, 479
147
Lunan, Robert, 295
Macdonald, Finlay Robert, 259
Lundie, Alexander, 71, 120, 143, 189
Macdonald, James, 184, 207
Lundie, David, 185
Macdonald, Robert, 256
Lundie, George, 217, 223
Macdonald, Roderick John Fraser, 208
Lundie, Robert, 89, 222
M'Dougall, James, 161
Lundie, Thomas, 249
Macdougall, James Ewen, 428
Lyall, George, 276
M'Dougall, William Laidlaw, 73
Lyell, David, 384, 410
Macduff, Alexander, 170
Lyell, Hugh Arbuthnott, 311
Macduff, John Ross, 264
Lyell, Patrick, 437
Macduff, Robert Charles Henry, 154
Lyon, Francis, 285
M'Ewen, John, 115
INDEX OF MINISTERS
527
Macfarlan, James Johnston, 426
Macfarlan, Patrick, 229
Macfarlan, William Leckie, 147
Macfarlane, John, 135
M'Farlane, Mungo, 333
M'Gill, George, 421
M'Gill, Robert, 66
MacGillivray, Angus Mackintosh, 149
M'Gowan, James, 478
Macgregor, Alexander, 46
Macgregor, James, 167, 273
Macgregor, John Robertson, 111
M'Hardy, Francis, 471, 481
M'llraith, Alexander Hannay, 96, 409
M'llwraith, John, 336
Macindoe, Robert, 107
M'lntyre, Andrew James, 176, 311
Mackay, James, 46, 323, 379
Mackay, Robert Henry, 186
Mackechnie, John, 80, 312
Mackenzie, Alexander, 272, 459
Mackenzie, George Omond, 115
Mackenzie, John Alexander, 202, 265, 325
Mackenzie, Neil Kennedy, 354
Mackie, Alexander, 425
M'Kie, Thomas, 366
Mackie, William, 74, 113, 261
M'Kinnon, Charles, 71
Mackintosh, James, 84
Mackintosh, Robert Smith, 429
Mackintosh, Thomas, 483
M'Lachlan, Archibald, 317, 322, 332
M'Lachlan, John, 121
Maclaren, Alexander, 110, 207
M'Laren, David Duthie, 326, 364
Maclaren, John Reid, 251
M'Laren, Kenneth Daniel, 51
Maclaren, Patrick, 274
M'Lean, Alexander, 341
Maclean, Alexander Miller, 312
Maclean, Allan, 32, 37
Maclean, Charles Stuart, 389
M'Lean, Daniel, 382
Maclean, Duncan, 118
Maclean, George Murdoch, 328
Maclean, John, 114
M'Lean, John Dawson, 407
M'Lean, Lauchlan, 349
Maclean, Neil, 124
M'Leish, William, 20
M'Lennan, Allan, 261
Macleod, Alexander, 333
Macleod, Donald, 399, 412
Macleod, Peter, 335
M'Leod, Walter, 244
Macleod, William D'Esterre Roberts, 428
M'Luckie, John Morrison, 341
Macmaster, Hugh, 284
Macmichael, Duncan, 220
Macmillan, Donald, 79, 384
M'Millan, William, 41
Macmorland, Peter, 46
M'Murray, Charles Robb, 157
M'Murtrie, John, 359
Macnab, John Holland, 244
Macnair, James, 127
Macneil, Alexander, 337
Macneill, Malcolm Maclean, 90
M'Phail, Archibald Connell, 6
M'Pherson, Alexander, 313
Macpherson, James Rose, 347
M'Pherson, John Gordon, 275
M'Pherson, Joseph M'Kenzie, 481
M'Queen, Peter, 119
Macrae, John Anthony, 330
Macvicar, Patrick, 328, 332
M'Whannel, Alexander, 60
Macwhir, John, 38
M'William, George, 325
M'William, John, 428
Main, John, 278
Mair, George, 19
Mair, John, 187
Mair, Thomas, 71
Mair, William, 111
Makgill, Henry, 28
Makgill, James, of Rumgay, 218 bis
Makgill, John, 155
Makgill, John, of Kemback, 142, 150
Makgill, Patrick, 365, 370, 430
Malcolm, Alexander, 71
Malcolm, Harry, 253
Malcolm, Henry, 58, 82
Malcolm, John, 247
Malcolm, Robert, 253
Malcolm, William, 247, 265, 270
Man, John, 398, 407
Marche, William, 203
Markland, Robert, 48
Marr, George, 368
Marr, James, 368
Marshall, Adam, 62
Marshall, Alexander James, 168
Marshall, Charles, 38
Marshall, David, 103, 106
Marshal], George, 156
Marshall, Gilbert, 168
Marshall, James, 48
Marshall, Robert Thomas, 162, 186
Marshall, Thomas, 8
Marshall, William, 49, 379
Martin, Alexander, 151
528
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Martin, David, 78, 195, 284
Martin, George, 319
Martin, James, 58, 126, 138 bis, 195, 206, 262
Martin, John, 104, 175, 301
Martin, Samuel, 166
Martin, Thomas, 205, 333
Martin, Tobias, 450
Masson, Thomas, 262, 283
Mathers, John, 132, 139, 250
Mathie, John, 134, 385
Mathison, Thomas, 380, 440
Mauchline, Alexander, 340
Maule, Alexander, 204
Maule, Patrick, 448
Maule, Robert, 447
Maule, William, 366, 418
Maxton, Patrick, 127
Maxwell, David, 260, 361
Maxwell, David Skinner, 167, 416
Maxwell, Hugh, 286, 361, 370
Maxwell, Thomas, 274
May, William, 335
Mearns, David, 188, 223
Mearns, John, 188
Mearns, Patrick, 120
Mearns, William, of Disblair, 475
Meikle, James, 251
Meldrum, David, 405, 481
Meldrum, John, 392
Meldrum, Joshua, 78, 94
Meldrum, Robert, 207
Mellis, David Barclay, 372
Melvill, Andrew, 139, 164, 166
Melvill, Ephraim, 223, 226
Melvill, Francis, 453
Melvill, Gilbert, 57
Melvill, James, 182, 212, 304, 396, 407, 423,
449, 455
Melvill, Roger, 226
Melvill, Thomas, 96, 117
Melville [or Melvill], Andrew, of Baldovie,
406
Melville, John, 191, 405
Melville, Patrick, 99
Melville, Richard, of Baldovie, 385, 405,
406
Melvin, John, 227
Menzies, Allan, 309
Menzies, Hugh, 88
Menzies, John, 469
Mercer, Laurence, 56, 63 bis
Mercer, Robert, 91
Merchiston, Richard, 390
Meredith, Thomas Downie, 334, 344
Merry, John Reevie Johnston, 108
Merschell, John, 375
Merson, William, 194
Methven, Paul, 196
Michaelson, John, 78, 81, 112
Michelson, Charles, 420, 429, 430
Michie, John, 279
Middlemass, Saville, 122
Middleton, Alexander, 383, 428
Middleton, George, 175, 289 bis
Middleton, Gerard, 170
Middleton, James, 352, 413
Middleton, John, 38, 113, 207, 222
Middleton, Patrick, 109
Millar, David, 48, 101, 181, 391
Millar, John, 172, 220, 343
Millar, Laurence, 125
Millar, Peter Carmichael, 130, 288
Millar (Millard), Robert Bruce, 108
Millar, Thomas, 54, 125
Miller, Andrew, 79
Miller, Archibald James, 291
Miller, David, 382
Miller, James, 260, 293, 366
Miller, Patrick Leslie, 341
Miller, Samuel, 363
Miller, William, 270
Miller, William Ewart Gladstone, 429
Milligan, George, 199
Milligan, Peter, 438
Milligan, William, 187, 211, 445
Mills, Alexander, 435
Mills, John, 340
Milne, Alexander, 337, 398
Milne, Duncan Grant, 108
Milne, George Gordon, 281, 384
Milne, James, 454, 470
Milne, John, 292, 413
Milne, Robert, 252
Milne, William, 484
Milne, William Murray, 195
Milroy, James William, 54
Milroy, William Liston, 309
Miniman, John, 307
Mitchell, Adam, 136, 142, 168
Mitchell, Alexander, 40
Mitchell, Alexander Ferrier, 284
Mitchell, Andrew, 277
Mitchell, David, 287, 447, 469
Mitchell, James, 225, 262, 271, 278, 414,
460, 470
Mitchell, Matthew, 77
Mitchell, Robert, 386
Mitchell, Robert Constable, 245, 398
Mitchell, Thomas, 98, 258, 277, 308, 352, 398
Mitchell, William, 109, 331
Mitchell, William Gemmell, 158
Moir, Henry, 79
INDEX OF MINISTERS
529
Moir, James, 444
Munro, John Maclaine, 202
Moir, Robert, 384
Mure, Alexander, 152, 174
Molison, James, 482
Murison, James, 391, 442, 470
Mollison, Alexander, 411, 414
Murray, Sir Andrew, Lord Balvaird, 123
Moncreiff, Alexander, 117
Murray, Andrew, 77
Moncreiff, Andrew, 192, 208
Murray, David, 38, 87, 90, 326
Moncreiff, David, 68
Murray, James Alan Cameron, 241
Moncreiff, George, 56
Murray, John, 100, 115, 151, 170, 174, 383
Moncreiff, John, 94, 134
Murray, Robert, 174, 251
Moncreiff, John Mitchell, 115
Murray, Thomas, 181, 244
Moncreiff, Matthew, 126
Murray, William, 86, 192, 195, 259
Moncreiff, Robert Kirkwood, 57
Mutch, John Simpson, 454
Moncreiff, William, 169, 180, 218, 442
Mutter, Thomas, 127
Moncur, Andrew, 457
Myers, Alexander Smart, 456
Moncur, Matthew, 261
Myles, Archibald, 169
Monro, Alexander, 96, 120
Myles, David, 224
Monro, James, 159, 331
Myles, Edmond, 61
Monteath, John, 37
Myles, Peter, 327, 364
Monteith, William Neve, 200
Myles, Thomas, 278
Montgomerie, Robert, 345
Myles, William, 156, 169
Montgomerie, Thomas, 403
Mylne, Alexander, of Pilmore, 319, 352
Montgomery, Robert, 141
Mylne, Alexander, 413, 455
Monypenny, David, 195, 206
Mylne, Andrew, 417, 459, 464 bis
Moodie, Alexander, 19
Mylne, David, 441
Moodie, Roger, 166
Mylne, James, 346
Moodie, William, 104
Mylne, John, 465, 469
Moore, Charles, 19
Mylne, Robert, 469
Moore, John, 273
Myrton, Arthur, 193
Moore, William, 196, 234, 238
Moray, John, 28, 34
Nairn, Charles, 204
Morison, Thomas, 115
Nairn, George, 81, 91, 186, 206
Morison, Walter, 469
Nairn, James, 120
Morison, William, 455
Nairn, William, 86
Morren, Nathaniel, 378
Nairne, James, 180, 204
Morrice, William, 383
Nairne, James, of Claremont, 228
Morris, Robert, 245
Nairne, John, of Claremont, 180
Morrison, Charles, 478
Nairne, Samuel, 169
Morrison, David Alexander, 91
Nairne, Thomas, 99
Morrison, Daniel Anton, 252
Naismith, James Scott, 480
Morrison, Peter, 51, 279
Nasmyth, John, 48, 133
Mortimer, Cyrus Maxwell, 324
Neil, William, 225
Mortimer, Patrick, 357
Neilson, James, 270, 278, 279
Morton, Alexander Aitken, 164
Neilson, Matthew Welsh, 47, 340
Morton, Andrew, 138, 354, 355, 357 bis
Neilson, Robert, 481
Mow, John, 360
Nelson, David, 278, 300
Mudie, John, 74 bis
Nevay, Alexander, 294
Muggoch, James Wilson, 336
Nevay, David, 261
Muir, John, 451, 463
Nevay, John, 261, 271, 289
Muir, Robert, 13
Newlands, William, 419
Muir, Thomas, 115
Nicol, David, 24, 38
Muir, William, 87, 90
Nicol, George, 295
Muirhead, George, 87, 89, 90
Nicol, James, 110, 336, 368
Muirhead, Patrick, 87, 89
Nicoll, Francis, 79, 243, 359
Munn, Thomas, 205
Nicoll, John, 271, 456
Munro, Alexander, 34
Nicoll, Peter Hill, 426
Munro, David, 206 bis, 209
Nicolson, James, 392
VOL. V.
2 L
530
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Nicolson, John, 270
Nicolson, William, 202
Nimmo, James, 173
Nisbet, Charles, 411
Nixon, William, 416
Noble, Andrew, 60
Norie, Alexander, 419
Norie, Robert, 29, 320, 396, 399, 417
Norrie, Robert, 379, 399, 446
Norval, William, 299, 377
Ochterlokie, John, 129
Ochterlony, Alexander, 432
Ochterlony, David, 300, 467
Ochterlony, George, 432
Ochterlony, John, 277, 467
Ochterlony, John, of Remington, 277
Ochterlony, Robert, 469
Ogilvie, Andrew, 246
Ogilvie, David, 135, 268
Ogilvie, George, 74, 102, 266
Ogilvie, Henry, 446
Ogilvie, James, 348
Ogilvie, John, 134, 266, 345, 350
Ogilvie, John, of Queich, 280, 305
Ogilvie, Thomas, 258, 361
Ogilvie, William, 223
Ogilvy, George, 280 bis, 408
Ogilvy, George, of Kintyrie, 297, 351
Ogilvy, James, 260, 279, 290
Ogilvy, John, 296
Ogilvy, Thomas, 250, 268, 297
Ogilvy, William, 266, 279, 281
Oliphant, Andrew, 187
Oliphant, Andrew, of Prinlaws, 344
Oliphant, James, 50
Oliphant, John, 186
Oliphant, Laurence, 171
Oliphant, Spence, 219
Oliphant, William, 34, 305
Oliver, William, 367 bis
Orme, David, 165
Orme, William, 165, 171
Orr, James Fleming Gordon, 369
Oswald, John, 413
P airman, William, 199
Paisley, Robert, 382, 384
Panter, Patrick, 315
Panton, William, 68
Park, John, 236
Parker, Gavin, 337
Parker, Mungo Fairlie, 382
Paterson, Adam, 95
Paterson, George, 148
Paterson, James Alexander, 185
Paterson, John, 21, 54
Paterson, Joseph, 415
Paterson, Robert, 136, 150, 155
Paton, David, 206, 264
Paton, James, 67, 385, 459
Paton, James, of Scotston, 264
Paton, Robert Nicol, 111
Paton, William, of Lochhead, 2, 21, 70
Pattullo, George, 216, 271, 272
Paulin, George, 70
Pearson, Thomas, 147
Peat, Alexander, 262
Peat, Patrick, 138
Peddie, Alexander, 446
Pennell, James, 38, 59
Pennycook, Peter, 12
Peter, Thomas Burnett, 62
Peters, Alexander, 328, 404
Peters, William, 67
Philip, Henry, of Almeriecloss, 136, 423
Philip, James, 445
Pierson, David, 105
Pierson, Thomas, 285
Pierson, William, 28, 345, 395
Piggot, William, 296
Piggott, John, 280, 399
Pigott, Alexander, 294
Pinkerton, John, 113
Pirie, John, 402
Pitblado, John, 56
Pitcairn, Alexander, 161, 304
Pitcairn, David, 86, 137
Pitcairn, Henry, 163
Pitcairn, James, 82, 152, 159, 174
Pitcairn, John, 158, 438
Pitcairn, Joseph, 171, 189, 216
Pitcairn, Robert, 274
Pitcairn, William, 134
Pitt, John, 33, 36
Pittilloch, WUliam, 259
Pittillok, Henry, 432
Playfair, James, 243, 254, 271, 272, 348, 351
Playfair, John, 348
Playfair, Patrick Macdonald, 237
Plenderleath, Patrick, 50
Pollock, James Ferrier, 75
Poison, William, 121
Pont, Robert, 231
Ponton, Robert, 92, 95
Porter, William Henry, 141
Powstie, Thomas, 109
Powtie, James, 109
Powtie, John, 109
Prenter, Joseph Robert, 339
Preston, George, 113
Preston, Sir Robert, 144, 147, 421
INDEX OF MINISTERS
531
Primmer, Jacob, 36
Primrose, Peter, 23
Proudfoot, William, 428
Purdie, James, 424, 437
Quia, Gordon, 365
Raieer, Thomas, 301
Rait, David, 148, 171, 395
Rait, Francis, 395
Rait, James, 285, 294, 304, 439, 446, 457,
459, 473, 476, 479
Rait, John, 413, 439
Rait, Peter, 457
Rait, Robert, 65, 331, 479
Rait, William, 266, 331, 354, 358, 360, 375,
479
Rait, William, of Pitforthy, 365
Raitt, Thomas, 337, 356
Ralph, Hugh, 24
Ramsay, Alexander, 360
Ramsay, Andrew, 452
Ramsay, David, 270, 274, 280, 462
Ramsay, David Graham Drummond Ogilvy ,
298, 299
Ramsay, George, 96
Ramsay, Gilbert, 357
Ramsay, James, 19, 251
Ramsay, James, of Parkconnar, 253, 280
Ramsay, James, of Wester Ogil, 276, 278,
304
Ramsay, John, 255, 350, 369
Ramsay, John, of Corstoun, 159
Ramsay, John, of Duniface, 113, 117, 383
Ramsay, Patrick, 476
Ramsay, Peter, 148
Ramsay, Richard, 119
Ramsay, Robert, 447
Ramsay, Robert, of Woodston, 481
Ramsay, Samuel, 289, 410
Ramsay, Thomas, 342, 344, 390, 444, 478
Ramsay, William, 160, 205, 251, 281, 438
Randall, Thomas, 343 bis
Ranken, David, 253
Ranken, James, 337, 347
Rankin, Alexander, 351
Rankin, James, 176
Rankine, John, 343
Rankine, William, 293
Rattray, David, 457
Rattray, James, 178
Rattray, John, 274
Rattray, John, of Blackhills, 249
Rattray, William, 261
Ray, James, 191
Ray, Joseph, 279
Ray, Thomas, of Kirkton of Brothock, 279,
449
Reid, James, 6, 98
Reid, John, 195, 366
Reid, Mungo, 111
Reid, Thomas, 248
Reid, William, 101, 160, 324, 328, 407
Reith, John, 480
Rennie, Archibald, of Easter Ballilisk, 69
Renton, John, 73
Reynold, Robert, 449
Richardson, Andrew, 45
Richardson, John, 225
Richer, Joseph Edward, 257
Riddell, Archibald, 103, 121
Rigg, John, 174, 200, 282
Rigg, William, 292, 355
Rintoul, David, 106
Ritchie, Adam Inch, 327, 463
Ritchie, Alexander, 302
Ritchie, Alexander John Cairns, 73
Ritchie, John, 137
Ritchie, Richard Spencer, 360
Ritchie, William, 354
Robb, James, 186
Robb, Ralph, 244
Robertson, Alexander, 115, 285, 342
Robertson, Andrew, 45, 310
Robertson, Daniel, 271
Robertson, David, 342, 344, 369
Robertson, David Rae, 325
Robertson, James, 37, 222, 319, 408, 442,
466
Robertson, James Goodlet, 400
Robertson, John, 86, 105, 247, 250, 309, 310,
330, 355, 359
Robertson, John Glendinning, 46
Robertson, John Methven, 284, 415
Robertson, John Stewart, 341, 413
Robertson, Robert, 48
Robertson, Thomas, 133, 250, 476
Robertson, William, 69, 433
Robertson, William Cowper, 62
Robin, Henry, 82
Robin, John, 84
Robinson, James Woodside, 181
Roche, Robert, 42
Roddick, George, 4, 119
Rodger, Matthew, 244
Rogan (Ruggan), John, 85
Roger, James, 197
Rogers, Charles, 39
Rogers, William, 303
Rolland, Robert, 17, 19
Rollock, Henry, 209
Rollock, Robert, 367
532
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Rollock, William, 360
Ronaldson, Andrew, 358
Rose, Adam Richmond, 55
Rose, David, 202
Rose, Donald Stewart, 24
Rose, James Landel, 114
Rose, James Millar, 38
Ross, Alexander, 284, 402
Ross, Charles, 62
Ross, Charles Beveridge, 191
Ross, David Stuart, 392
Ross, James, 165, 169, 268
Ross, John, of Magdalens, 255
Ross, Neil Macleod, 108
Rossie, Charles, 438
Row, John, 7, 22, 91, 399, 401
Row, Samuel, 34
Row, William, 131, 132 bis
Roxburgh, John, 329
Rule, Robert, 103, 105, 304
Runciman, David Williamson, 110
Russell, Andrew, 111, 382
Russell, Edmond Steuart, 186
Russell, James, 204
Russell, James Keddie, 155
Russell, Thomas, 92
Rutherford, Andrew, 324
Rutherfurd, Charles Neilson, 265
Rutherfurd, John, 138, 146, 148, 195, 206,
208, 231, 362, 444
Rymer, Henry, 188, 189
Rymour, James, 204, 234
Rynd, John, 96
Rynd, Robert, 351, 357
St Clair, John Archibald, 416
Sanders, James, 268
Sanderson, Samuel Somerville, 170
Sauchie, Alexander, 91
Saunders, Alexander Christian William, 186
Savile, David, 37
Scanlan, George, 47, 60
Schank, Martin, 78
Schethois, William, 153
Schewan, James, 400, 419
Scotland, William Whitburn, 422
Scott. Alexander, 266, 270, 348
Scott, Alexander Thou, 435
Scott, David, 310
Scott, George, 85, 102, 107, 150
Scott, Hew, 185
Scott, James, 310, 432, 456
Scott, James Lamont Fyfe, 137
Scott, John, 23, 79, 402
Scott, John Young, 101, 382
Scott, Robert, 43, 313, 386
Scott, Robert Forrester Victor, 176
Scott, Thomas, 59, 132, 478
Scott, William, 91, 142, 187, 203
Scougall, Patrick, 148, 222
Scoular, John Richard, 146
Scrimgeour, Henry, 203
Scrimgeour, John, of Wester Bowhill, 88
93
Scrimgeour, Robert, 350
Scroggie, Alexander, 123, 155
Scrymgeour, Alexander, 94. 342, 350, 354
Scrymgeour, Henry, of Bowhill, 316
Selkirk (Selkrigg), William, 153
Service, William Jack Nichol, 426
Sethrum, John, 171
Seton, Alexander, 436
Seton, James, 136
Seton, John, 136
Shand, James, 479
Shank, Alexander, 453, 482
Shank, Alexander, of Castlerig, 482
Shank, John, 454
Shank, William, 380, 465
Sharp, Alexander, 203
Sharp, James, 193
Sharp, John, 160
Sharp, Robert, 68
Shaw, Alexander, 5, 71
Shaw, George, 100
Shaw, John, 8, 109, 345
Shennan, Malcolm, 263
Shepherd, Arthur, 476
Shewan, Thomas, 392
Shields, Alexander, 239
Shippert, Andrew, 308, 350
Short, George Murray Davidson, 456
Sibbald, Alexander, 473
Sibbald (Sibbit), Archibald, 342
Sibbald, James, 52
Sibbald, James, of Kair, 455
Sibbald, John, 453
Sievwright, James, 114
Silver, Alexander, 460
Sim, David, 431
Simpson, James, 8S, 90, 107
Simpson, James Smith, 93
Simpson, William, 326, 431
Simson, Alexander, 68
Simson, George, 154
Simson, Gilbert, 216, 294
Simson, James, 473
Simson, Patrick, 214
Sinclair, John, 6, 357
Sinclair, William, 347
Skene, Alexander, 139
Skene, Gilbert, 383
INDEX OF MINISTERS
533
Skinner, Hercules, 401, 462
Stedman, Alexander, 5
Skinner, John, 380
Stedman, Robert, 5
Skinner, Laurence, 376, 380, 400, 401, 419
Steedman, Robert, 61
Skinner, Thomas, 383
Steele, John, 75
Skinner, William, 348
Steill, James, 265
Small, Alexander, 210, 272
Stephen, George, 18, 406, 413
Small, James, 432
Stephen, Robert, 385
Small, James, of Quarrell-hill, 280, 286
Stephen, William, 46, 470
Small, Robert, 316, 328
Steven, Alexander, 5, 21
Small, Thomas, 268, 285
Steven, William John, 416
Smart, William Robertson, 306
Stevenson, Charles Findlater, 432
Smeaton, George, 154
Stevenson, John, 291, 389
Smeaton, James, 101
Stevenson, John Gordon, 186
Smeaton, John, 30S
Stevenson, Patrick, 293
Smellie, William Thomas, 288
Stevenson, Patrick James, 259
Smibert, William, of Lochmalony, 161
Stevenson, Robert, 33, 36, 286
Smith, Alexander Salmond, 106
Stevenson, William, 79, 425
Smith, Andrew Wyllie, 255, 300
Stewart, Alexander, 359
Smith, Archibald, 66
Stewart, Allan, 474
Smith, Arnold Gray, 116
Stewart, Charles, 259, 306
Smith, George, 279
Stewart, David, 93, 185, 244
Smith, Henry, 5, 18
Stewart, David Melville, 428
Smith, James, 224, 324, 470 bis
Stewart, James, 7, 49
Smith, John, 81, 109, 351, 395
Stewart, John, 149, 187, 372, 403
Smith, Robert, 273, 323, 411, 416
Stewart, Patrick, 474
Smith, Thomas, 182, 274
Stewart, Robert, 257, 268
Smith, William, 333, 435
Stewart, Thomas, 392
Smith, William Adam, 325
Stewart, Thomas Dow, 428
Smyth, John, 342
Stewart, William, 256, 334
Snoddy, Thomas Gillespie, 107
Stirling, Henry, 276, 390
Snodgrass, John, 322
Stirton, John, 291
Sommers, James, 287, 431
Stoddart, Alexander, 153
Soutar, John, 430
Stoddart, James, 19
Spalding, Andrew, 302
Storer, John, 64
Spalding, John, 302, 320
Stormonth, James, of Kinclune, 248
Spankie, Thomas, 154, 258
Strachan, Alexander, 136, 146, 359, 361
Spark, John, 107
Strachan, Andrew, 388, 405, 438
Spears, Alexander, 100, 103
Strachan, David, 375, 410, 432, 461
Spears, Robert, 83
Strachan, George, 413, 437, 450
Spence, Andrew, 385
Strachan, James, 203, 413, 430, 457, 473
Spence, David, 346
Strachan, James Yeaman, 287
Spence, John, 72, 346
Strachan, John, 279, 281, 291, 294
Spence, John W., 80
Strachan, John Robert, 269
Spence, Patrick, 72
Strachan, Patrick, 358, 432, 449
Spence, Robert Moir, 454
Strachan, Thomas, 432
Spence, William, 63, 66
Straton, Andrew, 300
Spens, Alexander, 141, 208
Straton, David, 392
Spens, David, 70, 102, 165, 188, 208
Stuart, Archibald, 252
Spens, Harry, 121
Stuart, Harry, 301
Spittall, Nicolas, 350, 351 bis, 357
Stuart, James Niblock, 412
Spittall, William, 88
Stuart, Thomas, 172
Stafford, John Owen, 186
Sutherland, Andrew, 38
Stark, David, 96
Swan, David, 118
Stark, John, of Ballindean, 129, 163
Swan, George, 356
Stark, Robert, 53, 66
Swan, Robert, 169, 179
Stark, Thomas, of Ballindean, 129
Swan, William Dalgleish, 202
534
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Swinton, Thomas, 65, 68
Thomson, William, 6, 150, 154, 156,
173,
Sym, James, 426
361, 479
Sym, John, 417, 419
Thornton, James, 73
Sym, William John, 312
Tocher, William Middleton, 152
Syme, William, 224
Tod, George, 326, 372
Symers, Colin, 250
Tod, John, 197
Symers, David, 264
Todd, Alexander, 217, 364, 402
Symmer, Alexander, 352
Tough, George, 6
Symmer, Archibald, 410
Trail, David, 448
Symmer, George, 259, 270, 396
Trail, James, 414, 483
Symmer, James, 469
Trail, Robert, 198, 264 bis, 303, 448 bis
Symmer, John, 270
Trail, Samuel, 454
Symmer, Robert, 345
Trail, William, 178, 404, 455
Symmers, Alexander, 399
Trotter, John, 132
Symson, Alexander, 401, 476
Troup, John, 323
Symson, James, 91, 102, 457
Tullidelph, Patrick, 201
Symson, John, 91, 116
Tullidelph, Thomas, 113, 243
Symson, Patrick, 403 bis, 413
Tullidelph, William, 120, 150, 243
Symson, William, 81, 123
Tullis, James, 78
Tulloch, John, 264, 332
Tait, Andrew Dempster, 244
Tulloch, William Weir, 185
Tait, Walter, 356, 372
Tullos, John, 120
Tannoch, John Alexander Castlemaine, 67,
Turnbull, John, 179
290
Turnbull, Patrick, 418, 476
Tarbett, Albert, 186
Turner, Robert, 295
Taylor (Tylor), Alexander, 294
Tyrie, Alexander, 270, 309, 357
Taylor, Andrew, 332
Tyrie, David, 360
Taylor, Anstruther, 19, 20
Tyrie, John, 21
Taylor, David, 183
Tytler, George, 397
Taylor, James, 294, 459
Taylor, James William, 156
Ure, Andrew, 64, 69
Taylor, John, 399
Ure, John, 221
Taylor, Joseph, 190
Urquhart, Alexander, 225
Taylor, Malcolm Campbell, 412
Usher, John, 95
Taylor, William, 417
Thailand, William, 78
Vallance, Thomas Barr, 137
Thom, Alexander, 472
Vilant, William, 201 bis, 216
Thorn, John, 461
Vipont, David Avenel, 37, 409
Thom, Patrick Baeda, 64
Thomas, Robert, 125
Waddell, Alexander, 261, 345
Thompson, William, 98
Waddell, Andrew, 184
Thomson, Alexander, 12, 268
Waddell, Richard, 234
Thomson, Andrew, 71, 129, 477
Waddell, William, 397
Thomson, David, 205, 248, 270, 442
Walker, Adam, 467
Thomson, Edward, 180
Walker, Alexander, 207, 309
Thomson, George, 161, 351, 466
Walker, Andrew, 78, 135
Thomson, George Speed, 186, 190
Walker, George, 443
Thomson, James, 32, 69, 83, 161, 216, 266,
Walker, George William, 133
322, 328, 391, 425, 44] bis
Walker, James, 201, 222, 460 bis
Thomson, James Laing, 408
Walker, John Yuill, 106, 263
Thomson, John, 80, 114, 122, 129, 250,
Walker, Josias, 124
479
Walker, Robert Skene, 353
Thomson, John Macalister, 85
Walker, William, 134, 482
Thomson, Patrick, 155
Wallace, Alexander, 62
Thomson, Robert, 12, 48, 52, 186, 399, 426
Wallace, James, 59, 241
Thomson, Thomas, 126, 134
Wallace, John Aikman, 84
INDEX OF MINISTERS
535
Wallace, John Ewing, 298
White, Robert, 201, 342
Wallace, Robert, 238
Whitehead, Thomas, 266, 307
Wallace, Robert Wilfred, 244
Whiteley, Reginald Frederick, 382
Wardlaw, Alexander, 56, 58
Whitson, George, of Parkhill, 381
Wardlaw, James, of Luscar, 34
Whitson, James, 438
Wardlaw, John, 29, 206
Whyte, Alexander, 463
Wardrobe, Alexander, 69
Whyte, John, 400
Wardroper, Andrew, 59, 105
Wichtand, James, 342, 345
Warren, Robert Sharp, 327
Wight, William Ferguson, 325
Watson, Archibald, 317, 452
Wilkie, Daniel, 177
Watson, Charles, 83
Wilkie, David, 139
Watson, David, 222
Wilkie, Harry, 74, 120
Watson, George Bruce Scoular, 335
Wilkie, James, 243
Watson, James Hiram, 191
Wilkie, John, 74, 78
Watson, John, 294
Wilkie, Robert, 141, 178, 231, 243
Watson, Laurence, 240
Will, James, 274, 438
Watson, Peter, 57, 112, 150, 155
Williamson, Alexander, 221
Watson, Richard, 421
Williamson, Andrew, 57
Watson, Robert, 243
Williamson, David, 172, 202, 292, 294, 392
Watson, Robert Matthew, 279
Williamson, Frederick Hunter, 67
Watson, Thomas, 450
Williamson, James, 102, 186
Watson, William, 81, 112
Williamson, Robert, 108, 135, 136
Watson, William Ranken, 164
Willis, George, 110
Watt, Alexander, 24
Willison, Alexander Stewart, 51
Watt, Alexander Kidd, 275
Willison, John, 320, 376
Watt, Andrew, 133
Wilson, Alexander, 139, 186 bis, 198, 395,
Watt, Hugh George, 339
396
Watt, James, 262, 279, 281
Wilson, Andrew, 111, 154, 397
Watt, John, 291, 466
Wilson, Charles, 127
Watterston, Patrick, 350
Wilson, Duncan Macfarlane, 119
Waugh, John, 408
Wilson, George, 391, 396
Weath, John, 305
Wilson, James, 86, 89, 96, 308, 312, 394,
Webster, Alexander, 17
400
Webster, David Graham, 150
Wilson, John, 60, 74, 90, 103, 114, 349, 403
Webster, James Moir, 13, 41
Wilson, John Simpson, 221
Webster, John, 133, 181, 187, 293, 465
Wilson, Michael Cunningham, 398
Webster, Thomas, 95
Wilson, Robert, 181
Wedderburn, Alexander, 203
Wilson, Thomas, 436
Wedderburn, Andrew, 89, 347, 348
Wilson, Walter, 178, 209
Wedderburn, James, 168, 169
Wilson, William, 146, 249, 433
Wedderburn, William, 226, 330
Wilson, William Lyall, 318
Weicht, James, 360
Winehouse, George, 279, 310
Weir, George, 426
Wingate, Robert, 125
Weir, John, 288
Wingate, William, 295
Welsh, Walter, 79
Wiseman, Robert Brown, 221
Welwood, Charles, 292, 444
Wishart, George, 238, 362
Wemyss, George, 396
Wishart, Gilbert, 282
Wemyss, James, 72, 83, 243, 397
Wishart, William, 461
Wemyss, John, 155, 395
Woddrop, William, 180
Wemyss, Patrick, 56, 99, 221
Wood, Andrew, 362, 430
Wemyss, Robert, of Baldavie, 198
Wood, Anson Robertson Craik, 146
Wemyss, William, 309
Wood, David, 93, 390, 401
West, Samuel, 163
Wood, George, 117
White, Charles Richardson, 323
Wood, James, 196
White, David, 248
Wood, James Boath, 333
White, George, 221
Wood, John, 213, 238, 311
536
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Wood, Matthew, 109
Youno, Alexander, 19, 233
Wood, Robert, 91, 182, 212, 273
Young, Alexander Aytoun, 108, 115
Wood, Thomas, 86, 188, 200
Young, Andrew, 169
Wood, William, 196
Young, David Gowans, 291
Wordie, James, 147
Young, George, 473
Workman, William, 415
Young, James, 48
Wotherspoon, William Lang, 448
Young, James Gerard, 364
Wright, George, 114, 217
Young, John, 86, 292
Wright, Patrick, 92
Young, Robert, 110, 292, 455
Wright, Richard, 62
Young, Thomas, 177
Wright, Robert, 15, 150, 171
Youngson, Andrew, 224
Wright, Thomas, 303
Yuill, Robert, 241
Wright, William, 334, 457
Yule, James, 148
Wylie, John, 50
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